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I have a logo that I copied from the VA website that I belong to (with permission). When I put it in the aircraft texture file it shows up fine, but at night it looks iluminated even with the AC powered down and all lighting off. I checked the properties of the layer I used to put it in with and can see nothing different than any other layer. Any ideas what happening here and how to correct it.

Pk

Well, if the aircraft includes a night texture (any texture ending with _L) then you need to put it in there and "turn it down" so to speak.  Darken it a bit, and turn down the contrast.  That will blend it into the surrounding fuselage some more.  All the night textures (anything with the _L) will need to be edited if you have changed the main texture somehow.

If this doesn't make sense, or you can't make it work, try posting a shot of the problem (include the name of the aircraft, where you got it and who made it!) so we can get a better idea of what's going on.

Thanks for the info, it does have a night texture, will work on it and see if I can make it work,

This is the problem

Looks like the _L file is missing the correct Alpha Channel.

Okey doke you say so LOL. Well time to do some research on the lighting and alpha channel and see what I messed up or what to do to fix it, Since I dpnt understand the L files al that well.

Thanks for the help

Pk

"Since I dpnt understand the L files al that well."
Most of us  are in this category  :D
One can learn much by viewing existing work including night Alpha Channels.

Perhaps it's as simple as copying a good set of Extended files/with Alpha from a similar model. Here's a sample:



N.B. Check out the Alpha Channel Where the Alpha is dark the model will render it light (Black=White).