Asobo 737 Max - displays too bright at dusk, night and sunrise

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Asobo 737 Max displays are overly bright at dusk, night and sunrise but I didn’t notice this issue on the Airbus A320 v2, Asobo 787 or Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000. I didn’t have time to test other aircraft.

Did you experience this issue before you joined the Beta?
I don’t remember / edited / Yes.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
Asobo 737 Max

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Select Free Flight – Live Weather
  2. Select Asobo 737 Max
  3. Choose an airport – for testing, I selected CYVR.
  4. Power up the aircraft from cold and dark
  5. Use the time adjustment slider to check the displays at dusk, night and sunrise.

YOUR SETTINGS

MSFS 2024_beta settings

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

Gaming rig
  • MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI
  • BIOS 1A23
  • Virtualization - disabled
  • Re-size bar - enabled
  • PSU MSI MEG Ai1300P
  • Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • AIO Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360
  • 64GB Ram DDR5 6200MHz 2x32GB G.Skill
  • MSI MAG 271QPX E2
  • Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC / G-Sync enabled /572.42
  • Logitech X56 H.O.T.A.S
  • VKB Gladiator NXT Evo Space Combat Edition
  • Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls XPC Yoke
  • Logitech Flight Rudder Pedals
  • Boeing 737 MCP Core Flight
  • Boeing 737 EFIS Panel Core Flight
  • Winwing FCU UNIT1 Full-Size Panel 1:1
  • Thrustmaster T300 RS racing wheel
  • Sound Blaster X5
  • 4xNVMe // 4TB for MSFS2022/2024
  • 1xSSD
  • 1xHDD
  • W10 pro latest ver

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

  • No

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

  • Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC

MEDIA

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Sunrise

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Dusk

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Night

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I’m trying to tell from the picture… are the dimmer controls for the displays turned down and still giving those super blinding bright LCD’s?

I’ll add an observation that may or may not be relevant here and I’ll preface it by saying that I don’t fly the Asobo 737 Max (or any Max) and I only fly in MSFS 2020…

However, in the PMDG 737-800, I find that the displays are always too bright for me. Even in bright daylight I always adjust them down slightly. At night I turn them down a lot.

So, maybe the displays being really bright when they are turned all the way up is an accurate Boeing (or Honeywell or Collins) thing.

From your picture, it looks like the dimming controls are in the same places as the NG. Can they be turned down further or is that the issue?

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This has been a problem in the MAX since day 1. Whenever you load into the plane, no matter time of day or night, the DU (Boeing-speak for LCD screens) are at max brightness. I don’t know that I’d call it a “bug” (there are plenty other real bugs in the Asobo MAX) but it’s certainly a usability hindrance.

Worse, for those unfamiliar with the 737 controls layout, the default camera view hides the knobs to reduce overall brightness and contrast behind the yoke. You have to either manipulate the pilot camera view to look over/behind the yoke, or fumble around in the dark to find the hide-yoke clickspot. Then, blinded by the glare of the screens, you have to fumble around looking for lighting controls to dim the screens. And then you have to reduce the brightness of the other screens individually by finding the knobs as well - unlike the 777, for instance, the 737 line doesn’t have a Master Brightness knob on the overhead.

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@TenPatrol : seems the issue is not specific to SU1, did you start noticing it in SU1 or you also saw it in the Live version ?
Seems to be the same issue than reported here: Avionics and lighting in aircraft becomes way too bright during certain time of day

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OP of the linked topic had an issue with an Airbus. However, I don’t have any issues with Airbuses or other aircraft as I mentioned at the beginning of the topic. The problem is definitely with Asobo 737 Max

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Definitely one of the 30 or thereabouts bugs I’ve encountered with the max. It should be categorised as a bug if it hasn’t been reported as such already. It’s easily worked around but just one of many Max annoyances. It isn’t related to SU1 though. Been there since day 1 as @DrVenkman3876 suggested.

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@DementedCorn327
While waiting for my ordered pizza, I decided to check the “live” version of MSFS 2024 – and it turns out that this bug is present in this version as well.
So, the topic can be moved to
Bug Reporting Hub/Aircraft & Systems topics - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

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@DrVenkman3876 @BragRaindrop933
Thank you for confirming the bug with overly bright displays.

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Moved to Bug Reporting Hub Bug Reporting Hub > Aircraft & Systems since not SU1 related.
Enjoy your :pizza: :wink: !

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