Heat Shimmer

Wing-man wrote:

Yes, engine heat shimmer, has anyone actually come accross an add-on for heat shimmer not for AI, but to add to aircraft we fly in the sim ?
I have seen some files in Avsim etc, but I dont exactly want to start going into aircraft/panel cfg files and changing lines here and there. I dont know how difficult it would be, but I would have thought someone would have written a program/add-on for heat shimmer and released it, a self installer I mean, I'd pay for it if one was available.

Just a thought.

This is an excellent way of getting your head around a few issues at the same time Wing-man

If it's the Engine Exhaust System we're dealing with, get ees_v32.zip off Radarman's link, it's the most recent and complete version. I have a hunch it's also the file Jon is referring to with the 22 page manual. It took me months to gather up the courage to wade through that manual one day for "just a bit of smoke".
I can assure you though it's worth the effort

First of all, the manual is very well written and it's best to be kept rather than discarded for future references. If you're prepared to set time aside to study the manual without skipping paragraphs, you'll be surprised how things start falling into place and you'll wonder what the apprehension was all about.

After you've edited the aircraft.cfg's of more than one of the aircraft on the list, it becomes evident why no-one has written a self installing add-on... trust me. You can't do any damage really, as the few 'effects' and 'gauges' to be added have been reworked and tweaked over and over by the author. I've never experienced any problems or conflicts at all.

Though, needless to say, you'll back up your .cfg files before you start editing, you'll probably find that in some instances you won't even bother after a while, because in cases where you only add lines instead of changing existing ones -- you'll remember what you just added anyway.

My compliments go to Martyn Becker for a great effort and a Manual so well written that even I can understand it

Tailhook wrote:

Wing-man wrote:

Yes, engine heat shimmer, has anyone actually come accross an add-on for heat shimmer not for AI, but to add to aircraft we fly in the sim ?
I have seen some files in Avsim etc, but I dont exactly want to start going into aircraft/panel cfg files and changing lines here and there. I dont know how difficult it would be, but I would have thought someone would have written a program/add-on for heat shimmer and released it, a self installer I mean, I'd pay for it if one was available.

Just a thought.

This is an excellent way of getting your head around a few issues at the same time Wing-man

If it's the Engine Exhaust System we're dealing with, get ees_v32.zip off Radarman's link, it's the most recent and complete version. I have a hunch it's also the file Jon is referring to with the 22 page manual. It took me months to gather up the courage to wade through that manual one day for "just a bit of smoke".
I can assure you though it's worth the effort

First of all, the manual is very well written and it's best to be kept rather than discarded for future references. If you're prepared to set time aside to study the manual without skipping paragraphs, you'll be surprised how things start falling into place and you'll wonder what the apprehension was all about.

After you've edited the aircraft.cfg's of more than one of the aircraft on the list, it becomes evident why no-one has written a self installing add-on... trust me. You can't do any damage really, as the few 'effects' and 'gauges' to be added have been reworked and tweaked over and over by the author. I've never experienced any problems or conflicts at all.

Though, needless to say, you'll back up your .cfg files before you start editing, you'll probably find that in some instances you won't even bother after a while, because in cases where you only add lines instead of changing existing ones -- you'll remember what you just added anyway.

My compliments go to Martyn Becker for a great effort and a Manual so well written that even I can understand it

Thanks for the reply Tailhook after reading through all your post, you've talked me into giving it ago. Like you say, if I read through all the manual without skipping, I can't really do any damage to any files, I'll post the outcome when I get it sorted.

Thanks for the link RM.