Recently I have seen that tir smoke disappear when landing and also above 27/28000 feet alkso the jet cotrail does not appear.Instead of it I see void space.Lately I have been fiddling with effetc files and I suspect that the file making th smoke has been deleted,Is there a way to find it again ?

Ricardo Luckily for you,you're running Fs9 where the file are easely trasable from disc; Search the effects folder and copy it in it's entirely to you Fs9 folder...Copy/Replace all the way. Check you effects slider and see if by mistake you've moved it all the way to the left?Otherwise you might have to fo a reinstall of the whole program to get the file back; If you know what I mean :(

Ricardo Luckily for you,you're running Fs9 where the file are easely trasable from disc; Search the effects folder and copy it in it's entirely to you Fs9 folder...Copy/Replace all the way. Check you effects slider and see if by mistake you've moved it all the way to the left?Otherwise you might have to fo a reinstall of the whole program to get the file back; If you know what I mean :(

I have an old effect folder in another part of the computer. You mean I have to change the whole folder ? ; that is throw away the one in use now and replace with the new one I have some where else in the computer???Do you, by any chance, now the name of the file regarding this effect, so as to add only this file ?thank youRiccardoBERLOPEZ,THE FOLDER EFFECT I HAVE NOW HAS 530 FILES, WHILE THE ONE I HAVE ON ONE SIDE OF THE COMPUTER HAS ONLY 175 SO IF I CHANGE MANY EFFECT FOR SEVERAL ADD ONS WILL BE DELETED.RICCARDO

Hello,As you see .. effects are in the CD N°1For the effects you need ... check in your aircraft.cfg (of the default planes - jets - props) for the effect file name you must retrieve from the CD....EG[EFFECTS]wake=fx_wakewater=fx_spraydirt=fx_tchdrtconcrete=fx_sparkstouchdown=fx_tchdwn_s , 1Regards.Gus.

Gus,I tried that but it did not work.It is just that the outlilne of the smoke is there but not the smoke itself.Inside the cloud of smoke there is nothing and you can see the scenery.When the plane lands the tire produce a small cloud that reaches also part of the plane hull, and ithe hull of the plane is invisible but you see the scenery behind.I hope I made myself understood,It seems that the cloud is there but not the smoke insider the cloud.Riccardo

Hello,So I conclude maybe you have also a effect texture problem :( You can see (by editing the effect file with notepad or a other txt editor) what texture is used by the effect ...See for example below a edit ..........fx_tchdwn_s.fx[Library Effect]Lifetime=5Version=2.00[Controller]Cockpit=1VirtualCockpit=1Spot=1Tower=1Map=1[Emitter.0]Lifetime=0.10, 0.25Delay=0.00, 0.00Bounce=0.00No Interpolate=1Rate=50.00, 50.00X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 2.00Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00X Rotation=0.00, 0.00Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00[Particle.0]Lifetime=0.50, 1.00Type=19X Scale=0.10, 0.20Y Scale=0.10, 0.20Z Scale=0.00, 0.00X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00Color Rate=0.75, 0.90X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00Fade In=0.10, 0.10Fade Out=0.50, 0.50Rotation=-20.00, 20.00Shade=1Face=1, 1, 1[ParticleAttributes.0]Blend Mode=1Texture=fx_1.bmpBounce=0.00Color Start=194, 192, 202, 50Color End=200, 192, 202, 0Jitter Distance=0.00Jitter Time=0.00TempK=107.00TempRate=0.00uv1=0.00, 0.50uv2=0.50, 1.00X Scale Goal=0.00Y Scale Goal=0.00Z Scale Goal=0.00Extrude Length=0.00Extrude Pitch Max=0.00Extrude Heading Max=0.00[Emitter.1]Lifetime=0.10, 0.25Delay=0.00, 0.00Bounce=0.00No Interpolate=1Rate=50.00, 50.00X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 2.00Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00X Rotation=0.00, 0.00Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00[Particle.1]Lifetime=0.50, 1.00Type=19X Scale=0.25, 0.35Y Scale=0.25, 0.35Z Scale=0.00, 0.00X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00Color Rate=0.75, 0.95X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00Fade In=0.20, 0.20Fade Out=0.50, 0.50Rotation=-10.00, 10.00Shade=1Face=1, 1, 1[ParticleAttributes.1]Blend Mode=1Texture=fx_1.bmpBounce=0.00Color Start=129, 134, 139, 50Color End=129, 134, 139, 0Jitter Distance=0.00Jitter Time=0.00TempK=107.00TempRate=0.01uv1=0.00, 0.50uv2=0.50, 1.00X Scale Goal=0.00Y Scale Goal=0.00Z Scale Goal=0.00Extrude Length=0.00Extrude Pitch Max=0.00Extrude Heading Max=0.00[Emitter.2]Lifetime=0.10, 0.25Delay=0.00, 0.00Bounce=0.00No Interpolate=1Rate=50.00, 50.00X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 2.00Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00X Rotation=0.00, 0.00Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00[Particle.2]Lifetime=0.50, 1.00Type=19X Scale=0.35, 0.45Y Scale=0.35, 0.45Z Scale=0.00, 0.00X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00Color Rate=0.75, 0.95X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00Fade In=0.20, 0.20Fade Out=0.50, 0.50Rotation=-10.00, 10.00Shade=1Face=1, 1, 1[ParticleAttributes.2]Blend Mode=1Texture=fx_1.bmpBounce=0.00Color Start=129, 134, 139, 50Color End=129, 134, 139, 0Jitter Distance=0.00Jitter Time=0.00TempK=107.00TempRate=0.01uv1=0.00, 0.50uv2=0.50, 1.00X Scale Goal=0.00Y Scale Goal=0.00Z Scale Goal=0.00Extrude Length=0.00Extrude Pitch Max=0.00Extrude Heading Max=0.00So you can also retrieve the texture (in the texture subfolder of effects) from the CD and copy it in your effects-texture folder !!If this not work ... maybe you have a bad setting for graphics (GPU filters settings) or in the FS2004 graphic settings.Be sure to try with all graphics options to maximum .. for ultimate test :( Regards.Gus.

Gus,I found the missing file fx_1.bpm and it works now.Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooo much.Riccardo

Glad you fixed your problem Riccardo.