Aircraft External Lights barely visible during daytime

[DAQUA3828]

Same here, lights are not working

[cenkcdemir]

Same here. Both external and cockpit lights not working

[Yarddart64]

Yep, lights look dim. Night lighting is probably one of the most immersive qualities of a sim when flying at night. no lights make it very lame.

[Uzura2203]

It’s terrible, you can’t see the nav lights / strobes at all in the daytime, and barely at night on the Zinn Norden

[Airking26]

same for me with all types of aircraft there is no lighting during daytime hours. As it gets dark you see the lights but during daytime you have to trust the switches stating “ON”

[FlyngWithJay]

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
As the title states, external lights on every single aircraft in 2024 do not show during the day time.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
All of them

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

1. Tried a different airplane
2. Tried a different airplane
3. Tried a different airplane

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
N/A

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Yes and tried with Dev mode off, still happens

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
DX12

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
4090

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
7800x3D

MEDIA

Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.

[ZeekR5430]

I was just flying the A330 and also noticed the lights being pretty much impossible to see in the day. It is very noticeable (or not noticeable depending how you think about it) when you look at the Landing Lights at the top of the nose landing gear. Those lamps are HUGE and in the daytime they look like they are completely off. I think the luminance system needs some tuning to actually makes these lights apparent whether they are on/off in the day time.

[f0urd3gr33s]

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:

• Flying Cessna 208B in daytime, cannot see any exterior lights on when looking at the plane from outside.

• This video may help Asobo identify the problem. Check it out. It shows the tail of the plane and its beacon light. The light itself shows no activity at all, BUT the beacon light’s reflection can be seen on the aircraft.

If relevant, provide additional screenshots/video:

Better view:

It’s hard to tell, but if you look at the rear view closely, you can see the little LEDs turn red, as if they are trying to become emissive or maybe it’s just part of the “blink” animation, but clearly no light effect is generated in the main view camera, just in the reflection. Pretty funny.

[Syberius57]

Confermo,non si vedono le luci esterne

[FloSchulz90]

And on the other hand, the beacon illuminates the entire cockpit even though there is a cabin ceiling in the way.

[GGCHBOOMer]

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• yes same issue. Lights are visible only when you get really close to the wing tips or beacons on the fuselage.

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• when it gets darker you can start to see the lights casting in the ground even if you don’t see them at the light source.

If relevant, provide additional screenshots/video:
• nothing more to add than the screenshots or videos already in that thread.

[FlyngWithJay]

has this been addressed in the SU1 Beta??

[RSQ51]

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
Enter aircraft, power on, and turn on lights.

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
Lights are not visible in daylight.

If relevant, provide additional screenshots/video:
•

[colodeafpilot]

Likewise, the daytime appearance of aircraft lighting is WAY too dim. They should not be obnoxiously bright like they were in MSFS but they also shouldn’t be nearly impossible to see, either. Especially the strobes, which should be very bright at all times.

[Simpilot4072]

Unfortunately not

[Jumbopilot]

Not only the strobes, LED navigation lights are also very bright IRL.

[Simpilot4072]

I agree they should be

[Uzura2203]

Struggling to accept the fact that this still isn’t fixed! Surely it’s a simple fix but has quite an impact on immersion.

[tankibenc]

Yea, all my lights are on and yet you can’t tell that the nav is even on

[Saurer01]

So the devstream didn’t sound like there is a fix coming anytime soon