diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
index e6c535b9b8..acf8ac13af 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
                 {
                     const Nif::NiMaterialColorController *matCtrl = dynamic_cast<const Nif::NiMaterialColorController*>(ctrls.getPtr());
                     Ogre::ControllerValueRealPtr dstval(OGRE_NEW MaterialColorController::Value(movable, matCtrl->data.getPtr(), &scene->mMaterialControllerMgr));
-                    AlphaController::Function* function = OGRE_NEW AlphaController::Function(matCtrl, (animflags&Nif::NiNode::AnimFlag_AutoPlay));
+                    MaterialColorController::Function* function = OGRE_NEW MaterialColorController::Function(matCtrl, (animflags&Nif::NiNode::AnimFlag_AutoPlay));
                     scene->mMaxControllerLength = std::max(function->mStopTime, scene->mMaxControllerLength);
                     Ogre::ControllerFunctionRealPtr func(function);
                     scene->mControllers.push_back(Ogre::Controller<Ogre::Real>(srcval, dstval, func));
diff --git a/components/nifogre/particles.cpp b/components/nifogre/particles.cpp
index 006a570dce..7b51f06679 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/particles.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/particles.cpp
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ public:
 protected:
     void applyWindForce(Ogre::ParticleSystem *psys, Ogre::Real timeElapsed)
     {
-        const Ogre::Vector3 vec = mDirection * mForce * timeElapsed;
+        const Ogre::Vector3 vec = mBone->_getDerivedOrientation() * mDirection * mForce * timeElapsed;
         Ogre::ParticleIterator pi = psys->_getIterator();
         while (!pi.end())
         {