Wave Animation?

The wave animation is controlled in the "fx_waves.fx" file. This is found in the "FSX/Effects" folder (where FSX refers to the main FSX folder where the FSX.exe is located).

In this file is a section called "[Emitter.0]".

One of the entries in this section is "Z Particle Velocity" which has two numeric values separated by a comma e.g.

  Z Particle Velocity=5.00, 8.00

The first number represents the minimum, the second number the maximum. The speed is randomly generated each time the 'particle' (in this case the wave) is emitted at a value between the minimum and maximum values.

So, if you want to half the speed, change this line to be

  Z Particle Velocity=2.50, 4.00

You will need to restart FSX for any changes to be recognised.

Try these changes at your own risk, so make sure you make a backup copy before you attempt this, and if bad things happen, don't call me

Jeff

I've heard that if you reduce the speed of the waves, they don't go as far up the beach, so you should also increase their 'Lifetime' too, of [Particle.0]

I've tried that, but ended up with waves going backwards.

I suspect that getting realistic-looking surf is easier said then done, unless you know your way around fx files. Can anyone explain them in more detail, for example Lifetime, Fade In, Fade Out, X Scale Goal, etc!?

Regards.

By trial and error, I find that the following changes make a big improvement:

For Emitter.0 :
Rate=0.2, 0.2
Z Particle Velocity=2.5, 3.5

For Particle.0 :
Lifetime=4.5, 5.5
X Scale=25, 40
Y Scale=5, 10
Drag=0.1, 0.15

I've deleted Emitter (etc) .1 completely, which I think is for the receding waves.

Hope the above helps.

Thanks Phil!!