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P3D v3 MCX Won't Display User-edited Effect

caleb

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I edited the default FX_BeaconWhi.fx effect using Arno's FX Editor, to change the color from white to green, then saved it as a new file. The new effect file I made displays fine in FX Editor and is visible, but when I add it to an object in Model Converter X, it does not show up. All I see is the tiny dot and the X/Y/Z axis indicator where I am expecting to see a nice green light like the one I saw in FX Editor.

Does anyone know why I am not seeing my effect in MCX? I can add the FX_BeaconWhi.fx effect to the object in MCX and it is fine, but not the ones I made. Is there something I am missing like some kind of parameters in the fx editor? Below is the code that I see in FS Editor for my effect file if anyone wishes to inspect it.

Code: 
[Library Effect]
Lifetime=5
Version=2.00
Display Name=Obstruction Light 2
Radius=10000
Priority=0

[Properties]
Spot=1
Tower=1
Map=1

[Emitter.0]
Lifetime=1.00, 1.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
No Interpolate=1
Rate=0.50, 0.50
X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Drag=0.00, 0.00
X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
X Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Pitch=0.00, 0.00
Bank=0.00, 0.00
Heading=0.00, 0.00

[Particle.0]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Type=25
X Scale=3.20, 3.20
Y Scale=3.20, 3.20
Z Scale=0.00, 0.00
X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Drag=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Fade In=0.00, 0.00
Fade Out=0.00, 0.00
Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.0]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=0, 255, 0, 180
Color End=0, 255, 0, 0
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
X Scale Goal=0.00
Y Scale Goal=0.00
Z Scale Goal=0.00
Extrude Length=0.00
Extrude Pitch Max=0.00
Extrude Heading Max=0.00

[Emitter.1]
Lifetime=1.00, 1.00
Delay=0.00, 0.00
Bounce=0.00
No Interpolate=1
Rate=0.50, 0.50
X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Drag=0.00, 0.00
X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00
X Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Pitch=0.00, 0.00
Bank=0.00, 0.00
Heading=0.00, 0.00

[Particle.1]
Lifetime=0.00, 0.00
Type=25
X Scale=1.50, 1.50
Y Scale=1.50, 1.50
Z Scale=0.00, 0.00
X Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Y Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Z Scale Rate=0.00, 0.00
Drag=0.00, 0.00
Color Rate=0.00, 0.00
X Offset=0.00, 0.00
Y Offset=0.00, 0.00
Z Offset=0.00, 0.00
Fade In=0.00, 0.00
Fade Out=0.00, 0.00
Rotation=0.00, 0.00
Static=1
Face=1, 1, 1

[ParticleAttributes.1]
Blend Mode=2
Texture=fx_2.bmp
Bounce=0.00
Color Start=200, 200, 255, 255
Color End=200, 200, 255, 0
Jitter Distance=0.00
Jitter Time=0.00
uv1=0.00, 0.00
uv2=0.50, 0.50
X Scale Goal=0.00
Y Scale Goal=0.00
Z Scale Goal=0.00
Extrude Length=0.00
Extrude Pitch Max=0.00
Extrude Heading Max=0.00

Thanks very much.
 
Hi Caleb:

Assuming you:

* Properly "added" a new 'Green' *.Fx file to a 3D object via an AttachPoint in MCX via Attached Object Editor

* Properly packaged / placed the 3D object via a BGLComp-XML-type BGL in a active \Scenery sub-folder listed at the top of FS' Scenery Library GUI stack of layers

...I would subsequently be compelled to ask about the IMHO, "best" way to test your prototype *.Fx attacjhed to a 3D MDL:

1.) Did you output the edited *.Fx file into [FS install path]\Effects sub-folder before (re-)starting / testing in FS at run time ?

2.) Is there a local BGLComp-XML-type BGL (ex: a ADE 'airport'-type BGL) containing a Exclude Rectangle (not to be confused with a CVX Vector Exclude Polygon) that excludes Effects in the same- or a higher- Area layer position in FS' Scenery Library GUI ? :scratchch

GaryGB
 
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