Section 8 F86 Sabre

[Aircanuck]

Good day fellow simmers,

Having a blast with an oldie but a goodie .... anybody know the tweak that was used to capture the jet exhaust effect ?

I hit the "I" key for the white smoke effect...... but what was the trick to gain the black exhaust ??


Cheers for now

[blkbart]

Good day fellow simmers,

Having a blast with an oldie but a goodie .... anybody know the tweak that was used to capture the jet exhaust effect ?

I hit the "I" key for the white smoke effect...... but what was the trick to gain the black exhaust ??


Cheers for now

Substitute black smoke for white smoke. Look in FSX/effects and find "fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2".

Change the Aircraft.cfg as follows:

[smokesystem]
smoke.0= fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2

Now when you hit the "I" key, you should see black exhaust smoke.

Hope this helps.

[Aircanuck]

Hello there,

Appreciate your reply ..... couple concerns ! All of a sudden The "I" key has decided not to throw out any white exhaust smoke, this is prior to your tweak.... go figure !

Quick question, do you want me to delete the entire "smokesystem" text in the Aircraft.cfg and then insert the one line "smoke.0=fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2 ?

Have found the FSX/effects - "fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2 and do what next ? .....


Cheers

[blkbart]

Hello there,

Appreciate your reply ..... couple concerns ! All of a sudden The "I" key has decided not to throw out any white exhaust smoke, this is prior to your tweak.... go figure !

Quick question, do you want me to delete the entire "smokesystem" text in the Aircraft.cfg and then insert the one line "smoke.0=fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2 ?

Have found the FSX/effects - "fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2 and do what next ? .....


Cheers

At this point, it may be useful to make sure we are on the same page. I am running FSX Acceleration; if you are running a different version it may make a difference-- I just don't know.

For the SF86, I have unzipped and installed "sf86FSX_fixup". If the first lines in the Aircraft.cfg read as follows, you have done the same thing:

// Aircraft.cfg file for FS2004 Section F8 North American F-86 Sabre
// last changed 24 Oct 2008
//-----------------------------------------------
// adjusted FSX fps friendly effects 19 DEC 2008
//-----------------------------------------------
// intermediate FSX fix update august 2009

The "sf86FSX_fixup" included a number of effects that were to be installed in FSX/effects.
This included "fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2" along with the three shown below in the Aircraft.cfg file:

[smokesystem]
//--------Best viewed in "Spot/flyby" view-----------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//--------Pick color by removing "//" at start of line then press
//----------the "I" key (default) or use cockpit switch in flight
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//--index------Z-------X-------Y------fx_filename----------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoRed_Curl
smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoWhite_Curl
//smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoBlue_Curl
//---------------------------------------------------------------

I would suggest that you modify that file as follows:
[smokesystem]
//--------Best viewed in "Spot/flyby" view-----------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//--------Pick color by removing "//" at start of line then press
//----------the "I" key (default) or use cockpit switch in flight
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//--index------Z-------X-------Y------fx_filename----------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------
//smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoRed_Curl
//smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoWhite_Curl
//smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_FSX_SF86_DemoBlue_Curl
smoke.0= -30.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2
//---------------------------------------------------------------
This tells the system to "look for" fx_SF86_TurboSmokeHeat2 in FSX/effects. That is why I asked you to verify that the file was there and that is all you have to do with it. By the way, the "//" is a "comment out" which is used by the system to ignore the other smoke alternatives.

At this point, you should be able to fire up FSX and use the "I" key to show the black smoke. If it doesn't work, try this:

1. Start FSX
2. Click "settings" on left of screen.
3. Go to "other settings" and click "controls".
4. Click "buttons/keys".
5. In "event catagory", go to "systems".
6. Scroll down to "smoke system (on/off)"
7. Verify "I" is entered at this point under "keyboard".

I hope this makes you good to go!

[Aircanuck]

Good day blkbart,

I'm running FSX Acceleration Gold Edition, I have confirmed via the settings side of the sim that indeed The "I" button is now working properly.

I have not downloaded and installed the "fixup zip file.

When time permits I will attempt to tweak as suggested, thank you for your support.


Cheers