Time for action – poke those particles

  1. Adjust the dials on your Particle System to match these values:

    Top Section:

    • Start Lifetime: 0.1
    • Start Speed: 10
    • Start Size: 0.3

    Emission:

    • Rate: 50

    Shape:

    • Shape: HemiSphere

    Keep all other settings in these sections at their default.

    Time for action – poke those particles

Start Lifetime, the first value we tweaked, determines when the particles "die", or disappear from the player's view. Sparks shooting out of a hissing fuse don't last very long, so we've turned this value down quite a bit.

Start Speed is obviously-named. This value determines how fast the particles initially shoot out of our emitter.

Start Size controls how large the particle images are. ...

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