# VisualEffectAsset

> This class contains a graph of the elements needed to describe a visual effect. These include: the visual effects system, generated shaders, and compiled data.

## Definition

* **Type:** Class
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine.VFX](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.VFXModule
* **Inherits from:** [VisualEffectObject](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectobject.md)

```csharp
public class VisualEffectAsset : VisualEffectObject
```

## Remarks

Additional Resources: [VisualEffect](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffect.md).

## Static Fields

| Value                                                                                               | Description                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| [PlayEventID](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/playeventid.md)     | The default name ID of the play event. |
| [PlayEventName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/playeventname.md) | The default name of the play event.    |
| [StopEventID](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/stopeventid.md)     | The default name ID of the stop event. |
| [StopEventName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/stopeventname.md) | The default name of the stop event.    |

## Constructors

| Constructor                                                                                      | Description                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| [VisualEffectAsset()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/ctor.md) | The visual effect Asset constructor. |

## Methods

| Method                                                                                                              | Description                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [GetEvents](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/getevents.md)                         | Gets the name of every Event connected to a system.                                                                                |
| [GetExposedProperties](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/getexposedproperties.md)   | Gets the name and type of every exposed property.                                                                                  |
| [GetExposedSpace](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/getexposedspace.md)             | Provides the configured space of an exposed property in VisualEffectAsset.                                                         |
| [GetTextureDimension](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/gettexturedimension.md)     | Gets the [TextureDimension](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/texturedimension.md) of a named exposed Texture. |
| [PrewarmComputeShaders](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vfx/visualeffectasset/prewarmcomputeshaders.md) | Loads and prewarms all the compute shaders associated with the VisualEffectAsset.                                                  |

## Inheritance

**Inherited Members:**

* [Object.GetEntityId()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/getentityid.md)
* [Object.GetHashCode()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/gethashcode.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion-transform\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Scene)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-scene\))
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform-bool\))
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Destroy(Object, float)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroy.md)
* [Object.DestroyImmediate(Object, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroyimmediate.md)
* [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.DontDestroyOnLoad(Object)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/dontdestroyonload.md)
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\<T>()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\<T>(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType\<T>()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType\<T>(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.ToString()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/tostring.md)
* [Object.name](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/name.md)
* [Object.hideFlags](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/hideflags.md)

### Operators

| Operator                                                                           | Description                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [operator ==](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-equality.md)   | Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object. |
| [bool](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-implicit.md)          | Determines whether the object exists.                                   |
| [operator !=](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-inequality.md) | Compares if two objects refer to a different object.                    |