Detecting when a shuriken particle collides with a GameObject

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I’ve created a basic casting system where I can cast a spell on a target. When I cast a spell it instantiates a particle effect, and on every update it uses Vector3.MoveTowards to move towards its target.

The problem I’m having is figuring out the best approach to handle instantiating a separate particle effect when the spell impacts its targets.

So, in short, what I want to do is:

  1. User casts spell
  2. Spell moves towards target
  3. Once spell reaches target the spell particle effect is destroyed, and a blood ‘spew’ particle effect is emitted from where the particle collided with the target object.

Anyone have any advice on how best to approach this?

Thanks!

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Do you simply want to detect if the Particle System GameObject hits the target, or do you want to detect if a particle from the Particle System hits the target?

The first is easily done with colliders and the function OnCollisionEnter, and the other is done with the OnParticleCollision.

I recommend the first one.