chaos Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I noticed in some of the videos that the runway edge- and approach lights are visible from all angles. In real life these lights only become visible if one enters a rather narrow cone around the extended centerline of the runway (within approx. 10 degrees on either side). There are standards set for these sort of things. It's no biggie but I wondered if that could be fixed before release (I realize there are probably a lot more pressing issues to be dealt with...). "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Well is really depends on the airport. The airport where I am currently located has lights that are visible 360 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warthogmadman987 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I am sure that it depends whether the airfield is located in a hostile terrain, correct? That would be the only legit reason I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 The airport where I am currently located has lights that are visible 360 degrees. In that case; disregard all after "I noticed..." :) "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litjan Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi fellow simmers, first post, been lurking for a while :).. I agree, it´s probably further down the list for fixing, but since I fly for a living and have seen and landed at hundreds of airports around the world I wanted to add my 2 cents here: Most airports have directional runway lights of various intensity that are in fact pretty much focused into the approach-direction (kinda like headlights in a car). It is really hard to spot a runway at night from the side if you are further away. For that reason they also usually have small lights on top of the directional lights to aid with keeping the runway in view while doing visual or circling approaches at night, but these can´t be seen from a larger distance. There are also flashing pairs of lights (omniderectional) at some runways to aid in spotting the runway ends (REIL). I am not that familiar with the lighting-layout of purely military airfields in the C.I.S., having used only major international airports there. There is a misconception about the runway lights of major airports being absolutely bright and brilliant - in fact when approaching an airport within a well-lit city at night the easiest way to spot it is to look for a dark area within all the lights :). What shines out furthest is usually the flood-lights of the tarmac or loading-areas... The runway lights are usually kept to a lower level to not blind the pilots, they will only be turned up to full intensity during heavy fog. On a related note, did anyone else notice that the reflection of the anti-collision light on the black shark seems to be clearly visible on some airport structures during bright daylight, even when the source (KA-50) is hundreds of meters away in some of the movies? That´s another thing to tone down, in my opinion, but then again, merely a cosmetic touch. Looking forward to the revival of the study-flight-sim-genre, Litjan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellonet Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome to the forums Litjan! i7-2600k@4GHz, 8GB, R9 280X 3GB, SSD, HOTAS WH, Pro Flight Combat Pedals, TIR5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Especially for mil. airbases there's a need to keep a low-vis profile. In some of the videos you can make out the runway for many miles, even when you're abeam. Welcome Litjan... maybe we should team up for a "runway lights mod." :) "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litjan Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the warm welcome! Runway-lights mod sounds good, chaos ;) - but I really don´t know how military airfields do the lighting during times of conflict. I am sure there would be some sort of black-out-policy in place, with maybe some very dim lights on at night? Then again they would certainly be well defended, so maybe there is no need to be stealthy? However, in times of accurate navigation and night-vision systems how important is keeping out the lights really nowadays? Interesting questions, but as stated before, low on the list of important issues to fix. Greetings, Litjan Edited July 29, 2008 by Litjan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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