January 11Jan 11 Hello- In search of more realistic night flying, I've put together a scenery package, "MSFS DarkStreets", to remove street lights from rural areas in MSFS. As of now, I have builds for both 2020 and 2024, covering all of Mexico, US, and Canada. I am still making tweaks, hoping for a (freeware) public release within a couple weeks. I'd like to get more folks in to test it first, though. Please respond here if you're interested and I'll send you a link to the discord we're using to coordinate testing. Important to note!: Due to a LOD bug in the current version of the 2024 sim, this only affects the immediate area around your aircraft. Asobo has the bug logged and it is in their backlog to fix. Who knows when that will happen... 🙃 2020 has no such issues and works as expected out to the horizon. Tired of Streetlights everywhere? Try MSFS DarkStreets today!
January 11Jan 11 Oh, that's great and really needed! Thank you for your efforts - and hopefully, you will be doing some European countries as well. 🙂 Although there are some countries here, where the highways actually have streetlights. Best regards, Holger
January 11Jan 11 6 hours ago, kiwikat said: Hello- In search of more realistic night flying, I've put together a scenery package, "MSFS DarkStreets", to remove street lights from rural areas in MSFS. As of now, I have builds for both 2020 and 2024, covering all of Mexico, US, and Canada. I am still making tweaks, hoping for a (freeware) public release within a couple weeks. I'd like to get more folks in to test it first, though. Please respond here if you're interested and I'll send you a link to the discord we're using to coordinate testing. Important to note!: Due to a LOD bug in the current version of the 2024 sim, this only affects the immediate area around your aircraft. Asobo has the bug logged and it is in their backlog to fix. Who knows when that will happen... 🙃 2020 has no such issues and works as expected out to the horizon. Hi Kiwikat, I will be glad to test. I have installed and fly, both 2020 and 2024, every day. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 4.2 32 gig ram, Nvidia RTX3060 12 gig, Intel 760 SSD M2 NVMe 512 gig, M2NVMe 1Tbt (OS) M2NVMe 2Tbt (MSFS) Crucial MX500 SSD (Backup OS). VR Oculus Quest 2 Windows 11 25H2 YouTube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC96wsF3D_h5GzNNJnuDH3WQ 2k+ Videos & Streams BATC and FSFO FB Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571953959750565 Flight Sim First Officer (FSFOv6) and SoFly Beta Tester Reality Is For People Who Can't Handle Simulation!
January 11Jan 11 I'm not flying often enough to be of any use as a tester, but all the very best with this. It is something that's been sorely needed for many years. Thank you for taking it on. Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
January 11Jan 11 Thank you 👍👍👍👍 Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 11Jan 11 Author 7 hours ago, Holger0815 said: Oh, that's great and really needed! Thank you for your efforts - and hopefully, you will be doing some European countries as well. 🙂 Although there are some countries here, where the highways actually have streetlights. I am looking into Europe data a bit now, but it’ll probably be added after the first public release. 👍 Tired of Streetlights everywhere? Try MSFS DarkStreets today!
January 11Jan 11 53 minutes ago, kiwikat said: I am looking into Europe data a bit now, but it’ll probably be added after the first public release. 👍 I have very little to no experience on how things are in the U.S. But in case you need someone to test and provide feedback on Europe, i am here. Edited January 11Jan 11 by roi1862 MSFS2020, 24, Fenix A320, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, ASUS TUF RTX 5090 ,G.SKILL 64GB 6000MHz CL28
January 11Jan 11 How bad does it look on 2024 with this bug? I'd be happy to test if it doesn't make my flying look too bad! I can't think of anything more needed for MSFS at the moment. That and the landing gear issue on AI aircraft. Flying over the great planes and it all looks lit up like suburbia, so it would be great if we could get this sorted! Well done! Edited January 11Jan 11 by Langeveldt
January 11Jan 11 6 minutes ago, Langeveldt said: .....I can't think of anything more needed for MSFS at the moment. That and the landing gear issue on AI aircraft..... To quote Spock......"that much is certain". Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
January 11Jan 11 Author 59 minutes ago, Langeveldt said: How bad does it look on 2024 with this bug? I'd be happy to test if it doesn't make my flying look too bad! If you’re flying low and slow it is fine, but if you are up more than a few thousand feet it’s probably suboptimal, until they fix the bug. If you’re high enough it won’t have any effect at all, since the sphere of effective LOD is above the ground. 😆 Fingers crossed they fix the bug soon. It looks great in 2020. Edited January 11Jan 11 by kiwikat Tired of Streetlights everywhere? Try MSFS DarkStreets today!
January 11Jan 11 Distant street lights are baked into the ground texture in 2024, so I'm not sure how they could fix it? Edited January 11Jan 11 by Tuskin38
January 11Jan 11 Author 53 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said: Distant street lights are baked into the ground texture in 2024, so I'm not sure how they could fix it? The ones I am referencing with the bug are not baked in- you can see them disappear as you go forward and reappear behind you. They are light effects. They also acknowledged it was a bug and it is in their backlog. 🙃 Tired of Streetlights everywhere? Try MSFS DarkStreets today!
January 12Jan 12 The destruction of the dreaded sepia mask and rural roads not being lit up like christmas trees (except maybe in the Gulf, where they are), is the holy grail of night flying!
January 12Jan 12 If you're still accepting volunteers I'd happily help you with this. Yesterday I took an pre dawn flight from Page to Grand Canyon and was irritated by the street lights running all the way along the road out of Page heading south. Its something that really needs fixing so good luck! AMD 9800x3d, 64 GB 6000 RAM, RTX5090, 2 x NVME, 2 x ssd Win11 Monitor 1 Samsung G9 5120x1440 Monitor 2 Samsung 3440x1440
January 13Jan 13 10 hours ago, Riddlesdenlad said: If you're still accepting volunteers I'd happily help you with this..... me too One reason i avoid a full-night flight is the unreal precision of repeating equidistant rural lights Edited January 13Jan 13 by John-Allen i9-14900K, 64G DDR5, 24G VRAM RTX4090 Velocity One Yoke and Quadrant LG rudder pedals Bluetooth earbuds
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