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MSFS20 How to assign aircraft certain .Fx files?

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I have created a few different lighting .fx files for aircraft in the sim. I know that the [LIGHTS] section is now in the aircrafts system.cfg file.

I place my newly created .Fx file in MSFS\Official\OneStore\fs-base-effects-legacy

I then change the Systems.cfg EffectFile: file to match the name of my .Fx file (see circled section in photo)

Launch the sim and nothing has changed....Am I missing anything here?

BTW: I'm not exactly sure what #EmMesh is in the line, some aircraft have the same name as the effect file and some do not.

Thank you for the help!

-Jay
 

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As far as I know, FSX effect files are only supported for FSX formatted aircraft that have been edited to work in MSFS.
 
=rk= said:
As far as I know, FSX effect files are only supported for FSX formatted aircraft that have been edited to work in MSFS.
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So there is no way I'd be able to assign a custom .fx file for a default aircraft? How about a payware aircraft that uses the default lighting .Fx's?
 
I am pretty sure that if the model format is .mdl, you can use .fx effects and if the model format is glTF, you have to use .spb effects.
 
=rk= said:
I am pretty sure that if the model format is .mdl, you can use .fx effects and if the model format is glTF, you have to use .spb effects.
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Crap, that is something I never heard of before, what are .spb effects? 😢🥺
 
I think I was mistaken about .spb, that is a special compression of .xml that MSFS uses and some predefined effects are stored in, after brushing up, I believe we are expected to use .xml formatted effects.

SDK Documentation

docs.flightsimulator.com docs.flightsimulator.com
 
Where can I find the xml file for effects? Or where can I edit the xml to add a certain effect?
 
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