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Visual Effect Visible Through Other Objects

Discussion in 'Visual Effect Graph' started by unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw, Apr 12, 2021.

  1. unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw

    unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw

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    Hey everyone. I'm trying to figure out why the VFX particles on one of my objects are sometimes visible through other objects. Here's a couple of camera angles to illustrate my problem:



    Any idea what could be causing this or how to fix it?
     
    unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw, Apr 12, 2021
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  2. VladVNeykov

    VladVNeykov

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    Hi @unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw ,
    It's a bit hard to tell without looking at your graph / scene.

    - Are your scene objects and your VFX emitter at the same distance? (i.e. have you tried moving the VFX emitter further away from the camera) At a first glance, it looks simply that they are at the same position (assuming on the Z axis) and because the particles have a random velocity some of them sometimes pop in front of your other objects.

    A few other possible culprits:
    - Are you using some depth collision block in Update which might be pushing the particles forward?
    - Are the background objects using a transparent material?
     
    VladVNeykov, Apr 12, 2021
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  3. unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw

    unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw

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    Thanks for your response @VladVNeykov .
    I was using a set-pivot node in my graph when I should have been using set-angle. This was causing particles to move towards the camera, they just didn't appear to due to the camera being in isometric mode.
     
    unity_tOwpNSr-oL7zFw, Apr 13, 2021
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