Request To Add Cockpit Overhead Light On/Off Switch (EXTREMELY DISTRACTING FOR VR)

[zukakog]

I want to clarify this topic since it seems a few people have mentioned other cockpit lighting. This topic/change request, is for the "Pilot Illumination" lighting specifically. I personally don't mind the red "warning lights" on the canopy. This is a request to allow us players to turn the pilot illumination off. This lighting was turned on in 2.3 in order to see your new suit. Up until 2.3, everyone had the old black suit. Then they added holome in 2.3, and added pilot illumination lighting in the cockpit. In VR, this is very bright and distracting. See below a screenshot of 2.2, and 2.3 version of cockpit lighting.

https://i.imgur.com/hDzNpe8.jpg
https://imgur.com/J3Z0VM4

Here's a screenshot I took in the 3.0 beta. Sorry I didn't get as much pilot as I intended. I guess I had the wrong eye closed. I'm disappointed the pillar lights are still very bright, but the pilot illumination isn't nearly as bad as it was.

 

[Gromit_]

Definitely agree with all, I have VR and would be good to be able to turn off lighting. Anyone who don't have VR buy it, it makes the game completely different I'd never go back. [yesnod]

 

[ECHO 12]

So, 3.0 Beyond has been released. Here is a screen shot of the pilot illumination "Dimming" that was added:

I was really hoping for a light switch in order to turn this off completely so we could go back to pre-2.3 cockpits that were awesome and dark. If this is the best we are going to get, I guess I can live with it. It is definitely not as crazy bright and distracting. Still hoping we can get an on/off switch some day, but I'm guessing we won't ever see that. Thoughts????

 

[dunno]

Yes it is disappointing that all they've essentially done is move the cockpit brightness slider from the System panel to a slider in options, which does raise the question, Are Elite Dev's ignorant of the nuisance that cockpit lighting is ?, I don't think so because if they can implement tiny changes to menus which nobody has asked for, i.e. move "plot course" from bottom to top of the sub-menu (excellent change), then I'm certain that they're WELL AWARE of cockpit lighting, further proof of this is that they've added strip lighting as a buy option, Imagine that, white strip lights in the cockpit's frame, they actually went to the effort of coding that monstrosity. Whats next a rotating mirror ball to hang from the rear view mirror which glitters to the tune of "staying alive, staying alive, ah, ah ,ah, ah, staying alive".

So.... yes they're aware of cockpit lighting but will not change it. its apparent that there's a large element of development focused on more eye candy and not realism on the flight deck.

 

[ECHO 12]

Yes it is disappointing that all they've essentially done is move the cockpit brightness slider from the System panel to a slider in options

There's a slider for the overhead pilot illumination light!? I'll have to check this out. That would be better than what we were given in 2.3.