I'm not sure if this has been asked as things are going crazy here, but did anyone notice that the taxi lights don't work from VC, as well as the cabin, logo lights on the 737? I did not pay attention to the CRJ, but I think I got the same result. It is really dark at night, and from the wing view especially, you can't appreciate that view as things are extremely dark without these other lights on. Most of the time when I get picky like this all stems to being able to create realistic movies. I am looking forward to the recorder module for FSX compatible with SP1 when it is ready. I also did not notice if there was a global light setting like there was in FS9. I use a setting of 8 there. I wonder if there is a way to fix this on our own? FSX is definitly performing better now that I have played with some settings. I still think the complex add ons will bring things to it's knees with current hardware. I do hope I'm wrong here as the sim has alot of potential and with time, just like FS9, it will be smokin more than ever. My favorite thing in FSX so far is the water. I set it at 2Xlow. Just amazing visuals there. Anyway, sorry to ramble on and switch subjects mid sentence.. (Bad habit of mine). I was just looking to see if anyone else had these light issues first mentioned.

Yes the 737 is a problem, that has already been reported. The CRJ should work provided you have the Landing Lights illuminate ground option selected in your aircraft section. The good news, is External lighting now works on non FSX aircraft!

This topic has been discussed in a number of different places. However, here is the recap. The default B738 and the A321 model files do not "call" the light maps in their texture folders. The *LM.dds files are not referenced in the actual code. If you know how to use a hex editor you can see this easily. The solution - ACES will have to fix these two aircraft for the light maps to work.fb

>I'm not sure if this has been asked as things are going crazy>here, but did anyone notice that the taxi lights don't work>from VC, as well as the cabin, logo lights on the 737?They were never included in the model, so of course they don't work.As a matter of fact, ACES left out the XML code from the modeldef.xml file for:taxi_lightsbeacon_lightsnav_lightsstrobe_lightslogo_lightsI've written all the missing XML code and generated GUIDS for them. They are posted at http://freeflightdesign.com for anyone who's a modeler and needs 'em for their own projects.

Hi Bill,I would like to get hold of those XML lighting files but couldn't find them at freeflightdesign. I would be grateful if you would point me to them.John

Guys, thanks for your input. At least I know it's not just me. I am sure ACES will take care of this as well as post SP1 issues that are reported. It's just amazing at the involvement they have with the community this time around. I will look for the XML stuff as I don't mind trying to correct the problem. Thanks for the heads up Bill.

>>I'm not sure if this has been asked as things are going>crazy>>here, but did anyone notice that the taxi lights don't work>>from VC, as well as the cabin, logo lights on the 737?>>They were never included in the model, so of course they don't>work.>>As a matter of fact, ACES left out the XML code from the>modeldef.xml file for:>>taxi_lights>beacon_lights>nav_lights>strobe_lights>logo_lights>>I've written all the missing XML code and generated GUIDS for>them. They are posted at http://freeflightdesign.com for>anyone who's a modeler and needs 'em for their own projects.Thanks Bill great work will have look :-Andr