Update on this issue:
The problem appears to be that the number of entries in the [LIGHTS] section of the the aircraft.cfg seems to be overpowering the FS lighting display engine. If you do the following, this will (hopefully) fix it:
- in the [LIGHTS] section, find the line:
light.13=4, 43.8, 0, 4.3, fx_vclight
- put a semicolon (;) at the start of the line. FS then can't see this line. It will then apply its display capability to another effect, which will be the starboard splash effect. (There are 2 other VC light effects so it shouldn't make a difference.)
Worked for me!
