Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I am having this problem that landing lights do not illuminate ground. Looking from the outside I can barely see some light on the ground. Inside cockpit everything looks correct. So far I have checked that Dynamic LIghting is on, Effects are enabled on medium. I am not having this problem with any other aircraft in v5. Any help would be appreciated Screenshots: Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBarrett 675 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I know at least two or three users are having this problem in P3DV5 HF2. On my V5 HF2 installation, external lights are working well. This screen capture was taken with the CRJ-700 in Delta livery (N367CA) Please login to display this image. One thing to check: The installer should have created a folder on your C:\ drive called "P3Dv5 Addons", which is where the aircraft files reside. Using Windows Explorer, browse to that folder, then to Aerosoft CRJ Pro v5\Effects The Effects sub-folder should contain 430 or 431 files, all with a .fx extension. If you have Explorer set to display files in alphabetical order, the last six files should be the ones for external lights. In my installation, they are named: fx_ASCRJ_navgreen.fx fx_ASCRJ_navred.fx fx_ASCRJ_navwhite.fx fx_ASCRJ_STROBE.fx fx_ASCRJ_TAXI.fx fx_ASCRJ_WING.fx Do you have these files? If so, I could not say why you don't see external lights. My graphics card is a GTX-1080 Ti, running NVidia driver 446.14. HDR and dynamic lighting set are set to "on", and the "special effects" slider is at medium. The only other suggestion I can think of would be to delete your shader cache and let it rebuild. For those having the problem, perhaps it relates to the specific GPU and graphics driver you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Hans Hartmann 3695 Posted July 2, 2020 Developer Share Posted July 2, 2020 Plus the question: Is it Prepar3D V5 Hotfix 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Hans, it is v5 HF2 as I stated in the title. I will check thr solution from JRBarret and report. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 @JRBarrett Hi, I've checked all files in the FX folder. They are exactly 431. The files you have listed are also present Please login to display this image. My GPU is: RTX2080Ti and driver version is the latest 446.14. I've also cleared the shaders but it didn't help. Any further help will be much appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo 146 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, Sunny Andonov said: Any further help will be much appreciated. Dummy question, do you have check this box in your settings? Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Appreciate your help. Yes I have this checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBarrett 675 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Sunny Andonov said: Appreciate your help. Yes I have this checked. Not sure what else to try, as I am just an end-user of the program. Perhaps Hans Hartmann may have further troubleshooting suggestions. FWIW, my screen shot was taken at a default P3DV5 airport (KABQ). One other question: Are you using any program that might modify shaders, like TomatoShade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: Not sure what else to try, as I am just an end-user of the program. Perhaps Hans Hartmann may have further troubleshooting suggestions. FWIW, my screen shot was taken at a default P3DV5 airport (KABQ). One other question: Are you using any program that might modify shaders, like TomatoShade? Yes I do use Envshade but I've tested restoring the original shaders and the problem is still there. This is interesting as I have the FSLabs bus and PMDG 747, all lighting is working without any problems in V5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm2202 1 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Hans, I'm running on P3Dv5 HF2 with the new 2.2.0.0 version of the CRJ. CRJ itself is complete installed and all FX files are checked. I delete shaders via batch on every start of P3D and do not use any shader tool. Looking from outside I always can see that taxi and landing lights are working. If I'm on default airports the lights will illuminate environment buildings and the ground. Moving to FTX airports like ESSA and ESGG there is no effect from the CRJ lights to buildings, ground and other objects. But moving to EDDK from Aerosoft all lights are all spot on and looking real. Than I checked with LOWW from FlyTampa - there is also no illumination/refelction from CRJ lights to the environment as it is with the FTX airports. One special effect in addition to note is that only on EDDK the cockpit lights are working correct. In all other airports the cockpit it is much to dark and with bright dome light and all floods at 100% it is nearly dark. And of yourse I've checked it with HDR on and HDR off. But that is not the root cause for this problem. Any idea what combination I should check to support you to drill down into the problem? Best regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Hans Hartmann 