Particle Instantiate Not Appearing

[hollow latch]

Yeah I can preview it and it seems to work normally. The documentation is a little poor but there is a sample scene included with the asset that works like a charm. This is the code that is used in the sample scene

void MakeObject()
    {
        DestroyGameObject();
        gm = Instantiate(m_effects[index],
            m_effects[index].transform.position,
            m_effects[index].transform.rotation).gameObject;
        m_effectName.text = (index+1) +" : "+m_effects[index].name.ToString();
        scaleform.transform.position = gm.transform.position;
        gm.transform.parent = scaleform.transform;
        gm.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1,1,1);
        float submit_scalefactor = m_gaph_scenesizefactor;
        if (index < 70)
            submit_scalefactor *= 0.5f;
        gm.transform.localScale = new Vector3(submit_scalefactor, submit_scalefactor, submit_scalefactor);
        m_destroyObjects[inputLocation] = gm;
        inputLocation++;
    }

[gusty night]

So, do you need to load it dynamically from resources? Why not just drag the prefab into your scene?

[hollow latch]

The use case is I have a bunch of cards that will play effects on abilities or on attack. I expect I will have a lot of them. Might be worth testing with 1 just to see but I don't think the problem is on the load part. I have a similar process for creating the cards that works well.

[gusty night]

Where do you call CreateEffect? Might shed some light on wether it sticks around long enough to be visible

[hollow latch]

It's run from a coroutine right now (the whole card attack process is a little in flux)
Doesn't Instantiating a gameObject add it to the scene and then it observes normal lifecycle?

IEnumerator doCardActions(Card[] turnPlayerCards, Card[] defensivePlayerCards){
        Debug.Log("Do Card Actions");
        for (int i = 0; i < turnPlayerCards.Length; i++){
            Debug.Log("in for loop");
            Card currentCard = turnPlayerCards[i];
            currentCard.CreateAttackEffect();
            //do skills for cards [i]
            //attack opponent card
            if(defensivePlayerCards != null && defensivePlayerCards.Length >= i){
                defensivePlayerCards[i].handleCardEvent(new CardEvent(currentCard, CardEvent.Type.DAMAGE, currentCard.Attack, CardEvent.Target.ENEMY_OPPOSITE));
            } else {
                //TODO:attack opposing player
            } 
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
        }
    }

And then the battle loop

IEnumerator BattleLoop(){
        Debug.Log("BattleLoop");
        if(battleStart){
            if(playerTurn){
                drawPlayerCard();
                StartCoroutine(doCardActions(playerBattlefield.GetComponentsInChildren<Card>(), opponentBattlefield.GetComponentsInChildren<Card>()));
                playerTurn = !playerTurn; //pass the turn
            } else {
                drawOpponentCard();
                StartCoroutine(doCardActions(opponentBattlefield.GetComponentsInChildren<Card>(), playerBattlefield.GetComponentsInChildren<Card>()));
                playerTurn = !playerTurn; //pass the turn
            }
        } else {
            battleStart = true;
        }
        hasPlayedCard = false;
        if(!playerTurn){
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(2.5f); //amount of time AI waits to play a card
        }
        yield return new WaitUntil(hasTakenTurn);
        StartCoroutine("BattleLoop");
    }

create attack effect on the card just calls

public void CreateAttackEffect(){
        EffectManager.CreateEffect(gameObject);
    }

[gusty night]

Was checking to see if it were assigned as a child object to something, or if the scene changed, which it doesn't seem to be. Are there any other scripts on your Prefab? Do you get the logs you expect when you spawn it?

[hollow latch]

No scripts on the prefab. It's just a couple of top level holders and a bunch of particle children.
Logs look exactly like I would expect if it would work
I wonder if maybe something is wrong with the scale or if its spawning under the card. Also possible something is wrong with my renderer or something (or even a webgl specific issue)

[gusty night]

I don't really know anything about WebGL, but try dragging that prefab into the game while it's running in the editor? See if it plays then

[hollow latch]

Interesting. That doesn't work either so something has to be wrong with the prefab (or I'm missing some dependency or config)

[gusty night]

Take a look at the object in the scene while the game is running.

1. Make sure it is where you expect it to be and not offset by some distance
2. Make sure it's active and all components are enabled
3. Make sure the particle system component is still set to Play on Awake

[hollow latch]

Awesome. I think I have something to work with. When I drag it into the login screen it ends up behind the parent so something is wrong with that. Then when I hide the image component of the parent it was really small. I think I can get it to work from here. Thanks so much!