Fellas...
I was doing some flight testing (haha, surprise, right?!) last night and did a minor change to the smoke. This will work end up working well for the CAPT SIM Delta Hornet as its A/Bs are alot more pronounced coming out the back end. But, keep in mind, FOR THE SLUDGE FX this is my personal testing choice, you DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS, if you like the exhaust smoke coming out where it is...
If you have made changes to your AIRCRAFT.CFG in the Sludge FX, and feel comfortable modding it, change the smoke values from:
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.1=-17.35,-0.53,-2.32, fx_AOA_green
smoke.2=-17.35,-0.53,-2.45, fx_AOA_amber
smoke.3=-17.35,-0.53,-2.58, fx_AOA_red
smoke.4=-50.50, 2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke
smoke.5=-50.50,-2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke
smoke.6=-50.50, 2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke_DARK
smoke.7=-50.50,-2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke_DARK
smoke.8=-16.50, 0.00, 1.55, fx_F18_MedG_LEXVapor
smoke.9=-40.50, 0.00, 0.20, fx_F18_WingTipVapor
to this....
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.1=-17.35,-0.53,-2.32, fx_AOA_green
smoke.2=-17.35,-0.53,-2.45, fx_AOA_amber
smoke.3=-17.35,-0.53,-2.58, fx_AOA_red
smoke.4=-65.50, 2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke
smoke.5=-65.50,-2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke
smoke.6=-65.50, 2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke_DARK
smoke.7=-65.50,-2.00, 0, fx_F18_EG_Smoke_DARK
smoke.8=-16.50, 0.00, 1.55, fx_F18_MedG_LEXVapor
smoke.9=-40.50, 0.00, 0.20, fx_F18_WingTipVapor
If you're not comfortable doing this and you haven't made any changes from the default Sludge v1.2 install, here's the AIRCRAFT.CFG file you can simply copy/paste into the main FSX\SIMOBJECTS\AIRPLANES\SLUDGEFA18_FX folder. When asked to overwrite, click Yes.
Sorry about this oversight, but once you see the difference, I think you'll like it. And yes this will be part of the CAPT SIM Delta Hornet/Sludge Mod, as Raz' integration installer is still on the way. Possibly by Friday. Not as easy as it initially sounded because I had to make sure I wasn't giving anybody the CAPT SIM files and I had to test for aesthetics as well make the landing gear more stable on taxi, as a loaded Delta Hornet wants to tip over, even at low taxi speeds.
Later
Sludge