01 / AIRCRAFT LIGHTS
Volumetric light shafts.
Landing and taxi lights become visible beams in the air. Moving cloud structure adds depth inside the shafts as you fly.
Featured plugin · YALP
A little more
atmosphere.
Aircraft light shafts. City skyglow. A different kind of night.
Atmospheric lighting for X-Plane 12.
01 / The plugin
Familiar skies.
A different light.
Landing lights reaching into the night. Towns glowing beneath low cloud. YALP brings atmospheric lighting effects to your X-Plane 12 flights.
Built as a native Windows plugin with Vulkan integration. The current experimental version is being tested; public downloads and purchases will follow.
Development status02 / CITY SKYGLOW
Cities light the sky.
Regional light fields turn settlement and road density into a soft urban glow, lighting haze and low cloud. Coverage follows the installed geographic tiles.
03 / NIGHT AMBIENT
A night that responds.
Ambient night lighting follows the Moon, cloud cover and nearby city glow. Choose a darker, natural or brighter level to suit your flight.
04 / CLOUD LIGHTING
Light meets cloud.
Local headlight illumination adds light near the aircraft in cloud. Cloud interaction and passage remain under active visual testing.
In development05 / ILLUMINATED RAIN
Rain catches the light.
Near-field rain streaks follow the weather and wind, picking up light from aircraft beams and the city. This effect is experimental.
Experimental06 / CONTROLS & PRESETS
Make the light your own.
Adjust beam brightness, city glow, haze, rain and render quality from the in-sim panel. Save a preset and load your preferred look on startup.
02 / In the simulator
A closer look
at the night.
Real X-Plane captures. Three perspectives on the light, from the city below to the flight deck.
Open a frame · Browse · Zoom in
CITY / NIGHT
City glow & live controls
AIRCRAFT / COCKPIT
From the flight deck
AIRCRAFT / EXTERIOR
Light, seen from outside
Unretouched captures from earlier development builds. Debug controls and test overlays may be visible. Effects and interface are still in development; these are not final-release screenshots.
03 / Flight plan
A good flight takes
preparation.
The plugin is in active development.
Release date and price are not announced.
- 01 Now
Build. Fly. Refine.
Lighting effects are implemented in an experimental build. Cloud interaction, compatibility and performance are still being checked.
- 02Next
Ready to install.
A public package, installation guide and confirmed requirements will appear in the download section.
- 03Ahead
Ready for takeoff.
Request your activation code below. We will email a private payment link and send your code after payment confirmation.
04 / Get YALP
Your next flight.
Coming into view.
01 / DOWNLOADComing soon
Download YALP
The plugin package will be available here when the public build is ready.
- Simulator
- X-Plane 12
- Platform
- Windows 10 / 11 · x64
- Public build
- Not yet available
No plugin file is available yet. This space is reserved for the release download and installation guide.
02 / PAYMENTEmail delivery
A seat for YALP.
Enter your email to receive a private payment link. Your activation code will arrive after payment confirmation.
One code · Up to 3 computers. Payment links are valid for 24 hours.
Current development target: X-Plane 12 on Windows x64 with a Vulkan-capable GPU. Final supported versions and hardware requirements are pending. macOS and Linux are not supported; VR and multiple monitors are not yet validated.
05 / Before departure
A few
answers.
What is YALP?
YALP stands for Yet Another Lighting Plugin. It is an atmospheric lighting add-on for X-Plane 12, with aircraft light shafts, city skyglow and weather-aware night ambient. AtmosXP is its internal development name.
Can I download the plugin now?
Not yet. The download section is ready for the future public package. The current build is experimental and has not completed release acceptance.
Can I pay or pre-order?
Request a payment link by email. After payment confirmation, we will email your activation code for up to three computers.
Which systems will it run on?
The current target is X-Plane 12 on Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit, with Vulkan graphics. Final requirements and aircraft compatibility are still being checked. macOS and Linux are not supported by the current plugin.
Will it affect performance?
Additional rendering has a cost, depending on resolution, weather and visible effects. Final simulator benchmarks are pending; no FPS guarantee is made.
Are these images from the plugin?
The gallery contains three unretouched X-Plane captures from earlier YALP development builds. Open any frame to browse and zoom; debug controls and test overlays may be visible. The large hero is an illustration with an automatic day-to-night cycle. Final release screenshots will follow.
06 / THE XPLUGINS COMMUNITY
A question?
Let's talk.
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