slaintemaith Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 So I'm flying along in Campaign Mission 2: Hauling Trash, not a problem in the world. I'm told my LZ has red smoke to signify it. I'm looking around. I don't see it. At all. Here's the problem: It's night. Or too early in the morning. They might as well be using 'midnight colored smoke' because I'm not going to bloody see it as it's, you know Too Bloody Dark. Is there a 'advance time of day' keyboard command that I've been previously unaware of? Some sort of special equipment in the heli that allows me to see red smoke in the dark? Any help would be most ...helpful.
slaintemaith Posted June 3, 2016 Author Posted June 3, 2016 Please forgive my ignorance; what's an NVG?
BronzeYardNo11 Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Night Vision Goggles. Rshift + H will bring them up Ralt/Rctrl + Rshift + H will adjust the gain for different light intensity Edited June 3, 2016 by NixNB 1 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give OH-6 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Yurgon Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Is this from the UN Pilot campaign? The campaign was released in an older version of DCS. When the graphics engine received its massive overhaul in 1.5, nights became a fair bit darker and it takes a lot longer for the sun to light everything up. I guess the original mission took place in a beautiful sunrise, and was just never adjusted to the changed environment. I agree with NixNB, just activate your NVGs, that should be a good way to work around the problem.
slaintemaith Posted June 3, 2016 Author Posted June 3, 2016 That worked a treat! Thanks! I would have never thought of that.
BronzeYardNo11 Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Glad it's all working for you now! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give OH-6 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Ramsay Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Note: The Sunrise/sunset times are wrong in DCS 1.5.3 and occur approx. 2 hr's later than they should (and 1.2.16). If you wish to play Mission 2 with it's intended/original lighting you may want to open the mission in the editor and adjust the start time. The same is true for Still more missions in this campaign with the same problem. The complete list is: 2, 6, 11, 13 & 14. as listed in post #6 of this thread i9 9900K @4.8GHz, 64GB DDR4, RTX4070 12GB, 1+2TB NVMe, 6+4TB HD, 4+1TB SSD, Winwing Orion 2 F-15EX Throttle + F-16EX Stick, TPR Pedals, TIR5, Win 11 Pro x64, Odyssey G93SC 5120X1440
slaintemaith Posted June 3, 2016 Author Posted June 3, 2016 My forays into the Mission Editor have always been ...frustrating. I'll stick with the current work-around and wait patiently for a fix from DCS... I won't hold my breath while I wait, however.
Jaktaz Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 I didn't realize the Huey had nvgs. I currently don't have the heli, but that makes me a lot more interested in it.
Recommended Posts