Golaem Attributes or Per Particle Attributes

Guidelines about using Per Particle or Golaem Attributes

Golaem Attributes or Per Particle Attributes offer different pros & cons, which are summed up here :


	Per Particle Attribute	Golaem Attribute
Set/Get it via MEL/Python script	YES	NO
Usable in channel operators and triggers	YES	YES
Can have initial states	YES	YES
Value Per CrowdField	NO	YES
Value Per Entity	YES	YES
High performance evaluation	NO	YES
Editor	Component Editor	Golaem Spreadsheet

Here are the main points to choose between PP attributes & Golaem ones :

Do you need to get values easily in MEL/python and manipulate it ? -> PP Attribute
Do you need to have high performance, or value variation within the same frame ? -> Golaem Attributes

Golaem Attributes being more specific that PP Attributes, they are also easier to edit as the Spreadsheet includes some additional filters compared to the Component Editor.