[SOLVED] How do you spawn Particles?

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I’m trying to spawn a particle when a player issues a command, using this

Player player = (Player) commandSource;
Location oPos = player.getLocation();
GameRegistry reg = plugin.game.getRegistry();
Vector3d origin = new Vector3d(oPos.getPosition().getX(), oPos.getPosition().getY() + 1, oPos.getPosition().getZ());
player.getLocation().getExtent().spawnParticles(reg.createParticleEffectBuilder(ParticleTypes.ENCHANTMENT_TABLE).count(2000).build(), origin, 1);

but I just can’t seem to get anything to happen.

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This my be of use

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Yeah, that is where I got the base process from but when i try to use it nothing happens, no errors, just acts like it’s not even there,

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Quick tip

can be written as:

Vector3d origin = oPos.add(0, 1, 0);
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I did hear that there were some bugs with particle effects more than 1 block away from the player’s feet.

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@JBYoshi is right, but you already defined a radius of 1 … (or did u just edit that in? :smiley: )
A radius of 1 however is not enough, is it? ^^
Try 50 or so.

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The problem is that the effect of particle table is that it is very small, and at 0,1,0 offset, will be contained entirely within the torso of a character, and not visible outside of the model.

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That’s what i was thinking, i got it to display, but is it like a radius or a point of origin?

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all parrticles are spawned at a point, some are bigger than others though, the table effect is a small character about 1/8th of a block height tall, 1/12th wide about its center. The radius is how far away that is viewable, provideed it is viewable - inside of a block you cant see it, inside of a player model, you cant see it.
All 2000 of your particles will occupy the exact same tiny volume of space overlapped.

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A little snippet from the working code TY all that helped :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

public CommandResult {

public static Game game;
Player player = (Player) commandSource;
GameRegistry reg = game.getRegistry();
Vector3d motion = new Vector3d(0, 2, 0);
Location oPos = player.getLocation();
Vector3d origin = oPos.getPosition();

ParticleEffectBuilder eFF1 = reg.createParticleEffectBuilder(ParticleTypes.PORTAL).count(20).motion(motion);

for (double incr = 0; incr < 3.14; incr += 0.1) {

                player.getLocation().getExtent().spawnParticles(eFF1.motion(motion.add(Math.cos(incr), 0, Math.sin(incr))).build(), origin, 500);
                player.getLocation().getExtent().spawnParticles(eFF1.motion(motion.add(Math.cos(incr), 0, -Math.sin(incr))).build(), origin, 500);
                player.getLocation().getExtent().spawnParticles(eFF1.motion(motion.add(-Math.cos(incr), 0, Math.sin(incr))).build(), origin, 500);
                player.getLocation().getExtent().spawnParticles(eFF1.motion(motion.add(-Math.cos(incr), 0, -Math.sin(incr))).build(), origin, 500);

            }

}
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The last argument to spawnParticles is just a workaround for Player.spawnParticles() with no integer parameter results in no particles equalto or greater than 1.0 distance away · Issue #386 · SpongePowered/SpongeForge · GitHub. Once the issue is fixed, it will no longer be needed.