Attaching effects to .mdl files in gmax

[RaptorF22]

Is there a step-by-step tutorial on how to attach effects to a 3D model in gmax?

[skoker]

Do you mean like smoke?  That's done in the .cfg.  You can also add an XML to a plane for effects like on the FSX F-18.   ;)

[RaptorF22]

I mean for scenery, I want to play around with making scenery with effects.

[skoker]

http://simviation.com/simviation/download.php?ID=7889
Try this.

[Travis]

Well, I can't seem to download any files from SimV anymore ( :-?) so I can't see what you linked to.

[BrandonF]

If for FSX, there's a tool in the menubar under FSTools called AttachPointTool that allows you to attach any effect in the Effects folder to a selected object. If you wanted to have smoke come out of a chimney, you would create a small box sitting at the top of the chimney, then you would use the attach tool to attach the chimney smoke effect to it.

[Boikat]

I've used the effects SDK forest fire example and placed a few effects in the scenery by substituting the "fire" part with other effects.  The only thing that I had to alter was the altitude, which I think is in meters, above ground level, and, as per the location, the lat and long.  It's not part of the model, but it works.