Use a screenshot as background for particle editor

Feature requests
#1

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OTHER FEATURE REQUESTS

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe (REQUIRED):
Somewhat, I believe having to load the game to test the particle FX within the game art style is time consuming.

Describe the solution you’d like (REQUIRED):
Set the background image for particle editor to see what it would look like in the game

Describe alternatives you’ve considered (REQUIRED):
No other way?

Additional context (OPTIONAL):

#2

You can hot reload particles (ctrl+r for windows) from the editor to a running version of the engine. This is what we often do when testing adjustments to particles.

#3

Ah cool, thanks for the knowledge! :slight_smile: I’ll definitely make use of this.

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