FB's KDEN dynamic lightning improved in 4.5

[Drumcode 1,892]

Is it just me or did anyone else noticed that the dynamic lights are illuminating pretty much everywhere now? In 4.4 I had a very spotty DL when taxiing at night, but this is improved much now. I know they're working on the new ground textures too.

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Did FB release an update to KDEN, or is this just due to 4.5 improvements?

Scott

[Drumcode 1,892]

I didn't update anything, this was purely post 4.5. 

[Mace 1,902]

They haven't updated their scenery yet, to the best of my knowledge.  So it would be just 4.5 improvements I guess.

There is/was some mention of them releasing a SODE update soon.  I would take that as Soon^{tm   😆}

[Bob Scott 7,716]

So does that dynamic lightning only appear during thunderstorms?  😉

[Drumcode 1,892]

3 minutes ago, w6kd said:

So does that dynamic lightning only appear during thunderstorms?  😉

No, I'm serious. For example, taxiing over to 34L from Terminal B, I'd have DL only looking in a certain direction in an angle, now it doesn't go away all the way. 

[vadriver 247]

6 hours ago, w6kd said:

dynamic lightning

i too was seriously excited when i saw the topic !!

[Drumcode 1,892]

13 hours ago, w6kd said:

So does that dynamic lightning only appear during thunderstorms?  😉

LOL, I guess I didn't get the joke until I saw the title of the post, ha! Dynamic Lights, the lights! 😂

[F737MAX 5,553]

15 hours ago, w6kd said:

So does that dynamic lightning only appear during thunderstorms?  😉

 

8 hours ago, vadriver said:

i too was seriously excited when i saw the topic !!

For anyone interested, OldProp, of FSFX Packages fame, created some freeware dynamic lightning.

https://oldprop.com/sim/free/

I think it's fantastic!

 

On 5/23/2019 at 2:53 PM, Drumcode said:

I didn't update anything, this was purely post 4.5. 

4.5 handles night lighting much better than any previous P3D version, this is probably why you're getting better DL from floodlights. I haven't noticed any differences, but the coding change probably plays nicer with your hardware.

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38 minutes ago, F737NG said:

For anyone interested, OldProp, of FSFX Packages fame, created some freeware dynamic lightning.

https://oldprop.com/sim/free/

I think it's fantastic!

+1 on this!!  Also, I'd recommend removing the fx_plane_lightning.fx file from the Effects folder as the dynamic lightning from Old Prop creates a really neat effect in the VC and the default flash effect was always quite overdone....