OK, were does someone go to get help?

[David B 53]

Yes, I know we have this forum.  I feel there are plenty here that could answer my question.

But what I see a lot. If you post your question, in what you perceive may be the appropriate forum, it may not be viewed too much.

Hence, your question doesn't get much views. Or it will get a ton of views, but no answer.  I've noticed in several of the 

more obscure sections of the forums...particularly the dev stuff, it may go weeks to see an answer to a post if any.

So, if a person has a question, possibly relating to development, were do you go.

I posted on FSDeveloper since last Wed. Still no answer to my question. That is a developer site!

I wanted to know something about editing an fx file.  Were is the best place to get some possible input?

I see on the P3D forums, in the Dev sections...questions asked back in May have no answers!

I'll just put my question here: Maybe I'll get lucky.

I have an fx file I'm trying to edit for a cockpit floodlight effect.  The effect is just one lighting flood effect,over the whole panel

In reality, the light source would diminish a little as you get farther away from the bulb. I have done some edits to the FSW Falcon 50,

to be more realistic for my use. I wanted to try and enhance the floodlight effect. Is it even possible to do with the fx

file, or does the dev have to do something on their end.  If not possible, fine I'll stop working on it, and leave as it is now.

Thanks for any insights, links etc.If it can be done, I'll keep trying. Just don't want to waste time on something futile

Best,

David

[Bob Scott 7,716]

Check out the freeware FSLabs Spotlight program.  It will do what you're describing.  As far as fx file edits...that's probably a pretty fringe skill not posessed by many.

[David B 53]

Thanks Bob, was figuring that was the case.  It looks OK to me. I'll leave it alone

Best,

David