known issue White foggy texture on the right side of canopy

[hreich]

nullDoes anybody has same white foggy texture on right side of canopy? This is on my afghan map?

[MAXsenna]

nullDoes anybody has same white foggy texture on right side of canopy? This is on my afghan map?

What are your shadows settings?

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[Nedum]

1 hour ago, hreich said:

nullDoes anybody has same white foggy texture on right side of canopy? This is on my afghan map?

Old Bug. It's on every map and only of the right side oft the canopy.

The left side doesn't have that "feature".

Some say it's the reflection of the kneeboard, but it can be seen, even without the Pilot body. And if it would be a kneeboard reflection, the shielding of the cockpit would cut a big part of this reflection out. So it seems to be a reflection of the shielding itself, which is wrong, because the shielding is black colored. It can't reflect white.

It's one of the 100+ stone old bugs.

[MAXsenna]

Old Bug. It's on every map and only of the right side oft the canopy.
The left side doesn't have that "feature".
Some say it's the reflection of the kneeboard, but it can be seen, even without the Pilot body. And if it would be a kneeboard reflection, the shielding of the cockpit would cut a big part of this reflection out. So it seems to be a reflection of the shielding itself, which is wrong, because the shielding is black colored. It can't reflect white.
It's one of the 100+ stone old bugs.

Never seen it.

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[Furiz]

Probably shader issue, never seen that tho,

delete fxo and metashader2 folders in your Saved Games/DCS, and try again.

[MAXsenna]

Probably shader issue, never seen that tho,
delete fxo and metashader2 folders in your Saved Games/DCS, and try again.

Not saying it's the same in the Viper, while the F-5 and Hip have some strange issues sometimes. I did see it in the Chinook come to think of it, as another fellow user did. My shadow settings were reverted to flat. I suggested to the user to change it to low. Issue went away.

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[sirrah]

Not exactly the same report (I was mainly annoyed by the fact that this "white stain" looks different in the left and right eye in VR), but I already tried adressing this in May:

 

But as you mention in your OP, the "white stain" itself is the problem. It is only seen on the right side of the canopy and the shape and size depends on the position in relation to the sun.

Clearly a bug (clearing FXO and metashader doesn't solve it (for me))

Edited October 28, 2024 by sirrah

[MAXsenna]

Not exactly the same report (I was mainly annoyed by the fact that this "white stain" looks different in the left and right eye in VR), but I already tried adressing this in May:
 
But as you mention in your OP, the "white stain" itself is the problem. It is only seen on the right side of the canopy and the shape and size depends on the position in relation to the sun.
Clearly a bug (clearing FXO and metashader doesn't solve it (for me))

Probably won't make a difference as you are in VR, but what shadow setting are you using?

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[sirrah]

6 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Probably won't make a difference as you are in VR, but what shadow setting are you using?

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iirc, I have it set to "high"

(yet still my pc runs DCS quite acceptable in VR. Can you believe that? )

[MAXsenna]

iirc, I have it set to "high"
(yet still my pc runs DCS quite acceptable in VR. Can you believe that? )

Not related then!
I have mine on Ultra, and it doesn't have any impact. 2D though.

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[Nedum]

10 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Never seen it.

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It's an extreme old bug, you can find several Threads about it in the bug section.

3 hours ago, Furiz said:

Probably shader issue, never seen that tho,

delete fxo and metashader2 folders in your Saved Games/DCS, and try again.

It has nothing to do with it. I am playing without any mod. I did so many slow repairs, but this bug is always there. It happens during some special weather and flight conditions. You have to enable the Canopy reflections to see this behavior, and only of the right side of the Canopy. NEVER on the left side.

Do the quick Free Flight Action Mission in Syria. Fly above the clouds and then fly a circle with different bank angles. You should see this behavior and always only on the right side.

 

8 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Not related then!
I have mine on Ultra, and it doesn't have any impact. 2D though.

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Shadows on Ultra? There are new settings? Since when? Is this new? I have to take a look later this day.

Edited October 28, 2024 by Nedum

[MAXsenna]

57 minutes ago, Nedum said:

You have to enable the Canopy reflections to see this behavior

Ah, I see. I stay away from reflections like the plague. I'll try though, and post a track with my findings and settings.  

58 minutes ago, Nedum said:

Shadows on Ultra?

Minor hack. Not sure if it breaks IC. Must apply it after every patch/repair. Can't believe they just don't add it already in the core. <2 minute job.  

[Nedum]

On 10/28/2024 at 11:36 AM, MAXsenna said:

Minor hack. Not sure if it breaks IC. Must apply it after every patch/repair. Can't believe they just don't add it already in the core. <2 minute job.  

Ah, thank you for the info.

 

Yep, this "feature" is an old one. Many reports about this issue pointing in a slightly different direction, like the picture in VR is in both eyes different (in VR like in RL it can be different).

The problem is, the shader is always too bright and always only on the right side. Couldn't force making it happen on the left side. People thought it can be a reflection from the kneeboard. It can be, but I hardly doubt that there is such a big bright reflection in RL coming from a kneeboard.

[SpecterDC13]

On 10/27/2024 at 1:44 PM, hreich said:

nullDoes anybody has same white foggy texture on right side of canopy? This is on my afghan map?

It's part of the "canopy reflections". Go to your settings and set the "canopy reflections" slider to like 0.3. That's what I did and it looks way more realistic/better.