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Need help with creating an effect

nickw

nickw

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Hi All,

I am useless at this effect lark. I am looking for an effect that is as follows.

Two lights, yellow, that "glow in and out" for a Hold Short box. Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
 
Hi Nick!

Well, not an effect, but I have made a gmax model for the FS2002 gamepack, that after editing the ASM gives a, in my opinion, very good result. Arno did a great deal of work in helping us out creating this HS-light, that is now also radio-controlled. I´d be glad to share.

/hans
 
Hi Hans,

I did something like that for the EIDW scenery. I would appreciate it very much, but before sending it you should know this is for a payware project not a freeware one. (Important to make that clear :duck: )
 
Hi again!

Well, I can live with helping out also with payware - if it is the last stone in a very large build, then please credit me by mentioning my incredible name... :D

Start by with checking the object that is available in the file "update 1" at the bottom of this page. It is the same object, but not radiofrq-controlled. Actually, I´m not certain that I implemented one-way visibility in that one neither, but it is in the version that we are using now.
Just install the BGL into a scenery of its own, and then the lights should be visible at ESMK. If not, just drop a line.

/hans
 
Nick,
some time ago I saw such lights as macro, but I don't know whether they were programmed as EOD or FSDS objects. The light is names Wig-Wag but You might try to recreate them also in gmax just using timer and showing once one light, the other another. Glowing in and out can be replaced this way, I guess... Otherwise, I have this macro recreated with FSDS 2.24 (without effects) and if You need it, I can send it to You.

Best regards,
 
Is this something like you need for an effect?


Code: 
[Library Effect]
Lifetime=5
Version=2.00
Display Name=fx_YellowGlowLight.fx
Radius=10000
Priority=0

[Properties]
Spot=1
Tower=1
Map=1

[Emitter.0]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
Rate=2.00, 2.00
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.0]
Lifetime=0.80, 0.80
Type=19
X Scale=3.20, 3.20
Y Scale=3.20, 3.20
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=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Fade In=0.50, 0.50
Fade Out=0.50, 0.50
Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.0]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=255, 255, 0, 180
Color End=255, 255, 0, 90
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
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

[Emitter.1]
Lifetime=1.00, 1.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
Rate=1.00, 1.00
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.1]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Type=19
X Scale=1.50, 1.50
Y Scale=1.50, 1.50
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=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
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=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.1]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=255, 255, 80, 180
Color End=255, 255, 80, 180
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
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

copy to notepad, and save as "fx_YellowGlowLight.fx" in your effects folder...
Then place with XML code:

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">


	<SceneryObject lat="42.6287573630913" lon="-88.6017387214297" alt="4" pitch="0" bank="0" heading="0" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" imageComplexity="NORMAL">
		<Effect effectName="fx_YellowGlowLight.fx" effectParams="DAWN=1;DUSK=1;" />
	</SceneryObject>

	<SceneryObject lat="42.6287573630913" lon="-88.6017387214297" alt="4" pitch="0" bank="0" heading="0" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" imageComplexity="NORMAL">
		<Effect effectName="fx_YellowGlowLight.fx" effectParams="DAY=0;NIGHT=1;" />
	</SceneryObject>


</FSData>

Dick
 
Wow! Thanks all....

Rhumbaflappy, that is the exact effect I was looking for :-)

But, now what I really need is two of them, side by side that flash alternately.. is that possible?

I managed to get a flashing light, but yours is much better :-) However, I could not get two that flash alternately.
 
OK, after checking, it seems there is an issue in FS9 that does not allow static sprites to be offset in the effects file.

They locked down their position before doing the offsets. This means you can't do an emitter or sprite offset on static sprites. Sooo...

The way around this for the moment is to create an FX Controller that places the same effect twice with offsets. Stand by for an example.
 
OK, here is how you get around the bug in FS9.

Create an effects file:

Code: 
[Library Effect]
Lifetime=5
Version=2.00
Radius=0
Priority=0

[Properties]
Spot=1
Tower=1
Map=1

[Emitter.0]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
Rate=2.00, 2.00
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.0]
Lifetime=0.80, 0.80
Type=19
X Scale=3.20, 3.20
Y Scale=3.20, 3.20
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=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
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=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.0]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=255, 255, 0, 180
Color End=255, 255, 0, 90
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
X Scale Goal=1.00
Y Scale Goal=1.00
Z Scale Goal=0.00
Extrude Length=0.00
Extrude Pitch Max=0.00
Extrude Heading Max=0.00

[Emitter.1]
Lifetime=1.00, 1.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
Rate=1.00, 1.00
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.1]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Type=19
X Scale=1.50, 1.50
Y Scale=1.50, 1.50
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=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
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=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.1]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=255, 255, 80, 180
Color End=255, 255, 80, 180
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
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

Then.... create a controller and place this:
Code: 
[Library Effect]
Lifetime=5
Version=1.00
Radius=200
Priority=0

[controller.0]
lifetime=1.00, 1.00 
type=0 
delay=10.00, 10.00 
x offset=0.00, 0.00  
y offset=0.00, 0.00  
z offset=0.00, 0.00
random count=0, 0  
effect.0=fx_yellowglowlight.fx, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
effect.1=fx_yellowglowlight.fx, 5.00, 0.00, 0.00, 5.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.25, 0.25

Attach that to an object, or place it using the method described above. Now I need to make these lights smaller and get them closer together, but this is handy information.
 
OK, After all that.... it seems that the effects engine does not allow for effect rotation.

So... I am doing this a different way.

Attached are the two effects files, one has a delay of 0.25, which whe both attached to the object works well.
 

Attachments

Is it possible to change the speed of the blinking?
I have tried different values, but I cannot find out how to slow down the blinking :(
 
Controller file

I tried using the Controller file above as an example to place a "always on" beacon (fx_beaconwhi.) that could be seen at a distance of 10 miles from the airport. The changes are as follows:
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Type=3
Distance=16000 (I assume meters is still the unit here)
effect.0=fx_beaconwhi.fx, 0.00, (etc., all remaning values 0.00)

When I try to start FS9 I get an ".error 16000.(about 20 zeros after the decimal) is greater than 0. (about 20 zeros after the decimal)". I tried cutting the distance in half and got the same error only "8000.(20 zeros) greater than. . . ".

Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
Mike
 
You have to put TWO values in the line, a min and a max. Ich you want it to start at exactly 16000m then it is
Distance =16000, 16000


... I hope ... :rolleyes:
 
Need help with creating an effect.

Thanks Georg, that did the trick. You would think that after seeing "Number, Number" time after time, I could have figured it out. Thanks again.
 
flashing orange beacon

Hey guys,
Im trying to create an effect for a truck: i need an orange flashing light. Perhaps a strobe light, but the colour needs to be orange and not flash tooo often. Is there a simple way to edit an FS2004 effect to change the colour to orange and the rate of flashing to whatever? Appreciate any help :) !
 
Hi guys:

I'm fairly new to effects creation - what I'm trying to do is a modification of NickW's wig wag hold short light effects. I'm trying to create a Pulselite system for a helicopter model. The system wig wags about 2x a second (each light on for 0.5sec). I havent' had any luck with the controller effect working as a taxi light controlled event. Any hints / ideas?

ed
 
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