Turn off night mode on VDI?

[Hovis]

I can find the switch/lever thing to return the HUD to normal green but I cannot find anything to bring the VDI back from red.

 

Not massive, just a pet peeve when starting early morning and stuck with red as the sun rises

[Victory205]

Click right in the middle of the VDI screen...

[Hovis]

No.... not like this....

 

Is there a hole I can crawl into somewhere?

[Sting57]

lol no wonder i couldn't work this out...

[draconus]

Realistic police steps in and reports that it shouldn't be possible to change the filter instantly :)

[IronMike]

Realistic police steps in and reports that it shouldn't be possible to change the filter instantly :)

 

 

That's it, I'm taking away your badge. Get out! :D

 

 

The reason for this implementation is as simple as it is funny and quirky: the real life tomcat did not have a changing screen color, as you might find on modern screens. Instead, if you look close, you will notice a small "rod" on the VDI. So what happened was that the pilot carried a color filter (a red tinted foil) in his pocket or had it in the map box, and it would clip on it from the front. Yes, that is very analogue haha. Since we cannot simulate a hand pulling a foil out of the pocket and clipping it on and so on, the click on middle screen is the solution we went for. As for realism: haha, touché, but I think we can nitpick somewhere else for riper fruits, I don't think much is gained in immersion if you click on it and then just wait an estimated 10 seconds for the color to switch. It would rather create an odd lack of feedback for the player. :)

 

 

EDIT: I initially said "slid in from the side", in fact it was clipped on from the front, thank you Spiceman for pointing it out. I completely remembered this wrong, my apologies.

Edited June 27, 2020 by IronMike

[AH_Solid_Snake]

Player feedback seems like an entirely solvable problem - you just need to animate the entire process ;p

[IronMike]

Player feedback seems like an entirely solvable problem - you just need to animate the entire process ;p

 

 

 

 

Rooooger. Two weeks. :D

[Blinde]

How was it changed in real F-14?

[IronMike]

How was it changed in real F-14?

 

maybe you missed this line:

 

"the real life tomcat did not have a changing screen color, as you might find on modern screens. Instead, if you look close, you will notice a small "rod" on the VDI. So what happened was that the pilot carried a color filter (a red tinted foil) in his pocket or had it in the map box, and it would clip on it from the front."

 

 

:)

 

 

something like this:

 

 

 

 

EDIT: I initially said "slid in from the side", in fact it was clipped on from the front, thank you Spiceman for pointing it out. I completely remembered this wrong, my apologies.

Edited June 27, 2020 by IronMike

[Blinde]

Indeed I missed it.

 

Thanks :thumbup:

[Spiceman]

There was actually a plastic filter stored in the map box that snapped onto the front of the VDI. The little rod along the bottom of the VDI is what it snapped onto.