I know this is off topic, but I'm asking in this forum because there are a lot of people who know stuff here. I actually get answers here quicker than on topic specific forums.That said, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the touchdown smoke on FSX is a little unrealistic compared to what I see on real life videos, so I was wondering if anyone has ever come across a third party fix of some sort?Thanks

I think It is to do with the [contact points] that written by the producer, and also with the landing gear animation. Some aircraft like POSKY's landing gear is controlled by XML, which can make the landing gear feels more realistic. Some aircrafts can have smoke twice but some only once.

That said, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the touchdown smoke on FSX is a little unrealistic compared to what I see on real life videos, so I was wondering if anyone has ever come across a third party fix of some sort?

I bet that if PMDG find this a problem as well, they've made a tweak for it so you wont experience that in the NGX :)

I bet that if PMDG find this a problem as well, they've made a tweak for it so you wont experience that in the NGX :)

I do wish, mate!

The touchdown smoke has nothing to do with what PMDG controls in our products. Our groud contact points are set up accurately, tyres and struts don't sink into the ground up to their axles etc.The touchdown smoke effect is actually an FSX effect that can only be tweaked by the users. There are several touchdown effects tweaks on avsim's file library and elsewhere. The effect is just a bitmap and I'm sure somebody somewhere has done realistic looking touchdown smoke bitmaps. It's worth exploring I'd say...Back to the NGX I go...Cheers,

Exactly. There are several effect files inside the 'Effects' folder of FSX. For examplefx_tchdwn.fxfx_tchdwn_s.fxfx_tchdwn_m.fxfx_tchdwn_l.fxThey need texture files in the texture folderfx_1.bmpfx_5.bmpor fx_smoke.bmpFor editing those files I can recommend you this website: http://msdn.microsof...y/cc526969.aspxObviously there is a Special Effect Tool from SDK but I haven't found out yet how to use it.I am using touchdown smoke from this website here, it is much more realisitc than any other I found by now: http://voodoo.wikisp...uchdown+Effects

I still use Nick Needham's touchdown affects files in FSX, even though they were originally released for FS9. There are different affects for different size aircraft. Zip is still available here in the AVSIM library:http://library.avsim...misc&DLID=74518