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Scratches in the windshields?!

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Well...i mean...

it adds to the immersion flying a shabby old 152 or the Cub. But sitting in a 27 Million Citation or 5 Million TBM the last thing i'd like to see when looking against the sun are scratches that somebody caused using the wrong cloth.

Heads would roll...

So as some other effects in MSFS i feel them to be way overdone...

A kingdom for a mod that removes them!

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I believe there's a gfx setting in game for windshield effects under "General'"...

 

Lowering the setting should eliminate the scratches...

Chris Camp

Exactly my thoughts. An over exuberation of 'See how cool my graphicz Skillz are' syndrome.

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1 minute ago, Kilo60 said:

Lowering the setting should eliminate the scratches...

On everything though?

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3 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

On everything though?

Yes all default aircraft.  One notch down should get rid of the scratches effects.  You should still get rain droplets, although I haven't tried it myself yet.

 

I believe it's labeled "Windshield Effects"  IIRC.

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Chris Camp

FWIW, it pretty true to life in my experience. 

Chris

There will be huge disappointment for you guys in real life LOL

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16 minutes ago, snglecoil said:

FWIW, it pretty true to life in my experience. 

Yes but this is not real life and as long as my shoes don't get dirty on my way to the plane, there are no bugs piling up on the leading edges/windows, exhausts don't form brown marks on the cowlings, no oil streaks are coming up on rivets underneath the cowling etc., i don't need those scratches too....

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Geez, what's a developer to do? Gripe when there's no realistic wing flex...but throw a few realistic scratches on the windows and nooooo....we can't have that! 😂

Chris

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5 minutes ago, snglecoil said:

Geez, what's a developer to do? Gripe when there's no realistic wing flex...but throw a few realistic scratches on the windows and nooooo....we can't have that! 😂

Too bad...i'd prefer the wingflex 😛

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Have to admit I think it's mint, would prefer if it was more random, and changed over time too👍

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I actually love those little bits of details that they added to the glass reflections. It adds an extra level of detail to the sim. It's like looking at the plain and dull boring waters in X-Plane vs the beautiful, stunning and lifelike waters in MSFS. Night and day difference. And those scratches are only visible at certain angles when the sunlight hits the glass. You don't always see them.

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Although admittedly overdone, the removal of the scratches in the Long EZ by the developer unfortunately took all emersion out of the otherwise nicely worn cockpit.  I still fly the otherwise flawed initial version because the perfect glass bubble without the other effects was just lacking.  

Guitars and Cars are best after their first good scratch.  They stop being art pieces and get used for their intended purposes....

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