Can you read AMPCD?

[ebabil]

On my end, even with a big zoom, I can not see properly its texts. And with those tick borders of something (even on the sea) it makes even harder to see.

Actually it is not that pale like in the attachment but hard to see though

[Svsmokey]

I just use it for mood lighting :)

[Wizard_03]

Set it for night and bump up the contrast and its fine.

[fmedges]

I turn the map off every time. In two years I’ve never turned it on once after I saw it for the first time.

[Eviscerador]

Turn the map off by default. And in case you need it for any reason just turn it on again.

 

Night mode and fiddling with the contrast might help but I found that since you don't have a proper TAD like in the A10C the map is a luxury.

 

IIRC even real pilots turn it off most of the time.

[Napa]

I turn the map off every time. In two years I’ve never turned it on once after I saw it for the first time.

 

 

Yeah same here. Always turn it off and that's only because I can't read the text and symbols. If ED can do something about it... great! That's one extra feature I will use that someone took a lot of time to develop. Otherwise I won't use it.

[jojo]

On my end, even with a big zoom, I can not see properly its texts. And with those tick borders of something (even on the sea) it makes even harder to see.

Actually it is not that pale like in the attachment but hard to see though

 

Tuning up SYM button on top right corner can help a little bit.

[Ourorborus]

I bump up the SYM button (top right corner) and turn the dimmer (top centre) down. Helps a bit. Mostly I just keep it on SA with Map off.

[Arctander]

I turn the map off by default. In be the brightness gain symbology and contrast buttons don’t seem to do a thing

[Tom Kazansky]

Could not read to much at full HD with map on. Hornet's MPCD was a major reason to go to a larger 4k screen. It is perfectly readable now. But even now I just turn on the map when I have to for some reasons.

[ebabil]

There are so many unnecessary signs on the map. I wish it had an option to reduce the information shown on the map. In most cases, only airport locations and general lines of the shore are very sufficient like a GPS device map

[noisy_lightning]

There are so many unnecessary signs on the map. I wish it had an option to reduce the information shown on the map. In most cases, only airport locations and general lines of the shore are very sufficient like a GPS device map

 

 

Not required for the sim maybe, but in real life those lines all mean not hitting an airline, or straying into danger areas etc, and are very much required. Just because people on here dont know how to read it does not mean its useless.

 

 

And given how many people shout about accuracy on here with the modules, why not use (an admittedly out of date AIRAC wise map) a proper flying chart on the screen!

[ebabil]

Of course, my first choice is to be able to read every info. But if you can not read the things that already there, where is the realism here? So many planes don't have such maps at all, so are they allowed to abuse airliners? And.. airliners..If only we had them in this sim. I would treat them very gentle for sure

[de.Impact]

You can modify the HSI\SA Page Line Style and add a black outline.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3555460&postcount=117

 

from (Standart):

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 3

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 1.1

too:

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 8

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 3

*Edit: it passes MP IC check

Edited April 30, 2020 by [de].Impact

[CBStu]

I will now have to try playing w/ those. I fly a mission in Caucus where the goal is to destroy choppers parked at Kobuleti (I think). I always use the F10 map to help get me in line w/ the runway so the choppers are in a vertical string. The other day I thought I should use the moving map. Geez, there are a lot of things on that map aren't there? I zoomed my view, zoomed the map itself, and not sure if I ever saw the airfield or not. Went back to the SA page.

[ebabil]

.Impact;4312472']You can modify the HSI\SA Page Line Style and add a black outline.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3555460&postcount=117

 

from (Standart):

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 3

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 1.1

too:

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 8

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 3

 

looks cool. is it ok for Integrity Check for MP?

 

I will now have to try playing w/ those. I fly a mission in Caucus where the goal is to destroy choppers parked at Kobuleti (I think). I always use the F10 map to help get me in line w/ the runway so the choppers are in a vertical string. The other day I thought I should use the moving map. Geez, there are a lot of things on that map aren't there? I zoomed my view, zoomed the map itself, and not sure if I ever saw the airfield or not. Went back to the SA page.

 

Yes that's what I am saying. I don't want to bother f10 map for this plane. But no luck

[twells555]

@ebabil...theres a civilian airliner mod to give you civilian airliners if you want them...even airforce 1....

[bomber]

Led

 

The font outline is great, there is also an LCD mod for the hornets 3screens which is very good and I use it. Will try the font also.

Edited May 1, 2020 by bomber

[nickos86]

This issue was brought up a countless number of times. I guess it's low priority (if at all) at the moment... Could be an easy fix to implement the rest of the AMPCD control buttons and get the visibility better... SAD. VERY SAD.

[Eldur]

It's totally illegible as it is in the real thing according to some SMEs I happened to come across here. On top of that the map is utterly useless as it looks like a 1998 game's texture. The font on it is so blurry you can hardly tell it's letters. Again, totally useless. Turning off the map is part of my startup routine...

 

Set it for night and bump up the contrast and its fine.

 

[LATER IN EARLY ACCESS] Had a good laugh there!

 

Only things much worse even are the Wiper's MFDs and HUD BTW. I can read the package inserts of my friggen pills better than those. I like my Hornet...

[Notso]

I would love to be able to program airspace boundaries, draw lines, ROZs, corridors, etc in ME and then have it transfer to the map. It would be SOOOO much more usable then. I am assuming the Real Hornet can do this via the DTC?

[G B]

Point of order:

 

TGP

AMPCD

DTC

 

Acronyms never used in the real Hornet community (USN). Never even seen #1 or #3. I do understand that they stem from other platforms.

 

What I have seen are:

 

TPOD

MPCD

AMU (several different acronyms actually, depending on which generation Mission Card).

 

Just for those interested in maximum authenticity :).

[CBStu]

I have to assume this is like the very first nav in a car so essentially stone age tech. One other problem is that it is set for up = straight ahead of the plane. Ok, that's one option we are familiar with but all the labels on the map must be set for north is up so 90% of the time they are at some crazy angle.

[Phantom453]

QUOTE=bomber;4313707]The font outline is great, there is also an LCD mod for the hornets 3screens which is very good and I use it. Will try the font also.

 

Do you have a link for that mod please?

 

UPDATE: No worries, I think I've found it here:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3306396/

Edited May 2, 2020 by Phantom453

[LeCuvier]

I find the AMPCD map display in the cockpit still useless. But I export it to my 2nd monitor with 512x512 pixels and the map there is very readable.

Edited May 2, 2020 by LeCuvier