reported A10c ii MFCD backlight brightness not working

[icemaker]

On 5/15/2022 at 7:02 AM, NineLine said:

Devs are not currently working on the ARC-210 and other updates for the A-10C II. The FLIR and display issues are being worked on. 

Great News! Thanks NineLine

[NineLine]

We are reviewing changes and updates to FLIR today, backlight issues as well, I doubt it will make the next patch, but soon. 

[icemaker]

14 minutes ago, NineLine said:

We are reviewing changes and updates to FLIR today, backlight issues as well, I doubt it will make the next patch, but soon. 

Crossing fingers!

Thanks for the heads up

[Hive]

55 minutes ago, NineLine said:

We are reviewing changes and updates to FLIR today, backlight issues as well, I doubt it will make the next patch, but soon. 

Thanks for your honest feedback. Really appreciate it, so we know what's going on. 

[Shaman]

1 hour ago, NineLine said:

We are reviewing changes and updates to FLIR today, backlight issues as well, I doubt it will make the next patch, but soon. 

Thanks, I am back to A-10C since 2016... switched from 1.5 recently to recent version. Now even during the day both both MFD screens are so washed out especially on TGP and TAD pages, over-bright during day time I am unable to read most things. Changing contrast can mitigate the issue a little bit. In the beginning I thought there is something wrong with my graphics card drivers after DCS engine update but it is the A-10C module issue.

[NineLine]

30 minutes ago, Shaman said:

Thanks, I am back to A-10C since 2016... switched from 1.5 recently to recent version. Now even during the day both both MFD screens are so washed out especially on TGP and TAD pages, over-bright during day time I am unable to read most things. Changing contrast can mitigate the issue a little bit. In the beginning I thought there is something wrong with my graphics card drivers after DCS engine update but it is the A-10C module issue.

No there is not much you can do, the A-10 was the worst of the big three having issues, its much better internally now.

[Chunk]

Hope it makes the next patch...it makes night ops nearly impossible.

[nuxil]

What is considered next patch?, is it the patch for the open beta version or the stable version ?

 

[Yurgon]

2 hours ago, nuxil said:

What is considered next patch?, is it the patch for the open beta version or the stable version ?

I don't know the answer to that question, but generally speaking, when there are known issues in the OpenBeta, they're fixed in the OpenBeta first, and then when the OB turns out to be sufficiently stable, that version is then released into the Stable branch a little later.

To put it differently, I don't think I've ever seen a patch getting deployed to Stable before it was released into OpenBeta. So, I'd expect OB to be patched, and if all is (relatively) well, Stable might be updated a couple of days later (or weeks, or months - that part really depends).

Edited May 19, 2022 by Yurgon

[Thump]

Wompwomp

[Yurgon]

Is this problem still present in the latest OB (which is the same version as the latest stable right now)?

I didn't see any mention in the patch notes, but one of my squad mates says it's fixed for him.

[Thump]

31 minutes ago, Yurgon said:

Is this problem still present in the latest OB (which is the same version as the latest stable right now)?

I didn't see any mention in the patch notes, but one of my squad mates says it's fixed for him.

I'll give it a look and let ya know if I still have the issue.

 

 

Edit:

 

It would appear to have been fixed.  Although I feel like the switching of gain/level from white to black hot is weird in that getting a good image for one completely messes up the other.  I also think that bhot and whot are still reversed but need to test a bit further.  The eye gouging default brightness seems to have been reduced significantly.

Edited May 27, 2022 by Thump

[NineLine]

Its possible it snuck through, I thought it would come with a regular patch along with the FLIR fixes. 

[Floydrix]

The DSP +/- controls don't appear to work on the latest open beta build available on Steam. (2.7.14.24228)

Edited May 27, 2022 by Floydrix

[TimSell75]

vor 23 Stunden schrieb NineLine:

Its possible it snuck through, I thought it would come with a regular patch along with the FLIR fixes. 

No, the brightness swich is still not working. Nothing fixed in the latest patch.

[jaylw314]

7 hours ago, TimSell75 said:

No, the brightness swich is still not working. Nothing fixed in the latest patch.

Just to clarify, BRT, CONT and SYM switches all work, but the all-important DISP does not still

[Convexrook]

confirmed not fixed

[Rattles]

Night vision is on by default and works with the HMD,

[jaylw314]

10 hours ago, Rattles said:

Night vision is on by default and works with the HMD,

Can you please clarify what you're saying and how it's relevant to the topic?  I suspect you might have posted in the wrong topic

[Scoop]

Quick workaround for A10 pilots until ED fix the MFCD brightness issue.

Go to DCS World Open Beta Directory, then See first image for location.

 

Open MFCD with Notepad++ and edit with these numbers, see second image

Save and your night and day displays will be much nicer, you can then use the gain button on the TGP and moving map to adjust much better.

I have tested it with no issues

[Thump]

16 minutes ago, Scoop said:

Quick workaround for A10 pilots until ED fix the MFCD brightness issue.

Go to DCS World Open Beta Directory, then See first image for location.

Open MFCD with Notepad++ and edit with these numbers, see second image

Save and your night and day displays will be much nicer, you can then use the gain button on the TGP and moving map to adjust much better.

I have tested it with no issues

How has this not been fixed yet....

 

The community has done more in the past day for the A-10 than ED in the past 6 months to solve this issue.

[jaylw314]

3 hours ago, Thump said:

How has this not been fixed yet....

 

The community has done more in the past day for the A-10 than ED in the past 6 months to solve this issue.

It doesn't fix it, the DISP setting is not accessible via the lua config file.  It does what people have been doing before, turning down the SYM, BRT and CONT settings, which are modestly helpful, though.  Also, check the ED news from earlier today

3 hours ago, Scoop said:

Quick workaround for A10 pilots until ED fix the MFCD brightness issue.

Go to DCS World Open Beta Directory, then See first image for location.

 

Open MFCD with Notepad++ and edit with these numbers, see second image

 

Save and your night and day displays will be much nicer, you can then use the gain button on the TGP and moving map to adjust much better.

 

I have tested it with no issues

Thanks for putting that together, I'd also point out you can put the edited lua in a mod folder and use OVGME to add and remove it from the DCS install folder.  Useful since the edits will be returned to default if you repair or update (assuming it's not fixed at the next update) and if you have MFCD settings you'd like to keep as default

Edited June 3, 2022 by jaylw314

[Scoop]

Good point, I do keep a mods folder on the desktop for when the updates happen

 

[Thump]

3 hours ago, jaylw314 said:

... Also, check the ED news from earlier today

 

 

 

Same story, different month.

[NineLine]

1 minute ago, Thump said:

 

Same story, different month.

How is it the same story different month? It is fixed for the next update. Sometimes if you dont have something nice to say, its better not to hit 'submit reply'.