panel light in virtual cockpit

[dhabibe]

is it just me or do people just often forget to add light to the virtual cockpit?  i like to use the VC at night but without any lights for the instrument panel it's useless. how can i add light to the VIRTUAL cockpit to light up the instrument panel.  pls let me know or send me any links to help me with this.

thanks

DAN

[packercolinl]

Are you talking about the default aircraft? Did you turn the panel lights on before you shifted to Virtual?
I've tried a few just now and they work fine

[dhabibe]

NO.  The panel light on the default planes that come with the FS2002 work fine in the virtual cockpit.  I'm talking mainly about planes i download from the web.  Seems people forget to add a light source for the intrument panel in the the VIRTUAL cockpit and it becomes pitch dark in there at night without it.    

let me know

[ozzy72]

Check in the aircraft.cfg file if under [LIGHTS ] a line like this has been added;

light.x = 4,  xx.xx,   0.00,  x.xx, fx_vclight ,

If not add it where x is the number e.g. if the preceeding line is light.6 make this one light.7, and then play around with the x co-ordinates to get it right.

Ozzy

[dhabibe]

ill go ahead and try that. thanks man!