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Particle effect not being destroyed

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by mystrymaster, Nov 5, 2019.

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  1. mystrymaster

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    The AttackFX(Clone) in this picture goes away when the particle is done playing
    upload_2019-11-4_22-13-19.png

    But the HitFX (Clone) sticks around after, and I am left with this
    upload_2019-11-4_22-13-49.png


    I am calling them both what looks to be the same to me
    upload_2019-11-4_22-14-20.png

    I added the yield return null in there thinking I wasn't returning anything from the coroutine bit that didn't work either, any idea what I am doing wrong here?
     
    mystrymaster, Nov 5, 2019
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  2. Olmi

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    Couldn't you use a simple script on the instanced Particle object in your scene that checks in it's Update method if it's still playing, and if it's not, call Destroy on this gameobject? You could check isAlive, it should return false when the particles are no longer alive.
    https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem.IsAlive.html
     
    Olmi, Nov 5, 2019
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  3. mystrymaster

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    mystrymaster, Nov 5, 2019
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  4. mystrymaster

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    So I figure this out, in case anyone happens upon this, I saved the prefab with the game object disabled, as soon as I enabled it, all behaved as expected
     
    mystrymaster, Nov 8, 2019
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  5. DancingZombie

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    Make sure you set all child particle systems to destroy as well. A number of effects are made up of multiple particle systems.
     
    DancingZombie, Apr 5, 2022
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  6. MelvMay

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    Make sure you don't necro really old threads please.

    The 2D forums are not even related to particles btw. I've moved it to the scripting forum.
     
    MelvMay, Apr 5, 2022
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