Can particle emitter be restarted?

cocos2d-x C++
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I have a particle emitter that is running, sending clouds of steam slowly into the air.
When I stop it, the clouds stop being emitted, and existing clouds continue. Which looks good.
But if I start it again, the existing clouds disappear, and new clouds start.
What I would like to happen is that the existing clouds continue to their end of life, while new ones start.
Is this possible?

2

By using pause, setVisible & resume ??

3

I haven’t tried pause, so I’ll give that a go - I had assumed it ‘froze’ the particles - but if it just pauses emission it could be what I’m looking for… thanks

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Looks like pause() just freezes the whole thing :frowning:

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Might need to enhance the API (send a PR). Should be trivial. Just add {start,stop}Emitting methods, and a flag, which disable emission. Easy, but possibly not best, check flag w/early return in addParticles.

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Yeah - I might give it a go tonight. Thanks

Not sure’ what I’m doing re contributing via gitHub - so may be back to ask questions later :slight_smile: