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I would like to have some Chimney smoke [fx.chimneysmoke.fx] in one of my new developments, the only thing is, I have no idea how to add effects to scenery files.  Could anyone explain how to do this???? OPA, do you have a tutorial on it somewhere at avsim??

do i have to build an XML to "control" the smoke effect??

Are you using modeling software like GMax?

Here's an effect I recently did for a scenery project...features smoke adjusted for time of year, e.g., lighter smoke in summer months. If it's of help to anyone, please feel free to use it as required.

http://www.2shared.com/file/10544858/ca ... fects.html

[quote]I would like to have some Chimney smoke [fx.chimneysmoke.fx] in one of my new developments, the only thing is, I have no idea how to add effects to scenery files.

@ Hughes, everyone that has 2004 has Gmax on Disk1; but for this project I am not using it.


I want to use FS9/Effect fx_chimneysmoke.fx

Hello,

Hint - all's that needs doing is to slew to exactly where the chimney is - this is one thing I still use AFCAD for as it gives precise coordinates of your aircraft location. Make sure the altitude is also correct and I am sure you won't be disappointed with the effects.

For placing scenery objects in slew mode, the best tool is Rob Finnegan's Crosshairs Plus.

Check it out - http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=73331

To make it better add this panel mod by Jim Robinson- http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=108863

cheers,
Joe

@CAFedm :: for whatever reason I can not get the effect to work.  I have renamed BOTH fx files, as well as the .mxl files.  I also changed in the .xml's the line that points to the fx files.




     
                                effectParams="MOY=01,05;" />
     



everything thing else is the same as it was, the highlighted areas are the only things I changed, but it still wont work.


or do i have to have it labeled .fx"   ???????????????????

Hmmm...wondering if the "alt=" value is correct, I believe it should be in metres - is the scenery 1045 metres above sea level? Other than that, everything looks good; maybe try it without doing any renaming first, just modify the coordinates and see - maybe there's a subtle spelling or syntax error that isn't apparent right now. If it doesn't work I'll try compiling it and go to that location to see if it appears for me.