DPSF by Daniel Schroeder

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 DPSF<Particle, Vertex>

public abstract class DPSF<Particle, Vertex> : IDPSFParticleSystem where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex
The Base Particle System Framework Class. This class contains the methods and properties needed to keep track of, update, and draw Particles
public class CParticleEvents<Particle, Vertex> where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

Class to hold all of the Particle Events

public class CParticleSystemEvents<Particle, Vertex> where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

Class to hold all of the Particle System Events and related info

public sealed delegate InitializeParticleDelegate<Particle, Vertex> : MulticastDelegate where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

The function prototype that the Particle Initialization Functions must follow

public sealed delegate UpdateParticleDelegate<Particle, Vertex> : MulticastDelegate where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

The function prototype that the Particle Events must follow

public sealed delegate UpdateParticleSystemDelegate<Particle, Vertex> : MulticastDelegate where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

The function prototype that Particle System Events must follow

public sealed delegate UpdateVertexDelegate<Particle, Vertex> : MulticastDelegate where Particle : DPSFParticle where Vertex : struct, IDPSFParticleVertex

The function prototype that the Vertex Update Functions must follow

public LinkedList<Particle> ActiveParticles { get; protected set; }

Get / Protected Set a Linked List whose Nodes point to the Active Particles.

NOTE: New particles are added to the start of the Active Particles list, so by default the oldest particles should be at the end.

NOTE: The Protected Set option is only provided to allow the order of the LinkedListNodes to be changed, changing the update and drawing order of the Particles. Be sure that all of the original LinkedListNodes (and only the original LinkedListNodes, no more) obtained from the Get are included; they may only be rearranged. If they are not, there may (and probably will) be unexpected results.

public AutoMemoryManagerSettings AutoMemoryManagerSettings { get; }

The Settings used to control the Automatic Memory Manager

public string ClassName { get; }

Get the Name of the Class that this Particle System is using. This can be used to check what type of Particle System this is at run-time.

public ContentManager ContentManager { get; set; }

Get / Set the Content Manager to use to load Textures and Effects

public string DeserializationEffectPath { get; set; }

The path used to load the Effect when the InitializeNonSerializableProperties() function is called.

NOTE: This is automatically set when the SetEffectAndTechnique(string, string) function is called.

public string DeserializationTechniqueName { get; set; }

The Name of the Technique to use when the InitializeNonSerializableProperties() function is called.

NOTE: This is automatically set when the SetEffectAndTechnique() and SetTechnique() functions are called.

public string DeserializationTexturePath { get; set; }

The path used to load the Texture when the InitializeNonSerializableProperties() function is called.

NOTE: This is automatically set when the SetTexture() function is called.

public DPSFDefaultEffect DPSFDefaultEffect { get; }

A custom effect provided by DPSF. In DPSF v2.1.0 and prior this effect was used as the default effect for all particle system types. Each particle system type now uses one of the built-in XNA 4 effects as its default effect in order to make all of the particle system types fully compatible with the Reach profile, and usable on the Windows Phone 7.

This effect may still be used for a particle system by calling the SetEffectAndTechnique() function from the particle system's overridden InitializeRenderProperties() function.

This Effect has several techniques that may be used ( DPSFDefaultEffectTechniques).

public int DrawOrder { get; set; }

The Order in which the Particle System should be Drawn relative to other DPSF Particle Systems in the same Particle System Manager. Particle Systems are Drawn in ascending order according to their Draw Order (i.e. lowest first).

NOTE: The Draw Order is one of the few properties that is not reset when the particle system is initialized or destroyed.

public Effect Effect { get; set; }

Get / Set the Effect to use to draw the Particles

public ParticleEmitter Emitter { get; set; }

The Emitter is used to automatically generate new Particles.

NOTE: This is just a pointer to one of the ParticleEmitters in the Emitters ParticleEmitterCollection.

NOTE: If you set this to a ParticleEmitter that is not in the Emitters collection, it will be added to it.

