Expanding particle ellipse?

Unity Engine
1

Is there a way I can create an particle emitter/animator that moves its particles in all directions, like an expanding sphere or cloud?

2

Use an ellipsoid particle emitter and set it’s tangent velocity.z to something positive.

3

Thanks Yoggy. I’m trying that, but it seems that the particles are still just going in one direction. BTW, how come “Tangent Velocity” isn’t documented in the doc’s?

4

I just tried GameObject->Create Other->Particle System, and then set the new system’s Z tangent velocity to 1, and it works just fine.

There must be something else going on in your setup.

Cheers,
-Jon

5

Yup, you’re right Jon. I had something screwy in my script that was interfering. It’s working now, thanks!