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[DaveB]

Will do Kevin

I'm on the laptop at the mo.. will list the necessary in the morning
ATB
DaveB

[DaveB]

D'oh!!

Just remembered I've not sent you anything Kevin Give me 5 and I'll sort my life out

Right.. here we go at long last SmokeGauge
Drop the folder into your gauges folder and the 2 smoke files into your effects folder (if you don't have them). The folder contains the smoke xml I've fiddled with my config more times, I don't know which is original now so just in case.. here's my vc01 entry..

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=2048,2048
visible=1
pixel_size=2048, 2048
texture=$pan1

gauge00=Nim!Autopilot, 2,1630,2000,330
gauge01=Nim!FDHoriz, 0,0,510,505
gauge02=Nim!HSI, 510,0,510,510
gauge03=Nim!FDPanel, 0,1020,745,600
gauge04=Nim!Thrust1, 1570,1330,270,270
gauge05=Nim!Thrust2, 1570,1035,280,280
gauge06=Nim!Thrust3, 1570,740,280,280
gauge07=Nim!Thrust4, 1570,445,280,280
gauge08=Nim!Timer, 758,1070,250,300
gauge09=NIM!RMI1, 1030,512,512,1024
gauge10=Nim!Vor1, 1030,0,512,512
gauge11=NIM!VorSwitch1, 1551,6,491,424
gauge12=NIM!VorSwitch2, 11,598,491,424
gauge13=NIM!Turn, 510,578,520,418
gauge14=nim2!Clock, 760, 1375 ,243,237
gauge15=simshed!Nimrod_smoke, 400,0,20,20

NOTE: gauge 15 be the smokey bit

This should work fine for ya mate. It's a bit 'full on' but infinitely better than nothing

ATB
DaveB

[Kevin Farnell]

Cheers Dave

I still don't see any smoke. I have the following effects files from the original Nimrod download

fx_MR2L_smoke_1.fx
fx_MR2L_smoke_2.fx
fx_MR2R_smoke_1.fx
fx_MR2R_smoke_2.fx

Also, I have no [smokesystem] entry in the Aircraft.cfg file, which I believe positions the above effects files.
I've tried re-downloading the Nimrod from several different sources, but non contain the missing files/entries.
I realise it's Brians creation, so don't trouble yourself too much with this.
Just re-reading the 'Nimrod Smoke' posts on CBFS to see if I can find anything.

Regards

Kevin

[DaveB]

Oh pants

Yes.. I have those files too though they're not the ones from the beta (the ones I sent). Here's my smoke entry..

[smokesystem] //long, lat, vert, file//
smoke.0=-13.5, -9.0, -2.2, fx_MR2L_smoke.fx
smoke.1=-13.5, -11.8, -2.2, fx_MR2L_smoke.fx
smoke.2=-13.5, 9.0, -2.2, fx_MR2R_smoke.fx
smoke.3=-13.5, 11.8, -2.2, fx_MR2R_smoke.fx

I may, in the fullness of time, try the 1+2 files but I'm scared of losing what I have again I have some for an AI Nimrod too (a cutdown version of Brians original) which I may try. I'll take a look at their smoke first.

That reminds me.. I don't think he ever released the AI version. If he didn't.. it's a shame because it's a peach.. just like the full version

ATB
DaveB

[DaveG]

Just tried out the Rimnod here, & the smoke works fine, & I don't have the [smokesystem] entries in the cfg. Looking at the model in ModelConverterX, it seems the smoke fx are attached inside the mdl.
I don't have a smoke control gauge in the panel.cfg either, so I assume the triggering XML is embedded as well.

[Kevin Farnell]

Cheers Guys

adding in the [smokesystem] entry, but changing the fx entries to match those in my effects folder, I get the smoke working. Not sure if this is due to the Aircraft.cfg file accessing the effects directly as opposed to via the mdl as DaveG sugeests.

That reminds me.. I don't think he ever released the AI version. If he didn't.. it's a shame because it's a peach.. just like the full version

ATB
DaveB

Dave

The AI Nimrod is available at the Simshed website.

Thanks again.

Kevin

[DaveB]

Rgr that Kevin

Re the effects themselves.. I did suggest earlier that I was pretty sure it had changed throughout the beta process culminating with the final version released. However.. I didn't get it with the release version for whatever reason Now.. I have enough smoke to be getting on with and it was much better than Brian's suggestion all those years ago.. re-install FSX!

ATB
DaveB