Add particle effects in unity?

[TheSealBrigade]

I know I'm very new to 3d models and all that jazz, but how does one add a particle/exhaust effect to, say, a missile?

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

32 minutes ago, TheSealBrigade said:

I know I'm very new to 3d models and all that jazz, but how does one add a particle/exhaust effect to, say, a missile?

It very much depends on what you are doing, If you are making a missile fro BDA then all you need is a game object in the exhaust position with Y pointing in the direction of thrust.  Place that transform name  in the cfg  and BDA will assign an exhaust prefab

If you are really making rockets and not missiles check out the post below, it's an oldy but  goody, all the important stuff is still relevant  and although the emitters have changed a bit the method is still the same

 

[TheSealBrigade]

@SpannerMonkey(smce) , is there someone I can talk to help me with a blender animation of barrel recoil? Or maybe just animation in general?

Edited January 20, 2017 by TheSealBrigade

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

9 minutes ago, TheSealBrigade said:

@SpannerMonkey(smce) , is there someone I can talk to help me with a blender animation of barrel recoil? Or maybe just animation in general?

Hi, IMO it's much easier dealing with all that in Unity and it's years since i animated a turret out side of unity.   The recoil is as simple as it comes,  the barrel transform should be pointed local z+  ,  on firing the barrel moves back - z usually for kerb sized turrets between -0.2 -0.5 depending on the gun.   Simply set time line to 30 frames,  set a key right in the middle and  whatever value you choose and the start and end should be zero

See below a U4.2.2 project that has various working turrets with from simple to full effect examples, the game ready versions are not included but all models are  ready to export ( includes particle FX)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ra4ct7f52m8r6ya/BDAc U422 DemoScene.zip?dl=0

[TheSealBrigade]

Thats great! I'll take a look at some tutorials and see what I can do.

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

2 hours ago, TheSealBrigade said:

Thats great! I'll take a look at some tutorials and see what I can do.

If you get stuck drop me a PM , beats waiting hours for an answer i can give you in a minute , good luck.