Is there a way to tell an effect to render even when its off screen? I get that this is a optimization thing but I have some effects that are quite large (like smoke effects that cover massive backgrounds) but the problem is the effect will only start once the VFX object is on screen.
Meaning the vfx object is at say 0,0,0 and the effect stretches to 100,0,0. When the camera is looking at 50,0,0, the effect cant be seen, it hasn’t started till the camera is looking at 0,0,0.
You can either increase/move your bounds at the top of the Initialize context, or connect the bounds to your main camera’s position. You can see how to do both of these in this forum post.
In 2021.2 we also added different bounds settings:
Manual: the default where you specify the size
Recorded: you can play the effect for a bit and record the largest size it needs
Automatic: for a small performance cost, the bounds will update continuously
