Is there a simple fix to this?

[Sid2008]

Hi,
Is there anybody here who makes aircraft in FSDS? If so, I have a simple question. I built an aircraft (Northrop Delta) and painted it. I textured it in FSDS and took it into FS Repaint and applied a paintjob. It all looks fine during daylight in fs2004, but if it is night time in FS 2004, not a single texture shows up. Even the gauges in the VC do not show up at night. Should I attach "_LM" after every BMP texture file? I just don't know how to fix this problem. Has anyone encountered this before?
Thanks,
Sid

 

[tgibson]

Hi,

If this is happening with all planes, you need to increase your texture quality sliders, etc.

If not, you need to go to Edit/Manage Textures in FSDS (as I remember) and make sure that each of your textures uses Night Maps (_L textures). Most people use the + alphas choice. If not set properly, change this and remake the plane.

Then you need to create night textures alongside your day textures, with _L added to the file name. These can be black textures, with light colored squares where you want things to light up. They are not like _LM scenery night textures that have to have all the detail there too. These _L textures are ADDED to the day texture to make the night textures.

Hope this helps,