Limitations

The aim of the plugin is to eventually implement all the feature set of PopcornFX. However due to the rapidly evolving state of PopcornFX and Unity (especially with the render pipeline development lately), some features are still missing. The table below summarizes the current state of the plugin.

General Feature set:

Effects
Raycasts (allowing particles point collisions)	✓
Broadcasted events	✓
Time scale	✓
Per emitter time scale	⨉
Prewarm	✓
GPU Simulation	⨉
Attribute
Int	✓
Float	✓
Bool	✓
Quaternion	⨉
Attribute Sampler
Box	✓
Sphere	✓
Cylinder	✓
Capsules	✓
Static Mesh	✓
Skinned Mesh	✓
Vector Field	⨉
Text	✓
Curves	✓
Sound	✓

Render Pipeline dependent feature set:

Feature	Legacy	Universal RP	High Definition RP
Renderer
Billboard	✓	✓	✓
Ribbon	✓	✓	✓
Triangle	✓	✓	✓
Decal	⨉	⨉	⨉
Mesh	✓	✓	✓
Sound	✓	✓	✓
Light	⨉	⨉	⨉
Integration
Multiple camera rendering	✓	✓	✓
Shader Graph Support (1)	⨉	⨉	⨉

(1) Shader graph is currently not publicly supported, because of missing API entry points.

Billboarding/Triangle renderer feature set:

	Legacy		Universal RP		High Definition RP
Billboarding Location	CPU	Vertex Shader	CPU	Vertex Shader	CPU	Vertex Shader
Transparent	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Opaque	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Diffuse	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Atlas	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Distortion	✓	⨉	⨉	⨉	✓	⨉
Alpha Remap	✓	⨉	✓	⨉	✓	⨉
Soft Particles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Opaque	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Flip UVs	✓	⨉	✓	⨉	✓	⨉
Lit	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉
Normal Wrap	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉
Normal Bend	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉
Diffuse Ramp	✓	⨉	✓	⨉	✓	⨉
Emissive	✓	⨉	✓	⨉	✓	⨉
Emissive Ramp	✓	⨉	✓	⨉	✓	⨉
Transform UVs	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉
Tint	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉	⨉

Ribbons renderer feature set:

	Legacy	Universal RP	High Definition RP
Transparent	✓	✓	✓
Opaque	✓	✓	✓
Diffuse	✓	✓	✓
Soft Particles	✓	✓	✓
Distortion	⨉	⨉	⨉
Correct Deformation	✓	✓	✓
Alpha Remap	✓	✓	✓
Atlas	✓	✓	✓
Custom Texture U	⨉	⨉	⨉
Texture UVs	⨉	⨉	⨉
Texture Repeat	⨉	⨉	⨉
Lit	⨉	⨉	⨉
Normal Wrap	⨉	⨉	⨉
Normal Bend	⨉	⨉	⨉
Diffuse Ramp	✓	✓	✓
Emissive	✓	✓	✓
Emissive Ramp	✓	✓	✓
Transform UVs	⨉	⨉	⨉
Tint	⨉	⨉	⨉

Mesh renderer feature set:

	Legacy	Universal RP	High Definition RP
Transparent	✓	✓	✓
Opaque	✓	✓	✓
Diffuse	✓	✓	✓
Soft Particles	✓	✓	✓
Alpha Remap	✓	✓	✓
Lit	✓	✓	✓
Mesh Atlas	✓	✓	✓
Diffuse Ramp	✓	✓	✓
Emissive	✓	✓	✓
Emissive Ramp	✓	✓	✓
Transform UVs	⨉	⨉	⨉
Use Vertex Colors	⨉	⨉	⨉

PopcornFX v2.12