Runway/Taxiway lights in Daytime IMC

[pgde 571]

I don't know if this question has been addressed before (did a search with no luck), but, have you noticed that some developers do not turn on the runway or taxiway lights in daytime instrument meteorological conditions? Is there some config file that controls this? Or is this "baked into" the coding and is not configurable. It seems that they should be on in IMC. Also, haven't seen the airport beacon on in IMC in virtually all airports. Have you?

Am using FSDT, Flightbeam, PacSim, and the like airports.

Just curious.

Many thanks!

P.

[downscc 1,327]

It seems that a majority of airport developers use the generic runway lighting at least to some extent such as HIRL/MIRL, centerline and approach lights.  There is not a lever that allows a user to turn these on during daytime IMC.  Some developers that create custom lighting will provide an option for daytime lights that is typically in some kind of configuration app installed with the scenery.  Unless you have that option there's not much that can be done.  This is just one example of the shortcomings of the 'as real as it gets' slogan used by Microsoft and not yet fixed by LM.  I suggest posting in the LM forum such a thing as a feature request.... but I suspect that such a feature would involve major restructuring of a lot of old old code.

[pgde 571]

Thanks Dan. That is what I suspected. Good idea about posting on the LM forum. Will do!

Have a great weekend!

P.

[vadriver 247]

On ‎3‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 7:48 AM, pgde said:

Am using FSDT

FSDT daytime low visibility lights work for me (I believe they are stock / generic as called in the respective afcads) but definitely not a feature with most FB's nor Pacsim's (though FB clumsily use a "switch" in their manager at KMPS).

Why the "offenders" can not use SODE activitated (PCL or better still "conditional visibility") options beats me .... as DD does for example.

On ‎3‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 3:10 PM, downscc said:

This is just one example of the shortcomings of the 'as real as it gets'

This is so true ...... overdoing the candy without realising it is about flight firstly.