VelocityPerpendicular particle orientation doesn't work with 0 speed

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#1

System Information:
Intel (R) Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Reproduction File:
particleorientationbug.rbxl (55.2 KB)

If you create a ParticleEmitter with the Orientation property set to VelocityPerpendicular, setting the speed to 0 will cause nothing to ever render, even with acceleration.

In this picture, there are 3 ParticleEmitters all with VelocityPerpendicular orientation, so the particles should face upwards

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The left has only speed, the middle has only upward acceleration, and the right has both. Notice how no particles are visible on the middle emitter.

Expected behavior

When a particle emitter has acceleration but no speed, the particles should still be visible.

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#2

You can set the speed to 0.01 as a work around

#3

That’s what I usually do, but it’s important for acceleration to have the same effect since it can be in world space while speed is always relative to the ParticleEmitter’s parent.