# ParticleSystemManager

from pandac.PandaModules import ParticleSystemManager

Class : ParticleSystemManager
Description : Manages a set of individual ParticleSystem objects, so that each individual one doesn't have to be updated and rendered every frame See Also : particleSystemManager.cxx

## Inheritance:

ParticleSystemManager:

## Methods of ParticleSystemManager:

attachParticlesystem
clear
doParticles
getFrameStepping
output
removeParticlesystem
setFrameStepping
write
writePsList

attachParticlesystem void ParticleSystemManager::attach_particlesystem(ParticleSystem *ps); Undocumented function.

clear void ParticleSystemManager::clear(void); Undocumented function.

doParticles void ParticleSystemManager::do_particles(float dt); Description : does an update and render for each ps in the list. this is probably the one you want to use. Rendering is the expensive operation, and particles REALLY should at least be updated every frame, so nth_frame stepping applies only to rendering. Description : does an update and an optional render for a specific ps. Since rendering is the expensive operation, multiple updates could be applied before calling the final render.

getFrameStepping int ParticleSystemManager::get_frame_stepping(void) const; Undocumented function.

output virtual void ParticleSystemManager::output(ostream &out) const; Description : Write a string representation of this instance to <out>.

removeParticlesystem void ParticleSystemManager::remove_particlesystem(ParticleSystem *ps); Description : removes a ps from the maintenance list

setFrameStepping void ParticleSystemManager::set_frame_stepping(int every_nth_frame); Filename: particleSystemManager.I Created by: charles (28Jun00) PANDA 3D SOFTWARE Copyright (c) 2001 - 2004, Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved All use of this software is subject to the terms of the Panda 3d Software license. You should have received a copy of this license along with this source code; you will also find a current copy of the license at http://etc.cmu.edu/panda3d/docs/license/ . To contact the maintainers of this program write to panda3d-general@lists.sourceforge.net .

write virtual void ParticleSystemManager::write(ostream &out, int indent = (0)) const; Description : Write a string representation of this instance to <out>.

writePsList virtual void ParticleSystemManager::write_ps_list(ostream &out, int indent = (0)) const; Description : Write a string representation of this instance to <out>.