Strobe lights, beacon and nav lights

[Hernan1 5]

I have been using MSFS 2020 since it came out, however, I never noticed if the strobe lights, beacon or nav lights came on. In the daytime they are not visible at all and barely visible at night. I wonder how difficult it maybe to increse the intensity of these lights. After all they are there for high visibility to avoid collision from other traffic.

Edited January 31, 2021 by Hernan1

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

They are not overly visible unless it is overcast.  Though they seem to show up fine from a distance in multiplayer.  Part of the issue I think is Asobo are trying very hard to make the sim look like a movie or camera view rather than realistic. Our eyes in real-life are very sensitive to flashing things.   Ironically people seem to prefer the oversaturated sharpened bright movie like look so they may be on to something from a commercial stand point.  There are lighting mods about for default planes which may make them brighter. For mod aircraft you can tweak it yourself.  Premium/Deluxe planes are a bit trickier.

For what it is worth this is the default Cessna in my setup on a rainy day ...

 

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[guibru 474]

use this mod --> https://uwajimaya.github.io/FS2020/
Remove the mod for the A320 neo if you use the A320 FBW because not compatible. The rest you can keep it.

Edited January 31, 2021 by guibru

[bobcat999 8,477]

For me it is the strobes that are weak.  Even FSX was better in this regard.  Apparently they have not been fully implemented yet in MSFS - whatever that means.

Uwa's light packs make it better, but mainly on the light beams and light splash on the ground.  When looking directly at the strobes, you still do not get the impression of the intensity of looking at a real one.

Carenado did this particularly well in the older sims (FSX/P3D), but for the standard planes, the strobes are pitiful at the moment.

[environmental_ice 238]

I try to think of it as a give and take situation. I shouldn’t be looking out the wing and seeing navigation lights and strobes flashing during the middle of the day. This has always been an issue with older sims and unfortunately turning them down is the only way to realistically have them look during the day which I assume is where the majority of simmers spend their time. 

[mobiel 72]

On 1/31/2021 at 10:51 AM, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

They are not overly visible unless it is overcast.  Though they seem to show up fine from a distance in multiplayer.  Part of the issue I think is Asobo are trying very hard to make the sim look like a movie or camera view rather than realistic. Our eyes in real-life are very sensitive to flashing things.   Ironically people seem to prefer the oversaturated sharpened bright movie like look so they may be on to something from a commercial stand point.  There are lighting mods about for default planes which may make them brighter. For mod aircraft you can tweak it yourself.  Premium/Deluxe planes are a bit trickier.

For what it is worth this is the default Cessna in my setup on a rainy day ...

 

 

But what I have to do with the beacon for example thet the Light is brighter an flashes a little bit more?

[Waldo Pepper 1,952]

I like these,  https://flightsim.to/file/12071/new-light

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

It also is worth noting that unless you have a HDR monitor there is a limit to how bright the strobes can look on your particular system.

Edited June 16, 2022 by Glenn Fitzpatrick