AIG Enhanced Lights — MSFS 2024

More visible AI aircraft. More convincing lighting. A more immersive virtual sky.

AIG Enhanced Lights is a lighting enhancement for AIG AI traffic aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, developed to improve the visibility and appearance of aircraft lighting, particularly at medium and longer viewing distances.

The project originally focused on improving strobe visibility, making approaching, departing and cruising AI aircraft easier to identify without introducing excessively bright or unrealistic flashes.

With v0.4 Public Beta 2, the project takes another step forward, expanding aircraft-specific improvements and introducing further refinements to strobes, beacons and landing lights.

What's new in v0.4 Public Beta 2?

This update builds on the previous v0.3 Public Beta and includes several rounds of development and targeted testing.

Expanded aircraft lighting improvements

Additional strobe adjustments have been introduced for several aircraft families, including:

• Airbus A220, A300, A330, A340 and A350
• Airbus A321-200 with standard wingtips
• Boeing 757 and 777 families
• Boeing 737 MAX 8

The primary focus is improving the visibility of the actual strobe flash on the aircraft, particularly in cases where ground illumination is visible but the strobe itself is difficult to distinguish.

Landing light refinements

Experimental adjustments to selected Airbus A320-family and Boeing 737-family landing lights aim to reduce excessive light cones while retaining a clearly visible light source.

Beacon improvements

Selected red beacon effects have been adjusted to improve their visibility while maintaining a balanced appearance.

Installation and backup improvements

The included installer provides a backup procedure and additional checks to help prevent incomplete installations.

What does this add-on change?

AIG Enhanced Lights modifies lighting effect files used by supported AIG AI aircraft.

It does not modify aircraft models, liveries, flight dynamics or model-matching rules.

The goal is not simply to make every light brighter. Instead, the project aims to achieve a better balance between:

• Visible strobe flashes and subtle glow
• Aircraft recognition at distance
• Realistic landing-light appearance
• Beacon visibility
• Environmental illumination without excessive bloom

Installation

1. Close Microsoft Flight Simulator and any active traffic clients.
2. Extract the complete downloaded ZIP archive.
3. Read the included instructions and run the provided installer.
4. Follow the prompts to locate your existing AIG effects installation.
5. Keep the automatically created backup in case you want to restore your previous files.

Important: Do not run the installer directly from inside a compressed archive. Extract the complete package first!!!!

This update is intended to replace the previous AIG Enhanced Lights version. You do not need to install the earlier development builds individually.

Compatibility

Designed primarily for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 using the supported AIG AI traffic effects library.

The modification is intended for AIG aircraft lighting effects.

MSFS 2020 compatibility has been validated by users.

Public Beta — Your feedback matters!

AIG Enhanced Lights remains an actively developed public beta.

While several improvements have been introduced, not every aircraft variant or lighting condition has been fully tested. Some models may still display weak or missing strobes, unexpected light behaviour or excessive ground illumination.

The community is an important part of this project.

If you encounter an aircraft with unusual lighting, please share:

• Aircraft type and airline
• Exact AI model name, if available
• Approximate viewing distance
• Daytime or nighttime conditions
• Whether the issue affects strobes, beacons or landing lights
• A screenshot or short video, if possible

Feedback from VATSIM users, offline AI traffic users and other simmers is equally welcome.

Thank you to everyone who has tested, reported issues and helped improve the project.

Enjoy the skies!

— Yebbert