Hello everyone, since flying in Norway and Alaska in FSX, I wanted to spot the Aurora Borealis aka the Northern lights. Yes, I did scan the whole internet, but there is not much to find.

I know they were in fs2004 and 2002. And yes, they definitely should be in FSX. I saw the files and even downloaded the free Night Sky HD addon, that adds new textures for the aurora ( you can even choose which one do you want). And no, I don't want Envtex, and I'd like to keep it free.

Many hours in these regions were spent without success. Today, I downloaded a mission that should add it just to test it out. Nothing. I will try it with the original textures again, but that doesn't seem to be the issue I think. 

I also saw a youtube video with aurora and the guy edited aircraft.cfg to show the effect instead of smoke. I tried that, but no output (even tried pressing "I" which he was talking about, I don't see any smoke in other planes while pressing "I" anyways tho). Waiting for the guys further reply's.

So, who of you saw the aurora in FSX? Did you use any addon? Mission? Scenery? Anything else? Or did it just very luckily appear?

Any tips what could I do to see it? Preferably to force it, to be 100% sure they will appear for me.

Thx for help.

Very old topic!   

 

https://flight-sim-jewels.com/night-sky-hd/    Try this free download.

Also, the FS9 scenery add-on file "alaskff1.zip" will work in FSX and adds Northern Lights to many Alaskan airports.

That file's available at Flightsim.com.

i saw it in FSX.

15 hours ago, charliearon said:

https://flight-sim-jewels.com/night-sky-hd/    Try this free download.

I already have this one, that just changes the texture

15 hours ago, RayHff said:

Also, the FS9 scenery add-on file "alaskff1.zip" will work in FSX and adds Northern Lights to many Alaskan airports.

That file's available at Flightsim.com.

Thank you, that seems as the best advice, but sadly the aurora doesn't show up.

13 hours ago, polosim said:

i saw it in FSX.

Awesome, love this

13 hours ago, polosim said:

i saw it in FSX.

Aslo, where did you saw it? With any addons?

It can be seen with this addon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/379541/FSX_Steam_Edition__Greenland_Nuuk_AddOn/

1 hour ago, DomiMili said:

Aslo, where did you saw it? With any addons?

 

https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-simulation/flight-simulator-x-steam/sceneries/1490/vaeroy-x

I remember doing an early evening (just as darkness was falling) landing at Unalakleet Airport and saw a small amount of the Aurora in the sky.  There are effects files in FSX already.

 

Guys, I found something.

https://mutleyshangar.com/forum/topic/19489-flight-sim-aurora-borealis/?tab=comments#comment-150652

This one guy (shoutout to him) was saying something about stars.dat

This exact line in it: https://prnt.sc/125pggc (this is the image)

I did what he said, but this weird line appeared: https://prnt.sc/125pmdv (maybe I should change the zodiac thing back)

Anyways, this line wasn't there before, I had to add it from my default star backup, since I was using Autostarx

Now, I'll try to fly the mission again, I think it could work 🙂

So, it didn't work, could anyone of you please try this mission and share the result? If you see them, don't forget to take a screenshot.

Maybe it is some corrupted files in my FSX

Anyways here is the download: https://simviation.com/1/browse-Missions-59-18 the 7th from top

Thanks