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Tutorial module request: Particle System

See original GitHub issue

With PR #2632 merged the initial implementation of #2208 is complete - we have a new particle system.

However, like noted in #2909 it still needs some additional polish and documentation. While I’m leaving that issue for general improvements including JavaDoc I wanted to split out a tutorial request separately, as it could be done in isolation (though some cross-pollination of doc improvements from anybody working either would be useful)

Might even be bite-sized for somebody willing to do some detective work and read through the linked issues.

Goal:

New module: TutorialParticleSystem - start locally with gradlew createModuleTutorialParticleSystem and either ask somebody to make the repo when ready or offer to transfer a copy from a personal repo in
Code & prefabs as needed to demonstrate the base functionality and different kinds of particles
Wiki pages in the new repo that cover a step-by-step introduction to the system

Review the https://github.com/Terasology/TutorialWorldGeneration module and its wiki https://github.com/Terasology/TutorialWorldGeneration/wiki for inspiration

Some persons of potential interest to potentially ping who have been poking at the system:

@MaxBorsch (author)
@niksoc (made a neat video with new effects)
@skaldarnar & @portokaliu (figured out some updates for Light & Shadow)

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Created 6 years ago
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skaldarnarcommented, Jul 10, 2017

Here are some changes to the way block damage particles work: https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/pull/3001

There’s also https://github.com/Terasology/LightAndShadow/pull/53 and https://github.com/Terasology/LightAndShadow/pull/54 in combination with https://github.com/Terasology/LightAndShadowResources/pull/19 to fix the particle effects in LightAndShadow. That might be a good start.

Overall, you could try to implement particle effects like the ones described in the linked issues. Figure out how to use textures for the particles, how to create simple, colored particles, which components influence which behavior, …

I would go a ahead and try to implement as many fancy effects as I can imagine, and then document what I did in order to implement it. And some helping hand by @MaxBorsch would simplify it a lot 😉

PS: I just assigned you to this issue, feel free to start and proceed as for the other tutorial module.

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TheFlash98commented, Jul 10, 2017

Hey @Cervator I could try making another tutorial. Any nice place to start with? 😄

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