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1. • CommentAuthorbestam
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2012

    
   Hi people,
   
   First post! Glad to be using FLiNT, looks to be the best flash particle engine out there. Exactly what I needed for my project, I will credit your work Richard.
   
   However I'm having issues with larger particles. I'm emitting large smoke particles and smaller ones from the same point. As the particles aren't centered, I come up with this result :
   http://www.itstudents.be/~abrakam/faeriawp/particles.png
   I would like the big smoke to be occupying the same space as the smaller sparks... Is there a way to tell the emitter to center them all? Here is all I do to define their initial position :
   locBigSmokeEmiter.addInitializer( new Position( new DiscZone( new Point( 0, 0 ), 30)));
   
   Thx!
2. • CommentAuthorbestam
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2012

    
   Useful to know, here I declare all my particles with an ImageClass (dunno if there's something else) :
   locBigSmokeEmiter.addInitializer( new ImageClass( Assets.SMOKE ) );
3. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeApr 19th 2012

    
   The particles are positioned relative to their registration point. If you define the smoke asset with its registration point in the centre, it should be fine.
4. • CommentAuthorbestam
   • CommentTimeMay 7th 2012

    
   OK I found a solution. Just sharing :
   
   new ImageClass( Particle, [Assets.ENERGY] )
   
   public class Particle extends Sprite {
   public function Particle(parImageClass:Class) {
   const locBitmap:Bitmap = new parImageClass();
   locBitmap.x = -locBitmap.width/2;
   locBitmap.y = -locBitmap.height/2;
   addChild(locBitmap);
   }
   }
   }