Spritesheet slices to separate Shuriken particles

Unity Engine
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Hello,

i’m trying to create an explosion effect with the Unity’s Shuriken Particle System and stuck with one question.

I have one Empty with the Particle System component on it in the scene. Also, i have a spritesheet, that represents the chunks of whatever (spaceship in my case). The spritesheet is sliced and adjusted properly with the Unity’s Sprite Editor.

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Here are the Particle System Component values:

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I would like to assign each slice of the spritesheet to a separate particle in a particle system component, with all the quantities and rates properly adjusted, of course. Is it possible somehow or i still have to slice the sprite outside Unity and bring the chunks one by one and mess around with sub-emitters and separate materials?

Could anyone direct me a little please?

Here is the spritesheet itself, for the case you’ll get a chance to reproduce the issue.
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Thank you!

Best regards,
Alexander

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Should’t it be better to have a way to drag the slices directly into a texture slot? The editor doesn’t allow me to do that.

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There is no way to randomise which material will be emitted, as they must all share the same attributes to make particles a worthwhile function.

There is no physics 2D / sprite based particle emitter in Unity.

To get random particles using the same material, go to the bottom of this page: Unity - Manual: Texture Sheet Animation module

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Thank you very much for the clean answer hawken! Got it! Will look for other options.