Animated dust particles in Ren'Py? (SOLVED)

[omranpanda]

Does anyone know how to make animated dust particles in renpy? I already have the image that I will use for the particle but I don't know how to make them animated in renpy.

Something similar to this: https://youtu.be/0bkw5wDoyyw

Sorry if this seems like a stupid question.

[_ticlock_]

Hi, omranpanda,

1) One option is to make a movie and use it as a background. Check this documentation link:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.html

2) For more or less simple animation you can use animation and transformation. Check the following links:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/atl.html
viewtopic.php?t=16604

For the second option, it might be a good idea to use an image with several dust particles and apply some parallel transforms:

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transform move_particle_set:
        parallel:
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat
        parallel:    
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat
       parallel:    
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat

However, I wouldn't recommend using a lot of independently moving particles with animation and transformation due to unreasonable load for the processor.

[omranpanda]

Hi, omranpanda,

1) One option is to make a movie and use it as a background. Check this documentation link:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.html

2) For more or less simple animation you can use animation and transformation. Check the following links:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/atl.html
viewtopic.php?t=16604

For the second option, it might be a good idea to use an image with several dust particles and apply some parallel transforms:

Code: Select all

transform move_particle_set:
        parallel:
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat
        parallel:    
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat
       parallel:    
           ... # some transformation code
           repeat

However, I wouldn't recommend using a lot of independently moving particles with animation and transformation due to unreasonable load for the processor.

Oh ok thanks!

[Dr_arell]

hi, i know this will not be very useful but a while ago i saw something similar to what you are asking on a post here in lemmasoft, i think they were like 2 or 3 lines of code used to emulate snow falling, unfortunately i deleted the project containing that code but if you really want it, just letting you know theres is something like that.

dont quote me on this but this might be the one im talking about
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=58442&p=526841&hilit=snow#p526841

[Donmai]

you can try this recipe from the Ren'Py cookbook section:
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=24762

[Dr_arell]

yes thats what i was talking about, donmai just posted it

[omranpanda]

you can try this recipe from the Ren'Py cookbook section:
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=24762

This seems to work best for me, thanks!