Laser effect

Unity Engine
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Hi community
I am making laser based on raycast so laser can be interrupted by some obstacle. But I do not have idea how to create the graphic effect between initial point and RaycastHit.point.

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You could try the built-in Line Renderer component.

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That’s probably the way to go. Get yourself a good laser texture and with the right shader it should look decent. Oh, and don’t forget particle effects. :wink:

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Thanks. Is there any way how to change a variable Positions via script?

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Yes, check out the scripting reference.

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Line Renderer and 250mw green lasers can help you.

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Hehe…did you read the thread? We’ve been talking about the Line Renderer component since the second post! :slight_smile:

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Hello all,

Ihope you dont mind me resurrecting this thread but I am a complete noob to Unity
I am trying to create a laser cannon and would like to know where I could get myself a good laser texture.

If you know of any good GIMP (or Photoshop) tutorials that would show me the same, I would be so grateful as Google is not coming up trumps here…

Thanks!

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hmmm its pretty simple making one… right?

I mean this is something I made in about 40 seconds :stuck_out_tongue:

When you make your material for the lineRenderer just color it and it should look fine :slight_smile:

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Check the Tron Trail in the procedural example > http://unity3d.com/support/resources/example-projects/procedural-examples.html