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# Object Life

`Life` controls how long a particle lives, and can be somewhat counter-intuitive. `Life = -1` means that the emitter lives forever, so it's animations will only trigger once. If you want an emitter to continuously loop (that is, die and get re-created), set it a value greater than `-1`.