Obviously I don't fly at night nearly enough - currently in the BDSF and noticed how looking at the EFB, then straight outside it takes a while for your "electronic eyes" to adjust so you can see the horizon or a lot of the stars & lights, even more impressive was having it on night mode where you could instantly see more outside, but still not everything until you look away. I assume that's default MSFS rather than PMDG (?)

Guess most people that fly at light know that already, quite impressed though - very well done effect.

I'm off to turn down the rest of the cockpit lighting now !!

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Hmm, I'm not too sure of this effect. At least in the real world, it takes about 30 minutes for your eyes to adjust to night mode. Usually, it's a gradually adjustment when you are flying as you slowly adjust lights and panel lighting as outside light decreases. In other situations, you are arriving to the jet at night and you start the adjustment after preflight as you prepare for clearance and engine start. Once adjusted, you definitely fight the loss of night vision. If you have EFBs, you have them in night mode or way turned down so they don't impact your night vision. There are some cases such as night flying during storms where you turn up internal lighting so that lightning flashes doesn't kill your cockpit visibility. One flash and it's hard to see the low lit FMS and displays. Some folks also like to turn up lights on those night ocean crossings. At this point, they care more about staying awake than night vision🤣.