fixed TGP FLIR broken

[dporter22]

On 7/29/2021 at 6:41 AM, Caldera said:

Dporter,

 

Not useless, both mostly work.  You just have to fly with no clouds.  Which is just a bit underwhelming considering how beautiful the clouds really are. 

 

I have shown in some pictures that even with Light Clouds the textures are off.  So it seems like a base game graphic issue to me.  I am sure that ED is working on it, but probably it is much more complicated than just changing a few lines of code.

 

How are the mirrors working with the clouds?  I always have mine off.

 

Caldera

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.  In my opinion, when you can't reliably use the primary targeting systems to identify objects it makes them mostly useless.  There are several examples in this thread of targets being nearly invisible under various conditions.  This is not how it's supposed to work, it's not how it previously worked, and it's certainly not even close to how it works IRL.  

Edited August 4, 2021 by dporter22

[Caldera]

DPorter,

 

Agreed!

 

I am just trying to keep on playing with the best work around that I can find.  You are correct.  It mostly still sucks.

 

Caldera

[Sr.]

On 7/22/2021 at 4:04 AM, The RDN said:

Hi,

I also confirm, and not only on the A10, on the hornet and the viper too. On the viper it's particularly obvious, there are times when the flir and the IR mavericks are totally unusable. As soon as I have time I will make a track for the viper. 
A comment from ED would be welcome to know if this problem is taken seriously and put in high priority (it affects an important function of several modules), or will we have to wait almost 2 years like the last flir bug for this to be fixed?

Thanks and have a nice day...

Can confirm the Viper, any shadowy cloud layer and the ground targets disapear.

[nessuno0505]

If this is an issue shared by several modules maybe it should be reported in DCS general bugs.

[jaylw314]

56 minutes ago, syncs said:

This issue is still around after the previous two updates. Whats going on, is it not being addressed?

I suspect the problem is inherent to the 2.7 clouds, so without killing the clouds there's not an easy workaround

[EasyEB]

5 hours ago, jaylw314 said:

I suspect the problem is inherent to the 2.7 clouds, so without killing the clouds there's not an easy workaround

This problem was introduced after the new clouds. 

[BIGNEWY]

As mentioned in the beginning of the year 

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FLIR

New and Improved Forward Looking Infrared

In the modern battlefield, a realistic rendering of FLIR sensors is mandatory, not just for aircraft but also for ground units, unmanned systems, and weapon sensor video. Given the need to create the underlying technology and then create thermal maps for all the world objects, terrain surfaces, and units, this has been quite a large task. We will continue to develop this well into 2021 

 

 

Please understand this is a huge task and will take time. 

 

thanks

[Foka]

@BIGNEWY but we are not asking for new FLIR system, just to unf... fix present one.

[nessuno0505]

Exactly. We are aware that a new and improved FLIR is a huge task, but please give us a temporary workaround in order to have the FLIR work again, as before the new clouds. Or state clearly that the only workaround possible for now is to disable clouds. That would mean no clouds in any modern A-G mission, a very disappointing issue but if this is the only solution possible, please let us know.

[BIGNEWY]

2 hours ago, Foka said:

@BIGNEWY but we are not asking for new FLIR system, just to unf... fix present one.

 

It is reported already, I have no news to share currently, when it is addressed / fixed either by the new FLIR or a fix it will be in the change log. 

 

thanks