Line Particles (quick question)

Troubleshooting effects
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Hi all,



just a quick question, after using renanse particle editor http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/webstart/jmedemo.php?effects.RenParticleEditor I try to run some particle effects, and when I simply start with


ParticleMesh manager = ParticleFactory.buildParticles("spell", 500, ParticleMesh.PT_LINE);



but then I get the following error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: particleType should be either ParticleGeometry.PT_TRIANGLE or ParticleGeometry.PT_QUAD



So either there's something really obvious that I'm missing, whether my jme installation has a problem. Before I start to install it again, would anyone give me his opinion about this?

Thanks,
Adrien

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Take a look at the source of ParticleFactory to see what the available factory methods are.

If you want to use Lines, you need to use buildLineParticles(name, amount) instead of buildParticles().

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thanks, that's what I needed

Adrien