Simviation Forum - "Pet Peeve" solution found

Aug 29^th, 2004 at 11:18am

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One of my little minor "pet peeves" with fs2004 was that at night when there are a lot of AI aircraft around along with yours....... all the beacons and strobes flashed in unison. This is NOT how it happens in the real world last time I checked. (Of course, I have never been to Redmond...... so maybe that is how things work out there in M$ land Wink

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Today by accident and not looking for it, I stumbled across a little 4K file by Scott Gridley. It replaces four fx_ files in the FS2004 main effects folder (back them up). It works WONDERS on the reality of the night sky!

Do a "Google" on the combination "Scott Gridley" and "strobe"... or search for "asynchronous_strobes_effects.zip". That should give you about 4-5 sources.

Hope this helps someone else make things closer to "as real as it gets". Grin

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.......................john

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Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2004 at 12:27pm

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hi john!

can´t you post some links here? i find it very exhausting searching such stuff on google Grin

greetz

that was a very informative post/ answer by me, Mr. Ray_Ban, and i send greetz with it, of course!!!

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Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2004 at 12:30pm

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heyhoh, folks, i got one, even found it on my own.... Grin

http://www.tradewind.org/TCA/files/asyncstr.zip

....puh, that was pretty exhausting....lol.... Grin

that was a very informative post/ answer by me, Mr. Ray_Ban, and i send greetz with it, of course!!!

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Reply #3 - Aug 29^th, 2004 at 12:41pm

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Thank you, the both of you. It was a pet peeve of mine, too. You're a lifesaver. Wink

Well, two lifesavers. Grin

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Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2004 at 9:16pm

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ashaman,

Hey no problem...... it makes an AMAZING difference, doesn't it?

Ray_Ban...... glad you managed to find it easily....time between posts on the subject.....about 3 minutes ...... Wink

. Sorry I didn't put up a link....thanks for doing it.

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.....................john

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Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2004 at 9:11am