[request] Particle initial angle random

Hi everyone,

I'm posting a request here because this parameter would greatly improve the flexibility of the particle object:

Initial angle (random value from 0 to user input value) - random angle variation is necessary for many systems to look believable (smoke, fire, water fountain...).

Cheers,

Nathan

It's been requested before and I believe the reason for not being integrated is that rotating particles have very poor performance. The recommended alternative has been to just spawn sprites and rotate them through events.

Thanks for the answer. I did a forum research before posting but didn't see that. I'll probably go for some animated sprite with shader magic then.

I understand that particles that are rotating may cause issues, but I thought having the sprite come out and be set to a random angle would be okay.

I look forward to having multiple frames to choose from, or even an animation. I'd rather not use multiple particle systems all the time.

In fact, having the ability to use hand-made animations or pick a sprite from a spritesheet would be even more flexible than particle rotation, and practically erase the need for it.