Shuriken ParticleSystem.randomSeed has no effect

Hi,

Setting the randomSeed on a particle system works in debug mode in the inspector.

However setting it from this script seems to have no effect.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class ParticleRandomTester : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.     void Awake()
7.     {
8.         var ps = gameObject.GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();
9.         ps.randomSeed = 42;
10.     }
11. }

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

 

Nevermind I found out how.

You have to use ParticleSystem.Simulate(0, true, true); to actually reset the particle system and get it to use the new randomSeed value.

Of course.

 

Why on Earth did that work, thank-you Ben, just wasted an hour scouring the documentation for what you've summed up in 20 seconds. Very odd decision by Unity there