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Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: Jagdflieger on January 05, 2002, 09:45:00 AM

For some reason, the lighting effects at night seem wrong.  

At a point at night the moon provides the ambient light.  If my plane is facing the moon my dash is the brightest. (it should be in shadow)  When my tail faces the moon my dash is the darkest.  (wouldn't it be brighter?)

Why not drop the lighting of the dash from the ambient source and provide a game controllable adjustment of dashlighting (as aircraft have)?

Also, the kneeboard becomes darkened or unreadable under a cloud base or at night.  Why would this be the case.  That glowing dash would certainly illuminate everything in the cockpit.

Kneeboard should remain constant in it's brightness and not be have counters and such fade away in the dark.

Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: qts on January 06, 2002, 06:23:00 AM

No: facing the moon you will get internal reflections from the direct moonlight; with the moon on your 6 there is no moonlight hitting your cockpit directly - only reflected (weaker) moonlight.

Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: Jagdflieger on January 06, 2002, 09:08:00 AM

Reflected from what?

<G>

I disagree..

Additionally... fly under clouds at night..
when the moon is on the horizon... you are under the cloud deck... and you can see the moon on the horizon... but your cockpit goes dark when you go under the cloud...

Where is all that moon light going then.. up in the air like a lob shot.. and stopped by the clouds? <G>  Would seem if moonlight reflects as well, it would reflect OFF the clouds and it would not be dark under them until the moon rose OVER them.

Of course this is one opinion...
I still think the night lighting aspect of this is wrong.

Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: snafu on January 06, 2002, 10:47:00 AM

Hi Jagdflieger,
 I'm inclined to agree with you, I've thought the lighting ay nighttime is wrong for some time. Also aircraft still "whiteout" when they pass through the sun even at night (When a straight line from your plane passes through another plane and on through the ground to where the sun would be - Below the horizon) -Does that make sense??

TTFN
snafu

Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: Jagdflieger on January 06, 2002, 01:47:00 PM

Doesn't make sense to me... but that doesn't mean it is wrong.

I have found that unless you are considered "old guard" any observation less than "what a wonderful sim" is treated with scorn and contempt.

Again not unusual for human nature. <G>

Title: Night Flying and associated Lighting issues
Post by: popeye on January 07, 2002, 11:36:00 AM

I think the "invisible sun" is still the illumination source at night.  This would explain the odd effects.