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Thruster Info Needed
HI guys i just started creating stuff for freespace and so far i've been pickin it up quite well but i have one prob i can't figure out what to do to add thrusters to models. It would be of a great help if anyone could point me towards a tutorial on the subject.
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Just make a roughly cone-shaped thruster model where you want it to be, glue it to a light and name the group thruster01a. Addtional thrusters are thruster##a, and their LOD1 equivalents are named thruster##b.

If you're talking about the engine glows, though, you'll need to use PCS on the POF. Specify the location in 3D, radius, and normal, then the engine subsystem it's associated with. The Modelview engine glow feature isn't functional yet. Look at some of the Volition models to see how it works.
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