Sunday at 06:14 AM4 days Hi everyone,I’m noticing a really annoying issue with the night lighting in MSFS 2024, and it affects all exterior lights in general (nav, strobe, landing, etc.).Even under normal clear flight conditions, the lights create a giant, solid, oversized glowing halo or "orb" around them. It doesn't look natural at all. Honestly, I feel like the lighting in MSFS 2020 was much more realistic and blended beautifully with the atmosphere. This current effect reminds me of the old Prepar3D (P3D) days where light textures looked like big stamped circles.Does anyone know a way to tweak or replace these light sprites? Is there an edit in the configuration files or an existing community mod to make these halos much smaller, sharper, and more realistic?Any help or workarounds would be highly appreciated! Thanks! Edited Sunday at 06:26 AM4 days by juaness Image Upload
Sunday at 07:54 AM4 days Unfortunately I don't think there is a way. They need to adjust it. It is yet another one of the basic things they simply cannot get right. Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
Sunday at 10:03 AM4 days Author 2 hours ago, bobcat999 said:Unfortunately I don't think there is a way. They need to adjust it. It is yet another one of the basic things they simply cannot get right.Totally agree. These guys just broke what they got with 2020. Now we are back in FSX/P3D days with the lightings.
Sunday at 10:18 AM4 days Until they fix this mess (again...) then I refuse to even fly at night;https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/3d-objects-and-landmarks-night-lights-overblown-again/ Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
Sunday at 01:53 PM3 days I was thinking that just last night, the runway and taxiway lights all have a star shaped glare to then, it might look like that way on a YouTube video but completely unrealistic to the real world. 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
Tuesday at 12:56 PM2 days That part of lighting is annoying yes but the overall look at night, to me, is pretty realistic. Everyone should also get DarkStreets which triea to emulate darker rural areas as you fly along.https://flightsim.to/addon/102987/msfs-darkstreets-north-america | 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 |
Tuesday at 01:47 PM1 day I rather like those "star shaped" lights. I do not generally fly at night, but the city and street lights look OK to me from the air at dawn or dusk. There may be a few too many country roads with street lights, but it does not really bother me. Certainly not as much as warped PG buildings or geometric shapes for trees 😉 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
Yesterday at 12:08 AM1 day On 8/30/2026 at 4:03 AM, juaness said:Totally agree. These guys just broke what they got with 2020. Now we are back in FSX/P3D days with the lightings.Downgrades is the name of the game... how else can they sell us the new MSFS 2028? 😉 But at least the rest of the night is pretty good (for now) with some addons im using making the country side sparse as it should be Edited yesterday at 12:09 AM1 day by UAL4life
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