Any of the panel gurus out there have a working config file showing Nick's particle gen smoke effects added to the NG so it doesn't mess up the lights?Thanks!

Anyone, anyone, Bueller, anyone? ;)

Is that the part of a movie????(ferris Bueller's day off.) :(

Yes, exactly.Ok, well I toyed with it, and came up with a compromise found here. Summary:Nick Needham wrote a great set of smoke effects for engines that use the particle emmitters that FS has. The problem is that the particles are tied to lights, and the PMDG uses a number of lights. To have separate smoke for each engine, 4 lights are needed, and there are 10 total. The issues is that when the smoke is enabled (above a certain RPM), Nick's gauge turns lights on/off which may have an undesired effect on the "looks" of the plane. But it does work. I tweaked things a little.What I ended up doing at this point is this: modify the gauge so that it uses cabin light, which isn't used in the PMDG (for now, and from what I can tell). Second, tie the smoke effect to engine 1, and only use that one light. This only works with FS9 as I don't believe FS8 has a cabin light circuit simulated.Here're my modifs (use at your own risk and make backups!) for the -700:In aircraft.cfg, [LIGHTS]//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing light.0 = 2, -106.828, 0.090, 5.989, fx_strobe_pmdg , //Aft Strobelight.2 = 1, -42.352, 0.000, 8.584, fx_beaconh_pmdg , //Top Beaconlight.3 = 1, -50.473, 0.000, -5.873, fx_beaconh_pmdg , //Bottom Beaconlight.4 = 3, -66.685, -56.370, 1.940, fx_navred_pmdg , //Left Nav Light redlight.5 = 2, -66.202, -55.586, 1.940, fx_strobe_pmdg , //Left Strobelight.6 = 3, -66.685, 56.370, 1.940, fx_navgre_pmdg , //Right Nav Light greenlight.7 = 2, -66.202, 55.553, 1.940, fx_strobe_pmdg , //Right Strobelight.8 = 3, -72.338, -56.737, 1.586, fx_navwhi_pmdg , //Left Position Lightlight.9 = 3, -72.338, 56.691, 1.586, fx_navwhi_pmdg , //Right Position Lightlight.10 = 3, -106.828, -0.090, 5.989, fx_navwhi_pmdg , //Aft Position Lightlight.11 = 5, -33.500, 11.750, -2.000, fx_pmdgland, // Landing Light Illumination Engine Rightlight.12 = 5, -33.500, -11.750, -2.000, fx_pmdgland, // Landing Light Illunination Engine Leftlight.13 = 5, -18.000, 0.000, -4.000, fx_pmdgland, // Landing Light Illumination Nose Gear// 9 = recognition 10 = cabin, ties both engine smoke to cabin light// note - the engine positions can be derived from the engine //section above, just place behind the enginelight.14= 10, -51.500, -17.500, -5.300, fx_nicksmoke737 //Engine 1 thrust smokelight.15 = 10, -51.500, 17.500, -5.300, fx_nicksmoke737 //Engine 2 thrust smokeModify the xml gauge file located in the Gaugesnn-gauges folder in your main FS9 directory, NickSmokeFXControl.XML- This freeware gauge controls the Jet Engine Smoke Effects, defined in the LIGHTS section of the aircraft.cfg (number 6,7,8 and 9). It controls up to 4 engines seperately, with function: - Smoke 'on': Throttle position > 80% (to indicates a hard running engine) Original file: "Flame and Afterburner Effect" 17 febr. 2003, by Rob Barendregt This edited version (with permission) 18 Sept 2003 by Nick Needham PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION: Unless otherwise specified, the software provided herein is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the use or review of this software package. - - } (A:ENG1 N1 RPM,percent) 5 > (A:GENERAL ENG1 THROTTLE LEVER POSITION,part) 0.45 > && if{ (A:LIGHT CABIN,bool) ! if{ (>K:TOGGLE_CABIN_LIGHTS) } } els{ (A:LIGHT CABIN,bool) if{ (>K:TOGGLE_CABIN_LIGHTS) } }For the other instructions, use Nick's readme file.Cheers,

Can I ask you to post a screen shot of the smoke effect? I would like to see what the visuals are before I start modifying the files.Thanks :-waveBoazEKCH

I meant to post screenies yesterday - and never got around to it - I will attempt to do so ASAP.