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Hi all
I am just starting to work on putting Effects and was wondering if there is a program that I can use to preview the effects that are in flightsim so I can see what they look like . I know they are named and that pretty much says what they are. but I would like to see them if possible.

thanks for any halp.

woody :wave:
 
No one else answered this...so I'll take a stab. I don't know of a program. When testing a particular effect, I set my aircraft up in the proper place to view it, then it is just a matter of closing and re-opening FS to previous flight to view the changes I made in the effect.
 
Thanks guys for the info. One more question. Do I have to set an attach point up in Gmax before I export the object to put a effect with the object . I made a small Oil pot and tryed to put a smoke effect with it but I cant seem to see it. any thoughts.


woody :wave:
 
First, make sure that their is no exclude that you placed where you are going to place your effect in your scenery....if their is then your effect will not show up.

To attach an effect in Gmax, create a small object...box,cylinder,etc to where you want your effect will be placed. For instance place a small box right above your oil pot. Once that is done use the attachpoint script, it will ask the location where the effect is located which is fs9/effects folder. Once that is done select effect which will then ask you a name and which effect. Just give it any name you like. Then for your effect, scroll down to the effect you want and click. Now if you look at the object you created it should be renamed attachpoint_(the name you placed). Being that you have another object present in gmax, you can now export and edit the xml file and create the bgl.file. Your effect should now show. Like i said, if their is an exclude where the effect is placed, it will not show.

Dave
 
If using Ablitos method does the effect have to be in the fs9/effects folder.

Can they be put into the Add on Scenery/Scenery folder ??
 
In general, all the effects should be in your fs9/effects folder. Then it is easy to locate and avoid any confusion. You can name the effect whatever you want. When you use gmax and attachpoint script, you have to select the folder where the fs9/ effects folder but if you wanna place it in another folder then just look for the effect there. If you decide to move it AFTER you attached it, im not really sure if will continue to work since i always placed them in the effects folder

Dave
 
ablitos said:
In general, all the effects should be in your fs9/effects folder. Then it is easy to locate and avoid any confusion. You can name the effect whatever you want. When you use gmax and attachpoint script, you have to select the folder where the fs9/ effects folder but if you wanna place it in another folder then just look for the effect there. If you decide to move it AFTER you attached it, im not really sure if will continue to work since i always placed them in the effects folder

Dave
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Hello,

Dave is right im pretty sure that flight sim only looks in the effets folder for effects if you put the effect in another folder flight sim wont show the effect because flight sim wont look in any folder other than the effects folder.

Hope this help's.

2242.
 
If you don't want to wait up to 2mins each time to re-start your FS try this:

Create a FLT on a small island in the pacific ocean, no weather and no autogen, small aircraft). Place a link to this file on your desktop. Rightclick and choose 'open with...' -> FS, then you can alway startup FS by double-clicking on this icon. You may have to wait 15secs (!) minimum for the FS to startup.

Of course you'll have to place your scenery-files or fx on that little island for testing. ;)


You may even make a complete second installation of FS on your system with minimum settings. I guess you can get the startup-time beneath 10 seconds in the end. :D
 
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