"stain-like" canopy reflections, cannot be turned off?

Redglyph · May 5, 2018

In DCS 2.5.1.16543.355, with the option shown in the screenshot below. Using Track-IR, not a VR goggle set.

The problems and screenshots are shown for the P-51D but they exist for other aircraft, if not all. So I'm writing this PR here since it seems to be a generic DCS graphics engine issue.

1) There are weird reflections on the canopy, as seen in the screenshots. They are not moving with the pilot's head so they stand out as stains on the canopy. They are low-res and very much visible, the last part being realistic, but unwelcome because of the other problems.

The combination is distracting, and bad-looking, unless it's an incorrect option choice from my part. An option to turn them off completely would be preferable, probably to many users but to be confirmed (I doubt that my setup has any limitation to justify those issues).

2) Additional reflections from the ground are updated every few seconds, which is also very distracting, terribly annoying, and unrealistic. In practice, they prevent any immersive effect and would greatly benefit from a 'disable' option (again, perhaps I missed it but I don't think so). To my knowledge, this problem was already present before 2.5.