Aurora Borealis

[flyboy 28]

In my six years flying the "modern" Flight Sims, (98-FS9) I have never encountered the Northern Lights. Until tonight.





If anyone wants to check this out I wrote down some info as to what was set:

Clear weather (theme)
August 24, 2006
1:01AM Local time
N61* 20.64'
W5* 8.06'
FL: 590
HDG: 236

Enjoy.

James

[MIKE JG]

Go into the FS9/Effects folder and look at some of the names for the effects files.  Some strange stuff in there including the Northern Lights.  There's even an effect and coresponding texture file for a shooting star, but I've yet to see that either.

[flyboy 28]

As a matter of fact I saw a few shooting stars as well. Set the simulation rate to 16x or up and Slew faaaaaar away from the tower, and zoom out as far as you can. You'll see a few.

[Mobius]

I saw them the other day for the first time in quite a few years too, weird.

[BFMF]

I first saw the northern lights back when I got FS2002. I've never seen a shooting star though

[Fitter]

I found it once...Its so beautiful...Its usual when you fly at Murmansk at dusk....Winter

[Flying Homer]

I saw the northern light when I was making my previous contest screenshot.  Its very nice

Never seen a shooting star

[Alphajet_Enthusiast]

I remember my thread when I first saw the Aurora in Flightim (after 5 years of simming ) above Alaska, was flying the Captainsim E-3A then.  :)

Great shots, its quite an experience even if its virtual!  ;)

[The_Joker_Flyer]

Asa  matter of fact i only discovered the northern lights last wek myself!!! vVery exciting it was  ;D  :P

[Radopilot]

In this Simviation database there is an effects file which alows you u make a shooting star and other stuff appear when you use the smoke system  ;)

[Woodlouse2002]

I've never fully understood how people never see the Northern Lights. I first saw them in FS2002 less than a week after I brought it simply by setting up the flight time and place right. Almost any flight after dark in the extreme high and low latitudes in Spring or Autumn will give you northern/southern lights.


However, I saw them for real this summer in Norway.

[Woodlouse2002]

And the effect that always had me wondering was the texture file called "Tracer".

[BFMF]

And the effect that always had me wondering was the texture file called "Tracer".

Are you sure it didn't come from an addon? I don't see an effect with that filename in my effects folder.


fx_dustcloud sounds interesting also

[Woodlouse2002]

Are you sure it didn't come from an addon? I don't see an effect with that filename in my effects folder.


fx_dustcloud sounds interesting also

As I said it was in the effects texture file in FS2002.

[flyboy 28]

fx_dustcloud sounds interesting also

Sounds like something used for rotorwash in helos.