Inheritence

Summary

The BeamEffect component creates a visual beam effect in the scene, simulating a continuous line or laser-like effect. Unlike LineRenderer these beams can change over time, spawn multiple instances, and have various properties like color, texture, and lifetime. This is a useful component for creating things like laser beams, energy effects and tracers.

Constructors

BeamEffect

Properties

Additive	If true, the beam is rendered additively, making it appear to glow.
Alpha	Alpha multiplier for the beam's color. Controls transparency over the beam's lifetime.
BeamColor	Color gradient of the beam over its lifetime. Defines how the color changes from birth to death.
BeamLifetime	Lifetime of each beam in seconds. Determines how long a beam remains before being removed or respawned.
BeamsPerSecond	Number of beams spawned per second. Controls the spawn rate for continuous effects.
Brightness	Brightness multiplier for the beam's color. Adjusts intensity over the beam's lifetime.
DepthFeather	Amount of feathering applied to the beam's depth, softening its intersection with geometry.
FollowPoints	If true, the beam endpoints follow their source and target positions each frame, updating dynamically.
InitialBurst	Number of beams spawned immediately when the effect is enabled.
Lighting	If true, the beam is affected by scene lighting.
Looped	If true, beams respawn automatically when they expire, creating a looping effect.
MaxBeams	Maximum number of beams that can exist at once. Limits the total active beams.
Opaque	If true, the beam is rendered as opaque rather than transparent.
Scale	Thickness of the beam in world units. Controls how wide the beam appears.
Shadows	If true, the beam casts shadows in the scene.
TargetGameObject	GameObject to target with the beam. If assigned, overrides TargetPosition and uses the object's world position as the endpoint.
TargetPosition	World position the beam targets if no target object is set. Used as the endpoint for the beam.
TargetRandom	Random offset applied to the target position for visual variation. Adds randomness to the endpoint.
Texture	Texture applied to the beam. Defines the visual appearance along the beam's length.
TextureOffset	Offset of the texture along the beam. Shifts the texture start position.
TextureScale	Scale of the texture along the beam. Controls how many world units each texture tile covers.
TextureScroll	This is pretty much the same as TextureOffset - but it's seperate so you can use offset for offset, and scroll to scroll.
TextureScrollSpeed	Speed at which the texture scrolls along the beam. Positive values scroll in one direction, negative in the other.
TravelBetweenPoints	If true, the beam visually travels from start to end, useful for tracer effects.
TravelLerp	Controls the interpolation of the beam's travel effect over its lifetime.

Methods

SpawnBeam

Spawns a new beam and adds it to the effect.