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I have searched the sdk and forums, but I still can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I'm trying to add heat shimmer from the F-18 onto my F-14 using the fxtool in the game toolbar. I get the effect positioned correctly and it shows up after I exit the tool, but when I restart the game..... no effect.?

I am using FSX Gold with Accel.

Am I supposed to do anything else other than position the effect in fxtool?
 
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I have opened heatshimmer.fx in FXTool.

Adjusted the emitter to the offset values that lets me view the effect in the proper position.

Save As ____.

Then open the desired aircraft's cfg file to add in the effect under smoke.

Do I still need the values in the datum values or does the FXTool store that info so I just need to add the extension..?

I have tried both ways and it still wont work for me.
 
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This is my fist project in effects, i have tried the past two days to figure this out. I still need HELP.
 
=) i did it!

This is how....

Open the cfg. file for the F-18 with the effect you want (exhaust/heatshimmer). Copy all SmokeSystem entries and paste them in your desired aircrafts cfg. file, replacing whatever was already there.

Since the effects are controlled through gauges, open the Panel.BlueAngels folder and copy the FX folder into your desired aircrafts Panel folder. Then, in the Panel.BlueAngels folder, open panel.cfg file and scroll down to the bottom. You should see this....

//EFFECTS
gauge01=FX!Afterburner,
gauge02=FX!Vapor,
gauge03=FX!EG_Smoke_NORM, 0
gauge04=FX!EG_Smoke_APP,
gauge05=FX!EG_Heat_Shimmer,

Copy and paste this into your desired aircrafts panel.cfg file on the last Vcockpit entry (outside view with color). You will have to change the guage values from gauge 30 something to 01, 02, 03 and so on. Shoud look like this.....

[Vcockpit07]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=512,512

visible=1
pixel_size=512,512
texture=$vcrio1

gauge00=F14D!Riodisplay, 0, 0, 512, 512


//EFFECTS
gauge01=FX!Afterburner,
gauge02=FX!Vapor,
gauge03=FX!EG_Smoke_NORM, 0
gauge04=FX!EG_Smoke_APP,
gauge05=FX!EG_Heat_Shimmer,


windowsize_ratio=1.000
window_pos=0.756,0.358
window_size=0.243,0.641

[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=223,255,255
Luminous=246,115,119

[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8192
SIZE_Y=3200

Now the effect will work, but you will have to adjust the datum reference point values in the cfg. file to get the effects in the right position. And then change the XML files in the FX folder you pasted to get the effects to show at lower throttle percentage and altitude. Works beautifully for me now.
 
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Conagrats, what could be difficult would be to adjust the values for position if this no match. I have no idea about that, By the way what is Dentum?, could be Datum?:confused:
 
Datum Reference Point .... I'm an idiot. hahah But an idiot with exhaust! I've been polluting the crap outa that sky =).

Not hard to adjust the Datum Reference Point values. I just changed them laterally from 1.80 and -1.80 to 4.0 and -4.0. Shows up great with Dino's new F-14D.
 
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