10 replies to this topic

[sammyboy]

If your contrails are looking like this:





Then your contrail effect is corrupted

Fortunately there is a solution

STEP 1: Insert Microsoft FS2004 CD1 into your cd drive.

STEP 2: Go into 'My Computer', right click FS_DISK1 and then select explore.





STEP 3: In the new window which displays the contents of the disc, double click on 'MSGAME1.cab'. (It might have a symbol of a blue filing cabinet)



STEP 4: (Make sure your items are being displayed in alphabetical order) Scroll down to the letter F and look for the words beginning in FX. Scroll through the words beginning with fx until you find the 2 files called 'fx_contrail_l.fx' and 'fx_contrail_s.fx'.



STEP 5: Finally copy the 2 files to C:Program files/microsoft games/flight simulator 9/effects folder and overwrite when prompted.   







Now your contrails will be normal again

Thanks to CAT19_Hitman for the two contrail pictures   

HAPPY FLYING

[DALEY]

thank you for that help

[Jon]

Great article!  Fairly common problem too.  *pinned*

[buksie]

Thanks for that.. Good one to remember..

Merry Christmas..

Buks

[SargeJr3]

Great article.

[Evan321]

Great article. My contrail files were recently messed up.

[Robin.]

Gosh we really needed this lol! Great work, now we can direct people to this brilliant tutorials when somebody asks about contrails again

[WillMcCaskill]

Great tutorial for this frequently asked qestion. Now we just need one for opening cargo and passenger doors. Oh, and putting the stairs down.

[IWannaBeAnATC]

why would you want to fix corrupted contrails?

I had some messed up contrails and they looked pretty cool, as shown in this flight story:

http://www.vibewave....flstories/9.php

[CAT19_Hitman]

IWannaBeAnATC, on Dec 28 2004, 04:44 PM, said:

why would you want to fix corrupted contrails?

  

Because they look like the above screenshots.

[AmericanAirFan]

wow thanks this helps