problem with smoke effects

[ian elliot]

Something seems to have gone wrong with the smoke effects on most of my kerosen burners, the effect is showing up but as a very simple 2d version, ive included some screens to show what im on about, although im using the old Alpha Meteor, the same is happening to 4 or 5 othere's so far. im hoping this is something simple, to the best of my knowlage, i have'nt alter'd my graphic settings
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[OBIO]

ian

I took a look at a number of the exhaust smoke fx files in my collection...and they almost all call upon a bmp file called FX_Smoke.bmp. Perhaps this file somehow got over written by a bad file or something. I am attaching a copy of this file (stock FS2004 file) so you can drop it into your EFFECTS folder and see if that corrects your exhaust smoke. It's a starting place at the very least...if this does not fix it, then we know to look at other variables.

OBIO

 

[Z-claudius24]

Hi,

To be a little more accurate this BMP file must go in the effects subfolder texture

 

[racartron]

Hi,

To be a little more accurate this BMP file must go in the effects subfolder texture

Now that you brought it up, what's the logic for sticking some effect files in the effects/texture folder? Curious minds want to know

 

[ian elliot]

Thanks Obio, ive got my smoke back, a virtual beer to you my friend, wonder how i lost it in the first place though ?
cheers ian

 

[Desert Rat]

Ian,

I think some installers replace the default smoke effect bmp, there may even be some un-installers that remove it again without putting the default back in? Have you un-installed anything recently? Or possibly a replacement file was installed that was corrupt.

Jamie

 

[Milton Shupe]

Now that you brought it up, what's the logic for sticking some effect files in the effects/texture folder? Curious minds want to know

The effects do not go there; the bmps they use go there.

 

[racartron]

The effects do not go there; the bmps they use go there.

That makes sense -- just as the bmps for scenery add-ons go in the "texture" folder while the bgl's go in a separate "scenery" folder.

Ya know, at this rate I might eventually understand how FS is actually put together ----------not!:isadizzy:

 

[ian elliot]

As a postscript to this, i double checked with my FS9 disks, i was missing about 5 or 6 texture bmp's in my install which ive replaced, lord knows where they went, as for uninstalling stuff, im constantly uninstalling files i dont like, i guess i just lose track of stuff :mixedsmi:
thanks for the help guys, cheers ian