diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
index 113fd3d16..4e6d3b3c4 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
 
     static void createObjects(const std::string &name, const std::string &group,
                               Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr, const Nif::Node *node,
-                              ObjectList &objectlist, int flags=0)
+                              ObjectList &objectlist, int flags)
     {
         // Do not create objects for the collision shape (includes all children)
         if(node->recType == Nif::RC_RootCollisionNode)
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
             }
         }
 
-        if(node->recType == Nif::RC_NiAutoNormalParticles ||
-           node->recType == Nif::RC_NiRotatingParticles)
+        if((node->recType == Nif::RC_NiAutoNormalParticles ||
+            node->recType == Nif::RC_NiRotatingParticles) && !(flags&0x40000000))
         {
             Ogre::ParticleSystem *partsys = createParticleSystem(name, group, sceneMgr, objectlist.mSkelBase, node);
             if(partsys != NULL)
@@ -614,8 +614,7 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
     {
         /* This creates an empty mesh to which a skeleton gets attached. This
          * is to ensure we have an entity with a skeleton instance, even if all
-         * other meshes are hidden or entities attached to a specific node
-         * instead of skinned. */
+         * other entities are attached to bones and not skinned. */
         Ogre::MeshManager &meshMgr = Ogre::MeshManager::getSingleton();
         if(meshMgr.getByName(name).isNull())
             NIFMeshLoader::createMesh(name, name, group, ~(size_t)0);
@@ -625,7 +624,7 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
     }
 
 public:
-    static void load(Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr, ObjectList &objectlist, const std::string &name, const std::string &group)
+    static void load(Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr, ObjectList &objectlist, const std::string &name, const std::string &group, int flags=0)
     {
         Nif::NIFFile::ptr nif = Nif::NIFFile::create(name);
         if(nif->numRoots() < 1)
@@ -651,7 +650,7 @@ public:
             // Create a base skeleton entity if this NIF needs one
             createSkelBase(name, group, sceneMgr, node, objectlist);
         }
-        createObjects(name, group, sceneMgr, node, objectlist);
+        createObjects(name, group, sceneMgr, node, objectlist, flags);
     }
 };
 
@@ -739,7 +738,7 @@ ObjectList Loader::createObjectBase(Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr, std::string na
     ObjectList objectlist;
 
     Misc::StringUtils::toLower(name);
-    NIFObjectLoader::load(sceneMgr, objectlist, name, group);
+    NIFObjectLoader::load(sceneMgr, objectlist, name, group, 0xC0000000);
 
     return objectlist;
 }