Can I have a dash light to tell me when my lights are on?

[Underhook]

I like to have my lights on when entering/departing Dock. But not when I'm flying around.

Unless I'm close I cant tell in the are on or not. Can we have a dash light under the landing gear indicator would be great.

 

[Janeway]

Been said many times, All the way through Beta to my knowledge. It seems so obvious but for some reason its ignored. I guess they have other things to think about.

 

[Joe Spivey]

+1 anyway, we can still hope.

 

[phaazon]

What are lights for by the way? Have you already needed it?

 

[Seboss]

Ship lights can be useful around outposts or asteroid rings when orbiting the dark side of their planet. I wish they'd be ten times stronger though, their range is too limited to be really useful.

Before in-game comms were implemented, they were useful for signaling other players too

 

[N6MAA10816]

OP, check your right UI panel>Functions...it tells you whether your lights are on or off....
But yeah, a dash light would be good!
What use are your lights? as said, gives peeps more chance to see each other going thru the mist/atmosphere in the docking slot.
Also useful when mooching around floating wreckage, dark platforms and 'lamping' for Space Rabbits.....

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Ship lights can be useful around outposts or asteroid rings when orbiting the dark side of their planet. I wish they'd be ten times stronger though, their range is too limited to be really useful.

Before in-game comms were implemented, they were useful for signaling other players too

1Mw Cibie or KC Daylighters eh?

 

[Excelsior]

Hit the button for it. If it sounds like the charge of a camera flash, then hit it again to turn it off.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Sounds rather funny OP. You want a light to tell you when you have your lights on.

Reminds me of HHGTTG - with the black ship that had black lights telling you when you had pressed the black button

 

[Tiamat]

My MSI Afterburner OSD toggle is bound to the same button as my lights. If the OSD is visible I know my lights are on.

 

[Hethwill_Khan]

10x times stronger for sure. Fighting on the dark side of a planet ring is asking for trouble with only those tiny little lamps... And yes I named a cute big asteroid "Faceplant" for obvious reasons...boost, roll, bank... oh everything is black with no star..s.... swooosh...eject eject eject

 

[Junk Monkey]

+ 1 to the Op suggestion for a light on the dash &
+ 1 to the other suggestions around making the lights 10x more powerful.

 

[stavros]

I rebound the lights toggle to Caps Lock, so I have a LED glowing in real life to show me the lights are on.

Unfortunately the lights turn off automatically entering/leaving super-cruise, so the keyboard LED can become out of synch with the game status.

 

[Thorvald]

And yet another thread on this topic... fully agree, please give us an indicator.

They are damn handy when docking. Turn then on before entering a station and it makes you easier to see when coming in.

 

[DogTailRed2]

It's fun to go face to face with a staionary player and shine the lights into the cockpit.
Also a bit spooky when it's done to you!

 

[Ben Ryder]

I'd like one too.

 

[N6MAA10816]

10x times stronger for sure. Fighting on the dark side of a planet ring is asking for trouble with only those tiny little lamps... And yes I named a cute big asteroid "Faceplant" for obvious reasons...boost, roll, bank... oh everything is black with no star..s.... swooosh...eject eject eject

Ha ha! I did that in LazerQuest in Blackpool....only it was a black, felt covered wall!...