Really, who uses dynamic lighting?

[Alberto Zanot 53]

In my opinion it is a joke, still in a too much early development state.
It just mess up things.

[GSalden 4,656]

I do .

My aircraft ( Prosim 737/800 Pro ) uses  Dynamic Lighting so in order to see lights I need to have it enabled.

Also multiple airports have them.

Instead of 4X or 8x SSAA I use 4X MSAA at dawn/dusk/night flights.

Also I set LOD radius , Mesh resolution AG trees ,  water and clouds shadow quality one notch back and I disable ground cast shadows.

Than I can maintain a smooth Sim ( triple view ).

regards, Gerard

[Alberto Zanot 53]

Hi Gerard, and thanks for your reply.

Actually that is the point... it works ONLY for some add.ons, and they have to be well-developed.

The fail @ LM was to introduce this feature in an universal way, and in my opinion it is a failure.

[slait 169]

I use it on all my flights as well, but there is a caveat. I run in 4k which allows me to run my AA setting at 2xmsaa without introducing any jaggies or causing performance hits from the dynamic lighting. I love it personally.

[Alberto Zanot 53]

What is the caveat?

[simmerhead 885]

8 minutes ago, Alberto Zanot said:

What is the caveat?

Google is your friend...

"a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations"

[ckyliu 1,749]

Me. My UK2000 Xtreme sceneries have them. Everyone says they're awful for performance but providing developers don't go crazy putting them everywhere I've not noticed that much impact.

[Gregg_Seipp 565]

I use it...only when I have to...like on a PMDG long-haul where I depart during the day and land at night.  I wish they would have included the old style lights so I wouldn't have to use the new ones, though.  Firstly, I don't think devs know how to manipulate them well enough and, secondly, I think the devs aren't considering performance well enough.  Yeah, it looks better if you're sitting still but, when you're moving it can turn into a slideshow.

[JoeFackel 760]

I use it and i don't have problems so far.

Of course i don't go crazy with my graphics settings and i don't use scenery from stone age shoehorned into P3D.

It was an logic step from LM to include DL.

[Alberto Zanot 53]

16 minutes ago, simmerhead said:

Google is your friend...

"a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations"

O_o 

I know what it means. I dont undertand what is the limitation in Slait's sentence. 

[simmerhead 885]

10 minutes ago, Alberto Zanot said:

O_o 

I know what it means. I dont undertand what is the limitation in Slait's sentence. 

I see - my mistake. Don't really get what THE caveat is either - from that post :D

[TheBoom 31]

Leave it on all the time. 8 x MSAA at 1440p.

[kenthom 19]

I do.  It is on all the time.  

[SierraHotel 976]

I use it all the time no caveat's, and it looks drop dead gorgeous, all the time.

[Chaos81 110]

I do. The only airplane I have issues with is the FSLabs A320, and hopefully when they release their update that's supposed to bring the performance up to other aircraft, it won't be a problem anymore.