Particle systems Or Not

Blitz3D Forums/Blitz3D Programming/Particle systems Or Not

The forum is locked. These are the original blitzbasic.com forums, kept so they can still be read. No new topics, replies or edits can be made here. To join in, head over to the Blitz3D+ forums.

Question:

I have been looking at a few particle systems and they all seem to produce pretty cool effects.

Now, should I consider coding particle effects into games from scratch or do I use Animated textures (Image Strips) to generate the effect in the game.

These effects can make a game a lot more professional but I am stuck as to how best to implement them into games with the minimal amount of coding.

Any suggestions or examples greatfully accepted...