Autogen airports too dark

Hi,

That looks interesting, I’ll have to check it out.

Thanks for the heads up.

I still can’t believe this problem has not been resolved!! At the very least make it look like the taxiways are powered by more tha a 2 watt light bulb!!

I know there is a mod that adds the lights around the terminals. Problem is it clashes with some of my payware and freeware airports.

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It’s insane that there isn’t some basic solution to what is such a glaring shortcoming in the sim. Autogen terminals and gates are completely unusable at night.

I mean really, how hard would it be to add 1 position and 1 flood light to every autogen gate? Not the prettiest solution but effective.

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as I said before maybe it will be fixed in the new sim MSFS 2024
as you said it would be simple to write a script to add 1 flood light to every autogen gate for the whole sim at least for all major airport

So… As far as I read, this is not even an option for the world hub?

I can place lights at any airport easily. But:

  1. It’s tedious to do so prior to any flight.
  2. Doesn’t benefit anyone in my hard drive but me.

Yes, I know about the flightsim.to project, but adding it as a default option would reach more people.

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Has anyone seen any indication the ramp lighting will be improved in msfs 24? I’ve been searching videos but have not really seen anything.

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I’d like to know that as well, I always liked to fly at night IRL, it’s one of the reasons I stopped playing mfs2020.

They added a night flight rating in career mode for 2024, if it’s still unflyable at night at most airports what would be the purpose?

Fingers crossed they fixed this for November.

It will never be fixed - they want us to buy payware airports - thought it would be different than FS2020

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A typical example in MSFS 2024 v1.4.18.0. This is Port Said (HEPS). As per the OP, no apron / ramp night lighting, nor do the procedural buildings cast any light on the ground.

The representation of the interior lights of the terminals & tower are, IMO, extremely poor too (more like MSFS of ~ 20 years ago), but this would be a separate wish.

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All of that was supposed to be solved in 2024. Well that didn’t go so well, did it?

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I am so sad to see that it was a logged feedback from Sept 2020 but still never took into any development updates or sim updates. Really disappointed. What’s a big deal in just adding an auto gen apron light object just like you auto gen a windsock. Auto Gen apron lights obj between all the gates or parking spots to the least so that we can just move around during the night at your default airports. Voted and I really hope that pick it up fast, seen so many times Asobo picking up silly bugs/feedbacks but not the important ones!

This one has been omitted from the wish-list that is published every now and then. It has at this moment 604 votes.
I’m starting to believe that this is on purpose to force buying airports from the MSFS Market which Microsoft gets its commission on sales.

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