On the last shot, the nose has a light shining, something has gone wonky there

On the last shot, the nose has a light shining, something has gone wonky there

yes know it but its an older screenshot before SP1 and updates of shockwave files.

Ahh, Cool. Looks good

yes know it but its an older screenshot before SP1 and updates of shockwave files.

Hi Sabine,if someone answer your signature question, please, let me know.

In the real world, a light has the same "brightness" during the day, as it does at night. ( A light bulb does not know the time of day).However, when the human eye looks at a light bulb at night, when the surroundings are dark, it APPEARS to be a lot brighter, than it does in daylight. This is because the human eye's sensitivity to light changes, between strong daylight, and dark nightime. ( Ref Night Vison)This effect of the human eye NOT simulated in FSX. Therefore, a light bulb that is set to a given brightness to look realistic in daylight in the sim, will appear to be a lot dimmer than it should at night.One way to compensate for this would be to have a Sim Light bulb be programmed to be brighter at night, than it is during the day, but as yet, I do not believe that anyone is doing this.So lighting, and aircarft lighting will continue to be a compromise.. typically, appearing to be too bright during the day, and too dark at night.Personally, I favour accepting the fact that a light is too bright during the day, so that it appears more realsitic at night, and aircraft lights, especially for those aircraft in the sky, look more realsitic, and realistically depict what one would see in real life, when viewing aircraft in the sky at night.I like the Shockware 3D ligts as an addon, especially as it is relatively easy for a user to add them to an aircraft, and select the level of brightness ( light type) that they prefer.As addon developers evolve their techniques with FSX, hopefully we will start to see similar lighting "effects" incorporated into the aircarft model , programmed to alter in brightness according to ambinet light level (or maybe as a first approximation, the elevation of the sun .. etc etc)

Yeah, I get that regarding the landing lights. What I don't quite undertstand is the Nav Lights and Strobes.I had a chance to see the IFly 737 yesterday at a friends, and the Nav Lights were a vast improvement over the NGX, as they could actually be seen on VATSIM.It would be really great if PMDG would provide a patch for larger/brighter Nav Lights and Strobes for those of us who fly on VATSIM. I have Shockwave, but as we know, its just not the same due to the wing flex.

Yes, they work on many airplanes, those with lights definitions in aircraft.cfg (including iFly 737 ngx).But on PMDG 737 NGX, no.

Hi Sabine,if someone answer your signature question, please, let me know.

My copilot always say : it´s beside of you on the right

Edited November 26, 201114 yr by Saheike

Really??? I thought the throttle was the pedal on the right?! But that would explain why I still can't seem to take off when I floor it...

I would assume the add-on in question is "3D lights redux for FSX" by A2A simulations, am I correct? I want to be sure before I purchase it.

I would assume the add-on in question is "3D lights redux for FSX" by A2A simulations, am I correct? I want to be sure before I purchase it.

Yes this is it what you should buy...

Transavia 737-800 WL at Airport Groningen-Eelde (Shockwave 3D landing lights and nose wheel taxi light).

Wow, I love it!!!Can the Level D 767 be modified like this?Daniel

I just installed Shockwave 3D lights on PMDG 737 NGX.All went well except landing light are taking turns flashing on and off.Any solutions?Thanks,

After some trial and error, I figured out these Shockwave 3D attaching-points for the landing-lights and the nose-wheel taxi-light of the 737-800 WL:[LIGHTS]//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing, 6=taxi, 7=recognition, 8=wing, 9=logo, 10=cabinlight.0 = 4, 47.000, 0.0, 5.500, fx_PMDG_NGX_vclightlight.1 = 4, 45.000, 0.0, 4.500, fx_PMDG_NGX_vclightlight.2 = 2, -130.000, 0.090, 5.989, fx_strobe_pmdg, //Aft Strobelight.3 = 1, -51.750, 0.000, 8.700, fx_beaconh_pmdg, //Top Beacon Blinklight.4 = 1, -65.900, 0.000, -5.600, fx_beaconh_pmdg, //Bottom Beacon Blinklight.5 = 3, -79.000, -55.665, 2.100, fx_navred_pmdg, //Left Nav Light redlight.6 = 2, -.000, -55.986, 2.100, fx_strobe_pmdg, //Left Strobelight.7 = 3, -79.000, 55.665, 2.100, fx_navgre_pmdg, //Right Nav Light greenlight.8 = 2, -.000, 56.200, 2.100, fx_strobe_pmdg, //Right Strobelight.9 = 3, -84.800, -56.737, 1.800, fx_navwhi_pmdg, //Left Position Lightlight.11 = 3, -84.800, 56.691, 1.800, fx_navwhi_pmdg, //Right Position Lightlight.12 = 3,-130.000, -0.090, 5.989, fx_navwhi_pmdg, //Aft Position Lightlight.13 = 5, 4.50, -8.24, 0.32, fx_shockwave_landing_light_narrow.fx // Shockwave lightlight.14 = 5, 4.50, 8.16, 0.30, fx_shockwave_landing_light_narrow.fx // Shockwave lightlight.15 = 6, 42.60, 0.00, -5.45, fx_Shockwave_landing_light_small.FX // Shockwave lightlight.16 = 5, 5.70, 3.65, -3., fx_shockwave_landing_light // Shockwave lightlight.17 = 5, 5.70, -3.65, -3., fx_shockwave_landing_light // Shockwave lightgreets,Jan,Groningen-Eelde (EHGG), Netherlands

Many thanks Sr, this helped me a lot.

I have the shockwave lights for fsx and have tried these settings and changes in the aircraft.cfg and see no difference. Thoughts?Joe