Fisherman82 Posted October 22, 2021 Posted October 22, 2021 Is it just me or do the keybinds for changing flashlight color and intensity work in the last stable version? They dont for me, when I bring up the control settings they respond to my inputs but in the sim the light always stays bright white.
Frederf Posted October 22, 2021 Posted October 22, 2021 There are two cockpit light systems but both controlled by the same inputs. One is a battery powered handheld flashlight and the other is an aircraft powered corded lamp. Which is in use automatically switches based on aircraft power. The first one mentioned does not have any of the green filter or dimming features.
Fisherman82 Posted October 23, 2021 Author Posted October 23, 2021 23 hours ago, Frederf said: There are two cockpit light systems but both controlled by the same inputs. One is a battery powered handheld flashlight and the other is an aircraft powered corded lamp. Which is in use automatically switches based on aircraft power. The first one mentioned does not have any of the green filter or dimming features. Ok, but if you have the aircraft power on then, can you change the color and intensity?
Frederf Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 Yes. Be aware the intensity adjustment by keyboard requires that you release and press again the input every step of intensity. A single long hold only jumps the first step.
Fisherman82 Posted October 23, 2021 Author Posted October 23, 2021 Can some moderator check this and move this thread into the appropriate bug section if in fact there is a bug regarding that you can not change the color of the flashlight to green and not dim it either in the last stable version? It is not a controller issue, the inputs are recognized in the software in the adjust controls dialog. I have attached a mission, a track and the dcs.log Hornet, flashlight color and brightness not working 2021-10-23.trk dcs 2021-10-23.log Hornet Flashlight Color and Intensity Dont Work 2021-10-23.miz 1
Frederf Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 Wow, you're totally right. Hot starts act like you only have the battery pocket flashlight. I was testing on the ramp cold with battery power. So I went back and did the whole start. Without any power in a cold airplane you only have the pocket flashlight, makes sense. Flip on the battery and I have access to the utility light (set to green). Again, makes sense. I proceed with the start, APU on, still utility light. Crank right engine, set throttle to idle, right engine generator kicking in... light turns white. Turn off the R GEN switch, can use utility light again. So right now you're only allowed to use the utility light only with battery power but not generator power. Weird. 1
Fisherman82 Posted October 25, 2021 Author Posted October 25, 2021 Ok, I never understood that there where two different flashlight simulated. Hopefully a moderator can move this into the bug section if it is indeed a bug as it seems.
Frederf Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 I have two guesses as to how the behavior got this way: The utility light was supposed to work on a/c battery power but implementation took that to mean solely a/c battery power instead of including normal full power. The utility light was interpreted as "stow before takeoff" so developer made the utility light not functional in flight. I'm curious how practical it is to use the utility light in flight. If there wants to be a limiting system then maybe the light can point toward the floor uncontrollably based on aircraft G (e.g. >2G).
TAIPAN_ Posted November 1, 2021 Posted November 1, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 7:06 AM, Fisherman82 said: Can some moderator check this and move this thread into the appropriate bug section if in fact there is a bug regarding that you can not change the color of the flashlight to green and not dim it either in the last stable version? It is not a controller issue, the inputs are recognized in the software in the adjust controls dialog. I have attached a mission, a track and the dcs.log Hornet, flashlight color and brightness not working 2021-10-23.trk 1.1 MB · 3 downloads dcs 2021-10-23.log 77.08 kB · 0 downloads Hornet Flashlight Color and Intensity Dont Work 2021-10-23.miz 1.07 MB · 4 downloads I was going crazy wondering why my flashlight is stuck on white.. I can confirm the bug you've found is also present in the Open Beta version. Pimax Crystal VR & Simpit User | Ryzen CPU & Nvidia RTX GPU | Some of my mods
Fisherman82 Posted November 10, 2021 Author Posted November 10, 2021 Can someone acknowledge this as as a bug and if so move it to the correct section? I really miss the green light that I could turn down the intensity on, used it as a green FLITELite finger light.
Fresh Posted November 26, 2021 Posted November 26, 2021 The dimmable/green flashlight is available in-flight or on ground when on BAT only, i.e. switching off L & R GEN will make it dimmable and green/white togglable... seems the logic isn't quite right... 1
AJ.eightFive Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Was this ever confirmed as a bug? I'm still not able to dim the flashlight or change colours in flight.
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