Doomsday Engine

Im sure something similair has been mentioned before,
but I couldnt find it so sorry in advance. I think my
version is a bit different though;

I need to be able to map a particle effect to each player
weapon's firing frames, to be ONLY visible to other
players.

This is partly because in cutting down my soldiers 
filesize I've already used all four md2 slots; I use the 
same model for zombieman/shotgunguy/doomguy, 
loading different variations of the head, arms and 
weapons for each one. These are all mapped onto the 
same generic body model and walking states, saving lots 
of redundant frames of animation. Anyway, now there 
isnt a fifth slot for the flash....

It's also partly because particle muzzle flashes look 
really damn cool! You can make alot cleaner flash 
animation from a bunch of sprites than you can from a 
pair of flattened triangles with an explosion painted on 
them. The potential for adding ambient effects like 
gunsmoke etc would also be there.

Thanks for reading;

Chilvence