Rain on canopy needs tweaking

[draconus]

Thanks for your continuos work on the rain on canopy. It's very good although needs a bit of tweaking to be more realistic

1. Too much distortion when stationary - can't even see ground crew signs!

2. Too slow water flow back during flight. Users report it as too oily - too much viscosity.

Other reports and opinions:

[Nealius]

Yes. It looks cool, but is unrealistic and causing issues with basic taxiing. In addition to not being able to see deck crew signals on the carrier, on shore it's impossible to see more than 10-20 meters ahead, making navigation from parking to runway, and back, unreasonably difficult. In modules with flatter canopies (e.g. Tomcat) the raindrops pool up on the windscreen completely blocking visiblity of the carrier or runway on final approach.

Edited October 6, 2024 by Nealius

[Flappie]

Hey @draconus. I've read the other thread (which has NO track by the way, just like yours ) then tested by myself.

Some observations:

• I've just tested both settings (low and high rain droplets) and I agree it's very hard to see any difference.
  • I plan to report that the "low" rain droplets setting is not different from the "high" setting. It should be lower than it is.

 

• In DCS, the rain effect on the canopy ceases once airspeed reaches ~460 knots. In the Youtube footage, it ceases when the main gear is lifted off the ground (let's say 175 knots). BUT, it looks like it's not raining anymore in the footage. We need another video showing a takeoff in heavy rain.

 

Hornet_rain_takeoff_LOW.trk Hornet_rain_takeoff_HIGH.trk

[Flappie]

In this video of an A320, we can see it's still raining when the aircraft takes off. The rain is still seen gliding on the glass at 4:50 (speed is not indicated).

In this other video, the rain stops being visible on the canopy at about 230 knots:

 

Edited January 26 by Flappie

[Nealius]

If it is realistic, then why haven't all modules been fitted with functioning wipers (helos, Mossie) or rain repel blowers (Phantom, Tomcat, etc.) prior to such a feature being rolled out? That's a very simple logical progression in planning.

Edited February 2 by Nealius

[Flappie]

10 hours ago, Nealius said:

If it is realistic, then why haven't all modules been fitted with functioning wipers (helos, Mossie) or rain repel blowers (Phantom, Tomcat, etc.) prior to such a feature being rolled out? That's a very simple logical progression in planning.

I agree it should have been done this way.

FYI, the Mi-8, Ka-50 (old and new), UH-1H and Mosquito are all reported internally. The old Ka-50 does not have rain droplets for now.

Do you know the full list of aircraft in need of the blower effect?