So I have been enjoying the A300 for quite a while now. I'm flying the compatible version on MSFS24 and the lack of proper dome lightning has been annoying to me since the start. However, today I got it working. I'm not sure if it's a bug, a workaround or maybe pilot error. But the following is happening.
Spawning at the gate cold and dark. Switching on batteries, ext-power and dome light. The lights turn on but illuminate nothing:
Next up is starting the APU. For this purpose I switch to APU-gen and again, no illumination:
I then switch over to the EFB and select the APU ready state, load it in and all of the sudden the dome light illuminates:
I then investigated further and went with the cold & dark state from the EFB, turn on batteries and connect EXT-power, turned on the dome and voila, lightning again:
For troubleshooting purposes I reloaded the flight, spawned the plane and the dome light works flawless. Whenever I don't load in any state via the EFB the light seems inoperative and toggling any state seems to wake it up.
I got the premium version since I really enjoy the A300 and I hoped it would fix the light, but for some reason the premium version runs a lot worse while the compatible version is silky smooth. So I had to switch back.
Bug? Pilot error? Any help is appreciated.