Getting an error when spawning lots of small custom particles. If anyone knows how to avoid this any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

 

Error:

2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] java.lang.NullPointerException
2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.src.EffectRenderer.updateEffects(EffectRenderer.java:67)
2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.runTick(Minecraft.java:1804)
2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.runGameLoop(Minecraft.java:845)
2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:775)
2012-10-06 19:17:47 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Spawn Code:

 

 

        	Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmokelarge", 	this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ, 			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
        	Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmoke", 			this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ, 			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmokelarge", 	this.posX + 0.5, this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ, 			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmoke", 			this.posX + 0.5, this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ, 			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmokelarge", 	this.posX - 0.5, this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ, 			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmoke", 			this.posX - 0.5, this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ,			(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmokelarge", 	this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ + 0.5D, 	(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmoke", 			this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ + 0.5D, 	(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmokelarge", 	this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ - 0.5D, 	(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));
            Galacticraft.proxy.spawnParticle("whitesmoke", 			this.posX, 		this.posY - 1.8D, this.posZ - 0.5D, 	(this.rotationPitch / 360), -1D, (this.rotationPitch / 360));

 

 

 

The method it's calling:

 

 

@Override
    public void spawnParticle(String var1, double var2, double var4, double var6, double var8, double var10, double var12)
    {
        Minecraft var14 = FMLClientHandler.instance().getClient();

        if (var14 != null && var14.renderViewEntity != null && var14.effectRenderer != null)
        {
            double var15 = var14.renderViewEntity.posX - var2;
            double var17 = var14.renderViewEntity.posY - var4;
            double var19 = var14.renderViewEntity.posZ - var6;
            Object var21 = null;
            double var22 = 64.0D;
            
            if (var1.equals("whitesmoke"))
            {
            	var14.effectRenderer.addEffect(new GCEntityLaunchSmokeFX(var14.theWorld, var2, var4, var6, var8, var10, var12, 1.0F));
            }
            else if (var1.equals("whitesmokelarge"))
            {
            	var14.effectRenderer.addEffect(new GCEntityLaunchSmokeFX(var14.theWorld, var2, var4, var6, var8, var10, var12, 2.5F));
            }

            if (var15 * var15 + var17 * var17 + var19 * var19 < var22 * var22)
            {
            	if (var1.equals("sludgeDrip"))
            	{
            		var21 = new GCEntityDropParticleFX(var14.theWorld, var2, var4, var6, GCBlocks.bacterialSludge);
            	}
            }
            
            if (var21 != null)
            {
                ((EntityFX)var21).prevPosX = ((EntityFX)var21).posX;
                ((EntityFX)var21).prevPosY = ((EntityFX)var21).posY;
                ((EntityFX)var21).prevPosZ = ((EntityFX)var21).posZ;
                var14.effectRenderer.addEffect((EntityFX)var21);
            }
        }
    }

 

 

Cant really say much beyond somehow, you'd spawnning a null effect.

Yup that's what I don't understand, why would it be spawning a null effect when there's lots of particles.

After further investigation, this only happens while spawning particles outside of RenderGlobal.