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Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 22 Nov 2011, 06:18
by campbeme
Joecoastie wrote:I was flying around in my FAA Flight Check bird doing some missed approaches at Hurlburt Field when I noticed a C-130 lining up for landing. Looked like he needed to declare an emergency.
Fire streaming out behind. He calmly made a touch & go still streaming flames.
I landed and took two pics on his next go around. There was another 130 shooting T&G at the same time and it did not display any flames.
Is this an .fx file that caught fire
or is it something you all had added on purpose?
Or is it because I haven't deleted it (Leopard 1308) and let him go to New Mexico?
Hey Joe,
No thats a common fault with that model during Dusk Dawn and Night. There is no fix that I know of.
Mark
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 22 Nov 2011, 17:36
by Firebird
A well known side effect of the smoke effect for it. It happens at dusk, and dawn I think. You will probably find that the other C-130 didn't have the smoke effect.
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 22 Nov 2011, 17:39
by starlifterfan
I remember flying around Gander and seeing one of these flame throwing 130's , the pic there looks like a JATO . Dusk and dawn it does show.
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 23 Nov 2011, 13:40
by Joecoastie
Ah! Can one delete the .fx file to "fix" the side effect?
Or just not look at these 130's around dawn & dusk?
What happens if I ignore them and one has a "real fire emergency"? A dilemma!
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 23 Nov 2011, 15:28
by Victory103
Agree with Joe, you can just switch out the smoke .fx, try the smoke from the E-3 package, not as bad but not as realistic as the C-130's look short final, full flaps and those nice smoke trails.
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 14:53
by flyerkg
Yep, I would sooner swap the smoke effect before completely removing smoke from the C-130. It would take away too much realism to not have the smoke.
Keith
Re: Hurlburt Field package by MAIW
Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 17:01
by MIKE JG
There was a chap over at the AIG forums that claims that his system does not suffer this effect. Search for that thread over there, might have something useful in it.