Emit meshes instead of particle spritres?

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Can the current version of Unity emit meshes like in Unreal? Or am I just limited to sprites?

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Answer by RavenOfCode · Dec 24, 2016 at 03:51 PM

I'm surprised this hasn't been answered properly. But since this is the first thing that comes up on a quick google search here is my answer:

Yes, its possible and quite easy.

Basically you need to change the RenderMode on the renderer to Mesh, and then add the mesh. alt text

Here is a video on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmlu4ag70g

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TiTaTomte · Dec 05, 2017 at 08:29 PM 0

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This should be the accepted answer! Thanks!

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Answer by DaveA · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:51 AM

No, I don't think so. It would mean a new type of Particle Renderer I think, or some variable called Mesh (or MeshFilter or MeshRender???) on an Emitter.

That said, no reason you couldn't code one up. Other people have coded PE's for Unity (esp before they got as good as they are, there is always room for improvement).

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DaveA · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:56 AM 0

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You could go to feedback.unity3d.com and vote for this. It's probably already listed there somewhere.

Richard 13 · Apr 02, 2011 at 01:06 AM 0

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Thanks for the response, will definitely do that for the feedback.

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Answer by Eric5h5 · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:55 AM

Not without writing your own particle system that emits meshes. You could still leverage the Unity particle system by reading the particle positions using that, so you'd just have to concentrate on the rendering part, and not reinvent the wheel (or at least not all of it). In other words, use a standard particle system and turn off the renderer, and just use the particle position data. However you'd have to do something about the rotation of each mesh particle, which might be tricky.

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DaveA · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:58 AM 0

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It would be wonderful if you could emit prefabs. Then each 'particle' could have its own 'intelligence'. Caveat scriptor.

Richard 13 · Apr 02, 2011 at 01:10 AM 0

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I see what your saying Eric5h5, I'll have my friend look into that. @DaveA: wow that's really past what I had initially though, but emitting prefabs would be great!

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Answer by e-bonneville · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:35 AM

Yes. Add a Mesh Particle Emitter from the Component/Particles menu.

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DaveA · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:47 AM 0

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Really? I thought a $$anonymous$$PE was what E$$anonymous$$IT particles (from its surface and/or vertices), not what gets E$$anonymous$$ITTED FRO$$anonymous$$ another emitter.

e-bonneville · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:53 AM 1

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Really? Oops, I'll have to take another look at it. Sorry for the false alarm, guys. :-)

Richard 13 · Apr 02, 2011 at 12:53 AM 0

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Hey Elliot, I am familiar with the $$anonymous$$esh Particle Emitter Component. However I am talking about getting Unity to do something like this: http://www.vimeo.com/18340811

e-bonneville · Apr 02, 2011 at 01:02 AM 0

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Yes, I'd confused myself as to the meaning of $$anonymous$$esh Particle Emitter. I'd understood what you meant. :)

Richard 13 · Apr 02, 2011 at 01:11 AM 0

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Yeah no problem, I thought that was how the component functioned at first.

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Answer by martin_e89 · Jan 13, 2014 at 06:48 PM

You can do it with mesh particle systems. Take a look at this article http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/class-MeshParticleEmitter.html

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