Pink parachutes! Pink parachutes? Yep - Pink parachutes!!

[Staiduk]

Yo!
OK, this is a problem I've posessed ever since installing FSX, but it's never been more than a visual annoyance, mitigated somewhat by the fact I rarely fly alumitubes. The problem is that every time I fly past 33,000, there is a layer of pink parachutes floating at that level.

I have seen similar things before of course, but only after what could only be called a night not devoted to sober, thoughtful reflection.

Anyway, I have these pink parachutes (Actually magenta, but let's not get picky here) forming as I pass FL330. As far as I can guess, they might be representative of some missing texture or something, or some random glitch that others might be familiar with. They are present no matter how I set up my flight; they're certainly not cloud related, they appear regardless of how I set weather. I can't recall if they occurred before I installed Acelleration; I got the FSX Gold pack so installed the whole thing at one whomp.
So far, these silly floating pink parachutes aren't much trouble; they just look weird.
(At least they don't have fuzzy pink elephants floating under them. Oh wait...that was last Friday...but I digress. )
But late last night, I was finishing a really good 5-hour FSPassengers flight from San Francisco into Toronto; passed through FL330 on the descent AND CRASHED INTO A FLOATING PINK PARACHUTE!!!

[Rich H]

Wow. Never seen anything ever like that in FS before.

[SeanTK]

What. The. H***.

That takes the cake for the most unusual problem that I have ever seen! What addons have you installed within the past couple of weeks?

[Staiduk]

Far as I know, it's been there ever since I installed it months ago. I've reinstalled since and it's still there. (I REALLY don't want to reinstall again given the number of addons I've got; but...)

[Frequent Flyer]

Maybe these are the "approach guides"? I remember seeing such a feature once, like things that tell you which way to fly.

[patchz]

[color=#000000]Looks like something that might be delivered by Victoria's Secret.

[Boikat]

Pink Parachutes:  I think Daube had that problem about a year ago.  I don't recall how, or if, it was cured.

[TigerAl]

Maybe someone left a red t-shirt in the machine when they were washed?!? 

Have you installed a B-24 Liberator recently and maybe got a Liberace through a typo?

[JoBee]

That might be the funniest thing I have ever seen in Flight Sim.

As to where they came from.......um....err......you don't have any .....um...ugh....pirated addons do you?

cheers,
Joe

[FuturePilot]

If it let's you crash into them it's got to be an aircraft or scenery problem. Have you tried flying with all AI aircraft off?

[BrandonF]

That is just bizarre! Two (non-useful) suggestions:

1. Have you contacted the Floating pink parachute police?
2. Have you tried getting your rifle out and shooting down the parachutes?

-Brandon 

[matthewdev]

[quote]That is just bizarre! Two (non-useful) suggestions:

1. Have you contacted the Floating pink parachute police?
2. Have you tried getting your rifle out and shooting down the parachutes?

-Brandon

[TigerAl]

Seriously though ... are the 'parachutes' static?  I mean, do they fall like parachutes or are they just floating like a tethered balloon?

Are they always found at the same location or do they seem to be following you around?

They remind me of a function from the Hercules where you can press a button and a cargo is dropped with a parachute from the rear door - do you (or have you ever had) this plane ... could it be a stray gauge that triggers the 'cargo drop' function when you pass 33,000?

This is a doozy.  I hope you find a way to get it sorted.

Alex.

[Capt.Propwash]

Have you tried flying other DEFAULT aircraft up past FL300 to see if the parachutes appead with default craft?

[Daube]

Don't panic.
It's SimProbe that is causing those parachutes to appear