answered lights too bright at night when flying in low visibility

[dadams2222]

When flying at night in low visibility conditions the city lights are too bright. They can be seen for 20+ miles even though my visibility may be set for 1 mile.  Is there a way to adjust this? Thanks

[BradB]

https://orbxdirect.com/product/ftxglights

 

Cheers

 

John

[Holger Sandmann]

Hi there,

 

this has been discussed before and it's a known drawback of the way the 3D lights are placed. Keep in mind that P3D and FSX by default don't actually have a system for placing off-airport lights in large numbers; hence the autogen work-around employed by us and other vendors.

 

https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/65708-problem-with-global-night-lighting-in-low-vis/?tab=comments#comment-607555

 

... unless you're using FSX in conjunction with Steve's DX10 Fixer: https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/87670-ftx-lights-bug-in-low-visibility/

 

 

Cheers, Holger

[dadams2222]

Thanks. I read through all the posts and as inderstand it the only way to address this is turn auto gen density off. Is this correct? 

[Holger Sandmann]

Hi there,

 

that is correct. Note that the light objects are technically "trees" meaning, if you're using P3D, you only need to turn off vegetation autogen (in FSX there's only a single slider for both buildings and vegetation).

 

Cheers, Holger