Particle problem

Scripting Issues
1

Hi,
I am trying to make an explosion using particles.

I am getting a strange error that goes like this

 Couldn't find rendererSpriteTexture file: phase_3/maps/eyes.jpg
:gobj(error): Texture::read() - couldn't read: phase_3/maps/eyes.jpg
:gobj(error): Unable to read texture "phase_3/maps/eyes.jpg" (using vfs) on texture_path: .. and then come some paths

The strange thing is that this eyes.jpg is never mentioned in my code…

I am using panda 1.0.5 (thank god for the system administrators at this school)

any ideas??

regards,
Eggert

2

Back in 1.0.5, the default texture for a sprite particle was “phase3/maps/feyes.jpg”. Obviously, this is some historical artifact. You need to override the default - set the texture of the sprite particles.

  • Josh
3

Yeah, this is a pretty harmless message, more annoying than dangerous. If you want to see where it’s coming from and how you can avoid it, see the file at

‘direct/src/extensions/SpriteParticleRenderer-extensions.py’

You can also specify better defaults in your Config.prc.