P3S v4 - Comanche beacon not lighting up?

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P3S v4 - Comanche beacon not lighting up?

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Hi,

I thought I would point out the comanche beacon is not lighting up in P3D v4 - just in case you have not got it on the fix list.

Other than that, it looks and fly's amazing!

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Hello,

its working all ok here, what are your settings and are you using any third party add-ons that are not P3Dv4 addons, as we have now had multiple reports of such add-ons causing issues and overwriting P3D files with old FSX/P3Dv3 style files which are not compatible.

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I don't believe I have any other addons that would effect that - the only p3d stuff I have installed is ChasePlane, Orbx, UK2000 East Midlands, Aerosoft Twin Otter and the RealAir Duke B60.

The A2A Comanche was installed last.

I will have a look at the settings next time I am on.

The only other thing is that I already had the Comanche FSX installed but that's in a different location

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In which config are you not getting a beacon, with/out tip tanks and what is your P3D Frame limiter set too?

Are you sure all the scenery you are using is P3Dv4 scenery and not just an updated installer for older FSX/P3D models etc.

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Yes all scenery is p3d v4 compatible - fresh install.

This is the model with tip tanks.

I tried deleting the 'My Documents' A2A folder and still it did not show.

I tried deleting the shaders folder too.

What I did notice is the beacon does turn on with the 'glass' getting brighter - but it doesn't flash.
The strobe flashes just fine and lights the ground. The landing lights also fine and has the beams.

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This is what it looks like with beacon and all lights on - the floor flashes with strobed and the landing lights have beams but no beacon...

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I have tried the model without tip tanks and no joy - also tried reinstalling from scratch deleting all the A2A folders too.

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You'll have to show me your settings, I've had a play and I cannot reproduce any issue here jim. The beacon is a rotating beacon it lights up with a slow pulse on top of the fuselage

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here you go bud...

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Just to prove to myself I'm not going mad I tried a lot of the other planes and they have working beacon and lights. This also includes the aerosoft twin otter and the duke b60.

I tried tweaking the settings and no joy :(

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Re: P3S v4 - Comanche beacon not lighting up?

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I'm on a flight with the Comanche right now, and the Beacon is working on my end.

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Re: P3S v4 - Comanche beacon not lighting up?

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FAC, I bet you have the A2A C172.


I noticed the same thing yesterday, I also saw a post somewhere here about a 172 .bmp file reported in the ContentErrors.txt file which I also had reported in my file, so I went looking for the call out of this .bmp and found that the both the fx_a2a_c182_beaconh.fx and fx_a2a_commanche250_beaconh.fx calls this .bmp.

My fix was to duplicate the fx_a2a_c182_lights_1.bmp as the fx_a2a_c172_lights_1.bmp in the A2A\Effects\Texture folder.
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Yes, there was a bug in fx files, they are already fixed internally and will be updated with the next patch.

I'm very sorry for the problem.

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Michal - A2A wrote:Yes, there was a bug in fx files, they are already fixed internally and will be updated with the next patch.

I'm very sorry for the problem.
Cool at least it's not my setup. I was about to lose it and wipe my machine lol.
Thanks for letting me know I look forward to the fix.

Great work anyway it still looks amazing and still my favourite plane.

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Re: P3S v4 - Comanche beacon not lighting up?

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i have problems with the cockpit light, i just can't to get it on, the instrument panel light is working,
maybe its related to the same problem beacon not lighting.
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Hello,

if you can post in a new thread we can better help you.

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