Converting vortex effect from legacy to Shuriken

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I’m trying to convert a legacy particle effect to Shuriken. The effect currently swirls particles inwards from a MeshEmitter using tangent velocity, negative normal velocity and tweaking emitter/animator settings with scripting to give it style.

I did some research and the answers I found implied that it couldn’t be done easily, or perhaps at all. My experiments were not encouraging. However many of the results I found were years old and implied that the problems were just a beta issue. I haven’t found any evidence of significant changes to Shuriken since (I’m currently on 4.5.5).

Is there currently a way to specify tangent velocity and negative normal velocities, or perhaps some other way to achieve the same effect? If not, should I just stick with legacy?

Thanks,
JT

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Yes, you can go ahead and use the Legacy. If it works, great, there’s no real disadvantage to using it. It could go away at some point, but I doubt it.

The reason Shuriken is considered “better” is because it’s actually much easier to create powerful effects once you take the time to learn it. You can create a vortex effect fairly easily by editing Size over Lifetime (start at max size, and shrink down), and using Rotation over Lifetime to add the spin.