accessing particle animator

Unity Engine
1

ok, so i know almost nothing about scripting.

this works perfectly…

function OnMouseDown () {

particleEmitter.ClearParticles();

//and this works as well

transform.Translate(0, 0, 200);

}

but not this example

function OnMouseDown () {

//particleEmitter.ClearParticles();
//transform.Translate(0, 0, 200);
ParticleAnimator.damping (1.0);

}

i dont know why i get the error:

"An instance of type ‘UnityEngine.ParticleAnimator’ is required to access non static member ‘damping’.

2

Well, it just means you’re trying to access an initialized instance of the class through the class itself.

Just use gameObject.GetComponent(ParticleAnimator).damping(1,0);.

If you’re doing this often, you should probably put it in a variable, though.

3

You want to use particleAnimator rather than ParticleAnimator. Capitalization is important.

–Eric

4

i tried

gameObject.GetComponent(ParticleAnimator).damping(1.0);

got

Method not found: ‘UnityEngine.ParticleAnimator.damping’

5

ok, so this worked

gameObject.GetComponent(ParticleAnimator).damping = 1;

go figure

6

That’s because damping is a property and not a method, so you set the value of the property, not call the function of the method.