Accessing a component destroys the object...?

Unity Engine
1

Hi fellas and ladies, having an odd problem. I have a class called Partcle Handler. It’s job (at the moment) is very simple. It gets access to a script and tracks a state. If that state is of a certain value, it triggers the partile emmitter which is already attached to that object… See code below

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ParticleHandler : MonoBehaviour {
	
	public ParticleEmitter myEmitter;
	
	// Get access to PhysicsV2 component
	public PhysicsV2 accessToPhysics;
 
	//currently including this script makes the object disappear - it deletes it!
	
	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
		myEmitter = GetComponent<ParticleEmitter>();
		accessToPhysics = GetComponent<PhysicsV2 >();
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
		 
		if ( accessToPhysics.IsTheBlockMoving() == false	)
		{
			print("");
			myEmitter.emit = true;	
		}
		else
		{
			myEmitter.emit = false;
		}
	}
}

The problem is, sometimes when it the line ‘myEmitter.emit = true;’ executes, it deletes the object that the script PhysicsV2 is attached to (can see this in the game and hierarchy view).

I’ve no idea why it would do this…any ideas?
Thanks!

2

You might want to see if you have Autodestruct checkboxed in the Particle Animator.
If its checked that means when theres no particles left to draw it will destroy the game object its attached to. ( mainly used for explosions / one time )

If that is the case you can turn it off in the inspector or hard turn it off in script via
GetComponent<ParticleAnimator>().autodestruct = false;

3

Fantastic - thats what it was, just starting out with particle systems so I missed that parameter - thanks very much for the help.
Ant