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FSX Light effects question

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How would I go about making a light effect and placing such an effect wthout attaching to an object?

Am thinking of adding lights on the apron using instant scenery if possible, for FSX.
 
If placing with instant Scenery it is probably best to make your fx file (using the fx tool in FSX) then attached to a holder object in a MDL.

You will need to have 'some' geometry in the model (I use a single triangle under the ground level). If not the model and its associated Fx will not show.

Also, gMax may crash calculating a crash box for the very small object. If so, attach a 'NoCrash' tag to the polygon.

I typically use a 'little used' material from a nearby object to texture the polygon, and make sure drawcall batching is enabled via ModelconverterX. This minimizes any performance impact.
 
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