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Is it possible to add high-g vapor effects to the F-18?

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GR27:
I like to fly with the F-18 but it would be nice to have high-g vapor effects just like FS-KBT F-18E




Does any one know how to add this effects and what to add to the aircraft.cfg to have this effects correctly on the F-18?
Thank you.

Razgriz:
Its possible and can easily be accomplished if you have the effect and the gauge (that triggers it when lets say 5+ G's).  You just need coords for it which I don't know how to get.

Hodge001:

--- Quote from: Razgriz on April 12, 2008, 11:51:20 pm ---Its possible and can easily be accomplished if you have the effect and the gauge (that triggers it when lets say 5+ G's).  You just need coords for it which I don't know how to get.

--- End quote ---

Hi Razgriz

Having followed the posts regarding both the Sonic Boom Effect and now the High G Vapor Effect, I decided to have another play around, and have come up with the effect I think you’re after.

Instructions for adding the wing root vortex effect from the Team FS KBT FA18 to the FSX Acceleration F-18

1.   First download the Team FS KBT FA18 (obviously).
2.   Place the dfa18_fx.cab file from the download into the panel folder of the FSX F-18.
3.   Open the FSX F-18 panel.cfg (use wordpad or notepad) and add the following to the Vcockpit01 section

gaugexx=dfa18_fx!augmentor_80,
gaugexx=dfa18_fx!wing_vapor,

Where XX is the next available gauge number

4.   Open the FSX F-18 aircraft.cfg file and add the following to the lights section

light.X=9, -23.0, -1.65, -0.8, fx_augmentor2
light.X=9, -23.0, 1.65, -0.8, fx_augmentor2
light.X=8, -13.5, 0, 1.25, fx_vapor_fa18   // Wing Vapor

Again where X is the next available light number

That’s it

Except that the effect will only be triggered if the following conditions are met

1.   The aircraft must be travelling at over 230Kts
2.   You must be pulling 5G or more.
3.   The temperature must be less than 12o C

I must admit that I’m not quite sure what the augmentor2 effect is but as the original calls for it I’ve included it here.

I’ll also admit that I actually don’t fly the F-18 all that often, but I do like to tinker…

Jim H

P.S

Apologies for the quality of the screenies, but I had turned down FSX for another project i'm working on...

Plus I'm rubbish at screenshots....


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Hodge001:
Hi Razgriz

Apologies to all, but I forget to include the instructions for the actual visual effects

You will need the file fsxf18fx.zip (I got it from simviations web site, the same place as the full FS-KBT F-18E which you need for the cab file)

Unzip the file to a temporary location and place the contents of the effect folder into the effects folder of FSX.

Sorry about that.

Jim H

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WoW!! Jim
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Randy

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