VC Panel Night Lighting

[Skip67]

Guys,
I've definitely done this before but it's been so long that I've forgotten the best way to do it, or perhaps there is a more modern technique. I want my VC instrument panel to display a night map (which shows light splashes etc.) when the panel lights is switched on. I'm particularly interested in the best material settings etc.

Many Thanks.

Terry

 

[FelixFFDS]

You may want to consider Fr. Bill's excellent tutorial on:

FS-X Emissive Textures and VC Lighting

 

[Skip67]

Thanks a lot Felix, I'd forgotten about Bill's excellent tutorial but the link below is broken, I searched around but couldn't find it elsewhere, do you have another link ?

Many Thanks.

Terry

You may want to consider Fr. Bill's excellent tutorial on:

FS-X Emissive Textures and VC Lighting

 

[FelixFFDS]

I checked the link before I posted, and it points to the zipped version of the tutorial.

MAke sure your setup can accept a zipped file download.

http://www.freeflightdesign.org/tutorials/FSX_Emissive_Textures_and_VCLighting.zip

 

[Skip67]

Got it! thanks ver much indeed Felix.

Terry

You may want to consider Fr. Bill's excellent tutorial on:

FS-X Emissive Textures and VC Lighting

 

[Skip67]

Felix, After reading Bills' interesting document, I noticed that I refers primarily to the 'special' polys and their materials used to display 2D gauges in the VC cockpit.
What I want to do is display a night map on the panel itself, or say, a cockpit sidewall.

Terry

You may want to consider Fr. Bill's excellent tutorial on:

FS-X Emissive Textures and VC Lighting

 

[Skip67]

OK, many thanks. It turns out that the setting you need to use is AdditiveNightOnlyUserControlled, well - that's what worked for me.

Terry

 

[n4gix]

OK, many thanks. It turns out that the setting you need to use is AdditiveNightOnlyUserControlled, well - that's what worked for me.

Terry

Unfortunately, "User Controled" doesn't really mean too much, since any old light switch will work...

...unless you have two polys: one unlighted, the other lighted. You can hide/display either one based on custom XML <Visibility> conditions.