Saab 340: Panel Lights Non-Functional

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
The panel lights in the Saab 340 are non-functional. The dials that control their intensity turn, but do not change the intensity of the lights, which appears to be stuck at 0%.

Did you experience this issue before you joined the Beta?
No

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
Saab 340

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
No 3rd-Party or Community Addons (default installation) / Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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

  1. In free flight, choose the Saab 340, select a parking spot at any airport, select (for convenience) clears skies at midnight local time.
  2. Start the flight. Skip the walkaround & enter the aircraft. Turn off the pilot flashlight.
    (Note that some switches are illuminated, but that is a separate bug).
  3. Either manually start the engines or use the Engine AutoStart command.
  4. Note that background illumination for switches and glass displays are illuminated. (Screenshot #1)
  5. Turn the Pilots Panel light dial (to the left of the Floodlight dial) to 100%. Note that nothing happens. (Screenshot #2)
  6. Re-orientate your view to the overhead panel (Screenshot #3)
  7. Turn the Panel Lights (Center of panel), OVHD Panel Lights & Panel Lights (left-hand side of panel) dials to 100%. Note that nothing happens. (Screenshots 4, 5, 6)

Expected behavior: Non-glass gauges and switches etc. have illumination sufficient to be able to use them at night.
Actual behavior: Non-glass gauges and switches remain dark. Aircraft cannot be flown without using either the pilot flashlight or setting the floodlight to 100% in order to see the gauges & switches during ground operations or in-flight.

YOUR SETTINGS

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

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Developer Mode is Off / No changes

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v32.0.101.6314)

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

Expand to see my basic PC specs:
Item Setting
CPU i7-12700K (no overclocking or undervolting)
RAM 32 GB 5200 MHz DDR5 CL40 RAM
GPU Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v32.0.101.6314)
Peripherals Microsoft USB Natural Keyboard, Microsoft USB Wireless Intellimouse Explorer, Xbox 360 Wired Controller, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
OS Windows 11 Pro 24 H2 v26100.3194 + all OS updates.
MSFS 2024 Edition MS Store Premium Deluxe + all WUs & CUs
Downloaded Content None (i.e., all Streamed)
Build Version SU3 v1.5.3.0
3rd-Party & Community Addons None

No performance-improving applications are installed (e.g. for CPU or GPU improvements).
Neither the Intel Arc Control Service or Arc Control App is running.

Expand to see my graphics settings
Item Setting
Display Mode Full Screen
HDR10 On
Exposure Compensation EV -1
Full Screen Res 3840 x 2160
Anti-Aliasing TAA
Render scaling 65 (Resolution: 2496 x 1404)
AMD FidelityFX Sharpening 150
Max Frame Rate On
Max Frame Rate Value 60
Frame Generation AMD FSR 3
Framerate Multiplier 2x
VSync Off (N/A)
VSync Interval Half refresh rate (N/A)
Dynamic Settings On
Frame Rate Target 60
- -
Global Rendering Quality Custom
Terrain LOD 400
Off Screen Terrain Pre-Cache Ultra
Displacement Mapping On
Buildings High
Trees Medium
Plants Medium
Rocks Medium
Grass Medium
Object LOD 200
Volumetric Clouds Ultra
Texture Resolution Medium
Anisotropic Filtering 4x
Water Waves Medium
Raytraced Shadows On
Shadow Maps 2048
Terrain Shadows 512
Contact Shadows High
Windshield Effects High
Ambient Occulsion High
Cubemap Reflections 256
Raymarched Reflections Medium
Light Shafts Ultra
Depth of Field Off
Motion Blur Off
Glass Cockpit Refresh Rate High
Characters Quality Medium
Traffic Airport Quality Low
Air Traffic Medium
Road Traffic Medium
Sea Traffic Medium
Fauna High
Expand to see my other settings
Item Setting
Online Tab
Photogrammetry On
Aircraft Traffic Type Real-Time Online
Air Traffic in Career Off
Live Weather On
Multiplayer Off
Multiplayer Servers West USA
Show MP aircraft in close proximity Off
Rolling Cache On @ 16GB
Bandwidth Unlimited
Advanced Options
Developer Mode Off
Flight Model Modern

MEDIA

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[END OF FIRST USER REPORT]


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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
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I don’t want to pollute your bug report but this may be related…I cannot seem to get the “Elec” warning lamp on the main panel to extinguish no matter what I try. I see it lit up on your screen shots too. Either Ctrl-E or manual startup via the check lists the lamp remains lit. I’m wondering if this is related to the “inop” inverter switch and the fact that the inverter lamp is always lit. Or is it user error?

I know you posted this 9 days ago, but this is indeed due to the inop inverter switch, which has its own thread. If you use Axis and Ohs or Spad, you can bind the inverter switch and the Elec alert extinguishes, check out this post: [MSFS2024] Saab 340B - #191 by RPGamerous

I can report that switching the inverter on has no effect on the light intensity, which is also bugged for me.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes, I have the same issue. Then integrated “Panel” knob on the overhead has no effect, neither via mouse manipulation nor via associated events I found with Axis and Ohs and dev mode. EDIT: The lighting knobs to the left of the Panel knob, “Digits” and “CTR PNLS,” also seem to have no effect tested in the same manner.

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• This issue occurs with an empty Community folder, as well as with addons loaded.

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