Hidden surprises of fs

[Moach]

just now i was flying random headings at southern australia (YAPD) and i saw something REALLY cool

did you know there are SHOOTING STARS at night on fs?

maybe it was a graphical glitch, but i like to think the other way.

it was too fast for me to take a screenshot of it, so i took a screenshot without it and tried to recriate it so you can see how it looked:



this is just a simulation but i'm telling you it looked just lake that

[MattNW]

I haven't noticed the shooting stars but I did see the Borealis Australis (Southern Lights). Wonder what other goodies are hidden in the program?

[Ronnie]

Aurora Borealis. (The Northern Lights)  ;D

[loomex]

yes, there are shooting stars, both the nothern and southern lights and fireworks on Las Vegas and Washington D.C. (4th of July)

[Cherokee_6]

I wonder if you had done an instant replay, if you would have seen it again? Sometimes if I notice something kinda funky I will do a replay and then slow it down so that I can get the screenshot that I want.

Cool to know!

[codered]

Does FS record your flights without making any settings?  I have never looked at a replay of a flight.  It might be kind of cool to see that terrific landing once again or something like that.  

[Craig.]

just goto the menu bar then there is an instant replay option which will go back over the flight to a set time, i dont know the maximum amount though i'm afraid

[Cherokee_6]

just goto the menu bar then there is an instant replay option which will go back over the flight to a set time, i dont know the maximum amount though i'm afraid

I do this all the time! Its very cool to watch a reply of your landing or takeoff. You can switch between all the views too and look at it from every different angle...

[Ronnie]

I always watch my landings on the instant replay, just to see how much I f***** them up. It's usually fairly interesting, especially in a crosswind.

[BFMF]

I've seen the fx files for the shooting stars so they ARE implimented into FS2002, but i've never seen one. I wonder if it's possible to change the frequency of how often they appear???

[JamFree]

i saw a white beam in Las Vegas. I didnt see any fireworks, though. How do i get to Washington D.C.?!?!?!?[img]C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\James\My%20Documents\My%20Pictures\Line[/img]

[DanielF]

Go to Ronald Reagan Washington Natl.  Washington's right across the river.  You can't miss it!  ;)

[Liam]

I've seen fireworks beofre...i believe it was when i was doing that Las vegas set helicopter flight, maybe you always see them on that or maybe it was coincidence.

[loomex]

The White Beam in Las Vegas is from the top of the
Luxor Hotel/casino. The fireworks occure at the same time every night I believe. The ones in Washington DC occur on Julty 4th

[JerryKGSP]

When I first started simming back in January, I was flying one of the training flights out of Everett Washing and missed a marker for a turn.  I flew on for about 45 minutes toward Alaska and saw a hot air bloon (in the dark) and also a shooting star.  Was a pleasant suprize!!