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So I'm making a Minecraft sword fight in Blender 2.8. I'm really just doing finishing touches, and I've been trying to make sparks fly from the swords every time they collide/clash with particle emissions. Apparently you can't make the emitter stop emitting once it starts.

I know I could use hundreds of particle systems but that's way too hectic and would get in the way if I change a few animations.

Is there a way I could do this with just one particle system?

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  • $\begingroup$ You can keyframe velocity and lifetime (v=0, lt=1 to stop emission). $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Sep 5, 2019 at 10:27
  • $\begingroup$ @lemon it mostly works but some particles still appear even when rendered (im using eevee). $\endgroup$
    – Rogue Lotus 4
    Sep 5, 2019 at 12:41

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It is currently not possible to directly keyframe the emission of particles in Blender.

But you can use a collision object that completely surrounds the emitter object. Make sure that you check the "Kill Particles"-checkbox and then keyframe the Permeability-setting to let particles through the collision object when you want them to "escape".

You can find more info on Collisions in the Blender manual.

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