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Red and Green lights in the Afterburners

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Razgriz:

--- Quote from: Ifresh21 on March 17, 2009, 08:34:26 pm ---Can you edit mdls like that razgriz?



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No, because it is a finished model and I cannot transform MDL into X.

Wingmate:
I have installed this but now I get this werid problem.  you can see the effect throguh different parts of the aircraft.  Is there any way to fix this?

Voodoo:
I've experienced what looks like this sort of problem before with FSX effects that are attached to an aircraft. Depending on where your geographical location is and also depending what altitude you are flying at, attached effects (if they are offset from their attachpoints in the model in a .fx file, and also ones defined simply in the aircraft.cfg file) can "drift" from their point of origin. You can see the problem with aircraft lights as well (and also smoke effects attached to the LIGHTS section of the aircraft.cfg file). Sometimes the effect looks ok on the ground but drifts away quite badly at altitude. Aircraft lights can sometimes be quite "off-centred" from their intended position on the model even while it's sitting on the tarmac.

Also, if you try to edit the .fx files in order to relocate the afterburner effect further in or out of the jetpipe, you'll definitely cause the problem you are seeing!

I've also seen this issue associated with "draw order" problems. Sometimes an effect can appear behind parts of the physical model and sometimes not...depending on viewing angle. Although I have to say when I was testing this effect I never encounterd this problem.

Lastly...this effect was created for FSX not FS9. It might work in FS9 but the coordinates system is different (the X and Y axes are swapped over I think) and can make attached effects appear off-centred like this unless you edit their coords. I assume though you are using FSX?

Does any of this help, Wingmate?

Orion:
I've recently reinstalled everything and am getting this odd glitch.  The effect seems to be larger than the engine nozzle.

See the screenshots below:

Voodoo:
Sorry, Orion. I'm afraid I've no idea why the effect appears overly large for you following your reinstall. I've tried re-downloading the effect myself and overwriting my own files to see if I can re-create the problem, but to no avail.

Other than suggest you try installing the effect again, I'm out of ideas. Sorry.

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