ParticleSystemsParticlesareessentially2Dimagesrenderedin3Dspace.Theyareprimarilyusedforeffectssuchassmoke,fire,waterdroplets,orleaves.AParticleSystemismadeupofthreeseparateComponents:ParticleEmitter,ParticleAnimator,andaParticleRenderer.YoucanuseaParticleEmitterandRenderertogetherifyouwantstaticparticles.TheParticleAnimatorwillmoveparticlesindifferentdirectionsandchangecolors.Youalsohaveaccesstoeachindividualparticleinaparticlesystemviascripting,soyoucancreateyourownuniquebehaviorsthatwayifyouchoose.PleaseviewtheParticleScriptingReferenceHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\ScriptReference\\ParticleEmitter.html"here.Theremainderofthispage'stextisfromtheHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\Components\\comp-ParticlesGroup.html"ParticleComponentReferencepages.ParticleComponentsParticleSystemsParticleSystemsinUnityareusedtomakecloudsofsmoke,steam,fireandotheratmosphericeffects.ParticleSystemsworkbyusingoneortwoTextures&drawingthemmanytimes,creatingachaoticeffect.AParticleSystemincludedintheStandardAssetsAtypicalParticleSysteminUnityisanobjectthatcontainsaParticleEmitter,aParticleAnimatorandaParticleRenderer.TheHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\Components\\class-EllipsoidParticleEmitter.html"ParticleEmittergeneratestheparticles,theHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\Components\\class-ParticleAnimator.html"ParticleAnimatormovesthemovertime,andtheHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\Components\\class-ParticleRenderer.html"ParticleRendererdrawsthemonthescreen.Ifyouwantyourparticlestointeractwiththeworld,addaHYPERLINK"D:\\ProgramFiles\\Unity\\Editor\\Data\\Documentation\\Documentation\\Components\\class-WorldParticleCollider.html"ParticleColliderComponenttotheGameObject.EllipsoidParticleEmitterTheEllipsoidParticleEmitterspawnsparticlesi