Something like this:

I need it for my 3D opengl game. I really want to use a fireballs instead of bullets, but I don't want to spend a century developing a particle system.

I have no idea how particles work, there are some tutorials on the internet though, but I kind of need something that is simple to make and that doesn't look so bad.

And it would be great if someone can suggest an article, or a chapter from a book, that can kind of introduce me to the problem, because I'm a beginner at this.

Any ideas on how to make that fireball?

There is this from GPU Gems but it is a reasonably old book now:

http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_ch06.html

The article does seem to have less info than what is in the actual chapter in the book though.

There is this from GPU Gems but it is a reasonably old book now: http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_ch06.html The article does seem to have less info than what is in the actual chapter in the book though.

I saw the article and I decided that I'm gonna use this for now: https://www.yobi3d.com/v/p0hsNKIZy1/WpnMetaridleyFireballL.obj

Nanoha thanks for the help. For helping me to give up. :lol:

There is this from GPU Gems but it is a reasonably old book now: http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_ch06.html The article does seem to have less info than what is in the actual chapter in the book though.

I saw the article and I decided that I'm gonna use this for now: https://www.yobi3d.com/v/p0hsNKIZy1/WpnMetaridleyFireballL.obj

Nanoha thanks for the help. For helping me to give up. :lol:

A particle system is a big amount of work if all you want is a fireball! You might even be able to get away with a simple animated sprite too. In effect just a very simple particle, depending on the speed it is travelling it could work out just fine. It could be just a screen aligned billboard.

You might even be able to get away with a simple animated sprite too. In effect just a very simple particle, depending on the speed it is travelling it could work out just fine. It could be just a screen aligned billboard.

Yeah, this is what I did and it looks fine. Will postpone that particle system for now.

Thanks for the nice idea.