Author Topic: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?  (Read 4056 times)

jeff3163

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Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« on: April 05, 2011, 10:38:23 PM »
Is this the way it should be?  I was flying around MTM, and on one of the little islands is a beacon light.  I went to it, and there was no supporting structure for the light.  Just a flashing light in mid air.  Am I seeing it the way it is intended, or is the supporting tower not showing up?  I've seen alot of beacons, and they usually are mounted on pylons or some pole, etc.  This one is just floating in the air. 

edit-Ok, a quick recon of the area and I find there are several "floating lights".  Some are green, some are white, some are red.  Some are on islands, some are just out in the middle of the water.  I guess it is alright.  I just never noticed them before. 

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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2011, 12:44:55 PM »
Give us some coordinates, or are the ones in the map screen shot the only ones involved? That way we can check them out.  Sounds like you may be missing the objects (towers, bouys) from your scenery library.  If we can do a fly-by it will confirm if it is a problem with the scenery or localized to your system.
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« Last Edit: April 06, 2011, 12:46:36 PM by spud »
Later,

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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2011, 01:50:07 PM »
Jeff,
did not wait, checked out the Lat/Lon on your map and found the following:

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Day shot with navigation tower on island


Night shot of tower with light flashing


I think your problem may be that you have not installed the latest patch for ORBX: Pacific Fjords FTXNAPFJ_001.zip and/or possible the latest ORBX library: FTXORBXLIBS_110315.  Remember that after installing the PFJ patch you have to install the latest library from ORBX AGAIN after the patch.  Be sure you set FTXCentral to North America just to be safe.
These towers are part of the update by Holger to PFJ adding many water navigation features to PFJ.
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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2011, 01:50:55 PM »
Here's a shot of what's there!

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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2011, 01:53:19 PM »
Ha!
beat ya by 48 seconds Dex!
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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 03:37:50 PM »
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Re: Floating, flashing light . . . but no tower?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2011, 08:57:07 PM »
Thanks everyone.  Yes, I knew that, but didn't follow through this time.  I've never seen the result of it until now, I guess.  Or didn't know what I was missing.  I hope this helps someone else, having the same problem too.  I'm headed to the zipfile repository to re-install my 110315. (Hmm, maybe I should make sure that's the latest one!)  Off to Orbx then. 

edit- Yes, 110315 is currently the latest version.  Thanks again everyone.

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