I'm flying the default 172. I love the VC but is anyone else having difficulty reading the panel unless the sun is shining on it? Also the panel lights don't seem to work in daylight.1) Any settings to disable the panel shading effect?2) Any settings to brighten the panel lights in VC?TIA... EdT

i guess the brightness of the light could be adjusted in the fx file, no?as to "shading"--you could try and adjust monitor gamma curve. you can profile it so it lightens up the dark areas more dramatically than it affects the light ones

My panel lights do work in the day. Makes quite adifference. I usually turn them on because it can get a bit dark if the sun is in front of you. MK

>i guess the brightness of the light could be adjusted in the>fx file, no?>>as to "shading"--you could try and adjust monitor gamma curve.>you can profile it so it lightens up the dark areas more>dramatically than it affects the light ones>I did adjust the monitor color Gamma settings and this improved the readability of the panel to my level of satisfaction. However the gamma change did "washout" the scenery and terrain a bit so more adjustments may be in order.I checked these areas in FSX.CFG[Display][PANELS][GRAPHICS]But did not see anything relate to the panel brightness or a way to disable the sunshine shadows/shading effects on the panel.Also, I looked in the aircraft.cfg for the Cessna 172 and nothing really stands out.Then I checked the panel.cfg and found a setting for "no_luminous"; may be something beneficialREF: http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/pink.htmThanks for the suggestions. EdT

>My panel lights do work in the day. Makes quite a>difference. I usually turn them on because it can get >a bit dark if the sun is in front of you. >MKThanks, MK. That confirms that panel lights will address the issue with sunshine effect vs. panel readability as I thought. I got to get back under the hood... EdT :-hmmm