Dynamically add particlefx to objects?

[p9alisand]

I’ve got an object A that, depending on its “type”, will use a particular particlefx component to emit particles. At the moment, this object hold all particlefx components it may need even though a given instance will only ever use 1 of the particlefx. This is inefficient and can lead to the Particle FX Max Count limit being reached. Of course, I can just increase the limit, but that feels like a bandaid; it does not actually solve the issue of excessive component usage.

Is there a way to dynamically assign a particlefx component to object A? Will I have to create a separate object B for each particlefx and set B’s parent to A at runtime?

[britzl]

@p9alisand

At the moment, this object hold all particlefx components it may need even though a given instance will only ever use 1 of the particlefx. This is inefficient and can lead to the Particle FX Max Count limit being reached. Of course, I can just increase the limit, but that feels like a bandaid; it does not actually solve the issue of excessive component usage.

Each component, regardless if it is used or not, costs a bit of memory and a tiny bit of processing, but if the component isn’t enabled the processing will really be negligible. How many different particle effects will you have and how many game objects?

@p9alisand

Is there a way to dynamically assign a particlefx component to object A?

No.

@p9alisand

Will I have to create a separate object B for each particlefx and set B’s parent to A at runtime?

That’s not a bad solution actually!