Funniness with creating Particle Systems

[impulse3d]

Hi,

I've just begun using Irrlicht.NET CP, and I'm trying to create a particle system. I can make a basic scene, load meshes, use shaders, but I can't get a particle system up and running.

I treat particle system nodes like I do any other node, but for some reason their position seems accurate, but I can't get anything to show up. As a result, I've tried to child a billboard node underneath the particle system, but it won't display:

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            // Create an empty node.
            SceneNode empty = Program.Device.SceneManager.AddDummyTransformationSceneNode(Program.Device.SceneManager.RootSceneNode, 0);
            empty.Position = new Vector3D(0, 0, 10);

            // Adds a particle system.
            ParticleSystemSceneNode ps = Program.Device.SceneManager.AddParticleSystemSceneNode(true, Program.Device.SceneManager.RootSceneNode, 0);
            ps.ParticleSize = new Dimension2Df(32, 32);
            ps.Position = new Vector3D(0, 0, 10);

            ParticleEmitter emit = ps.CreatePointEmitter(new Vector3D(0, 0, -1), 50, 100, IrrlichtNETCP.Color.Red, IrrlichtNETCP.Color.Red, 400, 1100, 45);
            ps.SetEmitter(emit);

            ParticleAffector pspaf = ps.CreateFadeOutParticleAffector(IrrlichtNETCP.Color.Red, 5000);
            ps.AddAffector(pspaf);

            ps.SetMaterialFlag(MaterialFlag.Lighting, false);
            ps.SetMaterialTexture(0, Program.Device.VideoDriver.GetTexture(textureFileName);
            ps.SetMaterialType(MaterialType.TransparentVertexAlpha);

            BillboardSceneNode bill = Program.Device.SceneManager.AddBillboardSceneNode(ps, new Dimension2Df(16, 16), 0);
            bill.SetMaterialFlag(MaterialFlag.Lighting, false);
            bill.SetMaterialType(MaterialType.TransparentAddColor);
            bill.SetMaterialTexture(0, Program.Device.VideoDriver.GetTexture(textureFileName);

Irrlicht loads all of the textures fine. When I run this, with the billboard as a parent of the particle system, I do not see the billboard anywhere. When I put it as a child of the dummy node, I see it where I expect it to be.

Does anyone know what the problem may be?

[Danny Gilbert]

Hi !

You have no response from anybody because IRRLICHT .NET is not more supported. You start a project with a dead library. If you know C++ or you want to learn it, start your project with Irrlicht, the "original" one in C++.

Sorry.

[hybrid]

But this sems to be based on Irrlicht.Net CP, which is a (hopefully) still live project. However, they have their forums somewhere else...