Component:BoxEmitter

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Box Emitter component as seen in the Scene Inspector

Box emitter is a component that is used in conjunction with Particle System and Particle Style. It allows for adding particles into a Particle system with a rate, and does them inside or along the outside of the box area specified.

Usage

Fields

Name	Type	Description
persistent	Bool	Determines whether or not this item will be saved to the server.
UpdateOrder	Int	Controls the order in which this component is updated.
Enabled	Bool	Controls whether or not this component is enabled. Some components stop their functionality when this field is disabled, but some don't.
System	ParticleSystem	The particle system to get data from like style and particle count limits
Rate	Float	how fast to emit particles into the system.
BurstOnActivatedMin	Float	the min value of the range of particles to be emitted when activated.
BurstOnActivatedMax	Float	the max value of the range of particles to be emitted when activated.
BurstOnStart	Bool
Size	Float3	The size of this box emitter.
EmitFromShell	Bool	Enable emitting particles on the outside of the box instead of from any point within the volume.
DirectionMode	BoxEmitterDirection
Direction	Float3	Which direction in local space to shoot particles emitted by this emitter
DirectionTransformMode	DirectionTransformMode
RandomDirectionWeight	Float	How much random velocity to add to the particles.
DirectionPostTransform	Float3x3
Color0	ColorX
Color1	ColorX
Color2	ColorX
Color3	ColorX
Color4	ColorX
Color5	ColorX
Color6	ColorX
Color7	ColorX

Examples

Useful to make fireflies in an area, for a calming nighttime aura. It can also be used to make leaves fall from trees by making a box around the tree leaves, or as wind particles in a breezy field.