So from my time of using Spitfire with some modded weapons, some don't actually work correctly, most notable would be the Hunting Revolver mod by The Rizzler. The muzzle flash (the smoke and everything is working fine) isn't the nice fancy sprite it is for the other weapons, they are a muzzle flash with a black background which in my case, blocks light and is really noticable. So far the only way I've thought of why it is like this is because some mods have their own muzzle flash textures, whic is conflicting with this mod. (and I'm ngl I'm not the most tech kind of person out there, I couldn't get a mod that I got working flawlessly on Skyrim SE but not Fallout 4, so if this is the issue I'd be suprised.)
In case anyone else has the same problem that i had (broken pistol muzzles), here is a simple solution i found by playing around with the files:
1) Download the mod 2) Manually unpack the mod (with 7z) 3) Delete the file "MuzPistolSmall01.nif" from \Spitfire Working Fomod\Lite\full\Meshes\Effects\ 4) Pack the mod again with 7z 5) Install the mod via Vortex (select the "Lite" option when the popup shows up) 6) Enjoy the game with awesome muzzles on all guns
If you want to get the smaller sparks you can also replace the file from https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/63916 before you pack the mod again, so you don't need to install two mods.
BEWARE: This mod breaks all muzzle flashes on your gun mods, if you uninstall it you will not get them back, you are stuck with the new sparks and smoke effects and thats it (no more muzzle flashes at all).
Update: I was able to remove the mod via Vortex on a new game with no negative effects (got the vanilla muzzles back), so i don't know why this happened the first time, still be careful if you got a lot of visual mods installed at the same time.
Could you perhaps add an option to change this specific orange muzzle-effect 's size & opacity?
I love using your mod for the smoke trails, muzzle heat and gun smoke, but I cannot figure out which file to get rid of to remove the red/orange-ish sparkly bits emitting from the muzzle/suppressor.. it's pretty irritating when shooting scoped weapons..
Generally speaking.. if it would be possible to select everything individually without optional files overwriting each other in weird ways (for example barrel heat + smoke trails seem to cancel each other out on suppressed and unsuppressed weapons randomly), it'd solve so many issues :D
/e: nvm, I figured out that the sparks are caused by MuzSparks01MPS.nif and removed the file for now scaled it down in nifskope to make it fit nicely - added another image of the smaller muzzle-sparks for comparisons sake (also ended up scaling down the huge muzzle flashes in general). .. but it would be nice regardless to add an option to enable/disable/scale those in the installer itself haha.
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pls report any crashes, performance issues, and other mod conflicts that you may come across ty :)
on a side note, did you get that effect even on ultra lite?
So far the only way I've thought of why it is like this is because some mods have their own muzzle flash textures, whic is conflicting with this mod. (and I'm ngl I'm not the most tech kind of person out there, I couldn't get a mod that I got working flawlessly on Skyrim SE but not Fallout 4, so if this is the issue I'd be suprised.)
1) Download the mod
2) Manually unpack the mod (with 7z)
3) Delete the file "MuzPistolSmall01.nif" from \Spitfire Working Fomod\Lite\full\Meshes\Effects\
4) Pack the mod again with 7z
5) Install the mod via Vortex (select the "Lite" option when the popup shows up)
6) Enjoy the game with awesome muzzles on all guns
If you want to get the smaller sparks you can also replace the file from https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/63916 before you pack the mod again, so you don't need to install two mods.
Update: I was able to remove the mod via Vortex on a new game with no negative effects (got the vanilla muzzles back), so i don't know why this happened the first time, still be careful if you got a lot of visual mods installed at the same time.
I love using your mod for the smoke trails, muzzle heat and gun smoke,
but I cannot figure out which file to get rid of to remove the red/orange-ish sparkly bits emitting from the muzzle/suppressor.. it's pretty irritating when shooting scoped weapons..Generally speaking.. if it would be possible to select everything individually without optional files overwriting each other in weird ways (for example barrel heat + smoke trails seem to cancel each other out on suppressed and unsuppressed weapons randomly), it'd solve so many issues :D
/e: nvm, I figured out that the sparks are caused by MuzSparks01MPS.nif and
removed the file for nowscaled it down in nifskope to make it fit nicely - added another image of the smaller muzzle-sparks for comparisons sake (also ended up scaling down the huge muzzle flashes in general)... but it would be nice regardless to add an option to enable/disable/scale those in the installer itself haha.
Spitfire FX v0.5 II PATCH II MuzzleSpark Size-Reduction
^ I was asked to upload the edited file here for reference!
Tyvm for this awesome mod!
^ before ( looks awesome in unscoped FP & TP, but.. v )
^ before ( unfortunately way too obtrusive when scoped in )
^ after ( scaled down to 0.3 ) (: