Supercarrier number lights.

[Taruk Makto]

How do you light up the carrier lights for the vessel number. Is it automatic or keyboard switch? I can't get it to work.

 

Like this...

[Minsky]

46 minutes ago, Taruk Makto said:

How do you light up the carrier lights for the vessel number. Is it automatic or keyboard switch? I can't get it to work.

AFAIK this argument is not tied to anything in DCS (yet?)

Can be forced via liveries tho:

DCS_Lighted_island_hull_number_240922-1.zip

 

      

[Nealius]

Should come on whenever the carrier is in night CASE III conditions, which should be 30 minutes prior to sunset until 30 minutes after sunrise.

[Taruk Makto]

Sweet. That works nice Minsky. Thanks for your help.

[Taruk Makto]

Thanks Nealius. I tried to get it to work using several different times. Is it only case III due to night landing? I made a custom category 3 hurricane "Case IV" mission with max wind speeds and cross winds, but the lights don't come on even though the mission time is 9:30pm. Everything else lights up fine. The carrier is Roosevelt CVN 71.

[Minsky]

35 minutes ago, Nealius said:

Should come on whenever the carrier is in night CASE III conditions

No, not really. They may use it on special occasions, but normally it's off. A lot of exposure for no practical effect.

[Jackjack171]

58 minutes ago, Taruk Makto said:

Thanks Nealius. I tried to get it to work using several different times. Is it only case III due to night landing? I made a custom category 3 hurricane "Case IV" mission with max wind speeds and cross winds, but the lights don't come on even though the mission time is 9:30pm. Everything else lights up fine. The carrier is Roosevelt CVN 71.

To be honest, the lights are only used in-port. They should never be on for flight operations, nor did we turn them on at sea. It's like a big "Eat at Joe's" sign out there in the pitch black.

[Nealius]

13 hours ago, Minsky said:

No, not really. They may use it on special occasions, but normally it's off. A lot of exposure for no practical effect.

I forgot this was the Forrestal. The lights only come on when somebody's landing during CASE III, but not for long. I recall the other carriers being lit up for a lot longer at night. Talking DCS-specific observations here. No clue what they do IRL.

[Taruk Makto]

On 9/24/2022 at 11:55 PM, Jackjack171 said:

To be honest, the lights are only used in-port. They should never be on for flight operations, nor did we turn them on at sea. It's like a big "Eat at Joe's" sign out there in the pitch black.

I just wanted to have them on for film making purposes. The livery solution works well enough for this purpose.

[Taruk Makto]

On 9/25/2022 at 12:16 PM, Nealius said:

I forgot this was the Forrestal. The lights only come on when somebody's landing during CASE III, but not for long. I recall the other carriers being lit up for a lot longer at night. Talking DCS-specific observations here. No clue what they do IRL.

I don't even have the Forrestal in my carrier list (latest DCS Open Beta).

[Minsky]

55 minutes ago, Taruk Makto said:

I don't even have the Forrestal in my carrier list (latest DCS Open Beta).

Untick that little wristwatch icon at the bottom: