AnKor's shader question

[grover1]

Hi,

I'm just wondering how I'd go about setting up the new contrail effects? I can't seem to get them to work.

I've got the February 27, 2017 version of the shaders package, but for some reason they just won't work for me.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[MajorMagee]

Read starting with post #586 and the pages following.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/84267-This-Could-Be-Very-Interesting/page24

In one case it was a matter conflicting entries in the effects.xml and in the other it was not being at the proper altitude (>25,000 ft) when checking to see it was working.

 

[mongoose]

Also #588 in the same thread

 

[grover1]

No luck. Tried modifying both the effects.xml file and setting the altitude to 30,000 feet. Still have no contrail effects

 

[grover1]

Using the .dll from February 2017 and still isn't working. I'm not sure what's going on

 

[MajorMagee]

What aircraft are you trying to see them with?

 

[grover1]

P-51d_100_45

 

[MajorMagee]

It's worth figuring it out

6 on 6 (no FPS impact)

one minute the sky is full of trails

the next only a couple of pairs left.

30 seconds later I was alone in an empty sky.

 

[MajorMagee]

P-51d_100_45

All four parts of post #588 are exactly as shown? What are you seeing, if anything, when you look at your wingman?

 

[MajorMagee]

FYI,

In the xdp file of most aircraft the universal lines of code to use are:

<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" Location="emitter_eng0_exh_r" />
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" Location="emitter_eng0_exh_l" />

You can tell that this will work if you see

<Effect Type="StartEngine0" EffectName="fx_engstrt" Location="emitter_eng0_exh_r" />
<Effect Type="StartEngine0" EffectName="fx_engstrt" Location="emitter_eng0_exh_l" />

already in the effects section.

Only aircraft like ETO_P_51d_100_45 that didn't choose to incorporate the engine emitter locations in the model file need the x, y, z coordinates.

 

[grover1]

<high_contrail_1 ClassName="TrackEffect" FlatTrack="0" Lifetime="0" InitialDelay="0" ParticleLifetime="30" FadeInTime="5" FadeOutTime="25" PosX="0" PosY="-0.5" PosZ="0" CountSegments="2000" SegmentLength="12" Width="3.6" WidthGrow="1" InitialAlpha="0.0" InitialColor="255 255 255" Alpha="0.33" Color="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="0.0" FinalColor="222 222 255" BlendMode="QuadSprite" Texture="tr_condenstrail_basis1.dds" ZBias=".03"/>
<high_contrail_2 ClassName="TrackEffect" FlatTrack="0" Lifetime="0" InitialDelay="0" ParticleLifetime="30" FadeInTime="5" FadeOutTime="25" PosX="0" PosY="0.5" PosZ="0" CountSegments="2743" SegmentLength="8.75" Width="3.6" WidthGrow="1" InitialAlpha="0.0" InitialColor="255 255 255" Alpha="0.33" Color="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="0.0" FinalColor="222 222 255" BlendMode="QuadSprite" Texture="tr_condenstrail_basis2.dds" ZBias=".03"/>
<fx_high_contrail ClassName="GroupEffect" Effect0="high_contrail_1" Effect1="high_contrail_2" Effect2=""/>

This is in my effects.xml. I've got the two .dds files needed in my effects/fxtextures folder

 

[MajorMagee]

What does the effects section of your aircraft xdp file look like?

 

[grover1]

<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_formation_red" PosX="5.32" PosZ="-0.12" PosY="-0.18" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_formation_green" PosX="5.32" PosZ="-0.34" PosY="-0.18" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_formation_yellow" PosX="5.32" PosZ="-0.56" PosY="-0.18" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_nav_green" PosX="5.65" PosZ="-0.15" PosY="-0.09" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_nav_red" PosX="-5.65" PosZ="-0.15" PosY="-0.09" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>


<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_ac_Light_tail" PosX="0" PosZ="-6.32" PosY="0.38" MinVel="1" MaxVel="70"></Effect>
<Effect Type="StartEngine0" EffectName="fx_engstrt" PosX="0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="StartEngine0" EffectName="fx_engstrt" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="0.52" PosZ="1.7" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="0.52" PosZ="1.95" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="1.7" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="1.95" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fighter_exhaust_blue_flame" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Shells2" EffectName="fx_shells_s" Location="gun_grp2b0"/>
<Effect Type="Shells3" EffectName="fx_shells_s" Location="gun_grp3b0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" PosX="0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" PosX="0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>
<Effect Type="Track" EffectName="fx_high_contrail" PosX="-0.52" PosZ="2.2" PosY="0.0"/>

I wonder if I need the fx_N_gtrail effect? Maybe that has something to with it? But does my effects.xml look about right?

 

[grover1]

Got it figured out. Looks like I had a conflict in my .xml file.