jpcambre 3 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I'm having trouble getting the smoke effects to work and I also noticed that there are no contrails at cruise. I guess I might try a reinstall but I believe XMLTools is installed correctly. Everything else seems to function as normal. I know there are specific conditions necessary for smoke but I am not seeing it at all at take off via an extra window. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/142437-no-smoke-effects-or-contrails/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verified Developer Michael2 236 Posted January 6, 2019 Verified Developer Share Posted January 6, 2019 XMLTools isn't necessary for the smoke. I just tested my 2.0 install (are you on P3D?) and I see smoke on takeoff. The smoke effect is fairly subtle. The earlier turbojet variants made a lot of smoke, but the fanjets in the 50 series produced less. To see it clearly you need a light background such as blue sky or white cloud. If you pause the sim and rotate the external view a little you should be able to see it. If not, let us know and I will look into it more. I checked a flight at cruise as well and I definitely have contrails. In the FSX/P3D graphics settings there are two sliders for effects. Do you have one or both set all the way to zero? Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/142437-no-smoke-effects-or-contrails/#findComment-919299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcambre 3 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 I'm using P3d and I have both sliders on High. I reinstalled and I do see the smoke now, but still no contrails. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/142437-no-smoke-effects-or-contrails/#findComment-919355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcambre 3 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Weird now they are showing up. I guess it could have been weather conditions. But I was at FL 350 and the OAT was around -48C earlier and there were no contrails earlier. Edit: I think I know what it was... I have Old Prop PrecipitFX installed. I re-ran it and it replaced the default effects entry in the aircraft.cfg for the DC-8. Apparently the old default effect wouldn't show up with PrecipitFX installed. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/142437-no-smoke-effects-or-contrails/#findComment-919399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbarotto1 2 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 want smoke effect?!!!=press i on keyboard once engines are started then u see pollution-works for me.................works also on all!!! aircraft!=press i key Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/142437-no-smoke-effects-or-contrails/#findComment-919408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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