[SmokeyDaBear]

now by doing this, does it mean that the tornado particles wont recycle and spawn after only one time, or can it work everytime the aurora bomb is dropped?

[GuyInTheWindow]

I always thought that Lifetime and SystemLifetime is in Frames Per Second, try lowering it. Basically that if you set it to 30, it would last about 1 second. I could be wrong however...

Also note that Lifetime should be like 250 since it is the lifetime for each particle and making the engine keep track of non-visible particles is a waste of resources.

Systemlifetime is how long the emitter, the thing that releases particles, lasts.

[SmokeyDaBear]

ok, thanx for the info, cause i was just about to post that CommieDog's idea didnt work; it still keeps spawning...

[sc4freak]

He's right, Lifetime controls when the particle will delete itself from the game. SystemLifetime controls how long the particlesystem will keep spawning individal particles.

I don't know why the particles keep spawning until the end of the game. It is a common misconception that Lifetime, SystemLifetime, InitalDelay and BurstDelay are measured in milliseconds. In fact, they are measured in frames. In a 30fps game, 1 frame translates to 33 real life milliseconds. So your tornado should only spawn for 165000ms (165s or 2.75 minutes)

[SmokeyDaBear]

well, all is good now, it works THANX TO ALL!

[sc4freak]

What was the problem?

[Phantom139]

please read page one...

[sc4freak]

I was referring specifically to what problem in the code caused the never-ending tornado.

[SmokeyDaBear]

ohhh...i think it was the systemlifetime in the particle system ini that was screwin things up...thanx

[Phantom139]

ok then