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Graph/premature-effect-destruction

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Lifecycle Cutoff in Effects

premature-effect-destruction

Effect emission and setup get truncated when GameObjects are destroyed or disabled mid-play, cutting off particle/sound/camera shake sequences before they complete and leaving only partial or missing output.

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Updated6/24/2026

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Disable tracing to reduce payload volume (e.g., set `tracesSampleRate: 0`) until a proper fix is implemented.

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bound it with a "progress ceiling" — a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress. Tension: a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress (livelock) would be shielded forever. Outcome: re-arms recovery after a long no-progress window even while bytes flow.

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Thread a second, lower-level liveness signal into the classifier — the timestamp of the last raw stdout byte from the child. Tension: Dead socket = no bytes = livenessAge grows = still aborts (correct). Alive-but-quiet = bytes flowing = livenessAge fresh = NOT aborted.

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Use a self-scheduling setTimeout (or otherwise manage interval setup/cleanup) so the next tick is scheduled only after the state update, with an exit condition like `seconds > 0` to stop when it reaches zero.

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Move the reset logic into a useEffect (or handle reset from the parent via props) so state updates occur as effects rather than during render. In the parent, toggle the reset flag (and optionally set it back to false after the update) to trigger the child's reset without causing continuous re-renders.

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To stop the Service from Activity — when the activity is destroyed. Tension: the service appears to remain active—its notification stays visible.

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Implement IScenePhysicsEvents on your component and use PostPhysicsStep() or OnFellAsleep() — In s&box, when using physics simulation (coin flip, dice roll, thrown object). Outcome: Add a timeout fallback in OnUpdate in case the body never sett.

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Sound.Play("sounds/game/explosion.sound", GameObject.WorldPosition); — 3D one-shot at a world position. Tension: 3D one-shot at a world position (attenuates with distance).

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foreach over GameObject.Components fails. Tension: ComponentList has no GetEnumerator. Outcome: foreach (var c in gameObject.Components.GetAll()) { }.

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Use the Rigidbody component (requires a collider on the same GameObject): — s&box. Outcome: physics won't simulate.

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// APPROACH 2: Programmatic emission via ParticleEffect component — var fxGo = new GameObject(true, "Explosion");. Outcome: emitter.Emit(50); // emit 50 particles immediately.

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DebugOverlay (available on any Component or GameObject) for debug visualization. Tension: Unity's Debug.DrawLine/DrawRay don't exist. Outcome: Draw a sphere at a world position for 0.1 seconds.

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Use BeamEffect for animated line visuals (lasers, tracers, lightning): — s&box.

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Add TemporaryEffect to GameObjects that should auto-destroy after effects finish — In the scene editor: add TemporaryEffect component to your effect prefab. Outcome: BecomeOrphan = true: if parent is destroyed, detach and finish playing.

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after mutating the property. Tension: Per-component refresh is broken. Outcome: always refresh the whole GameObject.

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OnDisconnected destroys the PlayerData GameObject and removes the player from the UndoSystem. — GameManager implements INetworkListener. Tension: Clean up undo stacks. Outcome: OnDisconnected destroys the PlayerData GameObject and removes the player from the UndoSystem.

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call `body.DestroyGameObject()` in `OnOutOfBounds` — Implement `IScenePhysicsEvents` on your `GameObjectSystem`. Tension: prevents unbounded accumulation of out-of-world objects. Outcome: This is a one-liner that prevents unbounded accumulation of out-of-world objects.

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Implement `ICameraSetup.PostSetup` for world-space shake. — From EnvironmentShake.cs and Notices.cs. Tension: Compute distance falloff via `DistanceCurve.EvaluateDelta((distance/MaxDistance).Clamp(0,1))`. Outcome: Multiply by `GamePreferences.Screenshake` to respect user settings. Use `Noise.Perlin(Time.Now * Rate, offset)` with different offsets per axis (0, 830, 340) for natural-looking shake.

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Use ClutterComponent for GPU-instanced environmental detail scattering: — From code — invalidate tiles when terrain changes:. Outcome: Regenerate all clutter.

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Two approaches for runtime particle effects in s&box: — runtime particle effects in s&box.

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Track objects in `OnPostSpawn` and `OnPostToolAction` events. Outcome: Count by iterating only the player's list, pruning destroyed objects lazily during the count.

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Count by iterating only the player's list. Tension: pruning destroyed objects lazily during the count. Outcome: no separate cleanup pass needed.

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Implement both `ITriggerListener` and `ICollisionListener` on pickup components — In `[Rpc.Broadcast]` sound effects. Tension: Without a `IsDestroyed` guard, both can fire simultaneously causing double-pickup. Outcome: set `snd.SpacialBlend = 0` when `player.IsLocalPlayer` for 2D sound, leave default (3D) for others.

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record that the side effect fired, check before firing again — awarding XP, delivering a notification, processing a queue item. Outcome: All three are instances of the same principle.

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Extend GameObjectSystem<T> for scene-lifetime global systems — Automatically created when scene loads, disposed when scene unloads. Tension: No GameObject needed — pure C# system. Outcome: Access from anywhere: var system = MyGameSystem.Current; // null if scene not loaded.

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ShootEffects is [Rpc.Broadcast] — muzzle flash/impact effects. Tension: for muzzle flash/impact effects. Outcome: [Rpc.Broadcast].

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Add PostProcessVolume component to a trigger volume GameObject. — // Zone-based post-process (blends when camera enters volume):. Tension: PostProcessVolume.BlendDistance controls blend falloff. Outcome: Add post-process components (Bloom, etc.) to the same GameObject.

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Implement `Component.ICollisionListener` on projectiles — Projectile.cs and TimedExplosive.cs. Tension: host only. Outcome: Trigger explosion via `[Rpc.Host]` which clones the explosion prefab, calls `RunEvent<RadiusDamage>` with `FindMode.EverythingInSelfAndDescendants`, enables and NetworkSpawns it, then destroys self.

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Resolved activity IDs to visible renderer IDs before queueing pulses — pulse-only animation. Outcome: paused the renderer when idle.

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Record original scene objects on startup — CleanupSystem Component. Tension: Efficient batch destruction.

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