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VFX Graph - How do I access the VFXEventAttribute payload?

Discussion in 'Graphics Experimental Previews' started by turboturboturbo, Oct 4, 2019.

  1. turboturboturbo

    turboturboturbo

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    I want to spawn hundreds of explosions in quick succession.
    Each explosion varies in position, duration, color, intensity etc...

    Currently I am instantiating a new VFX graph object for each explosion and changing their exposed parameters, however this seems like a bad idea?

    Instead I would like to create a single VFX graph and send VFXEventAttributes as parameters:

    Code (CSharp):
    1. string eventName = "OnExplode"
    2. void SendEvent(string eventName, VFXEventAttribute eventAttribute = null);
    My question: How can I access these attributes/values within the blocks?
     
    Last edited: Oct 4, 2019
    turboturboturbo, Oct 4, 2019
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  2. JulienF_Unity

    JulienF_Unity

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    You can access it in the initialize context using get source attribute
     
    JulienF_Unity, Oct 4, 2019
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  3. turboturboturbo

    turboturboturbo

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    Hi Julien,

    When I do the following:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. _attrib = _vfx.CreateVFXEventAttribute();        
    2. _attrib.SetVector3("color-1", color);
    3. _vfx.SendEvent("OnManualSpawn", _attrib);
    I can't find the attribute "color-1" in the node graph editor. Am I misunderstanding how this works?
     
    turboturboturbo, Oct 4, 2019
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  4. JulienF_Unity

    JulienF_Unity

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    You need to use custom attributes nodes if you're not using built-in ones. You can activate them in preferences / vfx, enable use experimental blocks / operators
     
    JulienF_Unity, Oct 4, 2019
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  5. turboturboturbo

    turboturboturbo

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    They are currently activated but the only thing I can find is "Get CustomAttribute (Float)". I cannot find the "color-1" attribute.

     
    turboturboturbo, Oct 4, 2019
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  6. JulienF_Unity

    JulienF_Unity

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    In the inspector, there should be an option to set the name and type of your custom attribute
     
    JulienF_Unity, Oct 4, 2019
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  7. turboturboturbo

    turboturboturbo

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    Thank you. I am able to set up the custom attribute getter, however it doesn't seem to work. Do you see anything wrong here?

    Code (CSharp):
    1.  
    2. //this is called rapidly with different parameter values
    3. public void Activate(float duration, Vector3 color, Vector3 position)
    4.     {
    5.         _attrib = _vfx.CreateVFXEventAttribute();
    6.         _attrib.SetVector3("_position", position);
    7.         _attrib.SetVector3("_color", color);
    8.         _attrib.SetFloat("_duration", duration);
    9.         _vfx.SendEvent("OnManualSpawn", _attrib);
    10.     }


     
    Last edited: Oct 5, 2019
    turboturboturbo, Oct 5, 2019
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  8. turboturboturbo

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    bump
     
    turboturboturbo, Oct 7, 2019
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  9. JulienF_Unity

    JulienF_Unity

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    I checked and there's is currently no way to specify source in the get custom attribute operator, this is a UI issues only but it prevents you to do what you want. Sorry about the false info. So you need to use built-in attributes at the moment (color instead of _color for instance)
     
    JulienF_Unity, Oct 8, 2019
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  10. glacuesta

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    bump on this topic. Seemed like a dead end then, and it still seems like a dead end now? Basically, how does one access the event attributes (passed from script) in the node graph?
     
    glacuesta, Apr 9, 2020
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