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FSXA Custom Made ALSF2 light

jtanabodee

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Hi,
I'm making a custom made ALSF2 light by bgl light (NAV_LIGHT_). It came out nicely and I add animated light for "running rabbit". I need to do this since the approach light in VTBS is not on the ground on runway 01R.
The problem is AFCAD light is still there. I can eliminate that by ADE, no problem.
But it comes another problem, when the visibility is low, I cannot make the light visible as it should be.
Anyone has solution for this. Making bgl light visible during low visibility.
Thanks for any advice.

ALSF_2_zps4f7b3fde.jpg
 
I may be able to help you get it work in FSX, but you would have to use something different for FS9. I will send you a PM later today.
 
I still don't get any news from pfabian.
Do you have any update for us, pfabian?
 
once upon a time I was experimenting with BGL lights. Somehow, but don't ask me why, I created a blue light but it showed up white and DID lit up during foggy weather... I have been trying to reproduce the effect but until now without success and I lost the light a long time ago :( :'( I will of course keep trying to reproduce that light and I really hope I can, even if it would be an accident just like that time but then someone more experienced than me can check the codes behind the bgl...
 
O.K. guys, might be slightly off-topic, maybe even not.
When I look at the code for the light:

BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_TAXI, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 000FFFFFFh, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
I only know, this is -----> X - Z - Y- - - - - - - - hex val. RGB

As you see there are six more values, meaning of those is, at least to me, unknown. Would appreciate if somebody who knows, fills in the remaining six zeroes for us all.

Jessy, loosing that blue light that turned up white and appeared in low visibility, was a big loss, I presume, you maybe miss-typed something and entered a value someplace else - in one of those six locations.
 
Hi,

You can find the meaning in the docs that come with bglc_9. I'm typing this from my phone so I do it from mind now.

Some values are for intensity of the light. But these don't seem to be implemented. It makes no difference what you enter.

One set is also the normal vector if I remember correctly. But that's also not implemented.
 
I believe you are reffering to the BGLC_9_Source.htm that's attached to the BGLC_9.exe modified by "the guru" - Mr. rhumbaflappy. About the BGL_LIGHT the document says:

BGL_LIGHT macro ltype,x,y,z,intensity,li_atten,sq_atten,color,nx,ny,nz

which I can decipher to a certain extent:

macro ltype = self explanatory
x,y,z = relative position to the model origin
intensity, also self explanatory
li_atten = linear attenuation?
sq_atten = area attenuation?
color = R G B value in HEX
nx - don't have the slightest idea, same for ny and nz

In scenery design it already happened to me and my teammates, we simply stumbled over(mainly due to, as funny as it can be, a typo error) something, MS was claiming as "not implemented" and sometimes result was disastrous, while sometimes it was AHA - just look at this. I strongly believe Jessy actually stumbled over something with his blue light that turned out white. I think there might be something hidden in this values, I only have no clue about the range or format of values that may produce anything visible, be it visuals or behavior-wise.
 
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The nx, ny and nz are the normal vector x, y and z values.
 
Hello,

my communication with Tic dropped sometime in summer. Not sure why.


Anyway for FSX, I am able to provide a way to dynamically place objects according to different conditions, time, weather, etc.

So far you can see it implemented in LH Simulations Budapest. The system is in continuous development, and in fact just a couple of days ago I was able to successfully implement animation control. The system should be available for licensing sometime next spring and I will write some general information about it in the winter.
 
That is a very good news. I think this will be very useful in many ways such as texture change through the seasons.
 
pfabian said:
Hello,

my communication with Tic dropped sometime in summer. Not sure why.


Anyway for FSX, I am able to provide a way to dynamically place objects according to different conditions, time, weather, etc.

So far you can see it implemented in LH Simulations Budapest. The system is in continuous development, and in fact just a couple of days ago I was able to successfully implement animation control. The system should be available for licensing sometime next spring and I will write some general information about it in the winter.
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Hi Peter,

Seems that we both were chasing the same goal ;) See
this thread.

Cheers,
Jeff
 
Huh - it seems so. I don't dwell into 3D objects general forum much...

as for my personal experience - if any of you bought the LH Simulations Budapest scenery... well you can see the stuff in action. Currently I am waiting for P3Dv2 to ensure compatibility (the module is fully compatibile with 1.4 already) and then I will make some work on extensibility and basically next year I would also like to offer the product for other scenery makers...
 
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