2D physics "hot start"

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Hey all,

I’m placing 60 physics2d dynamic objects randomly on the screen and I’d like them to take the state of rest before the game starts. What I do is put a big sprite and simulation is done behind this screen, then I remove this sprite when all the objects are in rest. To speed up this process, I increase Time.timeScale. The question is, what’s the best Time.timeScale value for this purposes? I noticed that with Time.timeScale == 100 this process may take even more time than if Time.timeScale == 50. Maybe there are more convenient methods for making such thing?

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I’m not sure turning up the Time.timeScale that high is really the way to go. Especially if you’re waiting for physics effects to die down, since that runs at a set interval, 0.2 of your timeScale. (They suggest slowing down Time.fixedDeltaTime if you slow down timeScale, so maybe you should bump it up the same amount)