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Do ya think heat blur will be an option in FSX?
I mean they are adding all kinds of eye candy why not heat blur?

Yeh would be nice, and wouldnt have thought it would be two tricky to program? Lets just hope

Heat blur has always been an option for FS. Just model some cones in Gmax or FSDS with transparent textures. That's it. It's a no-brainer really.

Heat blur has always been an option for FS. Just model some cones in Gmax or FSDS with transparent textures. That's it. It's a no-brainer really.

cause y'know we all have gmax or FSDS lying around...

or do we? i keep hearing something about gmax ready...

Ramos

GMAx is included with FS 24004 i think it is on disc 3 but good luck figureing out how to us it.

Nobody needs luck to learn anything about 3D modeling. Tutorials from various websites are available. Most of which are very useful. I can point out a series of websites that have great tutorials.

Besides, Modeling is the easy part. It's getting the visual models to work in FS that's hard [even with FSDS].

I don't think that just a semi-transparent texture would do the trick.
Take a look at Lock-On, the heat blur is really a blur, the picture you see through it is blurred.
As a consequence, it would be impossible to model such an effect for FS9.

... or use a freeware heat effect package like EES, already available here ...

Not a true heat blur, but it's about the closest you can reasonably get using effects files.

... or use a freeware heat effect package like EES, already available here ...

Not a true heat blur, but it's about the closest you can reasonably get using effects files.

And it is a GREAT addition to fs9.

GMAx is included with FS 24004 i think it is on disc 3 but good luck figureing out how to us it.

Gmax is on disc one but I dont use it.

heat blur is a must..Lock On:Modern Air Combat have it...and surely Microsoft is bigger company than Eagle Dynamic (so they have no problem to secure the technology)

Heat blur is the one thing that made LOMAC buggy for me. I turned it off and it ran fine.

I understand its a resource hog  but with the quad SLi technology it shoud run great

Yes, well when quad SLi becomes within everyones budget I'm sure that they will have no problem running anything maxed. Until then, its hard to get this forum to switch out all their old FX5500's and 9600 cards for the newer stuff.

Cheers
Cameron