The sun is too bright and hurts my eyes

[kvuo75]

I think it's great that it blinds you by washing the screen out, it's just the intensity of the rightness I wish would decrease.

you realize it's no brighter than a plain white screen right?

[Rino]

     Turn off your monitor and use the Force, Luke   

[Ack-Ack]

You could use the S.A.P.P trick, use your thumb to block out the sun when you fly.

ack-ack

[smoe]

It is historically correct, so no....

Not so, pilots in WWII were on average about 20 years old and had excellent eyesite. Most pilots in this game are much older. It turns out that around age 40 everyone starts developing night blindness and it gets worse as you get older. What night blindness is, is when your eye's iris takes a lot longer to open when transitioning from bright to dark lighting conditions. This is why older drivers are told to avoid driving at night when possible.

[Midway]

Not so, pilots in WWII were on average about 20 years old and had excellent eyesite. Most pilots in this game are much older. It turns out that around age 40 everyone starts developing night blindness and it gets worse as you get older. What night blindness is, is when your eye's iris takes a lot longer to open when transitioning from bright to dark lighting conditions. This is why older drivers are told to avoid driving at night when possible.

Well said.  I believe the reverse is also true... going to bright light fast with eyes responding by slower closing of the iris causes the eye pain/strain.  If I block the sun with the cockpit frame, then every time I move and the sun shows for a few seconds it hurts again.  It would be great if there was a way to turn it down without changing other aspects of the screen.  It is just the high intensity of the sun causing the problem.

[kvuo75]

this should hurt your eyes:

[Midway]

this should hurt your eyes:

    

[thndregg]

this should hurt your eyes:

Looks like a polar bear in a snow storm. 

[smoe]

this should hurt your eyes:

ahhhh, I'm blind.

Actually, if you go to your Window's display setting and turn down the brightness level. I did this a while back and the sunlight seems less intense.

[Midway]

ahhhh, I'm blind.

Actually, if you go to your Window's display setting and turn down the brightness level. I did this a while back and the sunlight seems less intense.

But then everything else is darker too.

[stealth]

I say the clipboard should block out the sun when you have it up.

[Noir]

I say the clipboard should block out the sun when you have it up.

that was the case and it got fixed.

[VonMessa]

that was the case and it got fixed.

He would know this if he wasn't in North Korea...

[stealth]

He would know this if he wasn't in North Korea...

Yes, yes I would.

[BaldEagl]

that was the case and it got fixed.

Fixed?  Opaque wooden clipboards?