Lixma 06 Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) Spotting in DCS is hard at the best of times and it's made worse because the sky is un-realistically dark at low altitudes. Maybe it's the HDR settings causing it but whatever the reason it's way off. This is June 1st at 10 in the morning at ground level looking straight up..... As a quick comparison this is me sticking my phone out of the window at 13:00 on December 22 (second shortest day of the year).... Edited December 22, 2018 by Lixma 06
Lixma 06 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 Here's a comparison between real life, DCS, and three popular flight sims. All screenshots were taken at ground level, during summer, noon, looking straight up, and from an external view to avoid any canopy tint. The 'Real' shot was taken about a week ago from my house at 13:00ish. DCS gamma set to 1.9
Ala13_ManOWar Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 Mate, that depends on many factors which not the least important is were do you live. Picture taken by a friend of mine in Southern Spain today and it's not even looking up to 90º. I think DCS is too dark, yeah, sure :doh:, S! "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
probad Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 i think the heart of your complain is poor contrast against the sky because dcs does not render aircraft lighting (in this case, ground reflection) well at distance. in real life aircraft dont vanish into dark skies in the daytime, in fact contrast becomes greater as the sky gets darker at high altitudes.
Ala13_ManOWar Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 in real life aircraft dont vanish into dark skies in the daytime, in fact contrast becomes greater as the sky gets darker at high altitudes.Well, turns out they do. I have seen with may eyes 4 Mirage F1 literally disappear in the blue sky just seconds after they passed in close diamond formation 90º below the airliner I was sitting on and while staring at them all of the time. They don't call that colour light ghost grey for nothing. S! "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
Lixma 06 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Mate, that depends on many factors which not the least important is were do you live. Well, if DCS is correct the midday sky gets darker the closer you are to the equator. London - Winter - Noon - Latitude 51.5074° N Ground Level looking straight up (from my phone) Batumi - Noon - Summer - Latitude - 41.6168° N Ground Level looking straight up (gamma 1.9) You can even see the stars. Edited January 22, 2019 by Lixma 06
Lixma 06 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) double post Edited January 22, 2019 by Lixma 06 double post
Nealius Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Any real pictures of the sky are going to be totally dependent on shutter speed and aperture size of the camera taking the picture. Unless we match the exposures of the real pictures to the "exposure" of DCS we cannot compare them.
Lixma 06 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 Any real pictures of the sky are going to be totally dependent on shutter speed and aperture size of the camera taking the picture. Unless we match the exposures of the real pictures to the "exposure" of DCS we cannot compare them. There's no need to go down that rabbit-hole....all we have to do is look out of the window. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_blue Sky blue is the name of a colour that resembles the colour of the sky at noon.
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