particles moving in stream

Unity Engine
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I’m trying to set up a particle effect with the particles moving in a stream, like water sprayed from a hose nozzle. I’ve tried various settings for velocity, but can’t get that effect–the particles still appear randomly along the velocity axis rather than all starting at the origin and moving in a particular direction. Any tips?

thanks
Dave

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Make your ellipsoid very small to have all the particles created at a single point.

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That helps, thanks. But they still don’t spawn/flow like a stream of water from a hose. They appear along a single line, but fairly randomly. Maybe I need an animation instead of a particle effect?

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Are you stretching your particles? By default, particles stretch backwards, which can cause them to appear in the wrong place.

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http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/video/6.html

they show such an example in this video tutorial.

it’s not a tutorial on particles, but if you pay attention you can see what he’s doing.