Canopy glare in V2.1.1 fixed?

[Maulkin]

I thought I read somewhere that the canopy glare that was introduced with the new "Deferred Shading" feature had been fixed? But I loaded up the Mirage on Nevada and the glare was so bad I could not see out of the front or read the HUD. I tried all of the other aircraft and didn't have this problem like I do with the Mirage.

 

Just asking in case I have a corrupted install.

 

Thanks

[Maulkin]

As a note, I found this video that appears to have deferred shading enabled but he is not experiencing the same canopy glare I am getting:

 

but I dont know how to get the same results! :(

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

The lighting in the cockpit in general is pretty bad in 2.1.1:

- Indeed the HUD is unreadable with the sky as background;

- The panels are so dark, that you're forced to turn on all cockpit lighting even in broad daylight, and even then the INS panel for example is barely readable;

- The flashlight "has dead batteries": you can hardly see the increase in brightness.

 

According to Jabbers' AV-8B preview, the cockpit lighting in the Harrier *IS* spot-on. Now we just need that same quality of finish in the Mirage.

[Maulkin]

Problem solved!

I thought I had removed all mods when I was trying to figure this out but it turns out I had one hanging around. Removed it and now all is good :)

[Maulkin]

The lighting in the cockpit in general is pretty bad in 2.1.1:

- Indeed the HUD is unreadable with the sky as background;

- The panels are so dark, that you're forced to turn on all cockpit lighting even in broad daylight, and even then the INS panel for example is barely readable;

- The flashlight "has dead batteries": you can hardly see the increase in brightness.

 

According to Jabbers' AV-8B preview, the cockpit lighting in the Harrier *IS* spot-on. Now we just need that same quality of finish in the Mirage.

 

Agreed! Even after I managed to get the glare issue resolved I still found it very had to read the HUD but not impossible (as it was before) so that was a huge improvement :)

It would be nice if there were some adjustments to the Mirage in line with the Harrier. Perhaps make the HUD brighness knob functional on the Mirage might do the trick ;)

[enigma6584]

Just started re-flying the Mirage-2000C myself tonight. I do so love this module. However, noticed same thing you all are mentioning; I cannot read the HUD in daylight flying Nevada. I mapped some buttons on my HOTAS (HUD brightness up, HUD brightness down) but those commands do not seem to work.

 

Is this going to be fixed anytime soon?

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I'd suggest you read the stickied threads:

 

- Updated HUD glass material/texture

[enigma6584]

Thanks. Actually saw it after I posted. That fix can't some soon enough.

[Xxx]

The lighting in the cockpit in general is pretty bad in 2.1.1:

- Indeed the HUD is unreadable with the sky as background;

- The panels are so dark, that you're forced to turn on all cockpit lighting even in broad daylight, and even then the INS panel for example is barely readable;

- The flashlight "has dead batteries": you can hardly see the increase in brightness.

 

According to Jabbers' AV-8B preview, the cockpit lighting in the Harrier *IS* spot-on. Now we just need that same quality of finish in the Mirage.

 

+1.

 

The main issue I have is with the HUD symbology against the bright sky. The cockpit appears better lighted in the latest 2.1. The HUD is still not right!

 

A UV type filter (fitted to most aircraft HUD's) would help. Or perhaps a HUD symbology colour selector (black/grey/yellow).

 

I hope the Harrier HUD is better and if so, that they "fit" it into the Mirage!

 

Regards

 

David.

 

BTW the Deep Strike missions were filmed and flown by myself. Mission available from DCS User Files. The mission was a collaboration with William, another fast jet fan!:D

Edited November 15, 2017 by Accipiter
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[Buckeye]

+1.

 

The main issue I have is with the HUD symbology against the bright sky. The cockpit appears better lighted in the latest 2.1. The HUD is still not right!

 

A UV type filter (fitted to most aircraft HUD's) would help. Or perhaps a HUD symbology colour selector (black/grey/yellow).

 

I hope the Harrier HUD is better and if so, that they "fit" it into the Mirage!

 

Regards

 

David.

 

BTW the Deep Strike missions were filmed and flown by myself. Mission available from DCS User Files. The mission was a collaboration with William, another fast jet fan!:D

 

 

 

It's not just the Mirage that you can't read the HUD in, it's the same for the F-15 (and I assume other jets as well?).

 

 

 

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[Auntystatic]

Just tried this in v2.2 and couldn't see out of the cockpit because of the insane reflections, but a friend of mine had very little, it turned out to be the english cockpit mod that was causing it, very little reflection with it switched off, but I like my english cockpit I hope Razbam get around to making one soon, mean time I've let gospadin know of this problem.

[gospadin]

I replied in my cockpit thread in the liveries folder.

 

In short, I cannot reproduce your problem.

 

let's discuss it there, though, if you have more data (or if others can reproduce it).