This scenery package is included in my new Bay Area Bridges bundle, along with all my other previously released bridge scenery packages for the area and some other extras.
This is a package of night light enhancements for the Golden Gate Bridge present in default scenery, which unlike the default Bay Bridge at least comes with some night lighting. As with my Bay Bridge lights package, this scenery does not make any alterations to the default Golden Gate Bridge scenery model, which is quite good already, just adds some more hand-placed lights to improve the bridge's in-sim appearance at night time and add some missing maritime and aircraft warning lights.
This lighting package consists of:
- Additional 'fill' lights on the two bridge towers to better light up at night. Default scenery just has bright lights at the bottom and top, leaving the middle a bit dark.
- Aircraft warning beacons on the suspension cables and tower tops
- Marine guidance lights on the bridge footings and high-clearance spans
- Some additional roadway lights
NOTE: Some screenshots include Taburet's San Francisco scenery addon (payware) and possibly some of mistercoffee1's San Francisco and Marin County water corrections (available for free on flightsim.to).
Thanks, and happy flying!
Installation
Download the ZIP file and extract the "whitearcades-goldengatelights" folder to your Community folder:
For the Microsoft Store version: C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_\LocalCache\Packages\Community
For the Steam version: C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community
How To Donate
If you enjoy this addon or my other scenery addons, please consider using the PayPal link below or on my profile page to donate. I make scenery addons for the fun of it, not specifically looking to monetize my work, but keep in mind that putting these sceneries together requires a significant investment of time and effort, and every bit helps.
Other Scenery By Me
Coronado Bridge (and other San Diego bridges)
Downtown Los Angeles Bridges
Ambassador Bridge
Globe Life Field
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Cedar Point
Kings Island
Six Flags Over Texas
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Very good work!!!!
1 years ago
Tarval
I honestly don't see much a difference between the night Golden Gate Bridge in the stock World Update VIII file, versus your night file. Can you tell me what the difference is? It looks excellent, don't get me wrong, just not very different.
Now what it's starkly different from is the "blue lit" Golden Gate Bridge that I saw last November 2021. Was that from World Update VI or VII? I can't remember, but the road surface was lit in this ridiculous blue color, and if you released this file before that was changed by the MSFS team, then I can see how it would have been a vast improvement.
Thank you for all you have done with the Bay Area Bridges. I have installed them all, and my favorites are probably the San Mateo Bridge (since it's such an important landmark on the KSFO approach), and the SF/Oakland Bay Bridge, since it was pitch black before hand.
2 years ago
Yeah, this one's definitely more subtle than what I did for the Bay Bridge, more for the sake of hitting both of the existing bridges than for any critically-needed fixes. Asobo's modeling team did a much better job of lighting this bridge up to begin with, so there really wasn't much to add. Off the top of my head, this is what I added:
This addon maybe makes more sense as part of the larger bundle of these bridges/enhancements that I plan to put together and release when I have a bit more time (hopefully soon), than as a standalone addon. Not to trash-talk my own work, lol, but I'll happily acknowledge that this one's not as much of a game-changer.
2 years ago
TheWhiteArcades
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