what's that waterlike/approachlights

[aussiedin 1]

Hi everyone,I'll be glad if someone can help me get rid of this "waterlike/approachlights" effects once and for all. Its driving me nuts not to notice it when flying. I can only see them in the distant and when I got a bit closer they just disappeared into thin air!! strike me lucky. Much appreciated for any ideas.Aussiedin-WMKDp.s. don't seem to be able to attached jpeg here?

[Guest RiddlePilot]

What do you mean by waterlike? Thats a very "off the wall" description and probably won't get you very far in finding a fix. Are you talking about runway lights, approach lights (the rabbit lights) or what? A better description of this effect would be helpful also.

[aussiedin 1]

>What do you mean by waterlike? Thats a very "off the wall">description and probably won't get you very far in finding a>fix. Are you talking about runway lights, approach lights>(the rabbit lights) or what? A better description of this>effect would be helpful also.Hi,Thanks for responding, its the rabbit lights flashing effect appearing horizontally. Sometimes its widespread so its like 'waterlike". I can't think of a better way of explaininng it, have tried to append an attachment but its didn't go through. I'll be further grateful if you can explain to me how to attach a jpeg as its worth a thousand words.

[aussiedin 1]

posting the an attachment here

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Open your FS9.cfg file.Under Terrain find this line:TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000Lower the value to 3.5 or less.Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[aussiedin 1]

>Hi,>>Open your FS9.cfg file.>Under Terrain find this line:>TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000>>Lower the value to 3.5 or less.>>Jim>>http://www.hifisim.com/>Active Sky V6 Development Team >Active Sky V6 Proud Supporter>HiFi Beta Team>Radar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/>AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/>FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/Hi Jim,Its an honour for me to get a respond from you.. well quess what? YOU fixed it man!Do you mind to take a look at my fs9.cfg under Terrain and see if they are o.k. [TERRAIN]TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=96.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=19TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=4TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=7.500000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000 // I had it 8.000000 which gives me the flashes beforeTERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=4.000000 // shouuld this number be lower as well ?RENDER_TO_TEXTURE=1Thank you.

[John_Cillis 2,406]

I fly GA quite often, and I've been tweaking my FS9.cfg to match my experience in real GA flights as closely as I can. These entries approximate ground clarity best for me with the goal of getting clarity to gradually fade in the distance.TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=2.500000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.25000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=3Attached is a shot over Hemet, from approx. 9500 feet and the second shot is a shot I took from a Rans S6 several weeks ago in approximately the same location on a rather clear So Cal day. Anyway, they look close to the same, I think (although I also am using the Soft Horizons add-on I created for FS9):http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/160456.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/160455.jpg

[aussiedin 1]

Hi John,Wow..that looks great, I'm gonna test it right now and see if it will come out as good. I'm only using freeware mesh though?Thanks also for the Soft Horizons which has been one of my addon since I first saw your upload.

[JSkorna 137]

TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.990000 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=0Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[aussiedin 1]

Hi guys,Thank you for yours responses, I've implemented the followings that suits me for now.TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=2.500000 //John'sTERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000 //Jim'sTERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=3.000000 //John'sCheers!

[Guest MatthewSchoenberg]

>Hi,>>Open your FS9.cfg file.>Under Terrain find this line:>TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=3.500000>>Lower the value to 3.5 or less.>>Jim>I have the same issue but mine are not in the distance, they are very close up.Does this fix solve that issue as well when it is so close and not in the distance?Thank you.Matthew

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Matthew,Yes, it should!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/