56 minutes ago, SceneryFX said:

I mostly only fly with a thick cloud layer over top, I rarely fly in clear skies anymore. Having a cloud layer on top helps get rid of the overexposed look of some the aerial photography. Experiment with the bottom 2 cloud layers, I usually put the bottom one at about 10k - 20k, and then the next one up on top of it and make the 2nd layer a bit taller than the first. It helps improve contrast and balance the lighting.

The only problem is if you set it to real world weather, then you get whatever cloud structure and lighting it gives you. So lately I've been flying custom if the real world weather isn't to my liking.

thanks! thats an excellent idea

4 hours ago, kapitan said:

Almost to the point you can barely see, too bright.

I change settings, lower reflections, bloom to medium, change my monitors settings, but still...when sitting in the cockpit the view outside of the window is as if the sun was right there. 

As soon as I change to external camera the scenery is normal with beautiful vivid colors and shades. The problem is only from within the cockpit 

Wonder if anyone had this 

No I think the brightness is ok. I've been gliding on sunny days and I've done some training days in small GA aircraft and it can be very bright. I'm not 100% sure what you are getting at to be honest 🙂 Are you talking about particular bad weather or above 10,000 feat, or aircraft with slightly tinted windows?

Are you talking about contrast or brightness, can you explain what you mean and provide some screenshots - there are a million variables both in the real world and the simulated world like calibrated monitors plus many controls to mitigate issues outside the sim like changing GPU settings.

1 hour ago, dtrjones said:

No I think the brightness is ok. I've been gliding on sunny days and I've done some training days in small GA aircraft and it can be very bright. I'm not 100% sure what you are getting at to be honest 🙂 Are you talking about particular bad weather or above 10,000 feat, or aircraft with slightly tinted windows?

Are you talking about contrast or brightness, can you explain what you mean and provide some screenshots - there are a million variables both in the real world and the simulated world like calibrated monitors plus many controls to mitigate issues outside the sim like changing GPU settings.

no its not right.

Because the brightness persists even after landing, or heading backwards to the sun, or parking at the gate with the whole airport building blocking the sun.

Im note alone in this. Many many have the same. I shall send a printscreen but you surely can perceive it also flying a little bit around

Edited August 29, 20205 yr by kapitan

It is obvious from the comments in this thread that opinions differ. I have spent my fair share of time in cockpits at all altitudes.

To me it is not realistic and is overdone. That is ok we all perceive things differently.

The solution here would be for Absobo to make it adjustable to suit personal preferences. I have seen enough comments in the alpha/beta and now the release to believe this warrants inclusion some time down the track. Unless someone finds how we can tinker with it.

7 minutes ago, michaelray said:

It is obvious from the comments in this thread that opinions differ. I have spent my fair share of time in cockpits at all altitudes.

To me it is not realistic and is overdone. That is ok we all perceive things differently.

The solution here would be for Absobo to make it adjustable to suit personal preferences. I have seen enough comments in the alpha/beta and now the release to believe this warrants inclusion some time down the track. Unless someone finds how we can tinker with it.

I tend to agree. Your eyes adjust to the real world by pupil contraction and other factors. But when you look at "whiteness" on a computer screen, it is still white whether you squint or your pupils contract or dilate. So you cannot compare a screen to looking outside,. Compromises have to be made, which probably means you have to reduce the overblown whites and also not make the interior quite so contrasted. So to me the solution is to lighten the panels and darken the sky especially when fair weather means clouds are over-white. The so-called "aerosol density" in the weather menu could do with a greater lower range. I don't know of anyone who turns that setting up by much. It washes out the whole sky.

4 minutes ago, robert young said:

The so-called "aerosol density" in the weather menu could do with a greater lower range. I don't know of anyone who turns that setting up by much. It washes out the whole sky.

Exactly, this is the method I currently use to provide what I feel is a more realistic outcome. Unfortunately not available in live weather.

Didn't try it myself, but wouldn't it help "simulated eye adaptation" quicker, if you crank up flood light fully up to storm light so that the brightness difference of inside & outside of cockpit should be minimal?

When you drive in real life, you can see lights in long tunnels are fully lighten in daytime and dimmed at night in order to minimize sudden difference in light conditions.

I think that's the reason why we put on sunglasses when we fly mid-day. In airliners they go as far using sunglasses and cover the whole windshield with protective film. 

I'll say its done good. We might need a sunglasses option.

I totally agree with the OP...I have been suffering with the brightness from day one, I turned of light bloom but that wasn't good enough.

Hope there will be a brightness slider in the update.

 

 

agree with the sunglasses option

 

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