Path effect with particles?

jb15

I'm making a path to show where my actor has come from. The way I'm doing it now, the actor ship spawns exhaust every .4 seconds.

This uses CPU up pretty fast--so my question is: Is there any way to make a path effect by using particles? I tried using particles to achieve this, but couldn't find a way to just say--I want 1 particle created every .4 seconds.

jb15

I tried using a timer--every .4 seconds, particles behavior, 1 particle, 1 startup time, and 9 life. What results is every 10 - ?? seconds it creates one, and then it and disappears after less than .5 seconds. So no go there.

scitunes

I would spawn actors, but make sure that the spawned actors have movable tunred off and have no unnecessary rules in them. Unchecking movable should help a lot.

EDIT: For example, don't put a destroy behavior in a timer. Instead put it in a rule that says when self.time is greater than ???. Destroy actor.

jb15

Could you explain that a little more? How would I do it without timers?

jb15

Oh--I see. Self.time. Thanks! I didn't even realize that was there!