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MSFS20 Toggle lights on/off in scenery

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Is there currently a solution to be able to toggle a light effect on or off in a scenery? The idea is that I have some light effects that I would like the user to be able to control by either a switch on the UI bar when they are within x distance from the airport or, better yet, by a radio frequency.

If not directly tied to the effect, could this alternately be done by swapping between two models? One that has the effect and one that does not?

Thanks!
 
christopherbritton said:
Is there currently a solution to be able to toggle a light effect on or off in a scenery? The idea is that I have some light effects that I would like the user to be able to control by either a switch on the UI bar when they are within x distance from the airport or, better yet, by a radio frequency.

If not directly tied to the effect, could this alternately be done by swapping between two models? One that has the effect and one that does not?

Thanks!
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Although I cannot tell you how it should be possible by using visibility conditions for sim objects. There is a very long thread on the subject on this forum. Near the end someone shows a video how he triggers a hangar door opening animation by clicking the yoke hide button in the cockpit, check his xml code. The same should be possible for your case. Create two models, one with the lights and one without, make both of them Simobject and use a model behavior code for visibility where the light model is visible if a certain button is pressed or a radio frequency is dialed in and if not it's invisible. Do the same for the model without lights with the opposite visibility condition. Hope this helps.

Cheers, Fabian
 
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