# Problem with jet style vapor trails through Ribbon type particle system **URL:** \ **Category:** FX\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/problem-with-jet-style-vapor-trails-through-ribbon-type-particle-system/5714 "2014-06-08T00:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Hyperloop](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/hyperloop/32/1203427_2.png) [@Hyperloop](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Hyperloop)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/problem-with-jet-style-vapor-trails-through-ribbon-type-particle-system/5714/2 "2014-06-08T03:09:52Z")
> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official... From the documentation it doesn’t sound like there’s a ribbon that connects to the spawn point. Maybe ribbons aren’t the answer -wonder if using a more traditional particle setup would render better results. My gut says that contrail smoke doesn’t tend to feel ‘ribbony’ but is typically more cloud like. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/problem-with-jet-style-vapor-trails-through-ribbon-type-particle-system/5714)._