Need help with the new particle system... can't even achieve the simplest effect.

Unity Engine
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Hello there.

I’m trying to use the new particle system for the first time as I always end up making my own one, but it’s extremely non-intuitive, I can’t even achieve the basic effect of a particle becoming smaller/bigger according to its speed… plus it tells 2+2 is not 4! >:\.

Here is the screenshot of the configuration:

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As you can see, the starting vel is 0 and gravity accelerates the particles. The ‘size by speed’ is ticked and configured like that, but playing with those numbers doesn’t make any difference. Here is the result:
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As you can see, the lower particles are way faster than the higher ones, but their size is random.

Any help on this?

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OK it’s the Size By Speed, you’re using Random Between Two Constants, try changing it to a curve.

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Thank you, but that’s extremely confusing… I wouldn’t be able to make something more anti intuitive even if they paid me lots of money… I ended up making a brand new particle system for this game though cause I needed trails and some more stuff.