Don,
Help please!
As I have been unable to find any scenery showing the Parkway Visual Approach Lead-in Lights to runways 13L/R at New York's JFK airport I thought I would attempt to produce my own using your Airfield Lights Toolbox V1.1.03.
Although I am novice with regard to scenery design I seem to have successfully created the lighting elements in AFLT using a mixture of Strobe and Strobe-T light types, saved them into a file and made the necessary library file. In addition I have created a new file called 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights ' with Airport Design Editor utilising the default KJFK airport location, magnetic variation, elevation etc. properties.
Each of the Strobe-T and Strobe lighting units has been placed using ADE, the new 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' file saved and the associated xx.BGL compiled. The new 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights ' folder, which incorporates the 'lib_AFLT_xx.BGL' and associated textures together with the ADE xx.BGL, has been added to the FSX scenery.cfg.
Opening FSX and 'slewing' around the 5 locations of the lead-in lights confirms that all the strobe lights and their textures have been loaded successfully; i.e. the red and white Strobe-T towers and red Strobe poles (and lights) are clearly visible. Unfortunately however none of them are working; i.e. the strobes are not flashing!
I have tried with both;
a) a lights on permanently ('JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights') and
b) a pilot controlled lights ('JFK_Rwy13L&R_PCL_Lead-in_Lights')
AFLT/ADE files but the result is the same; i.e. towers/poles/lights are visible but not working (flashing/strobing).
I can get the lights to 'strobe/flash' by carrying out the following steps:
1. End flight at KJFK
2. Go to Settings - Scenery Library and un-check (disable) the 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' Scenery
Area
3. Click 'OK' and after Database rebuild -
4. Return to KJFK via Free Flight
5. As expected the Strobe-T towers and Strobe poles/lights are not visible
6. End flight at KJFK
7. Go to Settings - Scenery Library and re-check (re-enable) the 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights'
Scenery Area
8. Click 'OK' and after Database rebuild -
9. Return to KJFK via Free Flight
10. Strobe-T towers and Strobe poles/lights are visible again and now the strobe lights are working
(flashing/strobing)!
The foregoing procedure also applies to the Pilot Controlled Lighting but it is not possible to control the lighting; i.e. the strobe lights are flashing/strobing after step 9 but they cannot be controlled (turned off) by the Pilot, which in my case utilises the transponder code of 0066.
As requested in the AFLT Manual I attach the following zipped files:
JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights
lib_AFLT_JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights
JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights_PCL
lib_AFLT_JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights_PCL
Also attached are zipped copies of my ADE 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' and 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_PCL_Lead-in_Lights' folders.
I apologise for rambling on somewhat but hopefully the foregoing information will enable you to check that I have carried out the correct AFLT processes.
Help please!
As I have been unable to find any scenery showing the Parkway Visual Approach Lead-in Lights to runways 13L/R at New York's JFK airport I thought I would attempt to produce my own using your Airfield Lights Toolbox V1.1.03.
Although I am novice with regard to scenery design I seem to have successfully created the lighting elements in AFLT using a mixture of Strobe and Strobe-T light types, saved them into a file and made the necessary library file. In addition I have created a new file called 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights ' with Airport Design Editor utilising the default KJFK airport location, magnetic variation, elevation etc. properties.
Each of the Strobe-T and Strobe lighting units has been placed using ADE, the new 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' file saved and the associated xx.BGL compiled. The new 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights ' folder, which incorporates the 'lib_AFLT_xx.BGL' and associated textures together with the ADE xx.BGL, has been added to the FSX scenery.cfg.
Opening FSX and 'slewing' around the 5 locations of the lead-in lights confirms that all the strobe lights and their textures have been loaded successfully; i.e. the red and white Strobe-T towers and red Strobe poles (and lights) are clearly visible. Unfortunately however none of them are working; i.e. the strobes are not flashing!
I have tried with both;
a) a lights on permanently ('JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights') and
b) a pilot controlled lights ('JFK_Rwy13L&R_PCL_Lead-in_Lights')
AFLT/ADE files but the result is the same; i.e. towers/poles/lights are visible but not working (flashing/strobing).
I can get the lights to 'strobe/flash' by carrying out the following steps:
1. End flight at KJFK
2. Go to Settings - Scenery Library and un-check (disable) the 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' Scenery
Area
3. Click 'OK' and after Database rebuild -
4. Return to KJFK via Free Flight
5. As expected the Strobe-T towers and Strobe poles/lights are not visible
6. End flight at KJFK
7. Go to Settings - Scenery Library and re-check (re-enable) the 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights'
Scenery Area
8. Click 'OK' and after Database rebuild -
9. Return to KJFK via Free Flight
10. Strobe-T towers and Strobe poles/lights are visible again and now the strobe lights are working
(flashing/strobing)!
The foregoing procedure also applies to the Pilot Controlled Lighting but it is not possible to control the lighting; i.e. the strobe lights are flashing/strobing after step 9 but they cannot be controlled (turned off) by the Pilot, which in my case utilises the transponder code of 0066.
As requested in the AFLT Manual I attach the following zipped files:
JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights
lib_AFLT_JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights
JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights_PCL
lib_AFLT_JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights_PCL
Also attached are zipped copies of my ADE 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_Lead-in_Lights' and 'JFK_Rwy13L&R_PCL_Lead-in_Lights' folders.
I apologise for rambling on somewhat but hopefully the foregoing information will enable you to check that I have carried out the correct AFLT processes.