How to shoot particle bullets!!!

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1

I've been searching around and cant find something that actually works. I'm creating a top-down shooter and all i want to do is to shoot particles...i already have a shoot script that instantiates and object when the fire button is pressed...i tried created a particle system, puting it inside a prefab and using the script to instantiate but when the fire button is pressed, the particles don't shoot like bullets, seems like they float there...here is the code i have so far:

I am also aiming towards having 3 bullets being shot at once...hence the "for" loop...

  var speed : int;
    var cratePrefab:Transform;
    var bullNum : int;

    function Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
        {
            if(Collisions.GRENADE_AMMO > 0)
            {
            Collisions.GRENADE_AMMO -= 1;
                for (var i=0; i<3 ; i++)
                {
                //GameObject.Find("g_count").guiText.text=""+Collisions.GRENADE_AMMO;
                var crate = Instantiate(cratePrefab,GameObject.Find("shootpoint").transform.position,Quaternion.identity);
                crate.rigidbody.velocity = transform.forward * speed;
                }
            }
        }
    }
3

you could change the random force on the particleEmmiter to get a shotgun effect

2

I found a way of getting it to shoot. I unchecked the "Simulate in Worldspace". That was easy, but now im trying to have the particles spit into 3 when the player shoots...like a shotgun effect...

Is there a way of doing so by messing around with the particle settings...or can i expand the script i have so far? If so , please somebody help

4

Not sure if this will work, but like 3dDude said, make all the little particles start in one spot, max and min particles of 3, then use random force to make them explode.