Eloge2lafuite wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 12:07 pm Is it possible to develop a function that allows to force the lighting on or off ?

Yes, it's called SODE and has been available for quite some time. Many releases use it's functions and it's freely available for anyone to implement. A Google search will turn up more information.

Yes, Lumberjack will work the same in P3D as it did in FSX. The only caution is if there is an airport in P3D that has been moved from the FSX location, then Lumberjack may not have the same benefit.

Yes, design the necessary MDL files for what you want to see and then control them as SimObjects, instead of scenery objects. Sim Object Display Engine aka SODE allows the conditional display of SimObjects.

If you want to change the water classification, make a new file to do that. Water is just like land, as far as classification is concerned. P3D would see a new WC file in the scenery library, properly structured and use those settings for display. SBuilderX can be used to make replacement water clas...

1. Yes and 2.No, kinda There are decompilers available that will generate XML code from the BGL files for airports, the APX#####.bgl files. From there you can manipulate/mine the data as you wish. Another option is to use the MakeRWYs tool by the devloper of FSUIPC. It will generate runways, parking...

If you can "make do" with a free option, look up FSXWX. Takes a couple of minutes to setup, but works well for my needs.

Did I mention it's FREE, but there is a donation link on the dev's site.

Look at SODE, Sim Object Display Engine (iirc) which will allow conditional display of SimObjects, such as lights. Control extends to time of day, weather, distance, radio tuning and probably more. There's a sub-forum at FSDeveloper and the developer of SODE has his own site, which has further infor...

Texture(s) does not equal traffic. Road(s) does not equal traffic. Traffic is a separate part of the scenery construct. Unless you add vector files that place Freeway Traffic into an area, there is nothing else to be added to do similar. You can have traffic without roads, just as you can have waves...

Turn off the 3D vegetation.

Others are bound to disagree, but unless you have a need to use that method, don't. Otherwise use the scenery library.

XML-based addition is great for things that might go into the default folders, but can now be done in a manner different from previous versions of FSX/P3D.

IMHO, of course.

It's not necessary that they match. The rendering is based upon the layer #. The area # is really just a recording of when the entry was added.

I believe traffic files can go into any active scenery folder and still be recognized/utilized. It also keeps them out of the default folder structure, should updates or uninstall/reinstall come along. Same for airport elevation change files, they can (and should IMO) be placed into a separate scene...

I *think* I read that since P3D4 is 64 bit that it writes to a different section of the registry than what a 32 bit application would. So if the installer is looking in the wrong place, you most likely will have to wait for updated installers.

That is how default light objects are displayed for airports. Been that way since, forever?

The displays what is entered in the Prepar3D.cfg file, under [TextInfo.1], [TextInfo.2] and [TextInfo.3]. Any changes to what is in the .cfg file is used and it's easy to add back the altitude listing for [TextInfo.3], just copy the line from [TextInfo.1]. I do believe that by default altitude is pa...