Are there any freeware FSX aircraft with slime lights, if so, which ones? Thanks, Bob.

Sorry Bob, curiosity got the better of me mate, what are "Slime lights"? Sounds pretty messy...

Sorry Bob, curiosity got the better of me mate, what are "Slime lights"? Sounds pretty messy...

 

they are the green bar lights usually seen on US military fighters, used mostly for night formation flying.

Thanks for stepping in Michael. I should have explained it fully in my question. I did find an F-14D by Dino that has them. The lights are built into the model. I was hoping some expert had figured out how to make an effect for them so I could add them to other military planes without them. Bob.

I know how to do it using fx, but I wouldn't want to do it.

 

Most FSX lights involve a flat plane, with a texture applied to it, that is constantly rotated to face towards the user.

 

The line:

Face=1, 1, 1

in an fx file rotates the fx so it is always pointing towards the user.

Change that to Face=0, 0, 0 and the fx will point in one direction only.

 

You'd then need to use a rotation value to rotate the fx so it points the right way.

 

Then you'd need to create a new texture with a green line and reference that.

 

Then you'd need to create separate fx for each light (ie the left light will point in a different direction to the right light). And each plane would need tweaked fx so they pointed out in the right direction.

 

Definitely doable but I wouldn't want to do it.

 

Using fxtool with FSX (if you have the SDK installed) would make the process a lot easier.

Hi Anthony. Thanks for the info. I am amazed that no expert hasn't made one by now. I might try myself. Bob.