c# example for particle system?

[Mad]

Hello!

I've found a lot of c++ examples for particle systems, but c++ is really not my passion. 

So can someone give me an example class for a particle system in C# ?

Thanks!!! 

[eXpl0it3r]

C++ and C# are not that far apart, if you have a good example of a C++ version, it should be relatively easy to port it to C#.
Otherwise, I'm convinced you'll find a lot of examples by googling for example "particle system c#"

[Mister]

I'd have to agree with eXpl0it3r.

But you could also take a stab at porting Mercury from XNA to SFML 
http://mpe.codeplex.com/

[Mister]

But you could also take a stab at porting Mercury from XNA to SFML 
http://mpe.codeplex.com/

Hell yeah, that's what I'm looking for. 
but a port to c# might be a little bit to much work  ..... but those effects look great.

Well its already in C# 
It'd have to be ported to SFML.

I have a project that I am going to start working on as soon as I get my head wrapped around SFML more and I was actually thinking about porting a lot of different things over to C#/SFML; one of those being a Particle System. I had my eyes set on DPSF (I've used it before when I was using XNA)... But! DPSF isn't open source . So I will probably soon be looking into Mercury (since its already C#).

Anything and everything that I port over to C#/SFML will be open for all to use -- I just need to learn more about SFML and then I can start converting different things over. 

I know you need a solution now but I'm not sure what else to do. 

[Mad]

Well its already in C# 
It'd have to be ported to SFML.

yes, I saw it and that's why I removed my post 

Anything and everything that I port over to C#/SFML will be open for all to use -- I just need to learn more about SFML and then I can start converting different things over. 

lerning SFML it's also my part at the moment.
but less time as usal 

I know you need a solution now but I'm not sure what else to do. 

Nooo! Not now, but in a few weeks it would be ok. 

[Mister]

yes, I saw it and that's why I removed my post 

Haha, I thought it was weird that your post disappeared!

lerning SFML it's also my part at the moment.
but less time as usal 

Yeah I'm a full time software engineer so I have little time to play too 

Nooo! Not now, but in a few weeks it would be ok. 

I can't/won't make any promises but I can see if getting a particle system working for SFML .Net could the first adventure I take.

I was just taking a look at Mercury and it seems pretty robust -- they even have a particle editor! That would definitely be a cool thing to carry over... This will be an interesting task... 

[Mad]

lerning SFML it's also my part at the moment.
but less time as usal 

Yeah I'm a full time software engineer so I have little time to play too 

Me too! You are wellcome! 

I was just taking a look at Mercury and it seems pretty robust -- they even have a particle editor! That would definitely be a cool thing to carry over... This will be an interesting task... 

no need to convert the editor, because gui development is no fun at all in my opinion.... 
But I agree, the mercury editor is still a little buggy.... 

Edit:
Alright so while I wait for other things to transpire -- I decided to start a port of Mercury to SFML. You can check it out here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpesfml/

Cool. But no download yet? 

It's going to be a pain because I want to strip out the 3D portion and just leave the 2D portion there.

I have a short look in the source code, seems there are only 4 classes for the main parts (particle.cs, ParticleEffect.cs, ParticleEffectManager.cs and SpriteBatchRenderer.cs)
all other stuff is only 'nice to have' 

[Mister]

Alright so it turns out the idea of porting Mercury over to SFML is completely out-of-scope. I am going to be looking into alternatives.

[Mad]

Alright so it turns out the idea of porting Mercury over to SFML is completely out-of-scope. I am going to be looking into alternatives.

  bad luck.
But maybe only some good explosion, smoke and fire effects in c#? Heeelp 

[Mister]

Alright so it turns out the idea of porting Mercury over to SFML is completely out-of-scope. I am going to be looking into alternatives.

  bad luck.
But maybe only some good explosion, smoke and fire effects in c#? Heeelp 

Yeah when going through it I realized that it was tightly coupled to XNA -- I just don't have time to sift through it. I am actually working on my own particle system right now; strictly 2D.

[Nexus]

You can also have a look at my C++ implementation of Thor.Particles (API documentation, tutorial, code). Even though the current status allows a lot of customization and flexibility, the basic principle is rather simple:

• The class thor::Particle represents a particle with attributes like position, color, etc.
  
• Emitters and affectors are represented with std::function, you could take delegates for C#. Or you take the classical approach of interfaces that are implemented by the user.
  
• The class thor::ParticleSystem stores particles, affectors and emitters. It uses sf::VertexArray for rendering, the emitters and affectors are invoked in every update() call.

[SymegPL]

You can look at my implementation at: https://github.com/Symeg/Smart2DGameFramework/tree/master/Smart2DGameFramework/Graphics/Particles
Demo on youtube (fire particles, old video, now is better performance)

You can also find other useful tools

[Mister]

Looking good so far -- I'd say. Theres a few things that I need to work out but so far so good. 

EDIT:
Heres another shot of it:

[Mad]

@Nexus
Thanks for your information. I had a look at Thor early. It's a pitty there is no C# clone 
But it seems to be a very useful library!!

@SymegPL
Hey, thanks for sharing. I will have a look at your lib. Is the client/server part stabil?

Mister
Nice one! 
Can you tell me, what are you using? Sprites or only Vertex?
As I can see from your blog,you have plans to make a Top Down Shooter shooter? Maybe we can stick together?
I have plans to make also a shooter...but Left Right  my first idea was an uridium clone with much more features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridium
Maybe we can combine Top Down Shooter with Top Down and double knowledge? 

[Mister]

As I can see from your blog,you have plans to make a Top Down Shooter shooter? Maybe we can stick together?
I have plans to make also a shooter...but Left Right  my first idea was an uridium clone with much more features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridium
Maybe we can combine Top Down Shooter with Top Down and double knowledge? 

I can't really agree to start this new project as a team effort.. not at this time at least. That isnt to say that we can't help each other out with our individual games though. 

The game that originally inspired me was a game made by one of my friend's brother back in high school.

Mister
Nice one! 
Can you tell me, what are you using? Sprites or only Vertex?

The way it sits right now -- its renderer agnostic. The only thing it currently focuses on is the underlying numbers that all particles deal with. You can then tell your images to draw accordingly.

I will have the source code up as soon as I get a decent example running.