The positions of the lights are the problem.

This is an example of an CFg's light system

[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit
light.0=3, 8.50, -4.66, -2.496,  fx_navred ,
light.1=3, 8.50,  4.66, -2.496,  fx_navgre ,
light.2=3, -32.45,  0.00, 8.170,  fx_navwhi ,
light.3=1, -32.45,  0.00, 8.270,  fx_beacon ,
light.4=2,  -19.320,  0.00, -2.631,  fx_beacon ,
light.5=2,  -19.320,  0.00, -2.631,  fx_navred ,
light.6=4,   10.0,  -1.00, 0.5,  fx_vclight ,
light.7=4,   10.0,  1.00, 0.5,  fx_vclight ,

I am guessing as an example

light.0 (the light in question)=3 (means the type of light it is), 8.50, -466, - 2.496 (means the position the light will be displayed), and Fx_navred (means the texture chosen as the design of the displayed light)

Am i right about this. Because I am guessing at this.

I have an aircraft that is displaying lights in the wrong positions and I need to alter this light CFG to put them in their correct positions (which looks like it is going to be chore)

What I need to know is how do you move forward, back, left, right, up, and down the position of a light display?

I will try to get a screenshot to show what I am talking about. Then I will post it here to show what I am trying to do.

Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated! Thanking you in advance!

mav_316


In the above picture those red and green nav lights should be on the wings where the red and green lens are for them


In the above pic you will notice that the white strobe light is flashing from inside the exhaust pipe. I want to try to raise it up a little to display slightly more outside of the exhuast and more on top of the cover. then you have that white light that is suppose to be and the very tip of the back of the tail fin that needs to be repositioned as well!



In the above pic that red strobe is flashing on top of the rotor blades when it should be under the tail section on that red lens under the tail fins.

That is what I am trying to correct

The order is as follows:

front to back (Y axis) positive forward of and negative in back of the reference datum, side to side (X axis), negative is left and positive is right of the reference datum and up and down (Z axis) positive above and negative below the reference datum.

So 8.50 for the first figure places the light 8.50 feet forward of the reference datum.

-4.66 is 4.66 feet to the left of the reference datum.

-2.496 is 2.496 feet below the reference datum.

Lou

Thank you Silverfox and Lou,

This does definately help me out. Later tonight when I come back from work I will get to work on this helicopters light system! That was just the type of translation I needed. The clarifying from lou just saved me some more time from trial and error figuring out which way the numbers value made the light move.

Sincerely,

Mav (Sammy) 316

Absolutely!  In fact, if you go into the "Effects" folder of your FS and look at the names of all the *.fx files, you can put ANY of them in the light section and have them be activated by the lights system.  You could have a waterfall start off the aircraft when the lights turn on!

All FX files can be opened using Notepad, just like the *.cfg files.  But opening them won't always tell you what they do.  To find out exactly, just set up an effect at the end of the effects section in the aircraft.cfg and make it something like ten feet off on all three axes.  That way, you can see it even if it doesn't show up very well.  Now just start adding in the names of each FX file you see in there.

It doesn't need to be totally trial and error: go into the United plane's .cfg file, and find the names of the FX fles used in the [lights] section. Then you should get it pretty quick.

that last pic is awesome! you should put it in the pics section! and i have no idea about lights. but is that an AH-64 Apache?

I tried all of that microlight it didn't work. It seems that the rotating red light is part of the main landing light effect.

I notice when you shut off the main landing lights in the 737-522 the rotating light turns off. Then when you turn them on again, the main lights turn on then the rotating light turns on. That to me is an indication that their is another effect file attached to the main landing light.

Problem is I don't know where to look for the main landing light effect (as it is not listed in the lights section of the Aircraft CFG). Can you or someoneelse point me in the right direction to locate this file within the CFG or the effects folder itself?

drat so that means I can't copy and transfer the effect to my Huey.. dag 

website for the UH1 King Cobra is

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