How do I shorten the lifetime for a particle effect?

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I have a particle effect (I kind of an “electric” ring) as continues forever when I drop it in the viewport.
I just want that effect for one second when I hit a specific item. What is the easiest way to make that?

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You can set the emitter duration to 1 and you need to make sure that the loop count is set to 1 in the “duration” section of the “required” module of the emitter.
Normally its the loop count set to 0 that makes your effect infinite.
Cheers!

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I cannot get the beam lifetime to be less than about 1.5s

If i set it to 7 its 7, if i set it to 0.0001 its 1.5? Only thing that changes is that ColorOverLife gets messed upp if i set it to less than 1.5.

Can a beam not be alive for less than 1.5s?