improve the f14 external lighting

[diveplane]

i find at night the lights are very poor to view from distance and even close up, can the lod be improved, and airframe reflection added, some bloom halo.

 

 

[IronMike]

Thank you for your input. Unfortunately we have no such plans currently. I would also add that videos and pictures are not very good references.

[sLYFa]

7 hours ago, IronMike said:

Thank you for your input. Unfortunately we have no such plans currently. I would also add that videos and pictures are not very good references.

Thats a shame because the slime lights almost vanish above LOD0, makes formation flying at night really scary 

[IronMike]

53 minutes ago, sLYFa said:

Thats a shame because the slime lights almost vanish above LOD0, makes formation flying at night really scary 

What is your gamma setting @sLYFa? FYI we tweak all lights to the 2.2 standard and increasing them makes them into glowing orbs, so we believe we struck a balance, but we can be wrong, too, especially if you guys have lowered gamma settings. We do advise to use 2.2 though, as monitors are tweaked to that and it is the standard. Can you show me a screenshot of how it looks?

We're not opposed to taking a second look ofc, if need be. Thank you!

[Northstar98]

Personally, I think the lights are fine close up, though formation lights could be made brighter (in daylight, even when in shadow, they're borderline invisible).

But I'm definitely averse to having FSX orbs that in plenty of cases, don't account for line of sight properly.

I think the main problem here is how lights render at distance and lights present on LODs.

Edited December 10, 2021 by Northstar98

[IronMike]

Thanks, we'll check on formation lights again.

[diveplane]

ED nailed the f15 eagle lights nicely, just as a ref point maybe.