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Hi all - I have some questions regarding effects.

There is an aircraft (F/A-18) that has as part of it's [smokesystem] the ability to start an fx_napalm (and others). How does FS know where to put this effect on the ground? I see in the fx_napalm file where there are positional info as well as in the aircraft.cfg file. Does FS9 somehow calculate internally where the bomb hits land (or an object)?

Is it possible to figure out what, if any, trajectory it follows - or to program it?

What I've got going is a sim that calculates the parabolic curve of a dropped object (aka bomb, water bomb, whatever), but due to the intrinsic nature of FS (so I've been told elsewhere) I cannot know when it hits "ground". But the folks I fly with have this effect and when they drop a bomb it starts a "fire". I would like to make use of the effect if possible, but I haven't the foggiest idea of how to get the info to/or from FS9. I am communicating with FS9 via the FSUIPC of Pete Dowson, so I know I can trigger the smoke effect, but how to calculate either the trajectory or to get the impact point of the FS9 "bomb" is beyond me.

I'd appreciate any overall view - or just say I'm crazy and it can't be done. I can live with that too. And thanks!
 
Well, Guess I'll answer this one myself. The "bomb" actually hits precisely over where they were when they released it. There's a time delay - but the "bomb" drops straight down - in other words it only knows the altitude of the aircraft above ground.

So there's no joy in Mudville after all.
 
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