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Post by bucksnort on Feb 27, 2015 16:12:25 GMT -5
Hello!
I fly FS9 with Golden Wings 3 installed which has no runway lights anywhere that I can find.
From time to time I would like to turn them on globally, or at a single airport (this would be best as Cleveland Municipal introduced runway lights in 1930, but either would be fine).
Does anyone have any ideas on how Bill Lyons turned them off globally? I checked on this method and he's not using this (diminishing their size to the point you can't see them):
Runway Lights
I don't think Bill would have done it at the airport level, as he would have had to modify every airport that has them (although this is possible). I'm guessing he has somehow eliminated runway lights globally.
Any ideas on how I can turn them on from time to time?
Even if you don't know what Bill did for sure, any information about how runway lighting works will help me track down Bill's modification to turn them off. He has all airport ground lights off (ie: runway, taxiway, everything) but airport buildings and all other environmental lights in the world are still on at nighttime.
Any help would be appreciated!
Bill
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Post by BigBill on Mar 3, 2015 17:40:00 GMT -5
It all comes down to a file called halo.bmp, which controls all kinds of lights (runway-, taxiway-, landinglights, etc). In short: if you want them back, copy the halo.bmp file of your default FS9 installation into the GW3 installation. BUT keep in mind that it will bring back all the (modern) lights.
For more information check the following threads in the "Golden/Silver Wings Support" section:
Based on the info in the above threads, I can only advise you try to adapt the halo.bmp file to get those lights back you want. Since I have no experience with this, I suggest you use the trial-and-error method. And do not forget to back up the GW3 halo.bmp file!
BigBill
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Post by Tom Constantine on Mar 4, 2015 13:47:02 GMT -5
Great post Bill. Thanks.
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Post by bucksnort on Mar 4, 2015 21:31:02 GMT -5
Thanks for this information, BigBill.
I'll dig deeper into the threads you've posted to see if I can isolate and turn on just the runway lights. I'm new to all this in FS9, but not to modding in general, so I'll have a go and see what I can do. I plan on using JSGME for any mod I do so that I can enable and disable my mod with one mouse click. JSGME backs up any file it replaces and then restores it when you disable a mod (you probably already knew that...lol).
Much appreciated. If I have some success I'll report back what I've done.
Bill
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Post by BigBill on Mar 5, 2015 13:52:04 GMT -5
No problem, you're welcome and good luck.
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