hello folks out there im wondering whst hsppen to the lighting, im trying to prepare for takeoff at night, and the lighting is bad in the cockpit, i cannot see which buttons to push, there is not enough light to see what im doing, is there a way to turn on the bright lights to see what im doing .thanks......................Robert

Robert,Try to brighten up your monitor a bit with the contrast and brightness controls. I see my panels pretty good since I adjusted it to my liking!Hope it helps,

Could you be more specific Robert? What buttons are you trying to set that you cannot see?Best Wishes,[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4][h3]P M D G's 747-400[/h3][h4]coming to a runway near you[/h4][/font color]Caution! Not a real pilot, but do play one on TV ;-)AMD 64 3200+ | ASUS KV8 DELUXE | GFORCE 5700 ULTRA @535/1000 | Maxtor 6Y080M0 SATA 80 GIG | 512 DDR 400 | Windows Xp Pro | Windows Xp Pro 64 |

I also have difficulty seeing the switches at night in the 2d cackpit, but in the virtual cackpit all is revealed

hi, i also have problems with this.When its dark, and cockpit lightning is on it is impossible seeing the switches on the overhead. So i cannot tell weather for example the taxilights are on or off, no-smoke sign is on or off ... simply because the switch itself is invisible. Only the text is visible. Contrast and brightness of my monitor are 100%thanks!Matt

How about a screenshot folks. Would help us see what the differences are.

You know as much as I hate to say it (and I do..believe me) this is pretty much the only component where Ariane has managed to nail it. They have (somehow?? and I hope PMDG can match this in the 744) managed to allow for a copious number of cockpit lights and external lights to opperate without sending MS into a corinary?Has PMDG managed to come to a work around with this? (just out of pure curiosity, and not to initiate thread drift :()

In the panel.cfg try to change the line:Night=117,88,36To bigger numbers like:Night=212,175,116See if that helps.Jos

heres a screenie:

i tried this, but it doesnt seem to change anything. Sorry.

Looks perfect on my screen. You might want to adjust your monitor settings a bit!Cheers,

can you actually tell if the seatbelt sign for example is on or of?

It's off!Cheers,

Hi Matt,I can see this screen shot perfectly as well. I have another idea; you may not have a brightness or contrast issue, but a color issue. Your Red and/or Green may be to low and not allowing you to see the night font colors. If you have a Monitor the Red and/or Green guns within the tube maybe weak. Try adjusting the color and see if that helps.Do you have a monitor or flat screen? How old is it?Take a look at this screen shot. You should be able to see clear and distinct banding and shading of colors going from left to right; red to yellow to green to blue to purple and back to red again. If you are not seeing this, definitely have a color problem.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/92621.jpgYou can also try this link. You should see left to right; white, yellow, light blue, green, purple, red, dark blue.http://www.mediacollege.com/video/test-pat...bars-smpte.html

Looks like mine does at night. Ken