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FSX Aircraft Effects Question

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I have downloaded 2 military aircraft jets that are FSX Updated. On one, I have to press the "L" key to activate the afterburners. On another, nothing makes the afterburner work.
Is there anything I can do to correct this? Using a CH Flight Sim yoke, I would like to use the throttle to make the afterburners kick in and out as they should.
Using XP with FSX.
Thanks
 
If the two aircraft were made by different modellers, you're comparing apples to potatoes.

There's no real good answer to give you.

It could be that the builder did not create his model for afterburners to come "on" with any key. For that matter, do afterburners even work in your model (for example, with the full throttle).

You would need to read whatever documentation came with both models to see what works and what doesn't. There are no standardized "rules" for specific things like afterburners and such.
 
Thank you for the reply; although not what I was hoping to hear. This is what I do not understand about the FSX updates. The same aircraft in FS9 has working afterburners. But when updated to FSX-afterburners do not work properly as they did in FS9. How can this one item be overlooked on military jet updates?? Is it something to do with FSX itself, or would this require a completely new aircraft for FSX just to have the afterburners work right?
Thanks again....
 
Most Afterburner effects are controled with a XML gauge to activate them when the throttle is at 90% or the N1 is at a certain percentage... They need to be assigned to a unique light type (1, 2, 3 and so on...) or to the smoke system...
 
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