Separate ParticleEmitter & ParticleEmitterPrefab classes - the emission timer (and maybe some other values in the future) can't be in the prefab class because multiple objects may use the same prefab.

Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/Attack.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
     {
         private Sound sound;
 
-        private ParticleEmitter particleEmitterPrefab;
+        private ParticleEmitter particleEmitter;
 
         partial void InitProjSpecific(XElement element)
         {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 switch (subElement.Name.ToString().ToLowerInvariant())
                 {
                     case "particleemitter":
-                        particleEmitterPrefab = new ParticleEmitter(subElement);
+                        particleEmitter = new ParticleEmitter(subElement);
                         break;
                 }
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         partial void DamageParticles(float deltaTime, Vector2 worldPosition)
         {
-            if (particleEmitterPrefab != null)
+            if (particleEmitter != null)
             {
-                particleEmitterPrefab.Emit(deltaTime, worldPosition);
+                particleEmitter.Emit(deltaTime, worldPosition);
             }
 
             if (sound != null)

Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundSpriteManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using Barotrauma.Particles;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         public float Scale;
 
         public float Rotation;
+
+        public Particles.ParticleEmitter ParticleEmitter;
         
         //public Vector2[] spriteCorners;
 
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             this.Scale = scale;
 
             this.Rotation = rotation;
+
+            this.ParticleEmitter = new ParticleEmitter(prefab.ParticleEmitterPrefab);
         }
     }
 
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             foreach (BackgroundSprite s in visibleSprites)
             {
-                if (s.Prefab.ParticleEmitter != null)
+                if (s.Prefab.ParticleEmitterPrefab != null)
                 {
                     Vector2 emitterPos = new Vector2(s.Prefab.EmitterPosition.X, s.Prefab.EmitterPosition.Y);
 
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                             -sa * emitterPos.X + ca * emitterPos.Y);
                     }
 
-                    s.Prefab.ParticleEmitter.Emit(deltaTime, new Vector2(s.Position.X, s.Position.Y) + emitterPos);
+                    s.ParticleEmitter.Emit(deltaTime, new Vector2(s.Position.X, s.Position.Y) + emitterPos);
                 }
             }
             

Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundSpritePrefab.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         public readonly Vector2 DepthRange;
 
-        public readonly Particles.ParticleEmitter ParticleEmitter;
+        public readonly Particles.ParticleEmitterPrefab ParticleEmitterPrefab;
         public readonly Vector2 EmitterPosition;
 
         public readonly float SwingAmount;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                         }
                         break;
                     case "particleemitter":
-                        ParticleEmitter = new Particles.ParticleEmitter(subElement);
+                        ParticleEmitterPrefab = new Particles.ParticleEmitterPrefab(subElement);
                         EmitterPosition = ToolBox.GetAttributeVector2(subElement, "position", Vector2.Zero);
                         break;
                 }