known issue FA-18C canopy reflection issue, perhaps additional context?

[GeneralDynamics]

I'm not sure when this problem started for me personally, perhaps with the introduction of ver 2.9.4, but I can't be certain as I took a hiatus from flying while upgrading my sim pit.

Example:

1. Start Caucuses Cold and Dark mission.

2. White "ghost" canopy reflections can briefly be seen on both sides of the lower forward canopy, but they disappear a second or so after the mission starts. 

After a second or so:

 

3. I can start one or two Cold and Dark missions where the reflections disappear shortly after mission start, but after that, the ghost reflections remain for the duration of every new mission. At this point, the only way to get rid of them is to restart DCS, and then the entire sequence starts over again.

4. The same reflections stay with the aircraft on both sides of the canopy whether on the ground or in the air, regardless of aircraft orientation, until DCS is restarted:

 

Things I've tried:

1. Set canopy reflections from "static" to "none". Edit: It's  possible that I did this in an earlier version. I'm on the latest now.

2. Turned off Reshade effects.

3. Deleted fxo and metashaders2 directories.

4. Uninstalled Reshade.

5. Performed a "check all files" repair.

6. Installed latest GPU drivers.

7. Backed off to earlier GPU drivers.

The problem persists unchanged.

Interesting to note, that I went back to the canopy reflections setting to ensure it was still set to "none", and the "static" option no longer appeared. The only option available was "none" which I thought was odd.

DxDiag.txt

dcs.log

dcs.log.old

 

Two questions:

1. Is this the same or a related issue to the already reported canopy reflection problems, or is this something different?

2. Would it be worthwhile to perform a clean install at this point, or should I just wait for the existing canopy reflection issues to be addressed? I'd hate to do the reinstall and spend hours of work getting everything set back up only to find that it fixed nothing. But, if you guys think it's worth a shot then I'll give it a go. I don't know what else to do at this point.

Thank you!! 

Forgot to mention, the Caucuses Cold and Dark mission was just an example - the same problem occurs in other maps/missions as well.

Edited May 19, 2024 by GeneralDynamics

[Gryzor]

This issue affects also other AC like F-15. Bad reflections on second loading.

[GeneralDynamics]

7 hours ago, Gryzor said:

This issue affects also other AC like F-15. Bad reflections on second loading.

Thanks Gryzor, good to know.

After further consideration of the log files I sent, I'm not sure if they captured the problem because I was doing some other things with gathering screenshots at the time. My apologies. 

This log file is of a plain vanilla session, all peripherals disconnected, all supporting software turned off, no viewports, etc, just the main screen. Started Cold and Dark mission, reflections show up and then disappear. Backed out to the primary menu, started Cold and Dark mission again, reflections remain in place. 

dcs.log

[Lord Vader]

Once more, canopy reflections on the DCS: F/A-18C (and other aircraft) are being reviewed. We are aware of some issues and will fix them in future updates. 

Thanks @GeneralDynamicsfor your findings.