During the particle system Update() this Emitter property is updated to point to the ParticleEmitter in the Emitters collection that is being updated. This allows you to use this property to reference the ParticleEmitter that is actually being used to add particles to the particle system.

public ParticleEmitterCollection Emitters { get; }

The Emitters used to automatically generate new Particles for this Particle System.

Each particle system Update() will loop through all Emitters in this collection and add their new particles to this particle system.

During the particle system Update() the Emitter property is updated to point to the ParticleEmitter in this collection that is being updated.

public bool Enabled { get; set; }

Get / Set if this Particle System should Update itself and its Particles or not.

NOTE: Setting this to false causes the Update() function to not update anything, including the BeforeUpdate() and AfterUpdate() function not to be called.

public Game Game { get; }

Get the Game object set in the constructor, if one was given.

public GraphicsDevice GraphicsDevice { get; set; }

Get / Set the Graphics Device to draw to

public int ID { get; }

Get the unique ID of this Particle System.

NOTE: Each Particle System is automatically assigned a unique ID when it is instanciated.

public LinkedList<Particle> InactiveParticles { get; }

Returns a Linked List whose Nodes point to the Inactive Particles

protected int[] IndexBuffer { get; protected set; }

Get / Set the 32-bit Index Buffer values.

The Index Buffer is typically used when drawing Quads in the HiDef profile (except with MonoGame WinRT, which uses HiDef but only supports IndexBufferShort).

protected int IndexBufferIndex { get; protected set; }

Get / Set the current position in the Index Buffer

protected short[] IndexBufferShort { get; protected set; }

Get / Set the 16-bit Index Buffer values.

The Index Buffer Short is typically used when drawing Quads in the Reach profile.

public bool InheritsDrawableGameComponent { get; }

Get if the Particle System is inheriting from DrawableGameComponent or not.

If inheriting from DrawableGameComponent, the Particle Systems are automatically added to the given Game object's Components and the Update() and Draw() functions are automatically called by the Game object when it updates and draws the rest of its Components. If the Update() and Draw() functions are called by the user anyways, they will exit without performing any operations, so it is suggested to include them anyways to make switching between inheriting and not inheriting from DrawableGameComponent seemless; just be aware that the updates and draws are actually being performed when the Game object is told to update and draw (i.e. when base.Update() and base.Draw() are called), not when these functions are being called.

public float InternalSimulationSpeed { get; set; }

Get / Set how fast the Particle System Simulation should run to look "normal".

1.0 = normal speed, 0.5 = half speed, 2.0 = double speed.

This is provided as a way of speeding up / slowing down the simulation to have it look as desired, without having to rescale all of the particle velocities, etc. This allows you to use the exact same particle system class to create two particle systems, and then have one run slower or faster than the other, creating two different effects. If you then wanted to speed up or slow down both effects (i.e. particle systems), you could adjust the SimulationSpeed property on both particle systems without having to worry about adjusting this property at all to get the effects back to normal speed; just reset the SimulationSpeed property you changed back to 1.0.

NOTE: If a negative value is specified, the Internal Simulation Speed is set to zero (pauses the simulation; has the same effect as Enabled = false).

public bool IsInitialized { get; }

Returns true if the Particle System is Initialized, false if not.

protected bool IsUsingIntegerIndexBuffer { get; }

Get if we will be using the regular 32-bit Index Buffer (Integer) or the 16-bit Index Buffer (Short).

public int MaxNumberOfParticlesAllowed { get; set; }

Get / Set the Max Number of Particles this Particle System is Allowed to contain at any given time.

NOTE: The Automatic Memory Manager will never allocate space for more Particles than this.

NOTE: This value must be greater than or equal to zero.

public int NumberOfActiveParticles { get; }

Get the number of Particles that are currently Active.

public int NumberOfParticlesAllocatedInMemory { get; set; }

Get / Set the absolute Number of Particles to Allocate Memory for.

NOTE: This value must be greater than or equal to zero.

