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How to fix night time issue v3.2

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So I have always flown in the daytime and decided to try a nighttime flight and discovered that the cockpit is way too dark. I can't see anything in the VC at all. Is there a way to fix this?


Kevin Humphryes

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Did you turn on the panel lights?


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Which aircraft? 


 

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Pmdg 737. Also in Carenado CJ2

 

I can't even see the controls to even turn battery on


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Pmdg 737. Also in Carenado CJ2

I can't even see the controls to even turn battery on

 

We need a vFlashlight, don't we.  What's the button to turn on batteries?


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The switch on overhead panel

 

I meant the keystroke.  Maybe try "Shift M" (master battery) then "L" (lights).


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My point being is that I should have to use a keystroke. I should be able to pan around the VC and turn on the switches. The VC is solid black.


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We need a vFlashlight, don't we.  What's the button to turn on batteries?

Great idea. Is there a flashlight.dll out there?

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Yeah don't think there is a tool for a flashlight like in x plane. There is FSlabs Spotlight. I have it as my cockpit lighting and I love it. Like I said to not a flashlight but you could make a light to act as a flashlight.


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LOL - yep - been there - trying to find the darn light switch in the dark can be hard...

 

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The PC-12 has a bright white VC light so I replaced the VC light in the CJ2 with the one from the PC-12 and also added a couple more down lower where they light up the panel better. If you have the PC-12 installed you can replace the [Lights] section with this:

 

[lights]
light.0 = 10, 12.50, 0.00, 3.00, fx_vclightcarpcd
light.1 = 10, 14.0, -1.60, 1.50, fx_vclightcarpcd
light.2 = 10, 14.0, 1.60, 1.50, fx_vclightcarpcd

 

If you don't have the PC-12 you can replace fx_vclightcarpcd with fx_vclight which is a default effect and also fairly bright. This is the light you turn on by clicking the blue lens above you near the cabin curtain.

 

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The best way I have found is to make sure you know where the dome light is towards the front of the rear overhead. As soon as I get power, I go back there and set it to Dim and then continue on. 


Let me guess.... you want 64bit. 

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Are you using any shaders (Reshade, Shade, etc)? HDR on? I always found it to be way too bright at night with default P3D!!  I use Reshade and have a day and night setting.  Only then did it get pretty dark.


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Yes using Sweetfx FILOU s setting from Orbx forums and using RealismShaderPack from Prepar3d forum here.


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