class ParticlePool

Defined in: C4Particles.h

The ParticlePool class handles storage for particles in a particle system.

Definition

template <class type = Particle> class ParticlePool : public ParticlePoolBase

Member Functions

ParticlePool::NewParticle Returns an unused particle from a particle pool.

Template Parameters

type The structure containing the state data for each particle. This must be Particle or one of its subclasses.

Constructor

ParticlePool(long count, type *pool);

Parameters

`count`	The total number of particles in the pool.
`pool`	A pointer to an array of structures that hold the particle state data. This must point to an array of `count` structures of the type specified by the `type` template parameter.

Description

The ParticlePool class encapsulates an array of particle structures that are used with a single particle system. These structures hold the current state of all the particles in a particle system. A pointer to a particle pool is passed to the constructors of the various particle system subclasses.

Base Classes

ParticlePoolBase Used internally to encapsulate common functionality that is independent of the template parameter.