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public var startLifetime: float;
public float startLifetime;

Description

The starting lifetime of the particle.

This is the total lifetime of this particle in seconds. It is set by the particle system when creating the particle.

    // Calculate how long the particle has been alive.
    float timeAlive = particle.startLifetime - particle.lifetime;

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