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The B-52's exterior lights in WOE are way off kilter. Does anyone know of a fix for this pesky irritant? Thank You for taking the time to read this.

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Hi phasers, you can find the coordinates for each light in the data.ini of the plane, no idea if someone has an ready to go fix for this prob

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Be sure to back up your B-52 data file first.

 

Once that is done try putting the system names with the appropriate component, [Fuselage], [LeftWing], etc...

 

 

SystemName[xxx]=LandingLightR1

SystemName[xxx]=LandingLightR2
SystemName[xxx]=RightLandingLight
SystemName[xxx]=LeftLandingLight
SystemName[xxx]=TopFuselageLight
SystemName[xxx]=BottomFuselageLight
SystemName[xxx]=RightOutriggerLandingLight
SystemName[xxx]=RightWingTipStrobe
SystemName[xxx]=LeftOutriggerLandingLight
SystemName[xxx]=LeftWingTipStrobe
SystemName[xxx]=TailLight1
SystemName[xxx]=TailLight2

 

...then put the lights below at the end of the data file and see how it works.

 

 

// Lights -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
[LeftWingTipStrobe]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=-28.077,-11.3,-1.0
LightSrcOffset=-0.00,0.00,0.00
Color=0.88,0.25,0.25
Brightness=0.09
LightSrcRange=0.9
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.30
 
[RightWingTipStrobe]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=28.077,-11.3,-1.0
LightSrcOffset=-0.00,0.00,0.00
Color=0.25,0.88,0.25
Brightness=0.09
LightSrcRange=0.9
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.30
 
[TailLight1]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=0.0,-26.21,8.177
LightSrcOffset=0.20,0.00,0.00
Color=0.88,0.25,0.25
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcRange=1.0
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.70
 
[TailLight2]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=0.0,-26.21,8.077
LightSrcOffset=0.20,0.00,0.00
Color=0.25,0.88,0.25
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcRange=1.0
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.70
 
[TopFuselageLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.09
Position=0.0,10.00,2.21
LightSrcOffset=0.0,0.0,0.0
LightSrcRange=0.5
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.70
 
[bottomFuselageLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.09
Position=0.0,4.50,-1.933
LightSrcOffset=0.0,0.0,0.0
LightSrcRange=0.5
CanFlash=TRUE
FlashTime=0.70
 
[LandingLightR1]
SystemType=Light
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.12
Position=1.07,8.07,-2.233
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=65.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE
 
[LandingLightR2]
SystemType=Light
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.12
Position=1.12,8.07,-2.233
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=75.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE
 
[RightLandingLight]
SystemType=Light
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.17
Position=1.777,8.25,-1.5
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=85.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE
 
[LeftLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.12
Position=-1.8,10.633,-1.5
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=85.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE
 
[LeftOutriggerLandingLight]
SystemType=Light
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.12
Position=-19.647,-9.033,-1.700
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=65.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE
 
[RightOutriggerLandingLight]
SystemType=Light
Color=0.88,0.88,0.88
Brightness=0.12
Position=19.647,-9.033,-1.700
LightSrcOffset=2.6046,49.0560,3.50
LightSrcRange=150
LightRange=65.0
CanFlash=FALSE
LightNodeName=LandingLight
IsLandingLight=TRUE

 

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Try the B-52 thats in my Test Range map for SF1 

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