This function sets the number of times an animated particle's animation will play during one lifetime.

Syntax

• void SetAnimationCycles(int cycles)

Parameters

• cycles: The number of times a particle animation will loop.

Remarks

For smoother particle animations use the particle animation shader.

Example

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
        float time = 0.5;

        Leadwerks::Window* window = Leadwerks::Window::Create();
        Context* context = Context::Create(window);
        World* world = World::Create();
        Camera* camera = Camera::Create();
        camera->SetRotation(35, 0, 0);
        camera->Move(0, 0, -3);

        //Create an emitter
        Emitter* emitter = Emitter::Create(1);

        Material* material = Material::Load("Materials/Effects/explosion.mat");

        if (material) emitter->SetMaterial(material);
        
        emitter->SetVelocity(0, 0, 0, 0);
        emitter->SetDuration(500);
        emitter->SetEmissionVolume(0, 0, 0);
        emitter->SetMaxScale(10.0);
        emitter->SetAnimationRows(2);
        emitter->SetAnimationColumns(5);
        emitter->SetPosition(-1.5, 0, 0, true);

        Emitter* emitter2 = Emitter::Create(1);

        if (material)
        {
                emitter2->SetMaterial(material);
                material->Release();
        }
        emitter2->SetVelocity(0, 0, 0, 0);
        emitter2->SetDuration(500);
        emitter2->SetEmissionVolume(0, 0, 0);
        emitter2->SetMaxScale(10.0);
        emitter2->SetAnimationRows(2);
        emitter2->SetAnimationColumns(5);
        emitter2->SetPosition(1.5, 0, 0, true);
        emitter2->SetAnimationCycles(2);
        
        while (true)
        {
                if (window->Closed() || window->KeyDown(Key::Escape)) return false;

                Leadwerks::Leadwerks::Time::Update();
                world->Update();
                world->Render();

                if (window->KeyDown(Key::Up) && time < 1.0)
                {
                        time += .01;
                }
                else if (window->KeyDown(Key::Down) && time > 0.0)
                {
                        time -= .01;
                }
                time = Math::Clamp(time, 0, 1);

                context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Alpha);
                context->DrawText(String(emitter->GetAnimationCycles()) + " Animation Cycles", 200, 500);
                context->DrawText(String(emitter2->GetAnimationCycles()) + " Animation Cycles", 600, 500);
                context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Solid);

                context->Sync();
        }
}