How to use

getName

method

in

com.jme3.effect.ParticleEmitter

char nameSuffix = emitter.getName().charAt(emitter.getName().length() - 1);
if (nameSuffix == 'B' || nameSuffix == 'N') {
  alphaFunction = MaterialHelper.ALPHA_MASK_NONE;
emitter.setName(emitter.getName().substring(0, emitter.getName().length() - 1));

/**
 * This method clone the Track and search for the cloned counterpart of the
 * original emitter in the given cloned spatial. The spatial is assumed to
 * be the Spatial holding the AnimControl controlling the animation using
 * this Track.
 *
 * @param spatial the Spatial holding the AnimControl
 * @return the cloned Track with proper reference
 */
@Override
public Track cloneForSpatial(Spatial spatial) {
  EffectTrack effectTrack = new EffectTrack();
  effectTrack.particlesPerSeconds = this.particlesPerSeconds;
  effectTrack.length = this.length;
  effectTrack.startOffset = this.startOffset;
  //searching for the newly cloned ParticleEmitter
  effectTrack.emitter = findEmitter(spatial);
  if (effectTrack.emitter == null) {
    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "{0} was not found in {1} or is not bound to this track", new Object[]{emitter.getName(), spatial.getName()});
    effectTrack.emitter = emitter;
  }
  removeUserData(this);
  //setting user data on the new emmitter and marking it with a reference to the cloned Track.
  setUserData(effectTrack);
  effectTrack.emitter.setParticlesPerSec(0);
  return effectTrack;
}

  private void makeSoftParticleEmitter(Spatial scene, boolean enabled) {
    if (scene instanceof Node) {
      Node n = (Node) scene;
      for (Spatial child : n.getChildren()) {
        makeSoftParticleEmitter(child, enabled);
      }
    }
    if (scene instanceof ParticleEmitter) {
      ParticleEmitter emitter = (ParticleEmitter) scene;
      if (enabled) {
        enabledSoftParticles = enabled;

        emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("SoftParticles", renderManager);
        if( processor.getNumSamples()>1){
          emitter.getMaterial().setInt("NumSamplesDepth", processor.getNumSamples());
        }
        emitter.getMaterial().setTexture("DepthTexture", processor.getDepthTexture());               
        emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Translucent);

        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Made particle Emitter {0} soft.", emitter.getName());
      } else {
        emitter.getMaterial().clearParam("DepthTexture");
        emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("Default", renderManager);
        // emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Transparent);
        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Particle Emitter {0} is not soft anymore.", emitter.getName());
      }
    }
  }
}

/**
 * This method clone the Track and search for the cloned counterpart of the
 * original emitter in the given cloned spatial. The spatial is assumed to
 * be the Spatial holding the AnimControl controlling the animation using
 * this Track.
 *
 * @param spatial the Spatial holding the AnimControl
 * @return the cloned Track with proper reference
 */
@Override
public Track cloneForSpatial(Spatial spatial) {
  EffectTrack effectTrack = new EffectTrack();
  effectTrack.particlesPerSeconds = this.particlesPerSeconds;
  effectTrack.length = this.length;
  effectTrack.startOffset = this.startOffset;
  //searching for the newly cloned ParticleEmitter
  effectTrack.emitter = findEmitter(spatial);
  if (effectTrack.emitter == null) {
    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "{0} was not found in {1} or is not bound to this track", new Object[]{emitter.getName(), spatial.getName()});
    effectTrack.emitter = emitter;
  }
  removeUserData(this);
  //setting user data on the new emmitter and marking it with a reference to the cloned Track.
  setUserData(effectTrack);
  effectTrack.emitter.setParticlesPerSec(0);
  return effectTrack;
}

/**
 * This method clone the Track and search for the cloned counterpart of the
 * original emmitter in the given cloned spatial. The spatial is assumed to
 * be the Spatial holding the AnimControl controling the animation using
 * this Track.
 *
 * @param spatial the Spatial holding the AnimControl
 * @return the cloned Track with proper reference
 */
public Track cloneForSpatial(Spatial spatial) {
  EffectTrack effectTrack = new EffectTrack();
  effectTrack.particlesPerSeconds = this.particlesPerSeconds;
  effectTrack.length = this.length;
  effectTrack.startOffset = this.startOffset;
  //searching for the newly cloned ParticleEmitter
  effectTrack.emitter = findEmitter(spatial);
  if (effectTrack.emitter == null) {
    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "{0} was not found in {1} or is not bound to this track", new Object[]{emitter.getName(), spatial.getName()});
    effectTrack.emitter = emitter;
  }
  removeUserData(this);
  //setting user data on the new emmitter and marking it with a reference to the cloned Track.
  setUserData(effectTrack);
  effectTrack.emitter.setParticlesPerSec(0);
  return effectTrack;
}

  private void makeSoftParticleEmitter(Spatial scene, boolean enabled) {
    if (scene instanceof Node) {
      Node n = (Node) scene;
      for (Spatial child : n.getChildren()) {
        makeSoftParticleEmitter(child, enabled);
      }
    }
    if (scene instanceof ParticleEmitter) {
      ParticleEmitter emitter = (ParticleEmitter) scene;
      if (enabled) {
        enabledSoftParticles = enabled;

        emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("SoftParticles", renderManager);
        if( processor.getNumSamples()>1){
          emitter.getMaterial().setInt("NumSamplesDepth", processor.getNumSamples());
        }
        emitter.getMaterial().setTexture("DepthTexture", processor.getDepthTexture());               
        emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Translucent);

        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Made particle Emitter {0} soft.", emitter.getName());
      } else {
        emitter.getMaterial().clearParam("DepthTexture");
        emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("Default", renderManager);
        // emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Transparent);
        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Particle Emitter {0} is not soft anymore.", emitter.getName());
      }
    }
  }
}

  emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Translucent);
  logger.log(Level.FINE, "Made particle Emitter {0} soft.", emitter.getName());
} else {
  emitter.getMaterial().clearParam("DepthTexture");
  emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("Default", renderManager);
  logger.log(Level.FINE, "Particle Emitter {0} is not soft anymore.", emitter.getName());

  emitter.setQueueBucket(RenderQueue.Bucket.Translucent);
  logger.log(Level.FINE, "Made particle Emitter {0} soft.", emitter.getName());
} else {
  emitter.getMaterial().clearParam("DepthTexture");
  emitter.getMaterial().selectTechnique("Default", renderManager);
  logger.log(Level.FINE, "Particle Emitter {0} is not soft anymore.", emitter.getName());