NOTE: Even if this many particles aren't used, the space for this many Particles is still allocated in memory.

public int NumberOfParticlesBeingDrawn { get; }

Get the number of Particles being Drawn. That is, how many Particles are both Active AND Visible.

public int NumberOfParticlesStillPossibleToAdd { get; }

Get the number of Particles that may still be added before reaching the Max Number Of Particles Allowed. If the Max Number Of Particles Allowed is greater than the Number Of Particles Allocated In Memory AND the Auto Memory Manager is set to not increase the amount of Allocated Memory, than this returns the number of Particles that may still be added before running out of Memory.

public CParticleEvents<Particle, Vertex> ParticleEvents { get; }

Particle Events may be used to update Particles

public Particle[] Particles { get; }

Returns the array of all Particle objects

public CParticleSystemEvents<Particle, Vertex> ParticleSystemEvents { get; }

Particle System Events may be used to update the Particle System

public ParticleSystemManager ParticleSystemManagerToCopyPropertiesFrom { get; set; }

The Particle System Manager whose properties (SimulationSpeed and UpdatesPerSecond) this particle system should follow. If null is not specified, the Manager's properties will be copied into this particle system immediately.

NOTE: This Particle System's properties will only clone the Manager's properties if the Manager's properties are Enabled. For example, the Manager's SimulationSpeed will only be copied to this Particle System if the Manager's SimulationSpeedIsEnabled property is true.

NOTE: This value is automatically set to the last Particle System Manager the Particle System is added to.

public ParticleTypes ParticleType { get; }

Get the type of Particles that this Particle System should draw.

public bool PerformanceProfilingIsEnabled { get; set; }

Get / Set if performance timings should be measured or not, such as how long it takes to perform updates and draws.

This should be disabled before building a release version of your application.

Note: Performance profiling is not available on the Reach profile, so this will always return False on the Reach profile.

public double PerformanceTimeToDoDrawInMilliseconds { get; }

Get how long (in milliseconds) it took to perform the last Draw() function call.

Returns 0 if Performance Profiling is not Enabled.

public double PerformanceTimeToDoUpdateInMilliseconds { get; }

Get how long (in milliseconds) it took to perform the last Update() function call.

Returns 0 if Performance Profiling is not Enabled.

public Matrix Projection { get; set; }

Get / Set the Projection Matrix to use for drawing 3D Particles

public RandomNumbers RandomNumber { get; }

Get a RandomNumbers object used to generate Random Numbers

public RenderProperties RenderProperties { get; }

Get the render properties used to draw the particles.

public float SimulationSpeed { get; set; }

Get / Set how fast the Particle System Simulation should run.

Example: 1.0 = normal speed, 0.5 = half speed, 2.0 = double speed.

NOTE: If a negative value is specified, the Speed Scale is set to zero (pauses the simulation; has same effect as Enabled = false).

public SpriteBatch SpriteBatch { get; }

Returns the SpriteBatch used to draw the Sprite particles.

NOTE: If this is not a Sprite particle system, this will return null.

public SpriteBatchSettings SpriteBatchSettings { get; }

The Sprite Batch drawing Settings used in the Sprite Batch's Begin() function call.

NOTE: These settings are only available for Sprite particle systems, and only for the Sprite particle systems using their own SpriteBatch (i.e. UsingExternalSpriteBatchToDrawParticles = false).

public EffectTechnique Technique { get; set; }

Get / Set which Technique of the current Effect to use to draw the Particles

public Texture2D Texture { get; set; }

Get / Set the Texture to use to draw the Particles

public virtual int TotalNumberOfActiveParticles { get; }

Get the number of particles that are currently Active, in both this particle system and any particle systems contained within this one.

NOTE: Because a particle system may contain other particle systems, this is a virtual function that may be overridden to return the NumberOfActiveParticles for both this particle system and any child particle systems that are contained within this one.

NOTE: By default this just returns this particle system's NumberOfActiveParticles.

public virtual int TotalNumberOfParticlesAllocatedInMemory { get; }

Get the number of particles that memory has been allocated for, for both this particle system and any particle systems contained within this one.

NOTE: Because a particle system may contain other particle systems, this is a virtual function that may be overridden to return the NumberOfParticlesAllocatedInMemory for both this particle system and any child particle systems that are contained within this one.

