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Game Development How to Make a Video Game Pickups Add Pickup Particles

alexvalladares
alexvalladares
21,478 Points
Posted by alexvalladares
alexvalladares
21,478 Points

Another way to void particles to repeat forever.

You can also disable the "Looping" check in the FlyParticles inspector and the particles appears just once. The con is the instance is not deleted and I suppose that the most particles you get, the lower the game runs if you do not destroy them, so I think it's a best practice the Nick's way.

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Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
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Yes absolutely, you don't want to end up with a case in continuously increasing instances that aren't even used. Especially with particle systems that can be CPU heavy. But the method you mentioned will have a use for other circumstances (when a particle system is to be triggered on and off, maybe a rain effect or some instances of fire) and it's always great to be aware of different ways of doing things for when you come to a problem and you're ready with the solution :)