Runway lights

[wyert1 0]

Hello to all,hope you can help,I have recently Reinstalled FS9, and slowly installing all my addons,the sim is running very well and with a new Nvidia 9800, my eyes have stopped there habit of stuttering 24hrs a day!! I have just downloaded Real Environment Pro,a superb freeware my thanks to them.I need to adjust my "Display-runway lights-surface-scalar= Etc in my FS9cfg.My problem is there is no such entry in that folder and it has been checked many times,IT IS NOT THERE!!Any ideas you fine Simmers, Eddie,EGMH

[timest 472]

Eddie:Try adding the below to your [DISPLAY] area in your fs9 config file:RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.0 //scales edge, center,end,touchdown,runways RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.0 // scales VASI lights)RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.0 // scales approach light bars RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.0 //scales RAILs and ODALs)Thanks for your kind words :)Tim

[davegriff 0]

You need to add the entries as follows:RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=nn.nRUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1n.nnRUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=n.nnRUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=n.nnPlace under the [DISPLAY] section and alter the n.nn figures to whatever you want.DaveOops - Tim beat me to it while I was typing!

[timest 472]

Hehe, gotcha Dave! :(

[Carob 2]

Eddie:Try adding the below to your [DISPLAY] area in your fs9 config file:RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.0 //scales edge, center,end,touchdown,runways RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.0 // scales VASI lights)RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.0 // scales approach light bars RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.0 //scales RAILs and ODALs)Thanks for your kind words :)Tim

Can someone by chance explain what this is? Is this something specific to REP or should all fs9.cfg files have this?Thanks!

[WarpD 824]

It's a setting that gives the lighting on runways and taxiways a more realistic size.It has nothing to do with REP at all, it's an FS9 entry.

[wyert1 0]

Many thanks to Tim&Dave I will give this a try.I am confused, if this is a standard FS9 lighting setting why is it missing in the FS9CFG??or is it just my FS9CFG?Thanks again for your help,Eddie

[davegriff 0]

These settings revert to 1.00 as default I believe.There are I think some other settings not in the file that revert to default settings if not specifically set. Probably a list of them somewhere - try google.Dave

[Carob 2]

But the suggestion as to what to change them to is 1.0. I'm confused.

[davegriff 0]

Not absolutely sure, but I think the max is 1.00.Just try different settings, like 0.5, 0.25 - maybe more than 1.00 will work as well - and look at the result. in FS. Tim's description is fuller than mine here.Dave

[n4gix 4,947]

The value of 1.0 is simply equal to 100%...This is true for all "scalar values" in the sim. They simply "scale" whatever it is they reference! ;)If it is a light effect, then a value of 1.25 would make them 25% larger, and a value of 0.75 would make them 25% smaller.

[BrzI 26]

The value of 1.0 is simply equal to 100%...This is true for all "scalar values" in the sim. They simply "scale" whatever it is they reference! ;)If it is a light effect, then a value of 1.25 would make them 25% larger, and a value of 0.75 would make them 25% smaller.

I have all my settings at 0.4. Start from there and increase or decrease to please yourself :-)

[Carob 2]

I looked in my fs9.cfg file and these entries are not there. What does that mean?Does that mean I should put them there and that I'm missing seeing something?

[WhiteKnight77 0]

Add them.

[Carob 2]

Can you tell me why they are so special and why they are not there by default?