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1. • CommentAuthorericsoco
   • CommentTimeOct 16th 2009

    
   is there functionality that allows for limiting the number of particles per emitter that can be alive at a given time? so if there are N particles alive, the emitter will essentially drop to using a ZeroCounter until there are less than N particles (i.e. some particles die).
   
   thanks,
   -e
2. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009

    
   No, there's no such counter. It shouldn't be hard to do - you could extend any counter like this
   
   class LimitedSteady extends Steady
{
private var _limit:uint;

public function LimitedSteady( limit:uint, rate:Number = 0 )
{
super( rate );
_limit = limit;
}

override public function updateEmitter( emitter:Emitter, time:Number ):uint
{
if( emitter.particles.length >= _limit )
{
return 0;
}
var count:uint = super.updateEmitter( emitter, time );
if( particles.length + count > _limit )
{
return _limit - particles.length;
}
return count;
}
}