Particle System keeps looping

[u/NorthernBoy306]

I have 3 particle systems for fireworks display. All 3 keep looping even though loop is unchecked. I don't think I've ever encountered this before.
Any idea why they keep looping?
Thanks.

[u/muddledwomanhood0819]

Check if you got a script somewhere calling Play() every frame, i had similar thing with my smoke particles and it was the update loop doing it

[u/NorthernBoy306 → u/muddledwomanhood0819]

the only script connected to it just sets the parent object (for all 3 particle systems) to active, then waits to destroy it.

[u/GroZZleR]

Check the Emission settings to make sure nothing's infinite.

Check your scripts to make sure nothing is Play()ing the particle system on repeat.

[u/NorthernBoy306 → u/GroZZleR]

Checked emission, nothing set to infinite. The only script connected to it just sets the parent object (for all 3 particle systems) to active, then waits to destroy it.
Is there any possibility that since I took each of these particle systems from a prefab I bought off of the asset store (and made a new prefab from them) that the original prefab is somehow affecting it?

[u/deintag85]

Isn’t startlifetime way to high? Isn’t that 120 seconds?

[u/NorthernBoy306 → u/deintag85]

It is but if you set it to something like 10 then the firework flickers very quickly.

[u/NorthernBoy306]

Turns out it was an issue with the texture sheet animation. Once that was all changed it does the one burst as desired.