On The Glideslope

Category: Night Environment

  • ORBX, UTX, & Taburet Night Lighting Comparisons

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    I took a night flight to try to compare the ORBX Global, UTX, and Taburet night lighting environments. Scenery layering can be a challenge with this, but I believe I successfully started with ORBX, then went to UTX, then went to UTX and Taburet together. Overall I think the best solution of these would be…

  • Black Marble

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    I’m a big fan of Chris Bell’s fantastic Night Environment add-on for P3D, which brings realistic “to the horizon” night lighting environments to the simulator. You can see a video of me flying in his Pennsylvania package here. So it’s natural that I’m excited about Chris’s latest project, Black Marble, which will bring highly detailed…

  • Night Flying Over Southeast Pennsylvania

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    A new video, this of a night flight over Southeast Pennsylvania, with an aborted approach at KPHL and a brief stop at Wings Field for a virtual cup of coffee. We finish where we began, at Brandywine Airport. The lighting is courtesy Night Environment’s Pennsylvania package. It can hit your framerates, but is much better…