Flyguy767 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hello, I have an issue with the FTX Lighting. It seems that the FTX lights ( i have all current patches for Global and Regions installed ) turn off too soon at dawn and come on too late at dusk . For example , i will select a flight as an example( from the Time and Season on the Create a Flight screen in FSX) Dusk August 16 20:23 Local Time 3:23 GMT Dawn August 16 06:09 Local Time 13:09 GMT When my scenerio loads, it is dawn and all the runway and FTX lights are showing perfectly. I will take off and then suddently about 4-5 minutes later, the lights will automatically shut off. Problem is it is still not light enough outside!. The sun is barely up and my lights suddently dissapear! However , all my runway and airport lights are still on and will stay on for quite a while longer ( usually about 45 minutes after dawn) Same with dusk- i chose 20:23 and lights on - change time to 20:13 and nothing ( however airport lighting is on)... I tested this scenerio out with UTX lights ( through the UTX panel) and their lights come on ealier at dusk and turn off much later at dawn. Previously , when i used to FTX Day/Night switicher i did not seem to have this problem as i could keep the lights on 24-7 Question is , is there a setting somewhere that i could extend the length of time that the lights stay on as to make it more realistic. It looks kind of weird that it is still fairly dark outside and my lights turn off way too soon. I hope to hear from you soon thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyguy767 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Correia Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 With the old style lights, effects were used and they can be controlled with the DAY/NIGHT & DAWN/DUSK switches. They were set to display for Night, Dawn & Dusk, hence them being seen at those times With the new style lights, they have a night texture (lightmap) which is hard coded by the sim, so it cannot be controlled. So an unfortunate drawback with the performance gains that were made. Hope that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyguy767 Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Sounds good thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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