A350: Cockpit Lighting

[Fab10]

I’m new to the IB A350 having had it only a few days.

I can’t get the forward cockpit panel flood lights to work.

The PDF guide shows the flood lighting knob to be in a cluster of four lighting knobs on the pedestal, which are easy to find and operate.

However, the forward instrument panel floods do not actuate and only the overhead down-lighting flood seems to operate.

Of the four rheostats under the coaming, the centre pair operate the MCP lighting and the others illuminate for the tray tables (I forgot to try these out).

However, when I start the aircraft C&D at a gate, the flood and dome lighting don’t always work as the bulbs (dome & overhead flood) illuminate but cast no light.

In case the airport lighting is affecting the internal lights, slewing to a dark corner of the airport changes nothing.

I can confirm that there are no user mods installed and that this is a fresh installation.

I searched the PDF manual without finding any matches for flood but 8 were found for lighting though these don’t provide an answer.

Thanks.

Edited yesterday at 06:01 AM by Fab10

[Jesush1234]

Hello, i have the same problem in a C/D state. It was working fine until I updated to v1.10.

The flood and dome light switches move, however nothing iluminates.

[Fab10]

It’s like the INI Builds A320N V2 which has had broken main panel floods since AAU3 in (I think) Sept. 2024.

The bulbs illuminate but no light is emitted.

Whilst IB suggests a fix was issued to MS, the aircraft remains broken eight months later which, it is claimed, is out of their hands.

Let’s hope IB can find the cause and implement a fix more quickly than that in this £70 pay-ware aircraft.

It’s almost as if unseen forces are ushering MSFS 2020 users towards MSFS 2024…

 

Edited yesterday at 06:10 AM by Fab10

[Eddie]

Hello

Please check in SU16 for MSFS2020 if this issue persists and let me know (in regards to the 320NV2). If not, please reach out via MS/Asobo's support Channels for further enquiries regarding this issue. Much appreciated!

As for the A350, I'll give it a look and log if able to reproduce.
Thank you for taking the time to type this up and apologies for the inconvenience. 

[Fab10]

Hi Eddie,

Thank-you for your reply.

The thing is that users have contacted MS/Asobo regarding the broken cockpit flood lighting in the A320N V2 and INI Builds have acknowledge the issue and indicated that a fix was sent to MS/Asobo. However, it remains broken since the AAU3 update in 9/2024, so with respect, someone needs to try harder for the sake of their customers.

It simply cannot be that it takes this long to fix an issue that has been acknowledged, so someone somewhere is isn't working hard enough for end users.

The INI Builds A350 has equally flawed panel flood and dome cockpit lighting, so I have uploaded a video showcasing this issue in both models.

Again, thank-you for your reply, I look forward to further input.

 

[Fab10]

It's disappointing that this issue has been reported by many, and that it is similar to the problematic IB A320N V2 lighting.

I purchased this aircraft as it was a seminal release for MSFS20 & MSFS24, as a nod to support the developers.

Still, I cannot shake the feeling that MSFS24 is receiving more support than MSFS20.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Fab10

[Eddie]

Thanks for the video, I've forwarded this to the team. 

As for the 320Nv2 issue, again, I truly understand that it's frustrating but these are Microsoft products and we have no say on update distribution. 

Lastly, your follow-up reply is extremely unnecessary seeing as it hasn't even been 24 hours since I last replied. Refer to my signature for my actual position as the forum tag has nothing to do with it. 

Thank you 

[Fab10]

Agreed; edited.