SpawnedEffect Class Reference

Detailed Description

When a particle spawned, this script will despawn it after its duration is up.

Documentation updated 8/26/2024

Author

Roy Pascual

Note

Formerly marked as deprecated, but in practice it's actually simplier to use this script over DespawnTimer because it already knows how long it should last for without it having to be specified in the Unity Editor.

Private Member Functions
void	Awake ()
	Set reference to particles and get effect duration from it.
void	Update ()
	Simple timer that destroys the effect object when it expires expires.

Private Attributes
ParticleSystem	spawnedParticles
	Reference to the particles.
float	effectDuration
	How long the particles will last before they despawn.

Member Function Documentation

Awake()

void SpawnedEffect.Awake ( )

private

Set reference to particles and get effect duration from it.

Update()

void SpawnedEffect.Update ( )

private

Simple timer that destroys the effect object when it expires expires.

Member Data Documentation

effectDuration

float SpawnedEffect.effectDuration

private

How long the particles will last before they despawn.

spawnedParticles

ParticleSystem SpawnedEffect.spawnedParticles

private

Reference to the particles.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Assets/Scripts/Entities/SpawnedEffect.cs