NAV/STROBE lights for ships

[cheekibreekisuka]

IDK if this had been suggested before but here it goes:

sometimes when docking/undocking from poor lighted stations/outposts it's hard to see ships around; of course there's the radar and it's useful but visual references wouldn't hurt as well

My suggestion is to give all ships switchable NAV, STROBE, and exterior lights (NAV= Red/Green(or Blue), strobe just flashing white lights on the hull, exterior just as they are right now). Right now the exterior lights are fixed even on combat, and that doesn't really make much sense since in combat all non-critical lights should go offline; also NAV/STROBE will be a superb addition to make ships more visible specially when entering docking facilities, and also bring a great note of realism; my idea would be simple on management... 1 button to activate NAV+Strobe+exterior, same button to deactivate

 

[RadimentriX]

i don't care for realism but i like lights and blinky stuff :3

 

[rootsrat]

Sounds good, would be a nice addition (not necessarily "for realism sake", just in general). But again, it's a "Could have" (on MoSCoW scale) feature - not a critical one IMHO.

 

[Gramps]

could have a docking/undocking strobe light come on automatically whenever the landing gear is deployed and have all exterior lights switch off when hard points are deployed. I like this idea.

 

[cheekibreekisuka]

I landing gear binded to nav lights seems like a good approach, but the problem is that landing gear cuts speed on half and most players only deploy it on final approach, hence the visual guidance for others will be nearly nulified. binding all to hardpoint deployment would be far better approach IMO; either that or create a new button for *ship nav lights* that switch on and off exterior nav and strobe when you want

 

[cheekibreekisuka]

Sounds good, would be a nice addition (not necessarily "for realism sake", just in general). But again, it's a "Could have" (on MoSCoW scale) feature - not a critical one IMHO.

was not my intention to make it sound like *hey that should be already, critical want!" i know it isn't critical but it is one of the minor things missing, and a good help with visual references on docking. I know there's lots of fixes and addons with more priority but this would be a perfect addon as well

 

[Gramps]

Very good point above, late landing gear deployment would make it useless, maybe automated on/off when you enter a ' No Fire Zone' smugglers would hate automated lights though

 

[rootsrat]

was not my intention to make it sound like *hey that should be already, critical want!" i know it isn't critical but it is one of the minor things missing, and a good help with visual references on docking. I know there's lots of fixes and addons with more priority but this would be a perfect addon as well

I didn't mean to imply you made it sound like it's a critical feature - it wasn't my impression at all, so apologies if it looked like that. I was just expressing my opinion

 

[Magic Man]

Has been asked for before and is a good suggestion and requirement.