Particle System Plays after Player enters Collider (3D)

I've been stuck for a while on this because I can't figure out the code. I just want the particle system to be playing when the player is inside the collider then stop when the player exits. if anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it

 

myPS.Play()
myPs.Stop()

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem.Play.html

 

how do i use this in context?

 

the collider should be Trigger (check the property in the inspector)
then you attach a script to it

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayParticles : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public ParticleSystem ps;
8.  
9.     private void Awake()
10.     {
11.         ps.Stop();
12.  
13.     }
14.  
15.     private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
16.     {
17.         ps.Play();
18.     }
19.  
20.     private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
21.     {
22.         ps.Stop();
23.     }
24. }
25.  

the ParticleSystem is declared as public. So you have (after compilation) to reference it in the inspector by Dropping your ParticleSystem (if independant game object) or your Player (if yhe PS is a component of Player) in the field called ps.

Oh! to be almost complete. If the PS is a component attached to what you call collider then you don't need to declare it public or drop anyththing... just Get it ...

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. public class PlayParticles : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.     ParticleSystem ps;
6.  
7.     private void Awake()
8.     {
9.         ps = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();
10.         ps.Stop();
11.  
12.     }
13.  
14.     private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
15.     {
16.         ps.Play();
17.     }
18.  
19.     private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
20.     {
21.         ps.Stop();
22.     }
23. }
24.