# Niargara Sorting Particles

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niargara-sorting-particles/1898888>\
**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** particle-systems, unreal-engine, particle, question\
**Created:** [June 11, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niargara-sorting-particles/1898888 "2024-06-11T11:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Upeaval](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Upeaval](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Upeaval)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niargara-sorting-particles/1898888/1 "2024-06-11T11:38:01Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to create an explosion effect, but I’m encountering a problem. I spawn a ring of smoke, and in the center of this ring, I spawn a fireball.  
The smoke ring grows with velocity towards the exterior.  
However, the rear particles of my smoke ring appear through the fireball. When I change the sorting priority, the fireball appears in front of all the smoke ring particles. I can’t find the right solution to make the front particles appear in front and the rear particles appear behind my explosion.

I’m using a transparent material. I need dark or hard grey color for the smoke, in additive mode, the smoke is too transparent/white.

Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance!

Upeaval.

![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/2/6/c26f6ac97c10d55e3ab64c3cfab4410bf6cd250c.jpeg)

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/1/d/51d8b4eb39c0c204aa860bdd7d5a83d93dacd0ce.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/6/6/a66067921f113e74664e3f1baf94db18ca42b963.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/8/2/c82492aae2219213db631ea8647945da3026c8ee.jpeg)  
When the sort is invert  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/3/3/c3388b96ed1e8f02885cef53fa374bb86a85d686.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/9/1/b91fb9030261ac6bb9a4b3beb580f563a79ff759.jpeg)
