Away3D Forum Best way to do "flying through dust" (particles)

Best way to do “flying through dust” (particles) Software: Away3D 4.x

Fragilem17, Newbie Posted: 08 June 2013 12:20 PM Total Posts: 15 I’m trying to create a bunch of particles around my spaceship, to give a sense of speed. I’m trying to use particles. What would a good setup be? I’ve tried this: add the ship to the scene add the particle “emitter” mesh to the scene create a particleFollowNode on the emitter and set the target to the ship Great, i can fly through the particles! BUT the moment the centerpoint of the “emitter” is not inside the viewport, all the particles disappear. Is there a better way to do this?
GoroMatsumoto, Sr. Member Posted: 08 June 2013 01:07 PM Total Posts: 166 [ # 1 ] You should set “bounds” for the particle mesh. `particleMesh.bounds.fromExtremes(-500, -500, -500, 500, 500, 500);` or `particleMesh.bounds.fromSphere( new Vector3D(), 1000);` Cheers.
Fragilem17, Newbie Posted: 08 June 2013 02:21 PM Total Posts: 15 [ # 2 ] Awesome, worked! next up: allowing only the particles that are not being looked at and are a certain distance away to be killed and put back again. will be trying more tonight. Everything will be on github to btw. if somebody has any pointers for the next step before i continue this tonight. be my guest to comment. thx!

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