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Trail Module0

The trail module is used to add a trail effect to the tail of the particle to achieve a trailing effect similar to the one in the following figure.

trail

Properties

trail_module

PropertiesDescription
Mode sThe way the particle system generates trailing, currently only supports Particles, which means that a trailing effect is formed on the motion track of each particle.
LifeTimeThe lifetime of the generated trailing.
MinParticleDistanceThe shortest distance that particles travel each time they generate a trailing node.
SpaceChoose to run trailing based on World coordinate system (World) or Local coordinate system (Local)
(Custom is currently not supported)
TextureModeWhen a TrialMaterial texture is specified in the renderer module, the unwrapped form of the texture on the trail. Currently only Stretch is supported, which means to overlay the texture on the entire trail.
WidthFromParticleTrail width follows particle size
WidthRatioTrailing width. If WidthFromParticle is checked, the trailing width is the sample size multiplied by the ratio.
ColorFromParticleWhether the trailing color follows the initial particle color
ColorOverTrailThe trail color changes with the length of the trail itself
ColorOvertimetrailing color changes over time

Click the menu button button to the right of the attribute input box, you can choose to edit the curve/gradient color of the attribute, please refer to Particle Property Editor.