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What Is Causing This?

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All of a sudden when I brake an aircraft,any aircraft be it the default or add-ons, instead of seeing puffs of dust at the rear wheels, or instead of seeing plumes of the wash from a float-plane, e.g, Beaver float-plane, I'm getting these square-shaped patterns as in the screenshot. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I have followed the NI settings as per Jim's Guide/Rob's Guide.

 

Thanks for any help.

Squaresskiwash.jpg

Rick Almeida

All of a sudden 

 

 

Hi Rick do you have REX4 installed ? I have seen this around the sun and are you using P3D 2.5 ?

Rich Sennett

               

I had this w hile back in the FSX days... happened because i uninstalled an addon which removes the default texture for the splash and wheel smoke....

 

I had to do a reinstall to get it back sadly...

 

If you have REX, change it back to the default textures as you would have backed them up i guess... see if that works

 

perhaps others have another solution?

 

All the best

 

Doug

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Hi Rick do you have REX4 installed ? I have seen this around the sun and are you using P3D 2.5 ?

Hi Rich.  Thanks for the quick response.

 

No, no REX, only ASN. Yes, P3D 2.5.

 

3am here. Off to bed.

Rick Almeida

Hi Rich.  Thanks for the quick response.

 

Ok Rick - did you install something that caused this - something did cause this if it was not there before ASN would not cause this

 

From website: Here's how I fixed the squares problem: Somehow the fx_1.bmp file was removed (probably when I uninstalled a third party aircraft). The fx_1.bmp is not only responsible for engine smoke, but also tuchdown effects as well (I was getting sqaures there also). Quite simply, you need fx_1.bmp to smooth out the smoke
 
I will sen you a PM - thanks

Rich Sennett

               

Yep - I think Rich has nailed it. I recall having this issue in FSX caused by an improper uninstall which made the fx_1.bmp disappear... :ph34r:

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@DylanM & Rich

 

Thanks guys. Responses much appreciated.

 

Thanks Rich for the PM. As usual, you are ace, Amigo.

 

That did the trick. Yippee!!

Rick Almeida

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Rich

 

Can you please re-send me that fx_1.bmp?  I seem to have accidentally erased it. Thanks.

Rick Almeida

Rich

 

Can you please re-send me that fx_1.bmp?  I seem to have accidentally erased it. Thanks.

 

Sure hold on

 

Done 

Rich Sennett

               

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