A patch for Ultimate Game Tools' "Fracturing" Unity3D plugin that adds ability to call FracturedObject.ResetChunks() while still using lifetime timers (DieTimer). UGT: http://www.ultimategametools.com/products/fracturing/ Proposed: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/184170-Ultimate-Fracturing-amp-Destruction-editor-extension-for-Unity-3D?p=1460344…

UltimateGameTools-Fracturing-ResetWithTimeout.patch

diff -ru C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Editor\FracturedObjectEditor.cs C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Editor\FracturedObjectEditor.cs
--- C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Editor\FracturedObjectEditor.cs	Tue Dec 10 20:01:47 2013
+++ C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Editor\FracturedObjectEditor.cs	Sat Dec 21 18:24:45 2013
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedMinLifeTime;
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedMaxLifeTime;
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedOffscreenLifeTime;
+    SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate;
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedMinMass;
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedMinVelocity;
     SerializedProperty PropEventDetachedMaxSounds;
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
         PropEventDetachedMinLifeTime                = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedMinLifeTime");
         PropEventDetachedMaxLifeTime                = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedMaxLifeTime");
         PropEventDetachedOffscreenLifeTime          = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedOffscreenLifeTime");
+        PropEventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate");
         PropEventDetachedMinMass                    = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedMinMass");
         PropEventDetachedMinVelocity                = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedMinVelocity");
         PropEventDetachedMaxSounds                  = serializedObject.FindProperty("EventDetachedMaxSounds");
@@ -468,6 +470,7 @@
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedMinLifeTime,                 new GUIContent("Min Chunk LifeTime",     "The minimum lifetime of a free chunk. When the life of a chunk expires it will be deleted."));
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedMaxLifeTime,                 new GUIContent("Max Chunk LifeTime",     "The maximum lifetime of a free chunk. When the life of a chunk expires it will be deleted."));
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedOffscreenLifeTime,           new GUIContent("Offscreen LifeTime",     "If a free chunk is outside the visible screen for more than this seconds, it will be deleted."));
+            EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate, new GUIContent("Destroy (rather than inactivate)", "Fully Destroy() chunks after their lifetime expires (false = SetActive(false))."));
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedMinMass,                     new GUIContent("Min Impact Mass",        "The minimum mass a free chunk need to impact with in order to trigger a collision event."));
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedMinVelocity,                 new GUIContent("Min Impact Velocity",    "The minimum velocity a free chunk need to impact with in order to trigger a collision event."));
             EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(PropEventDetachedMaxSounds,                   new GUIContent("Max Simult. Sounds",     "The maximum collision sounds that will be played at the same time."));
diff -ru C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedChunk.cs C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedChunk.cs
--- C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedChunk.cs	Tue Dec 10 20:01:46 2013
+++ C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedChunk.cs	Sat Dec 28 18:14:10 2013
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public new void Destroy(UnityEngine.Object o) {
+        Debug.Log(string.Format("{0} destroying {1}", this, o), this);
+        if (null == FracturedObjectSource || FracturedObjectSource.EventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate || !(o is GameObject) || o != gameObject)
+        {
+            UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(o);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            gameObject.SetActive(false);
+            DieTimer dieTimer = GetComponent<DieTimer>();
+            if (null != dieTimer)
+            {
+                UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(dieTimer); // remove DieTimer before next frame
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
     {
         if(FracturedObjectSource == null || collision == null)
@@ -318,6 +335,17 @@
 
         ListAdjacentChunks      = new List<AdjacencyInfo>(ListAdjacentChunksCopy);
         m_fInvisibleTimer       = 0.0f;
+
+        if (!FracturedObjectSource.EventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate)
+        {
+            gameObject.SetActive(true);
+        }
+
+        DieTimer dieTimer = GetComponent<DieTimer>();
+        if (null != dieTimer)
+        {
+            Destroy(dieTimer);
+        }
     }
 
     public void Impact(Vector3 v3Position, float fExplosionForce, float fRadius, bool bAlsoImpactFreeChunks)
diff -ru C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedObject.cs C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedObject.cs
--- C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedObject.cs	Tue Dec 10 20:01:42 2013
+++ C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturedObject.cs	Sat Dec 21 18:24:54 2013
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     public float            EventDetachedMinLifeTime             = Mathf.Infinity;
     public float            EventDetachedMaxLifeTime             = Mathf.Infinity;
     public float            EventDetachedOffscreenLifeTime       = Mathf.Infinity;
+    public bool             EventDetachedDestroyRatherThanInactivate = true;
     public float            EventDetachedMinMass                 = 1.0f;
     public float            EventDetachedMinVelocity             = 1.0f;
     public int              EventDetachedMaxSounds               = 5;
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@
             CheckDetachNonSupportedChunks(true);
         }
 
+        SetSingleMeshVisibility(true);
         return true;
     }
 
diff -ru C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturingUtilDieTimer.cs C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturingUtilDieTimer.cs
--- C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\FracturingNoChanges\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturingUtilDieTimer.cs	Tue Dec 10 20:01:25 2013
+++ C:\Users\User\Dev\Unity3D\SnowFallFracturedExperiment\Assets\Ultimate Game Tools\Fracturing\Scripts\FracturingUtilDieTimer.cs	Sat Dec 28 18:13:54 2013
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@
 
 	        if(m_fTimer > SecondsToDie)
             {
-                Destroy(gameObject);
+                FracturedChunk fc = GetComponent<FracturedChunk>();
+                if (null != fc)
+                {
+                    fc.Destroy(gameObject);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Destroy(gameObject);
+                }
             }
 	    }
     }