Particle Engine for Windows 10 Universal Application development?

[dcegames]

Hi!

I was wondering if there were any good particle engines for MonoGame that targets Windows 10 Universal App development?

My old ones don’t seem to work anymore.

Thanks!

[Jjagg]

If you mean 2D, try the one in MonoGame.Extended, it’s pretty good Also, since MG abstracts away most platform differences a particle engine written for MonoGame should pretty much always be cross-platform. What broke in your particle engine?

[dcegames]

Hi Jjagg!

Thanks for your quick response!

Yes, I’m looking for a good 2D particle engine. Thanks for pointing that out!

I will try the one you subscribed to in your post. Thanks!

When I first started using Monogame, the Microsoft Particle engine no longer worked, so I switched to using the Super-Nova particle engine for Windows 8.1 development.

When I started developing for Windows 10 universal, I tried to use the Package Manager to install the Super-Nova particle engine and it did not work. I don’t think the guy who wrote the engine is supporting it anymore, or it could be my setup.

Thanks again!

[zman]

Try DPSF http://xnaparticles.com/

Mercury used to be pretty good in the XNA days - not sure how well its kept up to date or if its tested against MonoGame http://mpe.codeplex.com/

You are right that this looks dead https://www.nuget.org/packages/Supernova-Particle-System/

[zman]

Also Digital Run has particles http://digitalrune.github.io/DigitalRune-Documentation/html/5044112e-c86d-4d85-87d0-b567a0361c21.htm

I think you may need to use their rendering code though…

[Jjagg]

@zman

Mercury used to be pretty good in the XNA days - not sure how well its kept up to date or if its tested against MonoGame

The one in Extended is adapted from Mercury.

[dcegames]

Thanks zman!

Yeah, the Super-Nova particle engine was developed and adapted for MonoGame by one guy that supplied me with personal support a few years ago. The Mercury engine adapted for Monogame.Extended should be more than suffice.

[dcegames]

Also,

One thing to note. I just installed MonoGame.Extended, and some packages are not compatible with the kind of application that I am developing, which is a Windows UAP.

[autemox1]

Sorry for reviving this old topic but when I try to use DPSF using the standard DPSF.dll I get an error: “A reference to DPSF.dll could not be added. The project targets ‘.NETCore’ while the file reference targets ‘.NETFramework’. This is not a supported scenario.”

DPSF contains only one DLL made for MonoGame, and that is MonoGame for Android. When you use DPSFMonoForAndoid.dll with a Windows 10 Universal Application it compiles ok but when you run the application it crashes with the error

@autemox1

DPSF.Exceptions.DPSFException HResult=0x80131500 Message=A problem occurred while Initializing the Particle System. Inner DPSFException: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponent.get_GraphicsDevice()'. at DPSF.DPSF2.InitializeCommonVariables(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, Int32 iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, Int32 iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, ParticleTypes eParticleType)
at DPSF.DPSF2.InitializeTexturedQuadParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, Int32 iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, Int32 iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, UpdateVertexDelegate cVertexUpdateFunction, String sTexture) Source=DPSFMonoForAndoidAsDrawableGameComponent StackTrace: at DPSF.DPSF2.InitializeTexturedQuadParticleSystem(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, Int32 iNumberOfParticlesToAllocateMemoryFor, Int32 iMaxNumberOfParticlesToAllow, UpdateVertexDelegate cVertexUpdateFunction, String sTexture)
at DPSF.ParticleSystems.DefaultTexturedQuadParticleSystemTemplate.AutoInitialize(GraphicsDevice cGraphicsDevice, ContentManager cContentManager, SpriteBatch cSpriteBatch) in C:\Users.…\source\repos\Game4\Game4\DefaultTexturedQuadParticleSystemTemplate.cs:line 79
at Game4.Game1.LoadContent() in C:\Users.…\source\repos\Game4\Game4\Game1.cs:line 53
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Initialize()
at Game4.Game1.Initialize() in C:\Users.…\source\repos\Game4\Game4\Game1.cs:line 39
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoInitialize()
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior)
at MonoGame.Framework.XamlGame1.Create(Func1 gameConstructor, String launchParameters, CoreWindow window, SwapChainPanel swapChainPanel)
at MonoGame.Framework.XamlGame`1.Create(String launchParameters, CoreWindow window, SwapChainPanel swapChainPanel)
at Game4.GamePage…ctor() in C:\Users.…\source\repos\Game4\Game4\GamePage.xaml.cs:line 33

Inner Exception 1:
MissingMethodException: Method not found: ‘Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponent.get_GraphicsDevice()’.`

I assume this error has to do with Windows 10 Universal Application instead of Android. The DPSF project has not been updated for 7 years and I do not believe we will get a DPSF for Windows 10 Universal Application. Anyone finding this thread should not use DPSF.

[songshizhao]

same error lead me here
so what kind of package you are using for particles plz ?