Can anyone confirm that the landing lights switch does NOT work in the default C172?  This is just a double-check, as I did submit a bug report about it.  I've flown a couple of times now with this aircraft and both times, at different times during the flight, the switch won't budge, either with the scroll wheel on the mouse or actually clicking on it.

Yes that post but the ugly orange lighting should not be there at all thats what vc light switches are for - shouldnt be there at all high end (cough) payware do not have that ugly back lighting - shame because he default 737 is awesome but not  that back drop lighting ruins it - what I want to know is how to turn it off completely 

 

Try also using my modified skycolors available here:

 

http://www.avsim.com/topic/492132-x-plane-10-clouds-datarefs-questions/?p=3548591

 

Together with those two modified datarefs, you should get better results.

 

Here's a real photo of orange lighting at sunset:

 

Can anyone confirm that the landing lights switch does NOT work in the default C172?  This is just a double-check, as I did submit a bug report about it.  I've flown a couple of times now with this aircraft and both times, at different times during the flight, the switch won't budge, either with the scroll wheel on the mouse or actually clicking on it.

 

Confirmed. I read other people having the same issue too.

Wonder if this gets messy using xenviro - thanks 

Wonder if this gets messy using xenviro - thanks 

 

From Ben's post in that thread, it sounds like you'll just have to wait for them to fix the plane model so the cabin occludes sky light the way it should. Right now the panel is acting as if the rest of the plane isn't there under dawn/dusk sky conditions.

Wonder if this gets messy using xenviro - thanks 

 

 

Looking good for me with xenviro. Thanks Murmur.

 

Had two main issues with PB5 and they both appear to be fixed in PB6:

 

1) FPS would steadily drop after about 1 hour into flight.   Yesterday I flew the CL30 from KSEA to KBOS (4.7 hours) and no drop in fps.  Constant 30 fps while steaming.

 

2) My BK117 helicopter would do 360's on the tarmac once you started an engine.  Complete lack of friction between the rails and the ground.  I performed several flights yesterday in the BK117 and the problem appears gone.

 

Overall, all my plugins worked (xSquawkbox, IVAO, xEnviro, ChasePlaneDeluxe, GIZMO) and the flying was very smooth.  Very happy with this release and believe we're on the cusp on launching out of Beta.  I'm hopeful as I want the payware developers to start fixing the nuisance bugs; i.e. gear doors on my Carenado aircraft.

It looks like that to a certain point. Eventually as it gets darker though, it does what Paraffin describes, which is that the light saturates the entire interior like there are no objects breaking the lighting up. It gives that weird "is a dome light on??" look.

From Ben's post in that thread, it sounds like you'll just have to wait for them to fix the plane model so the cabin occludes sky light the way it should. Right now the panel is acting as if the rest of the plane isn't there under dawn/dusk sky conditions.

 

Looking good for me with xenviro. Thanks Murmur.

 

 

Thank you guys much appreciated 

payware developers to start fixing the nuisance bugs; i.e. gear doors on my Carenado aircraft.

 

Hope you have a lot of time on your hands - Carenado does nothing quick when it comes to after the sale

2) My BK117 helicopter would do 360's on the tarmac once you started an engine.  Complete lack of friction between the rails and the ground.  I performed several flights yesterday in the BK117 and the problem appears gone.

 

Yep, that was the increased thrust bug on propellers (or rotors, same thing). At engine idle, a light twin like the BK117 was almost airborne off the skids.

 

The thrust has been reduced in pb6 from where it was in pb5, but I'm hearing in the .org forums that torque required is still lower than it should be when hovering in helicopters, and not enough anti-torque pedal is needed because the tail rotor is still a little too efficient. 

Carenado does nothing quick when it comes to after the sale

 

Carenado have provided dozens of continous updates for their X-Plane fleet in the last years to make use of new XP features or keep it compatible.

Can anyone confirm that the landing lights switch does NOT work in the default C172?  This is just a double-check, as I did submit a bug report about it.  I've flown a couple of times now with this aircraft and both times, at different times during the flight, the switch won't budge, either with the scroll wheel on the mouse or actually clicking on it.

Confirmed!

 

 

It looks like that to a certain point. Eventually as it gets darker though, it does what Paraffin describes, which is that the light saturates the entire interior like there are no objects breaking the lighting up. It gives that weird "is a dome light on??" look.

 

With the above mentioned changes the dome light effect is gone for me. Really worth a try. 

 

 

Carenado does nothing quick when it comes to after the sale

 

I have several Carenado aircraft and flew the C90 and the B1900 this morning.  Both have gear doors that work and everything else works too.  I even got rid of the smoke using the Plane Builder (or whatever it is called) software in XP-11.  Looks and flies great.

 

John

John, could you please give a quick instruction how to remove the smoke? Thanks.

John, could you please give a quick instruction how to remove the smoke? Thanks.

 

Try Plane Maker>Standard>Engines>SFC/Sound tab.  Bottom right exhaust dirtiness, reduce the value or set it to 0.01 which is a low as it will go