Particle system fire forwards and cause damage?

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I’m attempting to create a weapon using a particle system attached to a player controller. I already have the blueprints setup for firing a particle, however I’m having trouble controlling the particle in the particle settings.

I want to force the particle to fire in the direction of the controller and to control the speed of the projectile.

I have tried using the acceleration and velocity settings etc and I cant seem to find the right settings. Either the particle will fire in a specific direction irespective of the controllers direction, or the particle will fire straight but so slow that when the player is moving forwards the particle is left behind.

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What kind of projectile do you want to create?

Would it help just doing a projectile actor with the particle attached to it?