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FSX Attached effect and draw order

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Hello

So I made an effect using clouds textures to simulate thermal cumulus clouds. I need this effect to be attached to a dummy 3D object. So when the effect is attached to a object I get crazy transparency issues, like with old FS9 aicraft models. I made the effect red for better illustration.

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if I get a bit close...

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Looks like a zbuffer problem?


Anyway. If I show this effect with the FX Tool (not attached) - problem gone!

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I've looked everywere on forums and searched for information and it seems it's a "documented bug". Now after 2 Service Packs is it fixed? What I am doing wrong? I absolutely have to make it work..


Thanks
 
So, in the 1st shot, the "normal" clouds should be "behind", I assume. And when you get closer, they get sorted properly... Yeah, I have sorting problems with effects as well. I have a long trailing plume of smoke, and, when viewed from the front, it sorts the spewed particles backwards - it looks like a tunnel. When viewed from the back, it sorts fine. It must be a bug - and no, they haven't fixed it. They admitted themselves that the effects engine was "a mess".

why exactly do you need a 3D invisible object?

Misho
 
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I have created a car with flashing lights on top of it (the lights are not in the sim.cfg but inside the model) and if I'm not in full screen, the flashing lights will appear behind the clouds. So, yeah, something's not right.

Daniel
 
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