fixed Night time water bug

[DimSim]

Just noticed this with latest version v2.7.12.23362

Have not isolated, but these steps did reproduce:

Steps to reproduce

1.  AH-64 -> Instant Action -> Desert Challenge

2. Quit mission

3. F-18 -> Mission -> Mission Qualification: Supercarrier CASE III Recovery

4. Observe sea glowing. (Restart game and skip straight to 3. to see normal behavior)

Good (Normal)

Bad (After repro steps)

EDIT: Workaround is to restart game. (Repo step 4 hints at this, but it's important to know it can be temporarily avoided.)

Edited May 1, 2022 by DimSim

[Svend_Dellepude]

Delete the shader cache. If that doesn't do it, try a repair. I had the same issue and fixed it, but don't remember which of these that worked for me.

[schurem]

Sooo. shader cache deletion neccesary after every flight over Nevada?

[Esac_mirmidon]

Not a good solution but restarting DCS will fix the issue. At least for me, the very few times this happened.

[MAXsenna]

This have happened to me sometimes if I play a night mission directly after a day mission. And like @Esac_mirmidon says, a restart fixes it.  

[Flappie]

It's even more specific. If I recall correctly, you have to play a day mission with a cloud preset, and then a night mission with no cloud preset to get this weird bug.

The issue was reported earlier.

[DimSim]

1 hour ago, Flappie said:

It's even more specific. If I recall correctly, you have to play a day mission with a cloud preset, and then a night mission with no cloud preset to get this weird bug.

The issue was reported earlier.

Thanks for isolation info.

If this has been reported earlier, particularly with any official response, please add the link if you find it.

This is the closest thread I found when searching before posting:

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by DimSim
fix link

[Flappie]

Here you go:

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/288563-night-mission-f16-cockpit-is-bright-and-water-is-reflecting-light-when-there-is-no-light/#comment-4842735

[DimSim]

Thanks, I see it's been reported since at least May 2021.

100% reproducible, hopefully will get fixed soon. At least we have a work around.

[Flappie]

Yes, that is one of many graphic bugs that were introduced by DCS 2.7. many of them have been squashed.

I'll bump the report since many users encounter it.

[DimSim]

From May 25 change log:

DCS 2.7.14.24228 Open Beta
  * Water has very bright reflections at night in the mission without clouds after the mission with cloud preset  - fixed.

Edit: Confirmed fixed.

Edited May 27, 2022 by DimSim