Green or red flashlight filter

[Carbon715]

Title, white light isn't good for your night vision and isn't used in night ops

[Fisherman82]

+1 

In the Hornet there was a green flash light but that was removed sadly.
Green light is realistic since the pilot could be wearing FLITELites on their fingers.

[Lace]

OK but you are looking at a colour screen or headset, and your eyes aren't actually adjusted for night conditions regardless of the time set in the sim, so you aren't washing out your rods by using white light in the sim.

So yes, for better eye candy, but to all intents and purposes, from what I've seen it makes no difference in game.

There'll probably be a LUA line somewhere for the RGB value if you want to dig around though.

[Carbon715]

On 10/16/2024 at 1:13 AM, Lace said:

OK but you are looking at a colour screen or headset, and your eyes aren't actually adjusted for night conditions regardless of the time set in the sim, so you aren't washing out your rods by using white light in the sim.

You don't say...

It's the principle of having a realistic simulation that's easy to model without lua edits possibly messing with integrity of the sim. 

[rob10]

On 10/16/2024 at 1:46 AM, Fisherman82 said:

In the Hornet there was a green flash light but that was removed sadly.

That is incorrect.  I just used it the other night and it's still there.  It opens to white by default, but there is a keybind to change it to green.

[Fisherman82]

13 hours ago, rob10 said:

That is incorrect.  I just used it the other night and it's still there.  It opens to white by default, but there is a keybind to change it to green.

I did not know that, they must have brought it back then, thats great. Can you adjust the intensity now also?

[Carbon715]

Well, had a student on night fly use a reg white light on walk around / start. Color it realistic I guess. First in 15 years seen.