Particle Wind - SKSE Plugin

Mod Description

Particle Wind makes all particle effects react dynamically to wind speed and direction, enhancing realism and immersion.

The effect is applied at runtime via SKSE, making it fully compatible with particles from the base game, DLC, and mods.

No meshes are replaced. No records are edited.

Particles are influenced directly at the engine level, meaning they naturally respond to changing weather conditions without any patching or conflicts.

This works by injecting the game's built-in Wind Modifier into particle systems at runtime.

The system has always existed in the engine - it just wasn’t used by default.

Works especially well with Wildfire - a WIP mod currently available in free open beta on QTR Discord server!

This mod was originally inspired by Wildfire, and because of how universally applicable the feature is, it has been released as a standalone addon.

🌬️Technical Details💨

Implemented as an SKSE plugin

Affects all particle systems (Vanilla, DLC, Creation Club, mod-added)

Injects the native Wind Modifier into particle systems at runtime

Wind influence is handled by the base game (direction + intensity)

No papyrus scripts, no meshes, no ESP/ESL

Works automatically with all particle effects without setup

Customization

This mod allows you to control how strongly particles react to wind - globally or per specific particle systems.

🧑‍💻 For Users (Simple Setup)

If you just want to tweak overall wind strength:

Data\\SKSE\\Plugins\\ParticleWind.ini

🧾Edit: fDefaultStrength

What it does:

Controls global wind strength for all particles

]Used when no specific configuration is found

🛠️ For Modders / Advanced Users

You can override wind strength for specific particle systems.

📁 Where to put configs

Create a .json file in:

Data\SKSE\Plugins\ParticleWind\

see DefaultConfig.json as example

🧩 What you can use as a name

You can target:

1. Exact particle system name

Targets a specific NiParticleSystem:

"SuperSpray01": 2. 0

2. Parent nodes in the hierarchy

Targets everything under a node

"MPSIceShards": 0. 5

3. Full hierarchy path

Use ">" to describe full hierarchy:{

"MPSIceShards>SuperSpray01-Emitter>SuperSpray01": 1. 0

4. Wildcard

You can match particles by partial name using: text

"Smoke": 1. 5

matches FXSmoke01 HeavySmokeEmitter, etc.

Matching priority: