FastCargo Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Ever wish you could have vortex tip contrails on your swing wing aircraft? Well, Crusader (all credit goes to him) happened to find something in the Oct 08 patch. It's funny how TK sneaks in these little enhancements and doesn't tell anybody... Anyway, go into your data.ini file, and look for the wing that you want to add the vortex generator to. It will be a Component, in the EF-111, it's [LeftOuterWing],[RightOuterWing] Add the following lines: HasVortexEmitter=TRUE VortexEmitterName=WingtipVortexEmitter VortexPosition=4.265,-9.707,0.366 VortexUseNodeOffset=TRUE VortexG=2.5 Now lets look at each line to see what they do 1) HasVortexEmitter=TRUE - Pretty straightforward. This 'enables' the vortex emitter. 2) VortexEmitterName=WingtipVortexEmitter - Tells what effect to use...this is the stock wingtip emitter that comes with the ThirdWire sims. 3) VortexPosition=4.265,-9.707,0.366 - The position the emitter comes from (in X, Y, Z). You will have to figure this out yourself. Realize the position is from where the wings are at animation frame zero. For some models, that's wings all the way forward, for others, all the way aft. 4) VortexUseNodeOffset=TRUE - Bing, bing, bing! This line is IMPORTANT. This is the line that makes the vortex effect 'follow' the wings as they sweep (or more appropriately, follows the surface as it moves). 5) VortexG=2.5 - The minimum G needed to get the vortex to appear. Now go out there and start swinging! Oh, and for you F-111 drivers, I've already done the work for you. Short wing models use VortexPosition=4.265,-9.707,0.366 (right wing) or -4.265,-9.707,0.366 (left wing). Long wing models use VortexPosition=4.772,-10.517,0.340 (right wing) or -4.772,-10.517,0.340 (left wing). And tested on the XF-103...works perfectly on the 'tiperons'. Cool! FC Quote
Syrinx Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Well done Crusader ! I wonder what other little gems are hiding away in there... Quote
kct Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) TOMCATTTSSSSS! Oh yes. Edited March 7, 2009 by kct Quote
kct Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Tried with the F-14D. For some reason, it wouldn't work. [LeftOuterWing] HasVortexEmitter=TRUE VortexEmitterName=WingtipVortexEmitter VortexPosition=-5.84,-1.75,-0.34 VortexUseNodeOffset=TRUE VortexG=2.5 [RightOuterWing] HasVortexEmitter=TRUE VortexEmitterName=WingtipVortexEmitter VortexPosition=5.84,-1.75,-0.34 VortexUseNodeOffset=TRUE VortexG=2.5 Quote
FastCargo Posted March 7, 2009 Author Posted March 7, 2009 You didn't add them as Components did you? The lines are meant to be added to Components that already exist. FC Quote
kct Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Already added them as part of the mentioned components (in the case of the Tomcats, most of the lines already exist, with the exception of "VortexUseNodeOffset=TRUE"). Quote
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