[SOLVED]Creating partical systems on collision

Physics
1

i am really new to unity, and i thought that this would be easy, but… what can i say, am not as smart as i thought i was lol
i am trying to create a particle system when a collision happens, so i made a prefab that has the particle system, (i called it ParticleSystem), and used the following code:

function OnCollisionEnter() {
	var go : GameObject = Instantiate(Resources.Load("ParticleSystem"));
}

but i got the error:

from what i understand from the error, i don’t have a prefab called “ParticleSystem” or that my prefab is empty. And the problem is that neither of those are true… so, any thoughts?

thnx

2

Any reason you’re using Resources.Load? Normally you’d do it like this:

var collisionParticles : GameObject;

function OnCollisionEnter() {
	var go : GameObject = Instantiate(collisionParticles);
}

–Eric

3

Take a look at
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=28433&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
for the excellent beginners tuts. This will help you write a small but complete space shooter game covers the particle creation you require plus collision and basic movement etc.
Can’t recommend it enough for anyone new to Unity.

4

i am just using it, because that is how i thought it is done… i saw it somewhere on the forums lol

5

Nope, normally you only use Resources.Load in specific cases. Generally public variables are simpler and more flexible.

–Eric

6

thanks a lot for the tutorial, i am checking it out now… it seems very helpful

7

yup… it works fine now, thanks