Have my particles let trail of there movement on the scene in SpriteKit even in a child node

Question

I want the same effect than in this project

But my particles SKEmitterNode isn't directly in the Scene, but in a child node. My particles are reactor effect behind my spaceship, and I want it to leave a trail on the scene as the SpaceShip node moves.

Right now my particles are a child node of my SpaceShip and so, "all" particles move with the SpaceShip so it display just a point and doesn't leave a trail.

How can I do it ?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '15 at 09:24

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You need to set the targetNode on your emitter to be your SKScene.

answered Apr 07 '15 at 09:24

ABakerSmith

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Couldn't ask for a better answer, you sir is the real MVP :) – Tancrede Chazallet Apr 07 '15 at 09:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '16 at 07:44

I am using this one to make a trail behind a ship in swift by SKEmitterNode.`

sparkEmmiter.targetNode = self.scene

Where sparkEmmiter is a object of SKEmitterNode. and make it to child of the ship.

ship.addChild(sparkEmmiter)

Where ship is SKSpriteNode object.

Have my particles let trail of there movement on the scene in SpriteKit even in a child node

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