Dear ED, what about tinted glass cockpits?

[toby23]

EDIT Post edited as CEPEGA made a mod based on my original request

 

Dear A-10 pilots,

Please find a tinted glass mod HERE, courtesy of CEPEGA.

All credit and thanks to him.

Happy hunting...

Edited August 2, 2011 by toby23
Mod has been made

[PureEvil]

there is yellow tinted glass in front of the cockpit... on the right side... only :huh:

[mvsgas]

Glass or windshield/canopy may be change depending on what section might get damage. So in RL you might get a mix between old canopies/windshields and new ones and different parts manufactures.

There might be several different types and manufacturers for the same windshield.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/webflis/pub/pub_search.aspx?PINC=0061333&newpage=1&start=y

Edited July 30, 2011 by mvsgas

[JesseJames38]

I have noticed if you have the canopy up and you look outside to the right or left. you will notice that there is a slightly darker tint looking thought the windscreen compared to when the canopy is open. Of couse its not Yellow, but there seems to be tinting

 

Jesse

[PureEvil]

Glass or windshield/canopy may be change depending on what section might get damage. So in RL you might get a mix between old canopies/windshields and new ones and different parts manufactures.

There might be several different types and manufacturers for the same windshield.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/webflis/pub/pub_search.aspx?PINC=0061333&newpage=1&start=y

 

so you saying we've got a second hand plane to play with? :P

[mvsgas]

Several, but I do not own them.

PS

Sorry did not fully read your post.

I thought you ask if I had second hand aircraft to play with. All military aircraft are in continual upkeep, in a way the may look like second hand. The get beat up. Also, I'm not referring to the A-10 within the sim, but more toward the one on the original post

Edited July 30, 2011 by mvsgas

[toby23]

i thought the yellow tint is standard in front left and right cockpit panels.

stops glare and prevents cockpit heating up, nothing to do with replacement parts.

Edited July 30, 2011 by toby23

[mvsgas]

If I understand correctly, that would mean that every A-10 will have that correct? No chance what so ever that some might and some might not. Just wondering.

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110421-F-XA056-533.jpg

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/100304-F-9617W-106.jpg

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/101013-F-7792W-524.jpg

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/100325-F-7814K-103.jpg

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/100113-F-6448T-953.jpg

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/081107-F-7823A-371.JPG

[CEPEGA]

I'm sorry for offtop, but big thanks to mvsgas for that realy great pictures of A-10 :thumbup:

[mvsgas]

Thank you CEPEGA, but not my pics. You can find them in AF.mil site.

[toby23]

nice photos but a few of those are tinted too, just in the glass and not as an extra coating like in the photo I posted.

It would be nice to have the option.

No big deal, it was just an idea.....

Edited July 31, 2011 by toby23

[Snoopy]

Even our jets at Moody, assigned to the same Fighter Squadron have different windshield colors. It all comes down to manufacturer and what is available when you have to replace one....

[CEPEGA]

ehm, guys. Look at the screenshot i made few seconds ago. It has colored left and right windshield already :huh:

[mvsgas]

nice photos but a few of those are tinted too, just in the glass and not as an extra coating like in the photo I posted.

It would be nice to have the option.

I would just make a mod but i'm restricted by the way the cockpit glass is made.

No big deal, it was just an idea.....

 

I was just saying, not every aircraft will have the same one.

 

paulrkiii

Even our jets at Moody, assigned to the same Fighter Squadron have different windshield colors. It all comes down to manufacturer and what is available when you have to replace one....

Thank you Paul.

 

CEPEGA

ehm, guys. Look at the screenshot i made few seconds ago. It has colored left and right windshield already

:thumbup::D We know bud, thank you

[toby23]

thanks but i meant from inside, like this

[Snoopy]

thanks but i meant from inside, like this

 

LOL...I was actually looking for these but couldn't remember where I posted them...Although it would increase the realism I'm not sure I would want them in the sim. it's already heard enough to visual spot ground targets...

[mooshim]

You could always wet yourself and then go inverted.

 

:noexpression:

 

Thanks for the pics MVSGAS~!

[Engage]

Dear ED,

Could you please add an option for yellow tinted glass in the front of the cockpits?

Thanks,

Toby

And while your at it, can i plz have a go faster stripe down the centre of my plane:music_whistling:

[CEPEGA]

does somebody know if there are any windshield textures for the cockpit? Maybe we can color them by ourself.

[CEPEGA]

Good news guys! Was searching for the windshield textures and finaly i found them :pilotfly:

 

And this is the result :music_whistling:

 

now i have to find out where the borders of the left and right winfshields are to make only them yellow and get rid of that issue on the center windshield

Edited July 31, 2011 by CEPEGA

[Snoopy]

Good news guys! Was searching for the windshield textures and finaly i found them :pilotfly:

 

And this is the result :music_whistling:

 

Only problem is the center windscreen in your pic is yellow, they are clear real world...

[Nate--IRL--]

The Centre pane should not be Tinted IIRC, only the two side panes.

 

EDIT:- Sniped

 

Nate

[Snoopy]

The Centre pane should not be Tinted IIRC, only the two side panes.

 

EDIT:- Sniped

 

Nate

 

:D

[toby23]

CEPEGA,

Which file did you edit?

Thanks

[CEPEGA]

@ paulrkiii & Nate--IRL-- : Guys, read my whole post :P

 

@ toby23: it's the "A-10C-glass-REFLECT.dds" file in the "A_10C_C_EDM_TEX.zip" wich is located in the folder "Bazar\A-10C\Model\Textures"

 

saved it as DX5 with interpolated alpha.

 

 

EDIT:

 

Ok, just finished the work. Here it is. Have fun guys.

To install just put the unpacked .dds file into the .zip wich of i was talking before edit

 

btw: to make the yellow windshilds more yellowish or less, just edit the alpha channel of the .dds and save the file as "DX5 with interpolated alpha". The darker the color in the alpha is, the less colored the glass will be (perfect black means completely see-through)

A-10C-glass-REFLECT.rar

Edited July 31, 2011 by CEPEGA