Ok Steve, first of all thank you again .....i have tried what you suggested and added all shockwave lighst to the exclude list of the ini file.....(i noticed there is another one exactly like that but with a different path and left it untouched altho it includes your default exceptions) it work most of the time from the outside view only (pressing F11) and some times from within vc view.....
Ill give you some imput here......i think there is an 'interference' given the fact that most of the time when the AI aircraft are above you, you can see them thru vc, however when they are below you (and therefore 'at the same level' of the city lights ie ftx lights, and other lights) they dissapear
In the TCAS you can see how many AI are around you (sometimes i get 20+) yet i can only see a few from within vc as stated and i confirm agin the ratio is way higher from outside view.
Another thing i noticed is that the ftx lights are like 'suns' meaning that when you are taxiing you can see the clouds covering the ftx street (vectors) lights that are closer to you.....i dont know if this is raleted or not, but the bottom line is that if this gets fixed at least 70% plus of the time ratio for AI lights at nite from VC view i can tell you that this fixer will be (if is not already) THE add on of the year......
i can now fly most of my aircraft at fixed 20-30 fps AND SMOOTH, except for the pmdg737 which still gives me 12-15 on appches and even 10 but is still smooth most of the time, even at low fps......and since i have a mediocre system ....anyways thank you again and please try to see what you can do (or if there are any other exlusions or steps we can take on our own) to fix this issue at least most of the AI lights.
hank you again!!