Unity3D - Replay a non-looping Particle System

Question

I\'m following the Survive Shooter Unity3D tutorial and have come across several inconsistencies between the Unite Day presentation and actual behavior in Unity 5.3, such as ani

Answer 1

If you need to reset immediately Particle system and repeat it (For example Rifle barel explosion) I would recommend you this:

ShootParticles.Simulate( 0.0f, true, true );
ShootParticles.Play();

Answer 2

If you're using Unity 5.3.1, then it sounds very much like a bug(http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/particle-system-plays-only-once).

Answer 3

To reply the ParticleSystem try to use ParticleSystem.Emit(...) with parameters that suits your animation like:

hitParticles.Emit(5);