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FS2004 VASI Brightness

shouldn't the PAPIs be as bright as the approach lights?
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I have no idea. You'd have to check for standards.

I think they are to dark (visibility by day 3-5nm, at night >20nm)
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The "tweaking" section and Appendix "B" in the manual tell you how to increase the size. Unfortunately, if you make the day-time any brighter (bigger), the light spot appears much too large at close range. PAPI/VASIs use inversely mipped effects. Have you tried that?
 
Do a search here, I also had this problem. My solution was to retain the default VASI/PAPI lights when stripping the airport (Options/Don't Purge VASI/PAPI). Then place the AFLT lights on top of them. Not perfect, but the best I could do.
 
I have an idea that may improve this. VASI brightness is controlled by inverse mipmaps, Currently, those mipmaps double/halve in each case. But, If I can make those changes smaller, the brightness at range should increase and at close range appear smaller.

I'm working with Arno on an issue in AIFP at the moment (Aircraft Viewer for MSFS2020). Once that's resolved, I'll take another look at AFLT VASIs
 
Re my previous [post, I neglected to ask whether you are using BGL_Lights or effects. If the former, AFLT has no control over size or brightness.
 
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