AircraftFireEffect & AircraftSmokeEffect ini's - Where?

[Mike Dora]

I want to tinker with the AircraftFireEffect & AircraftSmokeEffect ini's in one of my SFP1 setups, but can't find the vanilla versions.

 

Can anyone please tell me where they are located, if they're in a *.cat file, which one is it?

 

Thanks

[+Fubar512]

By default, most effects are part of the particlesystem.ini. That file's located in the flightdata.cat, and should be extracted to the flight folder.

 

Your best bet is to copy the pertinent lines from the particlesytem.ini, paste them into a new text file, save it as type "all files", with an .ini extension and name it (obviously) after the desired effect. You then place said effects.ini into your effects folder, where it will be easier to manipulate and more importantly, were it will effectively move up a notch in hierarchy, and be read before either the default effects, or the particlesystem entries.

[Mike Dora]

By default, most effects are part of the particlesystem.ini. That file's located in the flightdata.cat, and should be extracted to the flight folder.

 

Your best bet is to copy the pertinent lines from the particlesytem.ini, paste them into a new text file, save it as type "all files", with an .ini extension and name it (obviously) after the desired effect. You then place said effects.ini into your effects folder, where it will be easier to manipulate and more importantly, were it will effectively move up a notch in hierarchy, and be read before either the default effects, or the particlesystem entries.

 

Thanks Fubar,

 

That's most helpful, I'll try it out tonight. Just one supplementary question, to be clear: which takes priority in the FE execution system - is it the *.ini files in Effects, or the particlesytem.ini file in Flight? (I think it is the former).

 

Mike

[+Fubar512]

Thanks Fubar,

 

That's most helpful, I'll try it out tonight. Just one supplementary question, to be clear: which takes priority in the FE execution system - is it the *.ini files in Effects, or the particlesytem.ini file in Flight? (I think it is the former).

 

Mike

 

The heirarchy is as follows

 

1) Effects files in the effects folder

2) Effects files in the cat file

3)Effects entries the particlesystem.ini.

 

If the latter is extracted into the flight folder, it is used in lieu of the one that resides in the flightdata.cat.

[Mike Dora]

The heirarchy is as follows

 

1) Effects files in the effects folder

2) Effects files in the cat file

3)Effects entries the particlesystem.ini.

 

If the latter is extracted into the flight folder, it is used in lieu of the one that resides in the flightdata.cat.

 

Thanks Fubar,

 

Am getting it. One last clarification: does the particlesystem.ini file _ever_ go into Effects, or does it always go into Flight? That issue may have been the cause of some previous confusion on my part.

 

Mike

[+Fubar512]

Thanks Fubar,

 

Am getting it. One last clarification: does the particlesystem.ini file _ever_ go into Effects, or does it always go into Flight? That issue may have been the cause of some previous confusion on my part.

 

Mike

 

It always goes into the flight folder.

[Mike Dora]

Thanks Fubar