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Interesting FSX error message

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Well, that's what I got:



'Are you serious? I don't believe, I always assumed 0 was greater than 0.5...'

Anyway, this error appears for a few days now when I start FSX, and when a flight is loaded 100%. What can be the cause, and what could be the solution?
 
I think it might be an effect indeed where some max value is smaller than the min value.
 
It's an effect file.

FSX checks the validity of all effects during startup.

Now, effects have a lot of lines like this:

Z Particle Velocity=-1.00, 1.00

Where the first number MUST BE LESS than the second. When the effect is run FSX will automatically generate a random number within that range (in this case between -1 and 1).

If the first number is not less than the second then you get that error message. So in your case you are looking for something like:

parametername = 0.5, 0.0

As you can see 0.5 is greater than 0.0 and this is causing the error. The line needs to be:

parametername = 0.0, 0.5

Assuming the range required is 0.0 to 0.5.

Have you added any new aircraft or scenery?

If so then one of them is going to have the effects file that is causing the problem.
 
Thanks for that! Yes, I was playing around with an engine start smoke effect file this week, so this must be the solution. I'll be trying it out!
 
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