A long time ago, I ended up with (and not really sure how) that (in)famous REX 3D contrail effect. The other day, as I was scrolling through various screenshots, I saw one with these HUGE voluminous contrails. I remembered how much I liked them, and tried them again.
Then I remembered why I removed it. it is a very busy little effect, and can seriously put the crunch on a third-from the top video card.
Even with 1 GB DDR5, it's still so busy making dang contrails that the scenery can go blurry.
Here's my question for the community:
I've tried learning all I can about this effect, as well as others. I've tried to edit it myself, and got some crazy results, and alas have given up.
It's mainly because I don't know what I'm doing with it. All I can do is try something, and see if it screws it up. I drag it to notepad, change something, and see what it did. That's not the only way to learn, though.
I want to post the .fx file, but I don't know if it's freeware or not, so I don't know if I get in trouble for doing so.
Does anybody have a great mind for knowing how to edit effects? There's particle stuff, trajectories, vectors, all kinds of things I can screw up. I just want it to be slightly less busy.
