I was one those who did like original Odyssey cockpit lighting. Current one is...bah...
Goddam Bright Cockpit Lighting!!
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I do ? Without the ship part, it's not a starship sim, it's a space sim. I want to feel I'm flying a spaceship, not feel I'm an ethereal body flying in space.
And it's freaking space, not night. It's not like you need to avoid a deer. It seems obvious to me we would light the interior. The space shuttles or rocket, all must have light insides I imagine.
I thought it was impossible to see entire planet if you had light inside a cockpit in space ! Like in the night when you use a car.
Because I assume all of us went to space to check, right ?
Those pilots have mostly instruments to fly by and don't regularly dogfight other pilots. In that scenario I'd want the cockpit well lit. In ED we rely on eyeball MK1 for what's going on outside with just a rudimentary scanner tool. In that scenario I absolutely want the cockpit dark. But since those two opinions are polar opposites and there is no middle ground, why the heck can't we adjust it in the options to our liking ? As it is currently, I'm probably going to remove a lot of the cockpit customisations I've paid money for, simply to get rid of that distraction.
Just made A new thread about this. But I found something y’all might be interested in:
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At least while in a Krait mk2 In VR. This probably works for all ships and in non VR also but I have not tested.)
If you are a little put off by the overly bright lighting in the cockpit of the Krait mk2 and long for the days of the nice subdued cocpit lighting of Horizons then read on.
1. Open system map.
2. Close system map (effect doesn’t work on first open)
3. Open system map again and look very Carefully around the edges of any open ui panels that are open. Look up at the skybox. Look T the cockpit lighting. Look all around. The throwback effect only last for a half second so catch it quick.
4. Bask in the darker cockpits and brighter skybox of an age now past.
To be fair, there are some things that look better in the new cockpit lighting scheme. But man, I really think the Krait cockpit is just too damn bright right now.
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At least while in a Krait mk2 In VR. This probably works for all ships and in non VR also but I have not tested.)
If you are a little put off by the overly bright lighting in the cockpit of the Krait mk2 and long for the days of the nice subdued cocpit lighting of Horizons then read on.
1. Open system map.
2. Close system map (effect doesn’t work on first open)
3. Open system map again and look very Carefully around the edges of any open ui panels that are open. Look up at the skybox. Look T the cockpit lighting. Look all around. The throwback effect only last for a half second so catch it quick.
4. Bask in the darker cockpits and brighter skybox of an age now past.
To be fair, there are some things that look better in the new cockpit lighting scheme. But man, I really think the Krait cockpit is just too damn bright right now.
Why the hell can't there be a bar on the left panel under the 'ship' tab where we can adjust the cockpit lights!???
I can do it in my car for goodness sake... did influencers take over and the collective IQ dip by 75% since the 21st century or something?
I can do it in my car for goodness sake... did influencers take over and the collective IQ dip by 75% since the 21st century or something?
this is VR problem, so only players using VR (small amount) are having this problem and I don't think all of them. I guess it may depends on what kind of VR you use.
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Players have complained about it and asked for a dimmer or toggle for years ... crickets from FDev.
I like what we have now ( Gamma set to mid - and appropriate for my screen)
I mean, sure.. I'm using a EDHM to alter the colours, but pretty happy as of late with the cockpit.
Although, I haven't checked out my Krait in a few days and that was way too bright previously.
Not affiliated with the mod authors, at all... but its impressive and it has a brightness slider for the cockpit lighting (separate to entire hud)
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Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying toss how bright the cockpit lights are?
Nice one! Cheers!
Maybe.
strap on a hmd and fly a Krait for a few minutes. You will begin giving flying tosses.
That is a wrong assumption. I never liked looking at black screen and always had gamma at max also used third party tools to raise gamma in the game.
But my observations are: the more efforts FD puts into lighting the darker the game becomes.
What's an HMD?
A shoebox (or two) strapped to your face
Of course I picked the largest example I could.
A shoebox (or two) strapped to your face
Of course I picked the largest example I could.
Ahhhh ok, yeah nah I don't have the money for that kinda stuff lol.