cabin light

Born to fly
new reply
JBaran
Airman
Posts: 43
Joined: 01 Nov 2015, 14:07

cabin light

Post by JBaran »

hi all, when flying at night or dusk ... a can temporarily turn off the cabin light with l key or shift l ... but after a few seconds it pops itself back on ??? a swirly type icon appears on the screen for a second or two as it does so

is it possible to have full control (keep it off then turn back on)?

any advice much appreciated

regards

User avatar
Oracle427
Chief Master Sergeant
Posts: 3916
Joined: 02 Sep 2013, 19:30
Location: 3N6
Contact:

Re: cabin light

Post by Oracle427 »

There is no electrical system in a Cub so I'm not sure what lighting you speak of.
Flight Simmer since 1983. PP ASEL IR Tailwheel
N28021 1979 Super Viking 17-30A

JBaran
Airman
Posts: 43
Joined: 01 Nov 2015, 14:07

Re: cabin light

Post by JBaran »

thanks,

I think it is a mock light - maybe pilot has a flashlight ... but in dark an auto glow comes on just enough to read the dash dials ... hitting the l key tries to toggle it, but only for a few seconds

must be an fsx stock command trying to work on the a2a cub?

n421nj
Chief Master Sergeant
Posts: 3541
Joined: 17 Mar 2013, 18:01
Location: KCDW

Re: cabin light

Post by n421nj »

Hmmm sounds weird
Andrew

ASUS ROG Maximus Hero X, Intel i7 8770K, Nvidia GTX 1080, 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3000 RAM, Corsair H90i liquid cooler.

All Accusim Aircraft
Accu-Feel, 3d Lights Redux

User avatar
Nick - A2A
A2A Captain
Posts: 13734
Joined: 06 Jun 2014, 13:06
Location: UK

Re: cabin light

Post by Nick - A2A »

Yes, as you say JBaran I think it's a kind of "mock light" or ambient glow to provide a little bit of visibility in the cockpit, even in complete darkness. I'm not sure if you could make it switchable, but you could disable the effect by 'commenting out' the following line in the aircraft.cfg file with some "//" entries so that it looks like this:

Code: Select all

//light.0 =4, 1.200000, 0.000000, 1.600000, fx_A2A_J3CUB_vclight 
Cheers,
Nick
A2A Simulations Inc.

User avatar
Lewis - A2A
A2A Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 33284
Joined: 06 Nov 2004, 23:22
Location: Norfolk UK
Contact:

Re: cabin light

Post by Lewis - A2A »

Hello,

yes its a bit of artistic license to help in low light conditions when pilots might otherwise be using a little torch or head lamp.

thanks,
Lewis
A2A Facebook for news live to your social media newsfeed
A2A Youtube because a video can say a thousand screenshots,..
A2A Simulations Twitter for news live to your social media newsfeed
A2A Simulations Community Discord for voice/text chat

new reply

Return to “Piper J-3 Cub”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests