import * as THREE from 'three';
import type { Emitter, EmitterOptions } from './emitter.js';
/** Options for {@link createGpuEmitter} — `EmitterOptions` minus the CPU-only rate/burst controls (GPU particles recycle continuously). */
export type GpuEmitterOptions = Omit<EmitterOptions, 'rate' | 'bursts' | 'rotation'>;
/**
 * GPGPU particle emitter: position and velocity live in float textures
 * advanced by `GPUComputationRenderer` fragment shaders, so capacity scales
 * to hundreds of thousands with near-zero CPU cost per frame.
 *
 * @param renderer - Renderer running the compute passes (WebGL2).
 * @param options - Same appearance/motion contract as the CPU emitter.
 * @returns An {@link Emitter}; `burst`/`setRate` are no-ops — particles
 * respawn continuously as their lifetime wraps.
 * @remarks Capacity rounds up to a square texture side. Requires float
 * render-target support.
 */
export declare function createGpuEmitter(renderer: THREE.WebGLRenderer, options: GpuEmitterOptions): Emitter;
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