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public var main: ParticleSystem.MainModule;

Description

Access the main particle system settings.

The general settings visible in the ParticleSystem's inspector above all of the other modules are accessible from this special main module.

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// Create a particle system
// Set a 5 second start delay for the system, and a 2 second lifetime for each particle
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { ParticleSystem ps = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>(); var ma = ps.main;

ma.startDelay = 5.0f; ma.startLifetime = 2.0f; } }