NOTE: By default this just returns this particle system's NumberOfParticlesAllocatedInMemory.

public virtual int TotalNumberOfParticlesBeingDrawn { get; }

Get the number of particles that are being Drawn, in both this particle system and any particle systems contained within this one.

NOTE: Because a particle system may contain other particle systems, this is a virtual function that may be overridden to return the NumberOfParticlesBeingDrawn for both this particle system and any child particle systems that are contained within this one.

NOTE: By default this just returns this particle system's NumberOfParticlesBeingDrawn.

public int Type { get; set; }

Get / Set the Type of Particle System this is. This is a user provided value that you can use for whatever purpose you want; it is not used by the built-in DPSF functionality in any way.

public int UpdateOrder { get; set; }

The Order in which the Particle System should be Updated relative to other DPSF Particle Systems in the same Particle System Manager. Particle Systems are Updated in ascending order according to their Update Order (i.e. lowest first).

NOTE: The Update Order is one of the few properties that is not reset when the particle system is initialized or destroyed.

public int UpdatesPerSecond { get; set; }

Specify how often the Particle System should be Updated.

NOTE: Specifying a value of zero (default) will cause the Particle System to be Updated every time the Update() function is called (i.e. as often as possible).

NOTE: If the Update() function is not called often enough to keep up with this specified Update rate, the Update function updates the Particle Systems as often as possible.

public bool UsingExternalSpriteBatchToDrawParticles { get; }

Returns if this particle system is dependent on an external Sprite Batch to draw its particles or not.

If false, the particle system will use its own SpriteBatch to draw its particles.

If true, then you must call SpriteBatch.Begin() before calling ParticleSystem.Draw() to draw the particle system, and then call SpriteBatch.End() when done drawing the particle system, where the SpriteBatch referred to here is the one you passed into the InitializeSpriteParticleSystem() function.

NOTE: This property only applies to Sprite particle systems.

public Matrix View { get; set; }

Get / Set the View Matrix to use for drawing 3D Particles

public bool Visible { get; set; }

Get / Set if this Particle System should Draw its Particles or not.

NOTE: Setting this to false causes the Draw() function to not draw anything, including the BeforeDraw() and AfterDraw() functions not to be called.

public Matrix World { get; set; }

Get / Set the World Matrix to use for drawing 3D Particles

public Matrix WorldViewProjection { get; }

Gets the result of multiplying the World, View, and Projection matrices.

public event EventHandler<EventArgs> DrawOrderChanged

Raised when the DrawOrder property changes

public event EventHandler<EventArgs> EnabledChanged

Raised when the Enabled property changes

public event EventHandler<EventArgs> UpdateOrderChanged

Raised when the UpdateOrder property changes

public event EventHandler<EventArgs> VisibleChanged

Raised when the Visible property changes

public DPSF(Game cGame)

Constructor

public bool AddParticle()

Adds a new Particle to the particle system, at the start of the Active Particle List. This new Particle is initialized using the particle system's Particle Initialization Function

public bool AddParticle(Particle cParticleToCopy)

Adds a new Particle to the particle system, at the start of the Active Particle List. Returns true if the Particle was added, false if there is not enough memory for another Particle.

public int AddParticles(int numberOfParticlesToAdd)

Adds the specified number of new Particles to the particle system.

These new Particles are initialized using the particle system's Particle Initialization Function.

public int AddParticles(int numberOfParticlesToAdd, Particle particleToCopy)

Adds the specified number of new Particles to the particle system, copying the properties of the given Particle To Copy.

NOTE: The Particle Initialization Function is not called when copying from an existing particle.

public int AddParticles(int numberOfParticlesToAdd, ParticleEmitter emitterToLerp, float elapsedTimeInSeconds)

public int AddParticles(int numberOfParticlesToAdd, ParticleEmitterLerpInfo lerpInfo)

protected virtual void AfterAddParticle()

Virtual function that is called at the end of the AddParticle() function. This may be used to execute some code after a new Particle is initialized and added.

protected virtual void AfterDestroy()

Virtual function that is called at the end of the Destroy() function. This may be used to perform operations after the Particle System has been Destroyed, such as to destroy other Particle Systems nested within this Particle System.

