Hoping to get some lighting help

[Zachary Jbara]

Hello all, hoping to get a hand with a few questions I have: (1 I am not seeing the beacons on the wingtips when the NAV light is turned on, even when using a proper external view.  2) My aoa indicator is completely blank and not giving me any readings.  Any thoughts?  Thanks so much!

[Goran_M]

For the lights, make sure you have HDR enabled in your Graphic Settings.

If you are using 11.50, the AoA will not work, as it is not compatible with Vulkan/Metal.  It's being worked on.

Edited April 25, 2020 by Goran_M

[Zachary Jbara]

Thank you for your reply!  I am using Vulkan so that makes sense, but I have HDR on for interior lighting in the Zibo 737 and Airfoil Labs King Air 350.  Any other thoughts as to what may be causing no beacon?  Thanks again!

[Goran_M]

Can you post a screenshot of the exterior with the lights on and a screenshot of the overhead panel?

[Zachary Jbara]

Hope it helps!

[Goran_M]

All looks fine.  You have your NAV lights switch turned on, and I see the green NAV light on the right wingtip.  Could you elaborate further?  

There's also a Pulse switch and a strobe switch, but they're turned off.

Incidentally, pressing Shift SPACE will store a screenshot of the sim in your Output folder.

 

[Zachary Jbara]

I will happily elaborate further!  I thought that along with the navy light there was also a blinking red light that took the place of the beacon light.  I watched a video of Jeff Favignano’s and his plane had a beacon light in the wingtip that flashed but that was also closed to when the plane released initially, I didn’t know if this was something they removed or not

[Zachary Jbara]

If you look at this video, see how is there is the white anti- collision light but also the red beacon on the wingtip? I don’t see the flashing red beacon

 

 

[Goran_M]

The way we have it modelled is if the NAV and STROBE lights are off, and the battery is on, the beacon will come on automatically.  We are getting clarification that this is, indeed, how they are supposed to work.

[jfjoubert]

It's also interesting to see how the strobe light increases in intensity as the engine is starting up...

[Zachary Jbara]

Goran, you are correct: In the sim, the wingtip beacon lights turn on without any external lights switched on.  With regards to the beacon lights being on along with the strobe lights, is that something that wasn't coded in?  If not that's totally fine I just wanted to be sure my airplane was functioning as it should  Thanks again!

[Goran_M]

45 minutes ago, Zachary Jbara said:

Goran, you are correct: In the sim, the wingtip beacon lights turn on without any external lights switched on.  With regards to the beacon lights being on along with the strobe lights, is that something that wasn't coded in?  If not that's totally fine I just wanted to be sure my airplane was functioning as it should  Thanks again!

Still waiting on confirmation, but according to my notes with information given to us by Jason Miller (Co Founder of Foreflight and TBM owner...so not just any Joe Blow GA pilot  ), this is how they are supposed to behave, and were subsequently programmed in.  

[Zachary Jbara]

Hahahahaa, hey man, you guys got the connections  seriously grateful for all the help, support, and question answering though all of this!  I absolutely defer you you guys and you wisdom, just grateful to be able to freely ask a question or two  

[Zachary Jbara]

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