Trail renderer emit switch off

I have a trail renderer on a 3d object, when i use script to turn emit off and then move the object, the trail will still continue for that movement.

I am using this code to switch it off:

trail.emitting = false;
transform.position = pos;

e.g. starting at point A i switch off the emitter, move to point B and then on to point C. the trail will continue from A to B but not on to C.

 

Did you try disabling the component itself?

 

Just tried that, has the same effect, when i turn the component back on the trail is still going to position B

 

I am currently dealing with the same exact problem. Did you ever figure this one out? Aside from having another gameobject for the trail that is...

 

this is some thing I came up with it worked for me I was using an animation event to trigger it

public bool trailIsOn = false;
public GameObject trail;


public void TrailOnOff()
{
trailIsOn = !trailIsOn;
if (trailIsOn == true)
{
trail.GetComponent<TrailRenderer>().time = 5f;
}
else
{
trail.GetComponent<TrailRenderer>().time = 0f;
}
}

 

My solution: Wait one frame after disabling and before enabling:

Code (CSharp):

1. trailRenderer.emitting = false;
2. yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
3. transform.position = pos;
4. yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
5. trailRenderer.emitting = true;

 

use trailRenderer.Clear(); https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/TrailRenderer.Clear.html

 

What worked for me was:

Code (CSharp):

1.     float oldDist = trail.minVertexDistance;
2.     trail.minVertexDistance = 1000000.0f;
3.     transform.position = pos;
4.     trail.minVertexDistance = oldDist;

I know this is more like a hack but the solution from @efge did not work for me.