FS2004 Afterburner rings

[Marine1]

Hi all,

I'm having an issue with my afterburner rings not staying, or showing up from the side as a thin line when viewed from the side. From the front and rear, they look fine. I've changed the face from 0, 0, 0, to 0.01, 0.01, 0.01. And yet, they turn and face me at any angle.

Here's a couple pics to show what I am talking about. As far as I can tell, this is the only entry to change, to how they are viewed in spot mode.

Thanks for any help.

M1

 

[Marine1]

Seriously, no one can help, or at least give some advice???

 

[n4gix]

Facing

Pitch, Bank, Heading
The direction that the particles face. Pitch, bank, and heading are the constraints for the particles’ facing movement. These are on/off switches because the particles either move in the corresponding direction, or they do not.

To have the particles face the user, set these to 1,1,1. If one of the values is 0, then the particles will be constrained in the corresponding axis. To have the particles remain perpendicular to the ground but still turn and face the user, set them to 0,0,1.

As highlighted in red in the section of the FSX SDK quoted above, these are binary switches (0 or 1).

Try setting all three of 'em to 0,0,0

Here is my "orange ring" section of an .fx file:

[Emitter.2]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
No Interpolate=1
Rate=50.00, 100.00
X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Drag=0.00, 0.00
X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
X Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Pitch=0.00, 0.00
Bank=0.00, 0.00
Heading=0.00, 0.00

[Particle.2]
Lifetime=0.01, 0.01
Type=19
X Scale=0.20, 0.30
Y Scale=0.20, 0.30
Z Scale=0.00, 0.00
X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Drag=-1.00, -1.00
Color Rate=0.40, 0.70
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Fade In=0.00, 0.00
Fade Out=0.00, 0.00
Rotation=-1000.00, 1000.00
Face=0, 0, 0

[ParticleAttributes.2]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=44, 19, 1, 255
Color End=0, 0, 0, 0
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.50, 0.50
uv2=1.00, 1.00
X Scale Goal=0.00
Y Scale Goal=0.00
Z Scale Goal=0.00
Extrude Length=0.00
Extrude Pitch Max=0.00
Extrude Heading Max=0.00