[LE] [Skyrim] Help with particle emitter

[OminousVoice]

Hi all,

 

I'm currently trying to modify the existing FireStormHandEffects.nif for use as an art file for a weapon enchantment. Thus far I've sucessfully managed to change the colours/textures, postion the emitter, get the flames pointing in the right direction, and have it function perfectly in game. All of this from trial and error in NifSkope, as I am a noob when it comes to particle nifs.

 

This issue I'm having is because this is for a battleaxe enchantment, I want the flames to emit from across the whole axe head and not just the middle. Originally i wanted to change the shape of the emitter to stretch across the axe head, but I couldn't see any way of doing that. I figured the next best way to do this would be to add extra emitters. However I can't seem to get it to work. I tried simply duplicating the whole nif block and repositioning the nodes. I then tried duplicating the nodes within the parent branch. Neither worked. I think it has something to do with linking each emitter node to NiControllerManager and its hierarchy. it seems it can only deal with one target NiParticleSystem at a time. I can't duplicate NiControllerManager without NifSkope throwing up an error.

 

Does any one how I can achive what I want i.e getting the flames across the axe head? is there a better approach?

 

 

Edited May 15, 2019 by OminousVoice

[Sphered]

I used billboard nodes from a torch on a pitchfork once. Worked great. You just gotta play with the node positions in the nif till you get a look you want