BobSeaman Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Anyone know of any good pics of military "glow" light panels at night? I'm goofing around with the CORAL F-15 Eagle and trying to get these panels to look right at night. These are the yellow "formation" panels on the nose, wings, and sometimes tails of modern jets. On the CORAL F-15, the panels are controlled by two BMP files (illum and illum_L). The night "glow" effect is a combination of both BMP files (which also have alpha channels) and I've had some success painting the section of illum_L for the panels a bright blue-ish teal color (using a "spray paint" effect to give the night-glow a bit of a 3D effect). The result comes out as a bright kinda lime green effect which is nice, but is it accurate? :confused: As far as I can tell, the yellow panels glow in a greenish teal color at night but an actual picture or first-hand description would save me some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 A few seconds with Bing: Is that what you wanted? Or do you want one from, like say, FSX? Does that help? Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSeaman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Does that help? Pat☺ Its appreciated, just not what I expected. :p I did six years in the Navy (subs) back in the 80's and 90's and I was racking the old brain trying to remember if I ever saw those lights at night. For some reason I always thought they glowed green/teal. Now, its back to the drawing board.. :rolleyes: I didn't want to goof around with the alpha channel for the night color, but I may have to. Like I said, the night color is actually a combination of the two BMPs and I don't know what you mix with yellow to get white? Anyway, thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 and I don't know what you mix with yellow to get white? No idea. I'm about as artistic as a slug. :D The top picture, by the way, is a real F/A-18C at night, so I'd bet it's about right. The bottom is from the FSDT F/A-18C v16.1. I'll grant you, the FSDT bird may not be perfect yet. They've been working much more on the FDE and FCS than pretty pictures. The cockpit has problems with some lights too. I seem to recall the F-4 Phantom II's were pretty much the old "glow in the dark" green color, like a radium watch dial. They've been changing over the years. I think the more yellow-ish colors they're heading towards may have to do with the night-vision systems they use nowadays. I don't know. How to mix channels, and colors, and such is over my head. Like the ISS is over my head :D Could you take a .bmp from a plane that's close to real, and "take it apart" to see how they did it? Or just use it? I don't know the legalities of that sort of thing... I wish you the best of luck though :) OH! I meant to mention: Very classy name you have :p :D Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 OH! I meant to mention: Very classy name you have :p :D Pat☺ +1. Sorta reminds me of that old underwater naval vessel joke! Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish3 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 No idea. I'm about as artistic as a slug. :D The top picture, by the way, is a real F/A-18C at night, so I'd bet it's about right. The bottom is from the FSDT F/A-18C v16.1. I'll grant you, the FSDT bird may not be perfect yet. They've been working much more on the FDE and FCS than pretty pictures. The cockpit has problems with some lights too. I seem to recall the F-4 Phantom II's were pretty much the old "glow in the dark" green color, like a radium watch dial. They've been changing over the years. I think the more yellow-ish colors they're heading towards may have to do with the night-vision systems they use nowadays. I don't know. How to mix channels, and colors, and such is over my head. Like the ISS is over my head :D Could you take a .bmp from a plane that's close to real, and "take it apart" to see how they did it? Or just use it? I don't know the legalities of that sort of thing... I wish you the best of luck though :) OH! I meant to mention: Very classy name you have :p :D Pat☺ Virtavia C-17 uses them, they are called out as "formation lights" in the [lights] section,but I use Shock wave lighting, so might not be usable. FS9 and X. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSeaman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 +1. Sorta reminds me of that old underwater naval vessel joke! That old joke would be me. :D Lesson #1 in submarine service- NEVER take yourself too seriously. :pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSeaman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 I seem to recall the F-4 Phantom II's were pretty much the old "glow in the dark" green color, like a radium watch dial. They've been changing over the years. I think the more yellow-ish colors they're heading towards may have to do with the night-vision systems they use nowadays. I don't know. I do accurate re-paints of B-52s using the old Alphasim G and H models that I converted to FS2002. Yeah, sometimes things are time-dependent, imagine researching a paint job on a plane that's 60 years old.. "Well, they DID repaint it a couple of times. I think.." :rolleyes: I'd like to keep the BMPs close to what CORAL intended. The "mixed BMP" effect looks good at night but I could also sleaze-out and just do the night color with a non-blending alpha channel. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightowl702 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Go on to youtube and search for "Red Flag night ops". There you will see several aircraft operating with the formation lights on and you should be able to get a feel for the "glow in the dark" green-blue color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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