How to make these light effects?

[Ciano35]

Hi everybody I posted this in the gmax section, I probably should have posted it here:

In gmax how can I create a light shining out on the ground like in the picture? Or what effect is used for the fsx gamepack?

Ive already figured out how to use the attatchpoint tool, and i put on the effect fx_navred at the top of the light post. Is there a way I can make this red light brighter?

Also, what effect would be suitable to make orange lights on top of the post?

Attatched are the examples of what i would like!

Thanks!
Cian

 

[n4gix]

It is accomplished by Attaching a Beacon Light to the top of your pole, then exporting to .mdl file, with the options set to "Keep Files."

You will need to edit the xxx_0.asm and add ; to each of the lines as shown below, and change LIGHT_BEACON to LIGHT_TAXI.

    [COLOR="Red"]
;  PLACE A ";" IN FRONT OF ALL THE LINES BELOW *EXCEPT* THE "BGL_LIGHT" LINE!
;[/COLOR]IFMSK       nolgt_1, dict_0_g_lightStates, [COLOR="red"]LIGHT_TAXI[/COLOR]_MASK
    [COLOR="Red"];[/COLOR]VAR_BASE_OVERRIDE VAR_BASE_GLOBAL
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]IFMSK       lgt_1, becon4, 0c000h
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]BGL_JUMP_32 nolgt_1
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]lgt_1      label BGLCODE
    BGL_LIGHT [COLOR="red"]LIGHT_TAXI[/COLOR], -0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 20, 0.60, 0.40, 09986866Dh, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; source poly num = 41
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]nolgt_1       label BGLCODE
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]BGL_FTAG "Light_Land_Whit", 0.00               ; Node 5 

    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR] Node 5 - Light_Land_White transform:

     BGL_SET_MATRIX_INDIRECT	8

;  PLACE A ";" IN FRONT OF ALL THE LINES BELOW *EXCEPT* THE "BGL_LIGHT" LINE!

    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]IFMSK       nolgt_2, dict_0_g_lightStates, [COLOR="Red"]LIGHT_TAXI[/COLOR]_MASK
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]VAR_BASE_OVERRIDE VAR_BASE_GLOBAL
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]IFMSK       lgt_2, becon4, 0c000h
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]BGL_JUMP_32 nolgt_2
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]lgt_2      label BGLCODE
    BGL_LIGHT [COLOR="red"]LIGHT_TAXI[/COLOR], -0.000, 0.000, -0.000, 20, 0.60, 0.40, 09986866Dh, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; source poly num = 42
    [COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]nolgt_2       label BGLCODE
    BGL_RETURN

Then, you need to modify the xxx.asm file as shown below:

[COLOR="red"];   COMMENT OUT THE ENTIRE DICT SECTION!
;[/COLOR]    db  'D','I','C','T'                                                 
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]param_extension_dictionary     label dword                              
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    dd  28
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    dict_0_g_lightStates equ 152
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    dd 2,152,4, 057F0E99Dh, 04E9C0523h, 0BB12B6BCh, 0063FE72Fh
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]param_extension_dictionary_end  label dword                              

[COLOR="red"];   COMMENT OUT THE ENTIRE SECTION BELOW
;[/COLOR]bounding_box_riff_start	label	word
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    db  'B','B','O','X'   
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    dd  bounding_box_riff_end - $ - 4
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    real4  -0.466, -0.006, -1.059  
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]    real4  0.462, 16.467, 0.216  
[COLOR="red"];[/COLOR]bounding_box_riff_end label word       

[COLOR="red"];   REPLACE THE "bounding_box" ABOVE WITH THIS SECTION!
bounding_box_riff_start	label	word
    db  'B','B','O','X'   
    dd  bounding_box_riff_end - $ - 4
    real4  -100.000, -100.000, -100.000  
    real4  100.000, 100.000, 100.000  
bounding_box_riff_end label word[/COLOR]

Lastly, you will need to recompile the model using BGLC.exe.

 

[Ciano35]

Is there an effect in fsx I can use besides doing this? Like a landing light?
Sorry but im a total noob at this, but where do I find xxx_0.asm and xxx.asm?
Thanks