part_emitter_burst

This function sets an emitter to burst a specific type of particle.

NOTE Should you need the particles to appear every step, you should be using the function part_emitter_stream rather than calling this function every step.

Usage Notes

• This function is typically used in alarms and destroy events as it is a one-off code that creates the number of particles specified all at once following the distribution, shape and position set by the function part_emitter_region.
• If the emitter has relative mode enabled using part_emitter_relative, the number parameter does not refer to the actual number of particles created but indicates the percent coverage of the emitter region.

Syntax:

part_emitter_burst(ps, ind, parttype, number);

Returns:

N/A

Example:

part_emitter_burst(global.Sname, p_emit1, p1, 30 + irandom(30));

The above code will burst a random number of particles between 30 and 60 from the chosen emitter.