I really don‘t know what‘s so difficult to fix this. I have created this post shortly after MSFS2024 was released.
Taxi-/Runway lighting works perfectly fine in FS2020. I don‘t know why no one at Asobo is caring about this, in my opinion, game breaking issue.
They don’t work perfectly fine in MSFS 2020! They are always on. That’s not how it works in real life. People specifically asked that they don’t be on during daytime and Asobo/Microsoft listened. The problem is, now in MSFS 2024, they lights don’t come on even under IFR conditions during daytime. This needs to be fixed, but the lights shouldn’t be on all the time.
As a compromise, perhaps Asobo could offer “Daylight Runway Lighting” as a menu selectable option?
Or add a code to have the airport lights on when IFR condition is reported? ATC picks that up so maybe it is not too much to ask to fix this properly?
Throw in pilot-controlled-lighting at smaller airfields.
Yes, as requesting ATC for daylight runway lighting isn’t limited to IFR conditions, (it’s also at the pilot’s discretion in other difficult conditions), a pilot controlled lighting option would be ideal.
We can discuss these lighting issues with runways and aircraft to death but it looks like they are not fixing these as it stands. Weren’t we supposed to get fixes in SU4? Amazes me how betas keep dropping with useless updates while a core sim issue continues to be neglected. Astonishing!
Hi,
I wonder if some third-party developer would be able to take care of this issue.
Maybe with pilot controlled lighting (PCL). I remember that in XP I was able to turn the lights on and off.
Would be willing to pay a small fee for such an addon.
I can’t roast anymore. The development team doesn’t understand the principle of runway light operation, let alone the visual performance of runway light in bad weather. That’s it, this game won’t change until death.
I agree.
It’s simply part of the ICAO regulations. Without being too sophisticated, it would be enough to program the runway lights connected to the airport bulletins, establishing that, for example, from 1,000 meters RVR and below, the runway scenario passes with the lights on.
The ATC accuracy would also need to be properly adjusted.