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aykutzdemir
8,655 PointsMaintainable Particles Duration
Is there a chance to use the duration of the particles directly from the particle system.duration instead of typing "5f" in the destroy method?
5 Answers
Nick Pettit
Treehouse TeacherIt's possible, and it's probably OK on a small game like this for desktop devices, but it's not best practice. As the player collects more and more pickups, leaving particle systems there would clutter up the scene, which takes up memory.
This is particularly important on mobile devices. Imagine a space shooter for phones, where the player is destroying lots of asteroids and particles are flying everywhere. Leaving those particle systems in the scene would eat up way too much memory.
Cam Newton
1,737 PointsI don't like hard coding timings (in case someone decides to tweak it in the future) so I looked into a more dynamic way of setting the destroy timer.
It uses the duration plus the number set in the startLifetime field so that it doesn't cut off the last spawned particle:
public class pickupParticlesDestruction : MonoBehaviour {
private ParticleSystem ps;
void Start () {
ps = gameObject.GetComponent<ParticleSystem> ();
/* Destroy the pickup particles, but
allow for the last spawned particle to die out first */
GameObject.Destroy (gameObject, ps.duration + ps.startLifetime);
}
}
Thomas Fernandes
257 Pointsdose it work ???
Cam Newton
1,737 PointsYep. Try it!
Thomas Fernandes
257 Pointsthis happens when i do it
Thomas Fernandes
257 Pointsall compiler errors have to be fixed before you can enter playmode