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Humanperson

when I try setting the life of an energy particle it just dies rather then working, my goal is to make it work like neutrons where you spawn it and it slowly loses life and then dies.

my current code:

local PION = elements.allocate("PARTICLES", "PION")

elements.element(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, elements.element(elements.DEFAULT_PT_NEUT))

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Name", "PION")

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Description", "Pions, mesons made of up and down quarks, with one normal and one anti-quark.")

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Colour", 0xeeee22)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "MenuSection", 10)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Gravity", 0)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Flammable", 0)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Temperature", 290)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Explosive", 0)

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Weight", -1)

pionUpdate = function(i, x, y)

local clife = 600

tpt.set_property('life', clife, i)

if clife == 600 then

velAngle = math.deg(math.random(360))

tpt.set_property('vx', (math.sin(velAngle)*-2), i)

tpt.set_property('vy', (math.cos(velAngle)*2), i)

end

clife = clife - 1

if clife < 600 then

tpt.set_property('type', 0, i)

else

tpt.set_property('life', clife, i)

end

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Update", pionUpdate)

Tadpole1

elements.property(elements.PARTICLES_PT_PION, "Properties",elements.TYPE_ENERGY+elements.PROP_LIFE_KILL_DEC)

Humanperson

@Tadpole1 (View Post)

I tried adding that and it didn't work

Alchnoious

You can handle it like this:

local pion = elements.allocate("PARTICLES", "PION")

elements.element(pion, elements.element(elements.DEFAULT_PT_NEUT))

elements.property(pion, "Name", "PION")

elements.property(pion, "Description", "Pions, mesons made of up and down quarks, with one normal and one anti-quark.")

elements.property(pion, "Colour", 0xFFEEEE22)

elements.property(pion, "MenuSection", elem.SC_NUCLEAR)

elements.property(pion, "Properties", elem.TYPE_ENERGY + elem.PROP_LIFE_DEC + elem.PROP_RADIOACTIVE + elem.PROP_LIFE_KILL

+ elem.PROP_PHOTPASS)

elements.property(pion, "Temperature", 290)

elements.property(pion, "DefaultProperties",{["life"]=600})

local function pionUpdate(i,x,y,s,n)

local itmp = sim.partProperty(i, "tmp")

if itmp ~= 1 then

local theta = math.rad(math.random(0,359))

sim.partProperty(i, "vx", math.sin(theta)*3)

sim.partProperty(i, "vy", math.cos(theta)*3)

sim.partProperty(i, "tmp", 1)

end

elements.property(pion, "Update", pionUpdate)

How do I set the life of a particle?