UE4 Particles

Particle

Particle SYSTEM

Emitter ACTOR

Particle System COMPONENT

Cascade

Emitter

Module

Type Data Modules

Distributions

Point

Sprite

STATIC Mesh

ASSET in CONTENT

In-Scene OBJECT that references P SYSTEM

'Particles'

'Template'

Part of BLUE PRINT (BP)

particle EDITING system

single definition for a set of particles

collection emitters = complex FX

singular property

collection resides inside an EMITTER

'initial size'

'initial rotation'

'velocity'

etc

EXECUTES Top to Bottom

EXECUTE Left to Right

types

Beam

GPU

Mesh

Ribbon

AnimTrail

Only one to each emitter