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    Posted: 02 Dec 2012 at 1:49pm
Hi

Does anyone know how to reduce the aircraft light brightness of AI traffic in traffic x as the aircraft look like balls of fire when they land which is unrealistic and poor quality in my opinion - they also like they are in a fireball from a distance at the beginning of runway before take off :-( Just swapped from ultimate traffic 2 to traffic x. Really liking traffic x except for the light issue - this was not an issue at all with ultimate traffic 2 so would appreciate any feedback on this or a fix.

Thanks!
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Do a Google search for "HALO.BMP" ... put something like "FSX halo.bmp" in to Google.
 
It is this file in FSX which sets the lights and their size.
 
Find, download and install a new version of that file and you'll find your lights look better.
 
Keep a BACKUP copy of your original file, just in case you need to go back to it.
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Cheers for that! However, when I find the new file where will I locate the original file? Do I delete that and paste in the new file there? Sorry - not used to doing this, need a bit of a step by step instruction if you have the time
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You will find the original HALO.BMP file in the FSX/textures folder.
 
So ...
 
1) Find and download a new version of the HALO.BMP file.
 
2) Go to the FSX/Textures folder and RENAME that original file from HALO.BMP so that FSX does not use it.  It is easiest to change the dot to an underscore.  So HALO.BMP becomes HALO_BMP.  I would go one step further and call it something like ORIG_HALO_BMP so that there can be no confusion later.  Once it is renamed, FSX will not use it, and you've still got a kept copy of it in case you ever need to go back to it.
 
3) Copy the new HALO.BMP that you donwloaded in to this folder.
 
4) Run FSX.
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