protected virtual void AfterDraw()

Virtual function that is called at the end of the Draw() function. This may be used to perform operations after the Particle System has been drawn, such as to Draw Particle Systems nested within this Particle System.

protected virtual void AfterInitialize()

Virtual function that is called at the end of the Initialize() function. This may be used to perform operations after the Particle System has been Initialized, such as initializing other Particle Systems nested within this Particle System.

protected virtual void AfterUpdate(float fElapsedTimeInSeconds)

Virtual function that is called at the end of the Update() function. This may be used to perform operations after the Particle System has been updated, such as to Update Particle Systems nested within this Particle System.

public virtual void AutoInitialize(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, SpriteBatch cSpriteBatch)

Virtual function to Initialize the Particle System with default values. Particle system properties should not be set until after this is called, as they are likely to be reset to their default values.

protected virtual void BeforeAddParticle()

Virtual function that is called at the beginning of the AddParticle() function. This may be used to execute some code before a new Particle is initialized and added.

protected virtual void BeforeDestroy()

Virtual function that is called at the beginning of the Destroy() function. This may be used to perform operations before the Destroy() code is executed.

protected virtual void BeforeDraw()

Virtual function that is called at the beginning of the Draw() function. This may be used to perform operations before the Draw() code is executed.

protected virtual void BeforeUpdate(float fElapsedTimeInSeconds)

Virtual function that is called at the beginning of the Update() function. This may be used to perform operations before the Update() code is executed.

public void Destroy()

Release all resources used by the Particle System and reset all properties to their default values

public void Draw()

Draws all of the Active Particles to the Graphics Device.

NOTE: This will only Draw the Particle System if it does not inherit from DrawableGameComponent, since if it does it will be drawn automatically by the Game object.

public void DrawForced()

Draws all of the Active Particles to the Graphics Device, even if the the Particle Systems inherits from DrawableGameComponent.

NOTE: If inheriting from DrawableGameComponent and this is called, the Particle System will be drawn twice per frame; once when it is called here, and again when automatically called by the Game object. If not inheriting from DrawableGameComponent, this acts the same as calling Draw().

protected virtual void DrawSprite(DPSFParticle Particle, SpriteBatch cSpriteBatch)

Virtual function to draw a Sprite Particle. This function should be used to draw the given Particle with the provided SpriteBatch.

public void InitializeNoDisplayParticleSystem(int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow)

Initializes a new No Display Particle System. This type of Particle System does not allow any of the Particles to be drawn to a Graphics Device (e.g. the screen).

public void InitializeNonSerializableProperties(Game cGame, GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager)

This function should be called immediately after deserializing a particle system in order to reinitialize the properties that could not be serialized.

NOTE: If this type of particle system requires a Texture, this function will attempt to load the Texture specified by the DeserializationTexturePath property. If it is unable to load a texture, an DPSFArgumentNullException will be thrown, so this function should be wrapped in a try block, and when an DPSFArgumentNullException is caught then the particle system's texture should be manually set.

NOTE: This will attempt to load the Effect and Technique specified by the DeserializationEffectPath and DeserializationTechniqueName properties. If either of these are null, the DPSFDefaultEffect will be used, and the default Technique for this type of particle system will be loaded.

NOTE: Particle systems can only be serialized (and thus, deserialized) if not inheriting from DrawableGameComponent (i.e. InheritsDrawableGameComponent == false. i.e. using the DPSF.dll, not DPSFAsDrawableGameComponent.dll).

public void InitializeParticle(Particle cParticle)

Initialize the given Particle using the current Initialization Function

public void InitializeQuadParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, UpdateVertexDelegate<Particle, Vertex> cVertexUpdateFunction)

protected virtual void InitializeRenderProperties()

Virtual function to setup the Render Properties (i.e. BlendState, DepthStencilState, RasterizerState, and SamplerState) which will be applied to the Graphics Device before drawing the Particle System's Particles.

