How would I make particles last longer?

I’m currently having an issue where all 5,000 of my particles spawn at once and disappear after their lifetime parameters,  no more particles appear even though the end frame is still set to 250. This problem is occurring while making the smoke particle effect for the Low Poly Rocket.

  • Jonathan Lampel replied

    Interesting! I could look at the file for you, but if the particle end frame (not the timeline end frame) is 250 then it sounds like a bug that I haven't run into yet. 

  • crispi1962 replied

    Hey :)

    1 - Is the particle system attatched to the right component ?
    2 - Are you sure you haven't set a keyframe by accident in the timeline for the lifetime property ?
    Could you send a screenshot ?


  • lrscho22studentsshrewsburyk12maus replied

    Really sorry for the late reply!

    Heres the link to the file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16npno8o4OdpAbLT_iP81gzjFhwc9TTJB/view

    The particle effect can be extremely inconsistent, sometimes they spawn and just sit in the cone of the rocket, other times it's one large plume of smoke, occasionally the particles explode across the screen, and there are times that they don't spawn at all. At least those are the issues I've encountered.

    Thank you, I appreciate the assistance.

  • spikeyxxx replied

    We don't have permission to access  the file...

  • lrscho22studentsshrewsburyk12maus replied

    Just figured out that my school email restricts anyone outside of the district from accessing my google files so I'm going to have to find a way around that. Infuriating. I had to ask my administrators to find out the problem.

  • lrscho22studentsshrewsburyk12maus replied

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxosW_6eU1PXt5NlowsNNARE2h_XS0_x/view?usp=sharing

    This should be the updated link and if it doesn't work you guys don't have to worry about it. Really sorry for how long this took, hopefully this will be an end to the problems.

  • spikeyxxx replied

    Well, I have no idea what's wrong with your file, but I removed the Particle System and then added a new one with (as far as I could tell) the same settings (not a copy...) and it seems to work as expected now:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7xxfwinst6gtzt/LowPolyRocketSchofield1_fixed.blend?dl=0

    Let us know if there is any problem...

    I did notice that for some reason there is a huge difference in file size, again, no idea why;)


  • lrscho22studentsshrewsburyk12maus replied

    Really appreciate the help! Sorry for the tedium.