Engine smoke effects issue

[jelly2m8]

I have a problem with my engine smoke in FS9. It shows up as purple / violet for all the aircraft.

I have replaced the fx_engsmoke.fx effect and replaced all files with smoke in the effects/texture and main texture folders ( they showed as the same one I replaced ) with the ones from the install discs with no change.

I check and played with the monitor settings with no success either.

I do have an engine effect named fx_eng_exhaust_gry.fx that must have came with an add-on aircraft, but I can't imagine that affecting it due to the file name.

Any idea's what's up?

[BFMF]

Are you running the sim in 16 or 32 bit colors? I've played around in 16 bit and noticed exhaust colors looked a little odd

[jelly2m8]

Are you running the sim in 16 or 32 bit colors? I've played around in 16 bit and noticed exhaust colors looked a little odd

That was it!  I can't believe I failed to notice that little detail.

My visuals always have looked great, so I didn't even imagine it wasn't on 32 bit.

Many thanks Esselbach!