Orbx FTX Global - Day/Night Transition

FSX/P3D. John Venema of Orbx has posted more information regarding FTX Global and the programs day to night transition capabilities. Basically, as per John, "use FTX Day to save FPS in FTX regions and disable dawn/day/dusk lights in Global. Use FTX Night to enable all lights in both products.". See inside for further information.

John's explanation of the lighting system as it relates to Orbx FTX products:
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FTX Day = Lights in FTX Global at night only - no lights in FTX scenery

FTX Night = Lights in FTX Global always on 24/7 - lights at dawn/dusk/night only in FTX scenery

 

So the purpose is the same; use FTX Day to save FPS in FTX regions and disable dawn/day/dusk lights in Global. Use FTX Night to enable all lights in both products.

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Moreover, John goes on to explain the differences between the old lighting and new lighting systems as well as addresses performance:

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The main difference with Global is the vastly increased density of the lighting without an FPS penalty. I found perhaps 1-2FPS difference over Boston with autogen set to Extremely Dense switching from FTX Day to FTX Night. To me that is almost no penalty, and to be honest I don't even think the performance varies 2FPS, perhaps 1FPS. Because the lights are just autogen now without lightpole polygons and .fx calls, the performance is now related completely to your PC's autogen performance. Another benefit of this is the ability to reduce the level of lighting simply by using your autogen density sliders.

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Transition day to night with FTX Night active - Belfast:

 

 

 

 

 



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