'Emit' and 'World Space' both boxes must be on (ticked).

Select your 'particleFX' and transform look at the inspector.īelow, these are the settings you'll be using to shape your particle effect. Set the material as 'KSP/Particles/Additive'. Add your particle texture by dragging the texture to the selected new material in the inspector. Now create a new material by right clicking the project bay (the window where all your textures and models are displayed) and selecting 'new material'. You should have something that looks similar to the image below. Next add a 'KSP Particle Emitter' to the 'particleFX' object. Be sure that the Z+ of the transform is following the same orientation as the previous transforms. The reason for this transform is so you can reposition the particle effect transform if desired.Īdd third GameObject and make a child to the empty transform above and give it a name. Make a second empty GameObject and make it a child to the parent and give it a name. Make sure that the new empty object is facing in the exact same orientation as the thrust transform with Z+ pointing in the desired direction of thrust. This will be the new (0,0,0 x,y,z) parent origin for the particle effect. Make a new empty GameObject with KSP part tools at the location of the thrust transform. Set up your engine model in unity as usual with the thrust transform Z+ axis pointing in the direction you want the trust to go. A text editor (preferably Notepad++) to edit the config for your engine. A *.png graphic with an alpha channel for use as the particle effect.ĥ. Here I describe, in a brief tutorial (with pictures!), how to make your own engine plume effects for Kerbal Space Program.ģ. Unfortunenly there isn't much documentation on how to make custom plumes. like to have custom effects for our engines instead of using the the ones included in the game. Tutorial: Making KSP Engine FX in Unity 3d 15 June 2018 Latest Blog Entries by Alexander Treadwell

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