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Title: Ship Smoke in P3Dv4
Post by: RogCamp on March 06, 2019, 11:11:28 PM

Smoke from the ships is reaching the sky.

I had this problem before an managed to download some file that fixed this problem,but now I see that the problem has come back since I installed all the new updated areas for 2019.

I know I downloaded some file that fixed the problem some time ago,but I can not find it in my downloads or anywhere on your website.

Sure someone will be able to help me.

Thanks
Roger

Title: Re: Ship Smoke in P3Dv4
Post by: jeff3163 on March 07, 2019, 12:09:35 AM

Hi Roger,
     Those are the ship's wake.  You can do a search on this forum for "vertical wake" and find discussions about it.  Here is a good one ...  ;)

http://forum.mistymoorings.com/index.php?topic=2873.msg24448#msg24448 (http://forum.mistymoorings.com/index.php?topic=2873.msg24448#msg24448)

Title: Re: Ship Smoke in P3Dv4
Post by: nbrich1 on March 07, 2019, 07:29:39 AM

Quote from: RogCamp on March 06, 2019, 11:11:28 PM

Smoke from the ships is reaching the sky.

I had this problem before an managed to download some file that fixed this problem,but now I see that the problem has come back since I installed all the new updated areas for 2019.

I know I downloaded some file that fixed the problem some time ago,but I can not find it in my downloads or anywhere on your website.

Sure someone will be able to help me.

Thanks
Roger

Will do some searching Roger - the wee freeware program that was on AVSIM for a while has been removed (404) but I'll check my warehouse-I will have it. It works for wake files P3Dv3 as well as P3Dv4
add a string to the wake effects files so that they run horizontal instead of vertical!
It is a small exe that you have to run from command prompt in your effects folder.
(send me an email-so I have yours and when I find it will send it over).

Title: Re: Ship Smoke in P3Dv4
Post by: jeff3163 on March 07, 2019, 09:23:22 AM

Here is a link to "ChangeFX.exe", the file from Nuno Pinto ... I put it into a zip file, btw.   ;)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yf7y4o1u0lndn1n/ChangeFX.zip?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yf7y4o1u0lndn1n/ChangeFX.zip?dl=0)

(Norm, you already included a dropbox link to this file in your post that I linked to above.)   ;)

Title: Re: Ship Smoke in P3Dv4
Post by: nbrich1 on March 07, 2019, 11:46:23 AM

Thanks Jeff.. (that was a 404 for me) but no matter - as long as those in need get.  Thanks again Jeff.