How to turn on and off a particle emmission via script

Hello, I have a problem here. I have a script for some sparks with the particle system. I want to make the sparks look like they appear and disappear (the catch here is that the sparks come from an engine that is damaged). How can I turn the emission on and off randomly? I was thinking of making a boolean with a float Random.Range of 1 to 2 seconds.

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using UnityEngine;



public class SparksEditor : MonoBehaviour {



       

        public Mesh myMesh;

    void Start() {

        ParticleSystem ps = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();

        var main = ps.main;

        var em = ps.emission;   em.enabled = true;

        var sh = ps.shape;  sh.enabled  =   true;





        // Emiter

        main.duration = 2.0f;

        main.loop = true;

        main.startLifetime = 0.5f;

        main.startSpeed =   5.0f;

        main.startSize  =   0.01f;

        main.gravityModifier    =   0.5f;



        // Emission

        em.rateOverTime = 50.0f;

        em.rateOverDistance =   0.0f;



        // Shape

        sh.shapeType    =   ParticleSystemShapeType.Cone;

        sh.angle    =   15.0f;

        sh.radius   =   0.01f;

    }

}

That is my script ^

 

Hi, to turn on or off the emission, just use ps.Play() or ps.Stop()
Maybe something like that would do the job :

Code (CSharp):

1. public class sparks : MonoBehaviour {
2.     private ParticleSystem ps;
3.  
4.     void Start () {
5.         ps = GetComponent<ParticleSystem> ();
6.         StartCoroutine ("StartOrStopEmission");
7.     }
8.      
9.     IEnumerator StartOrStopEmission () {
10.         if (ps.isPlaying)
11.             ps.Stop ();
12.          else
13.             ps.Play ();
14.  
15.         float timeToWait = Random.Range (1f, 2f);
16.         yield return new WaitForSeconds (timeToWait);
17.  
18.         StartCoroutine ("StartOrStopEmission");
19.     }
20. }

 

Thank you very much for the help

 

You're welcome, hope this will help.
By the way, you're the first I've ever helped about Unity, as I usually ask for help myself

 

Good to know that you actually are now hel[ing . The tables have turned : D