bkthunder Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Doesn't the refueling probe have a light in it for night-time AAR? I was trying to refuel yesterday in a night mission and (partly because of the tinted canopy and very very dark hud) couldn't see absolutely anything outside, let alone the small basket... Windows 10 - Intel i7 7700K 4.2 Ghz (no OC) - Asus Strix GTX 1080 8Gb - 16GB DDR4 (3000 MHz) - SSD 500GB + WD Black FZEX 1TB 6Gb/s
Rhino182 Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Atm I’m pretty sure it dosent. DCS Modules: UH1H | MI8 | F/A18C | FC3 | L-39 | AV8B | Viggen | Combined Arms | F-14 | F-16 | Yak-52 | F-15E | F4
Pikey Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 How about a basket with lights, does that happen? Never seen night refuelling, all I know is currently it's not something achievable in DCS yet. ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING *
Crew Dog Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 The basket itself doesn't have any lights, even the infamous Iron Maiden. All basket illum is done by the rcvr FENRIR http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzO1zVdbcIJPsKXqYl3Vvaw No KC-10 in DCS? Thank goodness for small miracles! Intel i5 4690K OC to 4.0, Corsair CX850M PSU, 16GB Patriot Viper @ 1866MHz, EVGA GTX 1060 SC, Samsung EVO 250GB SSD, Saitek X-55, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, Delanclip
Donut Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Are NVGs used for night refueling or is the light from the refueling probe adequate enough? i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT"
Mule Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 In that picture on the top of this thread is that a light at the bottom of the fuel probe that comes on automatically when extended? Fighter Pilot Podcast.
AMEDooley Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 I want to say yes it does but my Memory isn’t what it used to be. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Callsign JoNay Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 These are Rhinos but here's a video of the AAR light in action. And updates on when/if this is coming to DCS?
BarTzi Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 It's in the game.. you are bumping a thread that was opened around the time the Hornet was released...
Swift. Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 It's definitely in the game, anyone who has tried to refuel using NVG can tell you that. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2
VDV Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 When im refueling in the night and using NVGs its shining like a sh.it and I cant see the anything.
Hog_No32 Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 When im refueling in the night and using NVGs its shining like a sh.it and I cant see the anything. You can try to reduce the gain of the NVG if what you see is too bright. I usually don‘t fiddle around with the NVG gain and I happily refuel at night using them. The depth perception is a bit more difficult since you are just looking through a straw basically but it works for me. Yet, the AAR light would be great (but not a pressing issue here, just my personal judgement).
Swift. Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 The AAR light is in the game, thats why NVG are blinding when refueling. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2
AG-51_Razor Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 I could be wrong about this but I do be liege that if you select the NVG position on the switch over on the right hand consol, that light is disabled. The switch I am referring to is a 3 position sw on the outboard side of the RH consol, slightly forward of the canopy switch. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Callsign JoNay Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) It's implemented now? Seriously? I'm on the latest build and I can't see the basket at all at night. Using NVGs is the only way I've refueled at night so far. I'm not being blinded by anything like others are saying. Does the light turn on automatically with the probe extension, or is there another step involved? Edited January 4, 2020 by Callsign: JoNay
Callsign JoNay Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 I could be wrong about this but I do be liege that if you select the NVG position on the switch over on the right hand consol, that light is disabled. The switch I am referring to is a 3 position sw on the outboard side of the RH consol, slightly forward of the canopy switch. Are you talking about the switch on the interior lighting panel? Maybe that's why I'm not seeing the probe light. I'll do more testing, thanks.
Callsign JoNay Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 Yeah, I just did another round of testing and I don't see any illumination on the basket at all. Tried it with internal lights set to night and NVG mode, as per AG-51_Razor's suggestion, no noticeable difference. What am I missing, guys?
BoneDust Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 The probe light use to work very well. Alienware New Aurora R15 | Windows® 11 Home Premium | 64bit, 13thGen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9 13900KF(24-Core, 68MB| NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 4090, 24GB GDDR6X | 1 X 2TB SSD, 1X 1TB SSD | 64GB, 2x32GB, DDR5, 4800MHz | 1350W PSU, Alienware Cryo-tech (TM) Edition CPU Liquid Cooling power supply | Pimax Crystal VR
probad Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 the actual illumination needs work still but technically the light is present.
rob10 Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 The probe light use to work very well. Ya, my perception is that somewhere in the last update or 2 the light from the F-18 probe that shined on the basket seems to have scaled back significantly.
Callsign JoNay Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 Ya, my perception is that somewhere in the last update or 2 the light from the F-18 probe that shined on the basket seems to have scaled back significantly. Significantly as in zero? I haven't noticed any light on my basket at all. I didn't realize this was a thing that used to work in previous builds. Maybe I should report this as a bug?
MacEwan Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 I think it's just a general DCS lighting problem
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