In fs9 how do I reduce the star brightness? When the sun sets stars are already visible which is not realistic. Compared to that I prefer to fly without any stars. Can I turn the stars off?

Try the addon "Realstars" found in the library. Might do the job for you.

What do you mean "not realistic"?? Maybe if you live in a big city, but in the real world away from light pollution, many stars are visible long before the crescent of the sun finally sets under the horizon!! Take a drive out of the city at before sunset and look up. I can count at least 30 bright stars in the sky!!

>In fs9 how do I reduce the star brightness? When the sun sets>stars are already visible which is not realistic. Compared to>that I prefer to fly without any stars. Can I turn the stars>off?Not realistic? I don't think so

>What do you mean "not realistic"?? Maybe if you live in a>big city, but in the real world away from light pollution,>many stars are visible long before the crescent of the sun>finally sets under the horizon!! Take a drive out of the city>at before sunset and look up. I can count at least 30 bright>stars in the sky!!When the sun has not yet set, the sun IS the major light polution in the sky and no stars are visible. Stars become visible about 30 minutes after sunset. In the real world 100+ miles away from man made light pollution in a good dark sky about 90 minutes after sunset, and wihout a moon in the sky, the planet jupiter and even the stars in milky way are sources of light pollution making views of faint galaxies more difficult.In fs9 I found a file named 'stars' which allows me to change the star intensity setting. Default value is 230.

That's an interesting observation. Are you absolutely sure? I always regarded the fact that FS shows stars and the sun at the same time as being completely unrealistic. Even if just a sliver of the sun is visible it is probably millions of times brighter than a star and the eye will be de-sensitived, making the stars invisible. Apparently it is possible to see stars in day time if you are at the bottom of a deep mine shaft. Virtually all the light from the sky is blocked, allowing the eye to become sensitive, thus making perhaps the brighter stars visible. It may actually be easier to see stars when the sun is still visible when the air is not so clear. In this case the low-lying sun would be diminished in brightness more than the stars directly above. Remember, even at midday the stars are still present, but they cannot be seen normally because the contrast is destroyed by the brightness of the sky and the eye is not sensitive. Many years ago I was able to observe some bright stars during the day. I used a ten inch telescope and I took care to block out the light from the sun and the sky. The telescope made the stars several thousand times brighter, so it was possible. This is an interesting point, so I'll do a little searching and also some observing at sunset. I must confess, I'll take a lot of convincing that, without a telescope or a deep mine shaft, it's possible to see the sun and the stars at the same time! Bear in mind that, if FS is correct, you can see stars while looking directly at the sun. I just did a quick search and found the magnitude of the sun to be -26.7. This means it is brighter than a bright zero-magnitude star to the tune of forty eight thousand million times. Even if only one percent of the sun was visible it would still be 480 million times brighter. If you're looking at the sun I would be most surprised if you could see something a few hundred million times less bright. But life is full of surprises! However, it does occur to me that if you have exceptionally clear conditions and you take care not to look at the sun directly, then maybe stars would be visible. But these would not be typical conditions portrayed by Flight Simulator. If you happen to be flying westwards then the sun would be very obvious and would almost certainly make the stars invisible until the sun had vanished. Best regards, Chris

>>When the sun has not yet set, the sun IS the major light>polution in the sky and no stars are visible. Stars become>visible about 30 minutes after sunset. In the real world 100+>miles away from man made light pollution in a good dark sky>about 90 minutes after sunset, and wihout a moon in the sky,>the planet jupiter and even the stars in milky way are sources>of light pollution making views of faint galaxies more>difficult.>>In fs9 I found a file named 'stars' which allows me to change>the star intensity setting. Default value is 230. >I'd just like to know where you live which allows you to make such broad observations. Stars are most certainly visible before the sun sets and when the sun rises.

>>In fs9 how do I reduce the star brightness? When the sun>sets>>stars are already visible which is not realistic. Compared>to>>that I prefer to fly without any stars. Can I turn the stars>>off?>>Not realistic? I don't think soIn real life far away from city lights as the sun get further under the horizon more stars become visible because it gets darker and because the eyes become about 10,000 times more sensitive to faint light. But in FS9 there is no dark adaptation so Microsoft has to make stars appear at sunset so they look good at night. In FS9 when no stars are visible at sunset the stars will look too faint at night because no dark adaptation in FS9. So FS9 is a compromise. Fortunately the star intensity can be changed in the 'stars" file.

>In real life far away from city lights as the sun get further under >the horizon more stars become visible because it gets darker and >because the eyes become about 10,000 times more sensitive to faint >light.Thanks for pointing out the obvious. But the way you stated it, it seemed like you thought any stars being visible was incorrect while this is far from the truth. You will be able to see many stars even near the suns position during sunset and sunrise, just not as many as you would later on that night.I see a dark adaptation both in the sky color and the number of stars visible before the sun goes down completely in the game, maybe it is the add-ons that I have.