Time for action – implementing particles

To implement the particles for our game, perform the following steps:

1. 1. In the LoadContent() method of the TankBattlesGame class, initialize the ParticleManager as follows:

   ParticleManager.Initialize(
       GraphicsDevice,
       Content.Load<Effect>(@"Effects\Particles"),
       Content.Load<Texture2D>(@"Textures\Explosion"));

2. 2. Add the CheckForShotImpacts() helper method to the TankBattlesGame class as follows:

   private void CheckForShotImpacts()
   {
       if (!ShotManager.ShotActive && !ShotManager.HitProcessed)
       {
           Vector3 impactPoint = new Vector3(
               ShotManager.Position.X, 0, ShotManager.Position.Z);
           impactPoint.Y = terrain.GetHeight(
               impactPoint.X, impactPoint.Z);
           ParticleManager.MakeExplosion(impactPoint, 200);
           ShotManager.HitProcessed = true;
       }
   }

3. 3. In the Update() method of the TankBattlesGame class, add the following lines of code right after the ShotManager is updated:

   CheckForShotImpacts...