Su-25T - Mercury LLTV Pod not working properly

[TexWiller]

Hello everybody,

 

I've been having some issues with the Mercury Pod and basically can't find targets with it at night or at day.

Since targets are not showing white as the training mission suggests it gets very hard to spot them with it.

Is there any settings, maybe even graphics settings that I should change in order to get it to work propperly?

Here are some screenshots of the issue


At night time

As said on the mission, tanks should appear as white.

 

But they are not appearing white, they are appearing like this, which makes them very difficult to find.

  Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this??

 

 

 

Now, an example on day light

Only with SHKVAL

Now, same spot with Mercury LLTV POD. (can't see anything)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Edited December 21, 2023 by TexWiller
Better understanding

[Ironhand]

At the time the tutorial was created, the Mercury pod was being modeled (incorrectly) as being infrared, hence the tutorial description of what to look for. The pod is now being modeled more correctly as a low tech light amplification pod. So things no longer show up in high contrast as they once did. The target is on the runway centerline just above the white runway markers. The tutorial needs to be remade.

in your second set of screens, your seeing what you should see with the pod amplifying daylight—a bright, washed out screen.

[TexWiller]

Hello, thx for the reply.

It is so much harder to find those targets now.

So I've searched on the update logs and haven't found the info on the correction of the Mercury POD model. Do you know when it took place?

 

 

[Ironhand]

I believe it was a few updates ago but I’m also not sure that it was formally acknowledged.

EDIT: Here’s a thread from November. The actual switch that created the bug noted by the OP was from the switch made a bit earlier.

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by Ironhand

[TexWiller]

Great man, thx for the reply.

I'm new here... what does "OP" mean??

[Ironhand]

OP “original post” or “original poster” (as in the person who opened the thread).

And a warm welcome to you.

[TexWiller]

Thx bro!!! really appreciate ur help!!

[virgo47]

Whow, nearly posted the same report... so the current behavior with NOT white tanks is correct, just the voiceover is obsolete now?

I also noticed how overblown the red lights are - is that correct as well? This is the Mercury LLTV:

Ingore (1) (that's a now-not-white tank), but (2) is caused by this:

Should we consider this a non-buggy current version of Mercury pod?