3695 Posted July 2, 2020 Developer Share Posted July 2, 2020 Michael, thanks for the report. I tested FT Vienna and Orbx ESSA and ESGG myself and can confirm your findings regarding the landing lights. I don't see any problems with the cockpit lights though. My knowledge of effects is pretty limited (and no, I didn't make them), so I can't fix this myself. I will ask a few people who know more about this than I do and then provide a fix. Btw: If you change to another airport, you need to "update" the cockpit lights by moving the knobs a notch forward and back. Otherwise the effects don't follow the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianwhtn53 7 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 HI Hans, Been following this thread all afternoon and I am having similar issue. These are the tests that I have done. Clean installation of P3dV5 HF2, installed CRJ Pro, loaded p3d to default scenario (KRND) at the active runway, turned all lights on and changed to night. Landing lights did not show up on the runway, but they do show up on the grass verge. Changed to Gatwick extreme from uk2000 to the active, landing lights showed up very briefly then virtually disappeared, from the outside you can see the lights on the runway but they are very faint. Changed to KABQ (default) to the active, landing lights showed up and lit the runway, all seemed ok at this airport. Hope that helps you to verify. I can take screen shots if needed. Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Well, happy to hear that I'm not the only on here with this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Hans Hartmann 3695 Posted July 2, 2020 Developer Share Posted July 2, 2020 vor 8 Minuten, Brianwhtn53 sagte: HI Hans, Been following this thread all afternoon and I am having similar issue. These are the tests that I have done. Clean installation of P3dV5 HF2, installed CRJ Pro, loaded p3d to default scenario (KRND) at the active runway, turned all lights on and changed to night. Landing lights did not show up on the runway, but they do show up on the grass verge. Changed to Gatwick extreme from uk2000 to the active, landing lights showed up very briefly then virtually disappeared, from the outside you can see the lights on the runway but they are very faint. Changed to KABQ (default) to the active, landing lights showed up and lit the runway, all seemed ok at this airport. Hope that helps you to verify. I can take screen shots if needed. Cheers Brian Hi Brian! No screenshots needed. Jo Erlend, who made EDDK just told me that it might have to do something with PBR (EDDK) vs. non-PBR materials (FTX ESSA, ESGG, FT LOWW) used for the runway. So far, it seems consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBarrett 675 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 16 minutes ago, Brianwhtn53 said: HI Hans, Been following this thread all afternoon and I am having similar issue. These are the tests that I have done. Clean installation of P3dV5 HF2, installed CRJ Pro, loaded p3d to default scenario (KRND) at the active runway, turned all lights on and changed to night. Landing lights did not show up on the runway, but they do show up on the grass verge. Changed to Gatwick extreme from uk2000 to the active, landing lights showed up very briefly then virtually disappeared, from the outside you can see the lights on the runway but they are very faint. Changed to KABQ (default) to the active, landing lights showed up and lit the runway, all seemed ok at this airport. Hope that helps you to verify. I can take screen shots if needed. Cheers Brian Interesting. Even though KRND is the default starting airport for P3DV5, that particular airport was built for LM by Orbx, whereas the rest of the default airports were not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm2202 1 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Yes, that make sense. Now tested with Uk2000 Luton, which is done with PBR, and everything is fine again. Please login to display this image. Best regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Hans Hartmann 3695 Posted July 2, 2020 Developer Share Posted July 2, 2020 Orbx ESSA in Prepar3D v5.0 HF2 Please login to display this image. Please copy fx_ASCRJ_LANDING.fx to <CRJ v5 Installation Folder>\Effects. Overwrite the existing file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm2202 1 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Hans, the file did it! First picture is ESSA with Taxi/Recognition : Please login to display this image. And the second with Landing Lights in addition : Please login to display this image. And last one EDDK with all lights on Please login to display this image. Best regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Andonov 32 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 It works perfectly Hans! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Hans Hartmann 3695 Posted July 2, 2020 Developer Share Posted July 2, 2020 Because we believe this topic has been answered we have closed it. If you have any more questions feel free to open a new topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.