I know this was discussed on the FS forum a long time ago, but I don't fly at night since it's impossible to see anything on the ground.But I just did a night flight and landed at Kennedy. There's no night textures on anything. Except for a solid-white center terminal, it's dark as can be. Am I missing something?Okay, I'm obviously missing something. Can I fix it?

I have the same problem. When I was flying into the area I got a few error messages about missing bgl's. I've read other posts about the same thing. I havn't heard of a fix.

Like you I dont fly often at night, for the very same reason.But.. If I do, I've come up with a sorta ("Mickey Mouse") fix.I simply bring up the brightness on my monitor until I can at leastsee the ground textures somewhat. This admittedly screws everythingelse up visually (including other programs besides MSFS) to the pointwhere night doesn't exactly look like night. But at least I can seethe *&%$ ground and taxiways. Once I'm up I turn the brightness backdown. Like I said its Mickey Mouse, but at least I can fly a nightflight and see what the heck I'm doing while on the ground. Other thanthat I dont know of any other "fix". I sure wish there was one. If someone else has another system, boy I sure hope to hear from ya :-)Jim>I know this was discussed on the FS forum a long time ago, >but I don't fly at night since it's impossible to see >anything on the ground. >>But I just did a night flight and landed at Kennedy. >There's no night textures on anything. Except for a >solid-white center terminal, it's dark as can be. Am I >missing something? >>Okay, I'm obviously missing something. Can I fix it?

Thanks, I completely forgot about the error messages (it was late ;-)). I'll have to hunt down and fix it.

You can get a brighter outside view (especially runway and taxiway lights) if you find that by shriking your 2D panel, or moving it down, your outside view only takes up a less than full portion of the screen. For a test flight, stretch this view vertically, and see if it is any brighter.If you wish to save the full size, the eyepoint (pilot seat height) will require adjustment to get the horizon back in the correct place.You can get the procedure in the FSGATEWAY VETERANS Tips and Tricks section under Views and Lighting.I do this with every aircraft and as aside it also allows some guide markings to show when landing lights are on with G-Max aircraft.