From 0f76dc2cbd29be8463160d1527d714782a9bb6d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phr00t <phr00t@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 16:46:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Ability to emit a certain number of particles

---
 .../java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
index f68f574aa..418810bdd 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
@@ -896,6 +896,40 @@ public class ParticleEmitter extends Geometry {
         vars.release();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Instantly emits available particles, up to num.
+     */
+    public void emitParticles(int num) {
+        // Force world transform to update
+        this.getWorldTransform();
+
+        TempVars vars = TempVars.get();
+
+        BoundingBox bbox = (BoundingBox) this.getMesh().getBound();
+
+        Vector3f min = vars.vect1;
+        Vector3f max = vars.vect2;
+
+        bbox.getMin(min);
+        bbox.getMax(max);
+
+        if (!Vector3f.isValidVector(min)) {
+            min.set(Vector3f.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
+        }
+        if (!Vector3f.isValidVector(max)) {
+            max.set(Vector3f.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
+        }
+
+        for(int i=0;i<num;i++) {
+            if( emitParticle(min, max) == null ) break;
+        }
+
+        bbox.setMinMax(min, max);
+        this.setBoundRefresh();
+
+        vars.release();
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Instantly kills all active particles, after this method is called, all
      * particles will be dead and no longer visible.

From dd042344d86c714ead48e35afabc5aea23dfcbd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phr00t <phr00t@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:12:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] reduced code duplication

---
 .../java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java | 27 +------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
index 418810bdd..9de88a545 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/effect/ParticleEmitter.java
@@ -868,32 +868,7 @@ public class ParticleEmitter extends Geometry {
      * which are currently inactive will be spawned immediately.
      */
     public void emitAllParticles() {
-        // Force world transform to update
-        this.getWorldTransform();
-
-        TempVars vars = TempVars.get();
-
-        BoundingBox bbox = (BoundingBox) this.getMesh().getBound();
-
-        Vector3f min = vars.vect1;
-        Vector3f max = vars.vect2;
-
-        bbox.getMin(min);
-        bbox.getMax(max);
-
-        if (!Vector3f.isValidVector(min)) {
-            min.set(Vector3f.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
-        }
-        if (!Vector3f.isValidVector(max)) {
-            max.set(Vector3f.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
-        }
-
-        while (emitParticle(min, max) != null);
-
-        bbox.setMinMax(min, max);
-        this.setBoundRefresh();
-
-        vars.release();
+        emitParticles(particles.length);
     }
 
     /**