SOUTHAMPTON & REGIONAL AREA ADDON SCENERY FOR FS2002-2004
MODULE 9 : Esso Refinery

By B.Semmens 20 August 2004

Special Effects for the Esso Refinery Scenery.

Steam effects have been embedded within the 'Esso.bgl' file. The file 'Esso_chmsmoke.bgl' in the Esso..\scenery folder allows the user to see refinery chimney stack smoke.

However, to observe the refinery chimney stack smoke and Esso flare flame effects You must Place the three *.fx files into your 'Effects' folder of FS2002/2004. There are no texture files as the files use default effect textures.

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Effects File Function Flame Visibility
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cntrl_Essoflare.fx Controls continuous flare flame .........
Essoflare.fx Esso Flame special effects file See below
Esso_Chmnsmoke.fx Chimney stack smoke special effects Most times
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Flare flames are visible during cetain times of the day and throughout the year and have been set for very dense scenery settings:-

flare 0 flame 0000 to 2400 hrs
flare 1 flame 2100 to 2400 hrs
flare 2 flame 1800 to 2000 hrs
flare 3 flame 1400 to 1700 hrs
flare 4 flame 0700 to 1100 hrs

Thus it is possible to have at least one flare visible and sometimes more than one.
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Effects have been created with the aid of Matthias Bruckner's 'FSeffects' API utility - thanks Matthias - and with the aid of Microsoft's FS2002 Special Effects Software Development Kit.