Particle Emitters Not Emitting

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#1

I made a parry effect, and the particles just don’t show up. I used print statements, and the function is running, the particles just aren’t emitting for some reason.

Code:

local Parry = {
	["ParryHit"] = function(Player, Params)
		local enemycharacter = Params["enemycharacter"]
		local userCharacter = Params["userCharacter"]
		
		local enemyhumrp = enemycharacter.HumanoidRootPart
		
		local posdiff = (enemyhumrp.Position - userCharacter.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
		
		local VFX = game.ReplicatedStorage.Fx.HitFX.Parry:Clone()
		
		VFX.Parent = workspace.VFXFolder[enemycharacter.Name]
		
		VFX.CFrame = CFrame.new(posdiff.X / 2, enemyhumrp.Position.Y, posdiff.Z / 2)
		game.Debris:AddItem(VFX, 20)
		
		wait(0.1)
		for i, v in pairs(VFX:GetDescendants()) do
			if v:IsA("ParticleEmitter") then
				print("Emit")
				v:Emit(100)
			end
		end
		
	end,
	
}

return Parry
#2

Are you certain its where you want it to be?. like setting "Parry"s transparency to .5 so you can actually see it there

#3

do v.Enabled = true instead of v:Emit(100) so that you can go into server mode, go to the vfx part and see if its working from there

#4

This is in a client script, i do all of my effects on the client, and i’ve never seen this before.

#5

Oh alright, and the transparency is correct and the part is in the right location?

#6

the particle emitter HAS to be enabled in order for :Emit to work

enable the particle emitter and set its rate to 0

#7

Incorrect. Try it yourself with a disabled, default particle emitter. It still works. I think the only issue here has to be transparency or positioning if it’s printing “Emit”

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#8

You’re putting the position of the vfx at the world_origin + direction instead of userRoot + direction.

Check this line and see what it’s doing:
VFX.CFrame = CFrame.new(posdiff.X / 2, enemyhumrp.Position.Y, posdiff.Z / 2)

- Mixed mashed var names within this
local direction = (enemyhumrp.Position - userCharacter.HumanoidRootPart.Position)

-- this is your vfx position
Vector3.zero + Vector3.new(direction.X * 0.5, enemyHRP.Y, direction.Z * 0.5)

-- What you most likely want is 
userHRP.Position + Vector3.new(direction.X * 0.5, direction.Y, direction.Z * 0.5)

-- or the real halfway point
userHRP.Position + (direction * 0.5)