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Landing light on Schiphol 1938

Cees Donker

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I'm searching for a way to add a light to this one. I use FSDS 3.5 and I use ModelConverter. It must generate an extensive light, a floodlight. It's for FS2004.

Thanks for any help!
Cees
 
It depends on whether you want the light to just be visible as a light or whether you want a light splash on the ground.

If for the light, I would make a version of the default airport beacon effect, but without the flashing light. Basically you create an object that lights up. You create several LOD’s, the one for close-up will be the same size as the lightbulb itself. Then as you move farther away, the light gets larger and larger, allowing it to be seen from farther away.

If instead, you mean a light splash on the ground, I would use the same approach as our typical ramp lights. One example is the ESDG ramp light library. Basically you use the default landing light effect to splash light on the ground.

Hope this helps,
 
Thanks Tom. I think I found a workaround that works for me. I use one of the ramp lights of Bill Leeming, reduce its size, put them for a part below ground, and pitch them 10 degrees. The lantern I made covers the ramplight and I get a nice floodlight.

Cees
 
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