Libgdx special effects in 3D

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I am trying different libgdx features to develop a 3D game for android, as it works very fine upto loading 3D models and perform animations on them. Now the big problem i found that its difficult to produce complex 3D effects like shooting, fire etc. Without them it won't look real. I know about particle editor but I am working on ubuntu 14 system where its not working properly.

I have used 'particle system' from this page for basic effects libgdx 3d particle effect

So any ideas? If you have got some sample code/library/tool then please put it here. Thanks.

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androidlibgdx
With particle editor do you mean "Flame", which is mentioned in the link you posted? Are you sure, that it does not work on ubuntu 14? Besides ParticeEffects, Shaders can be used to create some "eye-candy", if you want to create a 3D game with libgdx you should definitely use some GLSL Shaders. - Robert P

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I recently post a class particle management, maybe this can help you

To use this :

myParticles = new MyParticles(camera3d);

//load assets
assets.setLoader(ParticleEffect.class, myParticles.loader);
assets.load("particles/explosion1.part", ParticleEffect.class, myParticles.loadParam);
assets.load("particles/explosion2.part", ParticleEffect.class, myParticles.loadParam);
assets.finishLoading();

//load Pooler
HashMap<String, String> particle = new HashMap<String, String>();
particle.put("explosion_small", "particles/explosion1.part");
particle.put("explosion_big", "particles/explosion2.part");
myParticles.loadPool(particle, assets);
particle.clear();

//create particle ( array is better )
exploseSmall = myParticles.createEffect(myParticles.pool.get("explosion_small"));
exploseBig = myParticles.createEffect(myParticles.pool.get("explosion_big"));

//render methode
modelBatch.begin(camera);
myParticles.render();
modelBatch.render(myParticles.particleSystem);
modelBatch.end();

//dispose effect with timer
myParticle.free(exploseSmall, 0.5f);
myParticle.free(exploseBig, 1);

//dispose myparticle system and pooler
myParticle.dispose();