UGameplayStatics::SpawnEmitterAtLocation

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Spawns a Cascade (Legacy) particle system at a world location as a fire-and-forget effect. The component is automatically destroyed when the effect completes if bAutoDestroy is true.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This function is for legacy Cascade particle systems (UParticleSystem). For Niagara effects, use UNiagaraFunctionLibrary::SpawnSystemAtLocation instead.
• Does not replicate. Each machine must call this independently to see the effect — typically called on all clients via a NetMulticast RPC or from a replicated event.
• The returned UParticleSystemComponent* may be null if the particle system failed to spawn (e.g., null template, world not ready). Always null-check before using it to set parameters.

Signature

static ENGINE_API UParticleSystemComponent* SpawnEmitterAtLocation(const UObject* WorldContextObject, UParticleSystem* EmitterTemplate, FVector Location, FRotator Rotation = FRotator::ZeroRotator, FVector Scale = FVector(1.f), bool bAutoDestroy = true, EPSCPoolMethod PoolingMethod = EPSCPoolMethod::None, bool bAutoActivateSystem = true);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	Object used to retrieve the world context.	—
EmitterTemplate	UParticleSystem*	Cascade particle system asset to spawn.	—
Location	FVector	World-space location to spawn the emitter.	—
Rotation	FRotator	World-space rotation of the emitter.	FRotator::ZeroRotator
Scale	FVector	Scale applied to the particle system.	FVector(1.f)
bAutoDestroy	bool	Whether the component destroys itself when the system completes.	true
PoolingMethod	EPSCPoolMethod	Controls PSC pooling behavior. Defaults to None.	EPSCPoolMethod::None
bAutoActivateSystem	bool	Whether to automatically activate the particle system on spawn.	true

Return Type

UParticleSystemComponent*

Example

Play a hit impact effect C++

UGameplayStatics::SpawnEmitterAtLocation(
    this,
    HitEffectTemplate,
    HitLocation,
    HitNormal.Rotation()
);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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