Deactivate new Ext Lights

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michael1508
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Deactivate new Ext Lights

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Hi guys,

I remember, we can deactivate the new Ext Lights by removing the dll entry in the add-on.xml and adding a certain file somewhere in the FMGS folders.

What was that file again and where exactly?
Can I actually leave this file there, even if I want to use the new Ext Lights feature?

Background is, that I have buid a little batch file to toggle between 2 versions of the add-on.xml - one with JL Ext Lights included (for offline flying) and one with JL Lights excluded (for Vatsim compatibility).

Thanks,
Michael
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Michael

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Re: Deactivate new Ext Lights

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the file is: c:\A320FMGS\FMGS Server\ExtLights.ini
and inside it should as follows:

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[ExtLights]
useOldLights=yes
useNewLights=no
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Re: Deactivate new Ext Lights

Post by michael1508 »

Thanks.

And with that I can leave the addon.xml as is and don't have to delete the Ext lights component, I assume?

Thanks for confirmation.
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Michael

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Re: Deactivate new Ext Lights

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Correct
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Re: Deactivate new Ext Lights

Post by michael1508 »

I just realized, that if you are running JL on a dedicated server pc, the ExtLights.ini file needs to be in the FMGS Server folder of the server pc, not the main sim pc.

Just thought, I share, in case someone else is lokking for this.
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Michael

P3D v5.4 | Skalarki | 3 projector 180° screen | i9-13900k | RTX 4080
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