How to disable engine exaust trail?

I noticed it affected my framerate so I was thinking about disabling it. Any ideas how?

Thanks.

Anyone?

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Open the Aircraft database files and change the Smokiness Values all to 0.00?

That's the only way. Wish it was a toggleable option like HDR, shadows etc.

Try looking in Config\Effects\ParticleSystem2 there might be some stuff you can edit in exhaustTrailAir.lua.

The engine exhaust trail is a really good way to spot planes from a distance. You're sure you want to lose that feature?

For some it affects frame rate, being able to disable it would be a nice option. Mustang, that file may work, perhaps commenting all of the data out?

Lol, it seems in 1.2.8 they decided NOT to address the excessive smokiness of most aircraft. It was perfect in 1.2.7 with HDR off....

Open the Aircraft database files and change the Smokiness Values all to 0.00?

Thanks, I actually tried that but I couldn't enter a mission afterwards, I would get an error about DCS not being able to open a mission briefing file.

Perhaps setting only certain values to 0 not all?

Oh, BTW:

Solved it.

In the file Mustang mentioned in "Config\Effects\ParticleSystem2\exhaustTrailAir.lua" lines 7 & 9 changed the values to 0, and the smoke was gone. Attached the modified file here if you want it.

exhaustTrailAir.lua

^^Thanks!

Tha game still crashes. It seems if the file gets edited in any way, it won't allow you into cockpit.

You must have an error somewhere else then, as my game runs fine with the file, and the smoke is gone. Tested it with the edits removed and the smoke is back. I suggest running a repair of DCS World and trying again.

Just a question if you turn the exhaust blurr in the option page to off does this effect that or not?

You must have an error somewhere else then, as my game runs fine with the file, and the smoke is gone. Tested it with the edits removed and the smoke is back. I suggest running a repair of DCS World and trying again.

Good to know it's something on my end. I'll look into it.

Were you able to make it work in the end? I want to tweak the file but as you reported, if I make ANY change the game will crash while it's loading the mission.

Let me know, thanks

^^I think I had to REPAIR my Beta installation and then use the file Blaze attached. It worked for me in the end. Try to do the Repair first and then copy the file. It should do the trick. :)

I solved it! You have to use notepad++ to edit the file.

I've been playing around with that and the smokiness level for f-15 and mig-29 and got to some interesting results, not perfect but definitely more realistic ;)

Lol, it seems in 1.2.8 they decided NOT to address the excessive smokiness of most aircraft. It was perfect in 1.2.7 with HDR off....

Wait you can see smoke from all the aircraft with HDR off now in 1.2.8? That has been like my only reason for keeping HDR on.

I've been playing around with that and the smokiness level for f-15 and mig-29 and got to some interesting results, not perfect but definitely more realistic

What ? This isn't hard coded ?

That sucks. Easy to cheat then. :/

The default values look pretty much exactly like all the videos I've seen of engine smoke. :music_whistling:

The default values look pretty much exactly like all the videos I've seen of engine smoke. :music_whistling:

Except for the A-10. ;)

What ? This isn't hard coded ?

 

That sucks. Easy to cheat then. :/

The File Should be part of the DCS Integrity check when playing online, I think, not sure, will have to double check.

But disabling Exhaust on a Clients machine actually puts him at a disadvantage.

as for tweaking each aircraft's smoke individually, I think it's the SFM_Data LUA and I think that falls under the Integ. check