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0.96 no strobe lights?
May 22nd, 2020 at 8:59pm
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It's possible I messed something up but I suddenly have no strobe lights?  Huh
  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #1 - May 22nd, 2020 at 9:10pm
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Alex T wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 8:59pm:
no strobe lights?

Yes, they are broken on a winglet variant.
Already fixed for the next update.
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #2 - May 22nd, 2020 at 9:11pm
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #3 - May 22nd, 2020 at 9:47pm
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They are also double flashing like an Airbus on the non winglet model, as well as not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view.
  
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Reply #4 - May 22nd, 2020 at 9:55pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 9:47pm:
not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view

A default camera or an add-on?
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #5 - May 22nd, 2020 at 10:37pm
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Both in default and chase plane

Captain Sim wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 9:55pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 9:47pm:
not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view

A default camera or an add-on?

  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #6 - May 22nd, 2020 at 11:00pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 9:47pm:
not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view

We'd like to see a video of that issue, and any default airplane video with strobes working fine in the same conditions pls.
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #7 - May 22nd, 2020 at 11:54pm
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Chaseplane view:

https://streamable.com/6rtzhn


Default view:

https://streamable.com/5h9abk





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Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 9:47pm:
not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view

We'd like to see a video of that issue, and any default airplane video with strobes working fine in the same conditions pls.
  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #8 - May 23rd, 2020 at 2:31pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 11:54pm:

Thanks. But this part of the test is missing: any default airplane video with strobes working fine in the same conditions pls.
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #9 - May 23rd, 2020 at 6:44pm
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Sorry, I miss read that, i thought you meant default view but anyway here is a default aircraft with their strobes working fine with both chaseplane and default spot view, no weird angles needed.

https://streamable.com/s4nuko




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Mets737 wrote on May 22nd, 2020 at 11:54pm:

Thanks. But this part of the test is missing: any default airplane video with strobes working fine in the same conditions pls.

  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #10 - May 23rd, 2020 at 7:04pm
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Thanks,
Probably because the default strobes are static and attached via aircraft.cfg, while the 767 ones are attached to an animated 3D model.
Pls try to replace the 767 strobes fx (cs767_stbL,R.fx) with any default strobe fx file.
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #11 - May 23rd, 2020 at 7:13pm
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okay understood, how do I go about replacing that .fx? find another one and rename it the same thing?


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Thanks,
Probably because the default strobes are static and attached via aircraft.cfg, while the 767 ones are attached to an animated 3D model.
Pls try to replace the 767 strobes fx (cs767_stbL,R.fx) with any default strobe fx file.

  
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Reply #12 - May 23rd, 2020 at 11:20pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 23rd, 2020 at 7:13pm:
how do I go about replacing that .fx? find another one and rename it the same thing?

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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #13 - May 23rd, 2020 at 11:56pm
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Just tried (I think I did it right) and have no strobes at all now..



Captain Sim wrote on May 23rd, 2020 at 11:20pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 23rd, 2020 at 7:13pm:
how do I go about replacing that .fx? find another one and rename it the same thing?

Right
  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #14 - May 25th, 2020 at 2:03pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 23rd, 2020 at 11:56pm:
Just tried (I think I did it right) and have no strobes at all now..

A default strobe effect file should be copied and renamed to 
cs767_stbL.fx
cs767_stbR.fx
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #15 - May 25th, 2020 at 7:32pm
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Okay i can do that, what is an example of a default strobe fx?


Captain Sim wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 2:03pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 23rd, 2020 at 11:56pm:
Just tried (I think I did it right) and have no strobes at all now..

A default strobe effect file should be copied and renamed to 
cs767_stbL.fx
cs767_stbR.fx

  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #16 - May 25th, 2020 at 10:58pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 7:32pm:
what is an example of a default strobe fx

fx_strobeh.fx
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #17 - May 25th, 2020 at 11:18pm
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I worked out how to do that but still get a double airbus strobe effect and the one I switched it too works fine but doesn't reflect off the ground at night.



Captain Sim wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 10:58pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 7:32pm:
what is an example of a default strobe fx

fx_strobeh.fx

  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #18 - May 26th, 2020 at 2:09pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 11:18pm:
I worked out how to do that but still get a double airbus strobe effect

Right, because it's just a default fx for test purposes.

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and the one I switched it too works fine but doesn't reflect off the ground at night.

I bet the ground reflection will re-appear at any random moment.
Anyways, it's just a 1001-st sample of the P3D (FS2002 to be exact) glitchy fx engine.
Now back to you original question:
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not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view.

May we see a video of the DEFAULT fx working without that issue pls?
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #19 - May 26th, 2020 at 10:58pm
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Here you go, default strobes visible from all angles around the aircraft...no weird view needed to be visible.
https://streamable.com/7isi8r






Captain Sim wrote on May 26th, 2020 at 2:09pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 25th, 2020 at 11:18pm:
I worked out how to do that but still get a double airbus strobe effect

Right, because it's just a default fx for test purposes.

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and the one I switched it too works fine but doesn't reflect off the ground at night.

I bet the ground reflection will re-appear at any random moment.
Anyways, it's just a 1001-st sample of the P3D (FS2002 to be exact) glitchy fx engine.
Now back to you original question:
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not being able to see them unless your camera is at a very strange view.

May we see a video of the DEFAULT fx working without that issue pls?
  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #20 - May 27th, 2020 at 3:20pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 26th, 2020 at 10:58pm:
Here you go, default strobes visible from all angles around the aircraft...no weird view needed to be visible.
https://streamable.com/7isi8r

Thanks
Just 5 strobe blinks for the 32sec video = 1 blink per 6sec, means at least a half of blinks were droped. That's just proves my point: same good old MSFS fx engine, glitchy as hell.
  


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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #21 - May 27th, 2020 at 11:16pm
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Yup the fx engine is crap lol. So I guess there is really nothing we can do unless you guys created your own custom fx file. Thanks for helping look into this!

Captain Sim wrote on May 27th, 2020 at 3:20pm:
Mets737 wrote on May 26th, 2020 at 10:58pm:
Here you go, default strobes visible from all angles around the aircraft...no weird view needed to be visible.
https://streamable.com/7isi8r

Thanks
Just 5 strobe blinks for the 32sec video = 1 blink per 6sec, means at least a half of blinks were droped. That's just proves my point: same good old MSFS fx engine, glitchy as hell.
  
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Re: 0.96 no strobe lights?
Reply #22 - May 28th, 2020 at 2:04pm
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Mets737 wrote on May 27th, 2020 at 11:16pm:
Yup the fx engine is crap lol. So I guess there is really nothing we can do

Exactly.

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unless you guys created your own custom fx file.

No, unless LM fixes the fx engine.
All CS fx files (except the v5 strobe test file) are custom long ago.
  


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