This function is only called once when initializing the particle system.

public void InitializeSpriteParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, string sTexture)

Initializes a new Sprite Particle System

public void InitializeSpriteParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, string sTexture, SpriteBatch cSpriteBatchToDrawWith)

Initializes a new Sprite Particle System

public void InitializeSpriteParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, Texture2D cTexture)

Initializes a new Sprite Particle System

public void InitializeSpriteParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, Texture2D cTexture, SpriteBatch cSpriteBatchToDrawWith)

Initializes a new Sprite Particle System

public void InitializeTexturedQuadParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, UpdateVertexDelegate<Particle, Vertex> cVertexUpdateFunction, string sTexture)

public void InitializeTexturedQuadParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, int iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, int iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, UpdateVertexDelegate<Particle, Vertex> cVertexUpdateFunction, Texture2D cTexture)

protected void MoveActiveParticleToInactiveParticleList(LinkedListNode<Particle> nodeToRemove)

Moves the Active Particle's Linked List node to the Inactive Particle Linked List.

public void RemoveAllParticles()

Removes all Active Particles from the Active Particle List and adds them to the Inactive Particle List

public virtual void SetCameraPosition(Vector3 cameraPosition)

Sets the Camera Position of the particle system, so that the particles know how to make themselves face the camera if needed. This virtual function does not do anything unless overridden, and all it should do is set an internal Vector3 variable (e.g. public Vector3 CameraPosition { get; set; }) to match the given Vector3.

public void SetDefaultEffect()

Sets the Effect to be the default type for this type of particle system. This is done automatically when the particle system is initialized.

Default effect for each particle type is:

NoDisplay and Sprite - null.Quad - BasicEffect.TexturedQuad - AlphaTestEffect.

public void SetEffectAndTechnique(string sEffect, string sTechnique)

Sets the Effect and Technique to use to draw the Particles.

NOTE: This will automatically set the DeserializationEffectPath property to the given sEffect.

NOTE: This will automatically set the DeserializationTechniqueName property to the given sTechnique.

public void SetEffectAndTechnique(Effect cEffect, string sTechnique)

Sets the Effect and Technique to use to draw the Particles.

NOTE: This will automatically set the DeserializationTechniqueName property to the given sTechnique.

protected virtual void SetEffectParameters()

Virtual function to Set the Effect's Parameters before drawing the Particles.

This is called every time before the particle system is drawn.

public void SetGraphicsDevice(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice)

Sets the Graphics Device to use to the given graphics device.

NOTE: This only has an effect if the particle system does not inherit from DrawableGameComponent (i.e. InheritsDrawableGameComponent == false. i.e. using the DPSF.dll, not DPSFAsDrawableGameComponent.dll), since the Graphics Device is read-only when inheriting from DrawableGameComponent. The Game object's Graphics Device is always used when inheriting from DrawableGameComponent.

public void SetTechnique(string sTechnique)

Set which Technique of the current Effect to use to draw the Particles.

NOTE: This will automatically set the DeserializationTechniqueName property to the given sTechnique.

public void SetTexture(string sTexture)

Set the Texture to use to draw the Particles

public void SetWorldViewProjectionMatrices(Matrix cWorld, Matrix cView, Matrix cProjection)

Set the World, View, and Projection matrices for this Particle System.

NOTE: Sprite particle systems are not affected by the World, View, and Projection matrices.

public void Update(float fElapsedTimeInSeconds)

Updates the Particle System. This involves executing the Particle System Events, updating all Active Particles according to the Particle Events, and adding new Particles according to the Emitter settings.

NOTE: This will only Update the Particle System if it does not inherit from DrawableGameComponent, since if it does it will be updated automatically by the Game object.

public void UpdateForced(float fElapsedTimeInSeconds)

Updates the Particle System, even if the the Particle Systems inherits from DrawableGameComponent.

Updating the Particle System involves executing the Particle System Events, updating all Active Particles according to the Particle Events, and adding new Particles according to the Emitter settings.

NOTE: If inheriting from DrawableGameComponent and this is called, the Particle System will be updated twice per frame; once when it is called here, and again when automatically called by the Game object. If not inheriting from DrawableGameComponent, this acts the same as calling Update().