“Realistic Night Lighting for FS2002(V2) “

 

 

This is the second and final version of my Realistic Night Lighting Effect for FS2002 .

This will be my last release for FS community and I announce my retirement by presenting this file to FSimmers. I will going to stick to my personal life and wishing Good luck for all of you.

 

 

What’s new on version? :

 

1)     New modified color.

 

2)     Fix for nose light problem. You can turn on/off your nose light as your taxi light (not as landing light)

 

3)     New effect size, opacity and alpha channel to improve frame rate.

 

 

Features:

 

More than 15 types of most downloaded and famous freeware aircrafts lighting orders:

 

 

1)     Airbus A310-200/300 by Harald Nehring, FDE by Frank Weiss.

2)     Airbus A320-100/200 by Project Airbus.

3)     Boeing 707 by Lou volland.

4)     Boeing 727-200 by Mike Stone.

5)     Boeing 737-200 by YeoDesign.

6)     Boeing 737-400 MSFS Default.

7)     Boeing 747-400 MSFS Default.

8)     Boeing 747-400/400F by Meljet.(All engines)

9)     Boeing 757-200 by Mike Stone.(All engines)

10) Boeing 777-200 by Meljet.(All engines)

11) Boeing 777-300 MSFS Default.

12) Beechcraft Baron 58 MSFS Default.

13) Beechcraft King Air 350 MSFS Default.

14) CRJ-200 by Project Opensky.

15) DH-8 MSFS Default.

16) Grumman EA-6B by Rick Sasala.

17) Gulfstream IV by Rick Sasala.

18) McDonnel-Douglas MD-83 MSFS Default.

19) Northrop T-38A by FSD International.

 

 

Installation:

 

<< Very Important >>

1)     First of all create a backup of your original "Aircraft.cfg" file(s).

 

2)     Unzip RNLE2.zip file to a temporary folder. Then move "effects" folder to your main FS2002 folder. This will not over right any of your default effects. 

 

3)     Open "Aircrafts" folder in your temporary folder. Open an aircraft “~~~.txt” file (for example B757-200(Mike Stone).txt) and copy all "Light.X=~~~~~" lines. (Highlight them and press Ctrl+C )

 

4)     Now go to your original aircraft folder and open your "Aircraft.cfg" file of aircraft witch you choose (e.g Aircraft\B757_200r\aircraft.cfg ) with windows standard notepad. paste copied lines in" [Lights] Section" (go to last line of this section and  press Ctrl+V )  ,then  correct Light.X numbers. for example if your last original light number is X(e.g light.11) change your first new added "light.X" to "light.X+1" (e.g light.12) and so on(13,14,…) .save it and exit.

 

Example:

The last line of your beech baron 58 aircraft’s light section is:

Light.7= 4,  -8.00,   0.00,  2.70, fx_vclight,

 

You must paste following line to this section(bellow the above line) to add lighting effect:

Light.X= 6,  10.0,   0.00,  -5.00, RNLE2,

 

It must be look like this if you paste it correctly:

Light.7= 4,  -8.00,   0.00,  2.70, fx_vclight,

Light.X= 6,  10.0,   0.00,  -5.00, RNLE2,

Finally  you need to correct X number(s). your final lines should be look like this after editing:

Light.7= 4,  -8.00,   0.00,  2.70, fx_vclight,

Light.8= 6,  10.0,   0.00,  -5.00, RNLE2,

 

 

Remember that If there are more new light X lines you must correct all of them.

 

5)     Start FS2002, Select your modified aircraft, Switch to night, turn on your lights and enjoy your new night lighting.

 

 

Important note:

 

-          Depending on type of your graphic card and your display settings, sometimes effects doesn't work correctly ( disappears after seconds or only appear on one side of fuselage!).for fixing this you Must use maximum lighting effect of your hardware.(Go to Options>Settings>Display>Hardware>hardware Lighting Effect and use maximum setting(8))

 

-          This effect will only work with FSDS2 and GMAX 3D models.

 

-          This effect will not work on AI traffic aircrafts.(even Gmax models)

 

-          Please read FAQ for more information.

 

 

 

Distribution:

 

 

-          This file is Freeware. No charge should be made for this archive at all.

 

-          For any changes on effect you must ask permission of me.

 

-          If you want to upload any aircrafts with this effect you must ask permission of Aircraft's original Author(s).

 

-          All FREEWARE model designers and/or FDE designers can add this effect to their releases without my writen permission ONLY BY GIVING ME IT’S CREDITS ON THEIR DESCRIPTION FILE. (Please e-mail me your filename and a link for download after release)

 

-          You are not authorized to use this effect on your PAYWARE releases without my written permission.

 

-          The use of this file is at your own risk.

 

 

Please feel free to contact me at :  Kavehpd@hotmail.com

or visit my website at:  www.kavehpd.com

 

 

 

 

Kaveh Payandeh.

 

6/Feb/2003