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Disabling effects?

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DickDastardly

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Hi all,
I fly MSFS2004 using 3D shutter glasses in combination with nVidia's stereo 3D driver which add a very convincing sensation of height. Unfortunately there are several effects which are drawn incorrectly at screen depth rather than the true position of the object emitting the effect (notably runway lights, and the blinking lights on aircraft). I managed to get rid of the aircraft lights by deleting fx_2.bmp, but even deleting the entire contents of my Effects folder didn't get rid of the runway lights. Can anyone tell me how to kill off this effect? (or even better, how to edit it to draw correctly in 3D)
Many thanks,
DD
 
Runway lights are not effects, they are more often, though not always, mdl objects built into the scenery bgl, so you will not be able to remove them or change them easily.
 
I think it may be possible to lose them by removing a texture - that was done for GW3 by Bill Lyons if I recall correctly. I can't remember for sure though and it obviously would remove the all throughout the sim which might be what you want
 
They are not effects, so you can not remove them like that (the lights are hardcoded in the scenery engine I think). But the suggestion of Jon is a nice one. I think the "halo.bmp" is the one you are looking for.
 
Thanks very much for the quick responses - deleting that halo.bmp file from the FS9/Textures folder did the trick :)
Cheers,
DD
 
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