Candles go out - Unbind the smoke?

[DeTeEff]

I noticed that the smoke that emmits from a snuffed candle is bound to the candle. It follows as the candle is moved about. Is it possible to unbind it just as it goes out?

[Sotha]

If the candle uses func_emitter, the particle moves with the object.

 

If the candle used func_smoke, the particle would move on its own and not follow the object.

 

Perhaps you could change it by making a custom candle flame that emits func_smoke instead of func_emitter.

 

func_emitter is used probably because it is more efficient than func_smoke.

[grayman]

I'm not familiar with that version of the smoke. It's probably different than the original "emit smoke puffs" version, where the older puffs would just rise up w/o caring about the candle's location. New puffs would be emitted from the new location, so you end up with a trail of puffs as you move the candle around.

 

The new smoke might be an animated texture (????) that won't behave the way the old smoke did, since the puffs in the animation are all part of the same object, and that object is bound to the candle.

 

The solution would be to turn off the animation if the candle moves. We can't unbind it, because if the candle is lit again, we'll need it again if the candle is then doused.

[DeTeEff]

For the record, it was this entity atdm:moveable_holder_tall_plus_candle3