XCNuse Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Well remember, 2.2 is default (mine has been set to 2.1 since the 2.0 days) Also that Gamma is more about contrast than actual light/dark, and by having such a low gamma, you're decreasing all midtones down into very dark colors (which would be those entire displays). From those pictures though, the sky looks equally as bright, the ground loses some contrast, but I'm definitely not seeing whatever it is you are. It's entirely possible your monitor is brighter than it should be or you have something else going on. But gamma... is not... a brightness slider, and it is not linear. This is what I mean by telling you two that having gamma in the wrong place is 100% the culprit. If the game is too bright or looks wrong, adjust your monitor, NOT the game's gamma, if you are doing that, then it entirely means your monitor is out of spec and either too bright or too low contrast or whatever; but the fact remains... gamma is once again, NOT supposed to be used for increasing / decreasing your brightness. Gamma is logarithmic, and shifts all midtones to be much darker, or much brighter than they should be. Gamma does NOT increase nor decrease pure whites, or pure blacks. Hence why in those two photos you just shared, nothing looks blown out, the clouds look virtually the same. Edited April 26, 2021 by XCNuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 The outside world is too bright in relation to the cockpit, those 2 instances need to be evened out. I know gamma is not brightness, it affects the shades of gray, but if you increase it the image (grays in the image) appears to be brighter same as if you decrease it the image goes darker. I have all other games and stuff perfectly right with colors and gamma, monitor brightness etc, I didn't need to set up anything for those games, only DCS that needs tweaking so I assume its DCS then that needs tweaking right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpiinoo Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Yes unreadable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HayMak3r Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Can confirm. mfd's are WAY harder to read after the 2.7 patch. I also upgraded my pc, which forced a format, reinstall of windows, and DCS. This happened pre upgrade with 2.7, and also after with a brand new install. It is very frustrating again. It seems like it has been reverted back to the issues the mfd's had when the viper first released or so. 2 Intel i7 8700K @ 4.8Ghz, Asus RoG Maximus X Formula, 32GB G.Skill Trident Z 3200, EVGA Geforce 2080 Super, 1TB Samsung Evo 970 M.2, 500GB Samsung Pro 860 SSD. TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals, Acer 23" x2, Oculus Rift S, FSSB3 Lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Around 11:30 server 1.8 gamma This is not ok, I used the brightness knob and no effect. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpiinoo Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 @NineLinePlease can you check again? F-18 have this problem too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 This is an issue where "gamification" needs to be applied. In real life the pilot can simply put his hand over the display to read it. In DCS we cannot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethro11 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I usually play in VR, but same issue after 2.7 can barely read the mfd’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geraki Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 same problem occured in video here too.... The HSD cyrcles and FCR level bar is not visible at all ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd2811 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 In VR its unplayable if we cant read the mfdsSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Caucasus 14:25 mid day 1.8 gamma Clicked brt knobs to max 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26-J39 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) MFD's need to be able to be adjusted a touch brighter, at least just to cater for personal preferences. IRL start up with MFD's coming at near end of vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOeXKWRxaMc Edited May 8, 2021 by 26-J39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconzx Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Mfd are ok like they are now for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder_ Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I think would b good if we have a middle set for start up or full on or full off would b helpful As the yellow characters highlights on the buttons selection options :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA_Recon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 4/22/2021 at 3:05 PM, BIGNEWY said: please include screenshots / video, your dcs settings and a track replay showing the issue. thanks I've sent you multiple screenshots, multiple times On 4/22/2021 at 4:39 PM, Rhayvn said: I have changed nothing since the 2.7 patch and had no issues at any time of day prior to this. Again, all of my group are having the same issues and we are a mix of hardware, VR/Track IR and settings. It's based entirely on time of day. I realize my gamma is low, but every other aspect of the sim looks great and this was the setting I found helps the most with visually finding other aircraft. I have to turn the gamma above 2 in order to read the MFD, which makes everything else in the game look overly bright and washed out. Settings: 7AM local time. MFD is easily readable. 1300 local time. MFD is barely readable. Gamma turned over 2. MFD is still a bit hard to read and the rest of the sim looks overly white and not crisp on detail. This is exactly what my entire squadron sees as well 1. in VR 2. without VR 3. without MODS TOD and 2.7 lighting issues - was fine before 2.7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA_Recon Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) On 4/22/2021 at 4:39 PM, Rhayvn said: I have changed nothing since the 2.7 patch and had no issues at any time of day prior to this. Again, all of my group are having the same issues and we are a mix of hardware, VR/Track IR and settings. It's based entirely on time of day. I realize my gamma is low, but every other aspect of the sim looks great and this was the setting I found helps the most with visually finding other aircraft. I have to turn the gamma above 2 in order to read the MFD, which makes everything else in the game look overly bright and washed out. Settings: 7AM local time. MFD is easily readable. 1300 local time. MFD is barely readable. Gamma turned over 2. MFD is still a bit hard to read and the rest of the sim looks overly white and not crisp on detail. This is exactly what my entire squadron sees as well 1. in VR 2. without VR 3. without MODS TOD and 2.7 lighting issues - was fine before 2.7 edit: I normally use 1.8 gamma, in these TOD like shown above, I have to turn it to gamma 3 just to see the red datalink contacts on SA and radar mfd's Edited May 10, 2021 by USA_Recon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadpool Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 HUD projection in front of the new clouds is also kind of the same deal in VR at the moment. 1 Lincoln said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Do not expect a reply to any questions, 30.06.2021 - Silenced by Nineline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA_Recon Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Example .miz - sun, and TOD - the red datalink is very dim and difficult to see no matter how much I brighten the MFD. VAF_TestMFG.miz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadpool Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 duplicate report of by the looks of it Lincoln said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Do not expect a reply to any questions, 30.06.2021 - Silenced by Nineline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA_Recon Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 5/23/2021 at 9:48 PM, deadpool said: duplicate report of by the looks of it Waiting for it to be acknowledged by the devs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted May 29, 2021 ED Team Share Posted May 29, 2021 We have reported the MFD brightness to the team for improvement. thanks 2 3 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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