SU10 all cockpits way too dark

[Adamski_NZ 948]

Is it a function of the new lighting model in SU10 (or maybe that "eye adaptation" now works differently), but nearly all my cockpits are now ridiculously dark. Some are almost impossible to operate - even at mid-day in clear skies.

Is there a workaround or fix for this?

I can bump up the shadows with Reshade, but that will also affect the scenery (which is fine).

Edited September 23, 2022 by Adamski_NZ

[1st fltsimguy 466]

Following.  I have said from the start that the eye adaptation lighting is the single worst part of this sim, look down at gauges the scene out the window bleaches out terribly, look up and the gauges are too dark.  Let me decide on what works for me, not the sim.

[Jetman67 517]

1 minute ago, 1st fltsimguy said:

Following.  I have said from the start that the eye adaptation lighting is the single worst part of this sim, look down at gauges the scene out the window bleaches out terribly, look up and the gauges are too dark.  Let me decide on what works for me, not the sim.

Yep I totally agree with this

[JaseMelbo 386]

23 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Is it a function of the new lighting model in SU10 (or maybe that "eye adaptation" now works differently), but nearly all my cockpits are now ridiculously dark. Some are almost impossible to operate - even at mid-day in clear skies.

Is there a workaround or fix for this?

I can bump up the shadows with Reshade, but that will also affect the scenery (which is fine).

DX11 or 12?

[Virtual-Chris 682]

Isn’t there an entry in the usercfg.opt file to turn auto eye adaptive lighting off?

Edited September 23, 2022 by Virtual-Chris

[penta_a 428]

if you are using reshade and or HDR, try switching them off one at a time or both and see what effect you get, it could be just a customization issue at your end, mine looks fine to me.

[wim123 758]

weird this, me on the xbox , it has become def better here.

[Adamski_NZ 948]

2 hours ago, Virtual-Chris said:

Isn’t there an entry in the usercfg.opt file to turn auto eye adaptive lighting off?

Yes - I think it's PostProcess/EyeAdaptation .. but I've tried 0 and 1 and neither makes any difference.

2 hours ago, penta_a said:

if you are using reshade and or HDR, try switching them off one at a time or both and see what effect you get, it could be just a customization issue at your end, mine looks fine to me.

I'm talking about default (ie. without Reshade) ... and I can't use HDR anyway (not an HDR compatible monitor). As I said - I'm using Reshade to lighten up the shadows, but it's affecting the scenery as well.

35 minutes ago, wim123 said:

weird this, me on the xbox , it has become def better here.

Thanks - but I'm talking about PC/MS Store, DX11 and DX12 (dark in both).

[Beagle12 139]

Cessna Longitude - Screens are way too dark. I can adjust the captain's screen to lighten it up.

But the centre screen and the copilot's screen remain difficult to see. 

[Roy Warren 426]

It was bad before, now it's even worse.  In taking off and looking through the windscreen , I need to see the speed tape to know when to rotate.  I can not even see it.

Have to go to external view to see the gauges, but that's not very realistic.  Turned all the knobs to fully bright but that doesn't help.

Need a fix.

Roy

[hvw 396]

10 hours ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Is it a function of the new lighting model in SU10 (or maybe that "eye adaptation" now works differently), but nearly all my cockpits are now ridiculously dark. Some are almost impossible to operate - even at mid-day in clear skies.

Is there a workaround or fix for this?

I can bump up the shadows with Reshade, but that will also affect the scenery (which is fine).

Same here, it's a kinda PITA. What I am doing to "circumnavigate" this issue is to undock the most, for me, important instrument panels and drag them over to my secondary display. I am only flying the Fenix A320 and FBW's A320. Undocking the PFD, ND and Upper-ECAM helps me a lot in overcoming the ridiculous dark cockpits. I know, it's not a solution to the problem, but at least it's a work-around. Hope this will work for you, too.

[odourboy 1,288]

Totally agree with the OP's assertion. I used the Nvidia Control Panel to tweak the screen brightness, contrast and gamma.

[hvw 396]

But doesn't that affect scenery as well?

Later: Just found out that dropping the visor will give us a light cockpit, but you won't see much of the scenery. 🙂 

Edited September 23, 2022 by hvw