October 23, 201114 yr How do the Shockwave lights differ from the volumetric, 3D lighting that comes standard with the NGX? Shane Gavin
October 23, 201114 yr How do the Shockwave lights differ from the volumetric, 3D lighting that comes standard with the NGX? Well, I installed Shockwave lights for the landing lights only. However, I'm thinking of tinkering with the XML code of the gauges in order to disable the lights during the daytime as it is done in the code for taxi lights. At night they are ok for me but during the day they are appearing way too bright. Of course this requires doubled entries in the aircraft.cfg as well. Regards,Axel
October 23, 201114 yr Author Well, I installed Shockwave lights for the landing lights only. However, I'm thinking of tinkering with the XML code of the gauges in order to disable the lights during the daytime as it is done in the code for taxi lights. At night they are ok for me but during the day they are appearing way too bright. Of course this requires doubled entries in the aircraft.cfg as well. Can you tell me how did you do ?
October 23, 201114 yr Can you tell me how did you do ?In principle yes. However, I just saw your question and is now 22h15 in old Europe (local) and I'll have to get up tomorrow at 04h15 in order to catch my plane. I think I have to put you off till Thursday earliest, sorry. To make it short, Shockwave lights are packed in a CAB-file which is similar to ZIP and are written by using XML. The proper code you'll find in a taxi-light file. For unpacking the CAB and packing again you may search with Google.Good night! Regards,Axel
October 24, 201114 yr Well, I installed Shockwave lights for the landing lights only. However, I'm thinking of tinkering with the XML code of the gauges in order to disable the lights during the daytime as it is done in the code for taxi lights. At night they are ok for me but during the day they are appearing way too bright. Of course this requires doubled entries in the aircraft.cfg as well.If it isn't broke, why fix it? The NGX comes with very realistic, 3D lighting with no tinkering or aircraft.cfg entries required. Shane Gavin
October 24, 201114 yr If it isn't broke, why fix it? The NGX comes with very realistic, 3D lighting with no tinkering or aircraft.cfg entries required.I tried it, and looked too bright, and the fuselage was far too saturated. On the MD11, looks good, on the NGX, I would say PMDG nailed it. System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A, Intel i9-14900KF, Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU
October 24, 201114 yr Commercial Member How do the Shockwave lights differ from the volumetric, 3D lighting that comes standard with the NGX?[OPINION]They differ in that with the Shockwave lights (at least from the pictures and videos I've seen), you seem to be flying through 100% humidity all the time (or some other type of haze/rain/fog).I think what they've done is groundbreaking, but in the end, the effect is off. Lights don't do that normally. Fog/rain/haze? Sure. Clear weather? Not a chance.[/OPINION] Kyle Rodgers
October 26, 201114 yr If it isn't broke, why fix it? The NGX comes with very realistic, 3D lighting with no tinkering or aircraft.cfg entries required.In principle I tend to agree. Regards,Axel
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