Particle SYSTEM: SpaceShip Flame
Particle System is an effect in Unity that can be applied to game objects in order to simulate smoke, moving dirts, flames, magic spells and so on. In this section I am going to discuss on how I added spaceship flame.
An empty GameObject was added as a child to the Space Ship player and renamed as "Spaceship Flame". Inside the Inspector window of Spaceship Flame, we can Add Component and select Particle System. A particle effect appears on the game object. A new dialogue box appears, where we can Play, Restart, or Stop the effect. The rotation and position of the particle system can be adjusted from Inspector window to make it appear from the exhaust of the spaceship.
Material for Flame
In the beginning, the particles appear pink. So we need to add new material to the flame. I created a new Material in Assets folder and changed the following properties:
Shader: Particles/Standard Unlit
Rendering Mode: Additive
Color Mode: Multiply
Albedo Maps: Default Particle
HDR: Reddish color
Then, the material was attached to the flame.
Flame: Particle System Properties
Renderer: Stretched Billboard
Shape: Since the particle system is spread out, our flame shape should be adjusted
Radius: as minimum as it could go - 0.0001
Angle: 1
Flame:
Start Lifetime: 0.5 - 0.7
Start Color: Orange - Red
Color Over LifeTime:
Gradient: White to Black (This will give the fading effect to the flame)
