Introduction

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Trails FX is a fast, lightweight Unity package for adding smooth trails to moving GameObjects, characters, and weapons. It supports the Built-in and URP rendering pipelines on Unity 2022.3 and later.

Key Features

  • Multiple trail styles - Color, Texture Stamp, Clone, Outline, Space Distortion, Dash, and Custom material
  • Skinned mesh support - trails follow animated characters with per-vertex accuracy
  • Flexible triggers - generate snapshots on movement, time interval, collision, or continuously
  • Color Ramp - map a gradient texture along a blade or edge (ideal for sword trails)
  • Animation state filtering - restrict trails to specific Animator states and time ranges
  • Profile system - save and reuse trail configurations across multiple objects
  • Draw Behind - render trails behind the character using the stencil buffer
  • Zero per-frame allocation - GPU-instanced rendering with pooled meshes

Pipeline Support

PipelineSupportNotes
Built-in RPFullAll features available
URPFullSpace Distortion requires Opaque Texture enabled

Requirements

RequirementMinimum
Unity version2022.3 LTS or later
Render pipelineBuilt-in RP or URP
PlatformsAll platforms supported by Unity
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