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public function Pause(withChildren: bool = true): void;
public void Pause(bool withChildren = true);

Parameters

withChildren Pause all child particle systems as well.

Description

Pauses the system so no new particles are emitted and the existing particles are not updated.

See Also: Play, Stop functions.

The following example creates a GUI window for manipulating a particle system.

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using UnityEngine;

public class ParticleSystemControllerWindow : MonoBehaviour { ParticleSystem system { get { if (_CachedSystem == null) _CachedSystem = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>(); return _CachedSystem; } } private ParticleSystem _CachedSystem;

public Rect windowRect = new Rect(0, 0, 300, 120);

public bool includeChildren = true;

void OnGUI() { windowRect = GUI.Window("ParticleController".GetHashCode(), windowRect, DrawWindowContents, system.name); }

void DrawWindowContents(int windowId) { if (system) { GUILayout.BeginHorizontal(); GUILayout.Toggle(system.isPlaying, "Playing"); GUILayout.Toggle(system.isEmitting, "Emitting"); GUILayout.Toggle(system.isPaused, "Paused"); GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

GUILayout.BeginHorizontal(); if (GUILayout.Button("Play")) system.Play(includeChildren); if (GUILayout.Button("Pause")) system.Pause(includeChildren); if (GUILayout.Button("Stop Emitting")) system.Stop(includeChildren, ParticleSystemStopBehavior.StopEmitting); if (GUILayout.Button("Stop & Clear")) system.Stop(includeChildren, ParticleSystemStopBehavior.StopEmittingAndClear); GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

includeChildren = GUILayout.Toggle(includeChildren, "Include Children");

GUILayout.BeginHorizontal(); GUILayout.Label("Time(" + system.time + ")"); GUILayout.Label("Particle Count(" + system.particleCount + ")"); GUILayout.EndHorizontal(); } else GUILayout.Label("No particle system found"); GUI.DragWindow(); } }