w.i.p ATFLIR has horrible quality under certain conditions

[VAF [136] Striker]

OK, so we've been struggling with this problem for awhile now, and this can't be the way that this pod is supposed to perform. I understand the zoom part completely. It doesn't have anywhere near the range of the Litening pod. But the clarity is just terrible in certain conditions. In direct daylight without clouds, the images in the pod look great. Add some low heavy clouds in morning or evening and it just becomes useless. In some conditions the ground vehicles are so fuzzy, they just look like blobs of white, almost like bushes at a distance over 10 miles. What is going on with this and is this going to get addressed? Or is it something we're not getting about the pod? You can see that close it it's crystal clear, but if you're out at 15-20 miles it's just useless.

 

[wilbur81]

I assume you've played with brightness, contrast, and "grey" levels?

[VAF [136] Striker]

Absolutely, it seems like it has something to do with the auto focus under certain lighting conditions.

Edited November 22, 2021 by VAF [136] Striker

[Enduro14]

Hate so say it, but i Imagine the new Flir engine will fix that right up.

[VAF [136] Striker]

I thought that the ATFLIR was already part of updates already done. That's not the case?

[Enduro14]

2 minutes ago, VAF [136] Striker said:

I thought that the ATFLIR was already part of updates already done. That's not the case?

From what i saw the Apache will debut the new FLIR engine in dcs, so currently everything is still using old stuff.  If you check out Wags apaches videos you can see how good that flir will be.  When i say flir engine its a whole new sim of the thermal in dcs, so eventually all TGP's and ATflir with have the new API.  From my understanding of news letters

[VAF [136] Striker]

OK, thanks. I may message one of the guys tomorrow and get some confirmation on coming updates.

[BIGNEWY]

Please wait for the new FLIR currently in development.