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Creating a new Gun with a Particle System
By MKSTER
This guide will demonstrate how to create a particle system and highlight some of the most important particle parameters to tweak the shots of your gun. No scripting will be required.
   
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Create the Gun Blueprint
First open edit mode (F2), open the blueprint library (F6) and select one of the rifles you want to edit double click it to load it. Save the rifle under a different name.

Edit the Particle System
Open the particles tab and double click the particle system you want to edit. In this case the shot particle system.
Live Edit the Particle System
Spawn the gun by dragging it into the game from the blueprint library (F6). Now make sure you are in particle edit mode and select the the particle you want to edit on the spawned gun by clicking it.
Test your Changes
Shoot the gun to test your particle system or tick emitting in the top of the particle system editor
Change the Behaviour of the Bullets
Change the Damage of the Bullets


Make the Bullets Special
Copy the Changes to the Gun
Now copy the particle system by pressing the copy button on your changed particle system you edited ingame. Then load the particle system of the gun and press the paste button to add your changes to the guns particle system.
Save your Gun
Now save your gun blueprint. To share your blueprint just drag the blueprint PNG out of your blueprint library or upload it on the workshop. If you have any questions or got stuck somewhere please don't hesitate to ask.


To find out how to add a custom texture to your gun check out this guide:
https://steamproxy-script.pipiskins.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=647555095
1 Comments
lemagicwizard 20 Sep, 2022 @ 7:15pm 
modding Guides are what this community needs, ty