April 10, 20233 yr Would adding pilot-controlled lighting be dificult? I wouldn't mind paying for such an add-on in MSFS and P3D.How it works: Pilot-controlled lighting - AOPA Edited April 10, 20233 yr by bofhlusr Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
April 10, 20233 yr I’d love to see this implemented. The last sim i remember that had PCL was Flight Unlimited 2?. Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
April 10, 20233 yr MSFS 5.1 had this, so let’s hope that code resides somewhere in the depths of FS2020 😅
April 10, 20233 yr Before anything like pilot controlled light that I'd like to see windshield wiper actually wipe rain drops. ATIS actually report correct weather. Controllers actually assign runway base on prevailing wind...The list can run and run and run.. Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
April 10, 20233 yr Also I’d like to see lights more visible in general…like papi lights being visible at proper distances (during the day)…
April 10, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, ianb2469 said: Also I’d like to see lights more visible in general…like papi lights being visible at proper distances (during the day)… I think most lights are too visible especially during the day. The papi and vasi are directional so you won't see them until lined up on final anyway. Most have different intensities too. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 10, 20233 yr Something I'd definitely pay for too. But not just as a feature baked into add-on payware airports only. Something that could function at the thousands of smaller default airports that have the feature IRL. ASUS MAXIMUS IX CODE Z270, i7-7700K [email protected], EVGA GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4 RAM, VKBSim Gladiator joystick, CH Pro pedals, Razer Orbweaver Chroma Gaming Keypad, Tobii Eye Tracker, Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB (main drive/sim drive), WD Black 1TB HDD
April 10, 20233 yr Possible, I think so. Way back with FS2002 there was freeware scenery that simulated PCL for airports in Texas. There is more recently, Airfield Lights Toolbox which features the creation of various airport lighting to include PCL. http://stuff4fs.com/newpage.asp?Folder=AFLT Keith Guillory
April 11, 20233 yr It is possible for scenery developers to make this. It requires that all the light are defined as simobjects with a specific visibility condition like a Frq selected or similar. Would be great If MS just added this as a option when we configure the runways Regards Claus System : Varjo Aero, Intel i9 14900K 5,1 Ghz OC, RTX4090 24 GB, 64 GB RAM, 2 X M2 1TB, FS2020 https://claus34.wixsite.com/737sim https://flightsim.to/profile/chansen
April 11, 20233 yr 7 hours ago, Redge said: MSFS 5.1 had this, so let’s hope that code resides somewhere in the depths of FS2020 😅 And Fly! had it. Randall Rocke
April 11, 20233 yr Author 7 hours ago, sd_flyer said: Before anything like pilot controlled light that I'd like to see windshield wiper actually wipe rain drops. ATIS actually report correct weather. Controllers actually assign runway base on prevailing wind...The list can run and run and run.. I agree. Those are nice. But does Asobo have to be involved in enabling PCL? Hopefully not. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
April 11, 20233 yr 7 hours ago, ryanbatc said: I think most lights are too visible especially during the day. The papi and vasi are directional so you won't see them until lined up on final anyway. Most have different intensities too. I disagree with the papi lights. They’re not visible enough during the day. Should be visible (yes on final) much further out than they are in msfs, unless I’m missing a setting somewhere!!
April 11, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, chansen said: Would be great If MS just added this as a option when we configure the runways There’s a vote on the official Microsoft forum : https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/pilot-controlled-lighting-pcl/258923 Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
April 11, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, bofhlusr said: I agree. Those are nice. But does Asobo have to be involved in enabling PCL? Hopefully not. Possibly. If done via the atc window, the PCL option could be one of the options when contacting an airport, just like ATIS. For this one would need Adobo I think. An addon could be used to set a variable that scenery objects like lights could use to determine if they should be on or off. This then could be triggered by com freq, or keyboard shortcut etc. Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.