luminous fs9 panel in fsx

[okbob]

I have been placing some FS9 aircraft in FSX.

Although they work fine in FS9, in FSX the luminous gauges show luminous, even with the panel lights off.
I've read the FSX SDK, but have not discerned an answer.

Does anyone know whether there is a setting I need to add to the panel config file, so that the luminous gauges stay "dark" until I turn on the panel lights?

Thank you for your attention.

[fxsttcb]

I'm pretty sure that is coded in the gauges themselves. Bright="Yes", Luminous="Yes" can both contribute.
The Luminous flag, I believe, is controlled in the sim by time of day(not sure).

AFAIK, the panel/cockpit light variable doesn't affect the gauges unless it is specifically coded in the gauge to do so.

In the VC gauge illumination is usually done with a VC texture, xxxx_l.bmp, that has "light" spots that coincide with the gauge's position.
I don't remember, right off the top of my head which RGB color(0,0,0 - 255,255,255), but, the VC lighting is controlled by the xxxx_l.bmp's Alpha channel.
White or Black to turn it on/off with the Nav Lights and, IIRC, the opposite color ties it to the Landing Lights.

n4gix(Bill) is the master of lighting and can probably explain it better than I...Don

[okbob]

Don, thanks for your thoughts. I'm using only the 2-D panel.

The luminous settings are, indeed, in the gauges. And the gauges work properly in FS9 -when the panel lights are off, the gauges are lit only according to the night colors. When the panel lights are turned on, then luminous works too (in the gauges that have luminous=yes). But only in FS9.

When I put the same panel and gauges in FSX, the gauges with luminous ALWAYS display luminous, regardless of whether the panel lights are on or off. Strange behavior. And it is the case with both of the FS9 aircraft that I have so far put into FSX.

Again, thanx for the help.