Very dark cockpit in 5.2

[Seat* 53]

How to make the cockpit in 5.2 brighter. What was a problem in 5.1 I think has deteriorated in this version. The cockpit is crazy too dark and I can not find a setting that improves this.

 

/Thomas

[Bob Scott 7,719]

One option is to add some lighting with the (freeware) FSLabs spotlights program, although I'm not certain it's 5.2 compatible yet.

I also read elsewhere that v5.2 has some new config file options to limit the min/max brightness (exposure)...I am going to be waiting a while for my critical add-ons to catch up before updating to 5.2, so I can't offer specifics.

[cyyzrwy24 127]

1 hour ago, w6kd said:

One option is to add some lighting with the (freeware) FSLabs spotlights program, although I'm not certain it's 5.2 compatible yet.

I also read elsewhere that v5.2 has some new config file options to limit the min/max brightness (exposure)...I am going to be waiting a while for my critical add-ons to catch up before updating to 5.2, so I can't offer specifics.

Looks like we can't have best of both worlds....either dark outside/bright inside or dark inside light out....

[Pegaso 53]

Chaseplane isn't updated yet, but changing the cockpit lighting is one of its great functions.

 

[chapstick 2,757]

1 minute ago, Pegaso said:

Chaseplane isn't updated yet, but changing the cockpit lighting is one of its great functions.

 

ChasePlane has been updated.

[spilok 1,133]

Of course, the cockpit is not that dark IF you turn off EA.  I'd like to keep EA on, but the dark cockpits keep making me revert back to the brighter world overall without it.

Stan

Edited June 10, 2021 by spilok

[mwilk 1,106]

9 minutes ago, spilok said:

Of course, the cockpit is not that dark IF you turn off EA.  I'd like to keep EA on, but the dark cockpits keep making me revert back to the brighter world overall without it.

Stan

That's what I see. When I turn EA on the cockpit is very dark. With it off everything is normal.

[Flying-Hare 218]

LM fundamentally ignores the dark cabin or cannot influence it. Only the blind cannot see it.

[sgreen91 182]

Have you checked auto exposure under lighting.  That made mine not so dark.

[TurboKen 221]

Still Really? This was one of the top complaints I thought.

[Biology 1,347]

5 hours ago, Seat* said:

How to make the cockpit in 5.2 brighter. What was a problem in 5.1 I think has deteriorated in this version. The cockpit is crazy too dark and I can not find a setting that improves this.

 

/Thomas

Are you sure that you were not experiencing the solar eclipse? Today there was a solar eclipse which was accurately depicted by Enhanced Atmospherics, causing everything to look extremely dark.

Cockpit brightness issue has improved, not deteriorated, so I'd recommend trying again given that the solar eclipse is over now.

Edited June 10, 2021 by BiologicalNanobot

[MarkW 1,491]

4 hours ago, Pegaso said:

Chaseplane isn't updated yet, but changing the cockpit lighting is one of its great functions.

 

I had no idea it could do this.  How?

[Seat* 53]

2 minutes ago, MarkW said:

I had no idea it could do this.  How?

Perhaps he mean ENVESHADE.

 

/Thomas

[MarkW 1,491]

18 minutes ago, Seat* said:

Perhaps he mean ENVESHADE.

 

/Thomas

I was reacting to this quote above - "Chaseplane isn't updated yet, but changing the cockpit lighting is one of its great functions"

[Seat* 53]

When I tried further, it seems that the A2A Comanche stands out as particularly affected by a dark cockpit with EA activated in 5.2. Neither Leonardo MD-82 nor Q400 seems to be affected negatively and the lighting looks perfectly ok. I have made a post in A2A forum.

 

/Thomas