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Landing Lights and Taxi Light not Illuminating Ground from VC View

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I now firmly believe something is wrong with the 777 on my computer. I'm having several issues, but one that seems to be the most show-stopping for me is the fact that I cannot see the lights illuminate the ground in front of me from the VC.

 

1) Lights illuminate the ground in FSX is set

2) NGX lights and default a/c are OK

3) I'm 100% certain the lights in 777 were off. They are visible on the a/c in the external view, just don't illuminate the ground (in VC and in the external view).

 

I don't care about strobes/etc if they don't, but I fly at night a lot and this is important to me.

 

Any suggestions what to check?

 

[ totally offtopic, I also have major throttle issues and no... I'm not using FSUIPC, but I'm still researching whether this is my problem, or an issue with the installation ]

Marko Milivojević

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Check "Advanced Animations" is enabled.

 

 

 

I also have major throttle issues and no... I'm not using FSUIPC, but I'm still researching whether this is my problem, or an issue with the installation

If you load the Cessna, how does the throttle react there?

 

Best regards,

Robin.

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Works perfectly in the NGX, but as I said, throttle thing is not a major concern now. I don't have enough data for it. Lights are important at night.

 

 

 

I just checked the "Advanced Animations" and indeed I had that turned off. Turning that option on did indeed resolve the issue!

 

Thank you very much.

 

Disclaimer: I have a very conservative approach to eye candy and I had this option turned off in an attempt to squeeze few more FPS from my machine. Hopefully the impact of turning it on will be minimal.

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I do have to apologize for wasting your time, as this was clearly user problem. I had "Advanced Animations" option in my FSX turned off. Turning it on resolved the issue.
 
Unfortunately, the root cause here is that I skipped reading the Introduction Manual's FSX tuning part, since I assumed it was mostly the same information as the one for the NGX, which I followed to the letter.
 
Lesson learned and back to reading. 

Marko Milivojević

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