Cockpit reflections (especially GA) - is this a bug? Can't see anything

Not sure if it was like this in 2020, if this is intended, or a bug, looking for what others see/think

For example: Zlin Savage Norden, this is the cockpit at night flying over ground with snow on it

I also included a video, it looks even worse in motion:

They definitely changed the material shaders. And the windshield material got some extra effects added. I think devs just need to find the perfect values for the material properties to get a nice balance. It’s going to look different on other planes. I wouldn’t consider that a bug.

You should turn down the interior lights if you expect to see anything out the window. Just like real life. Supposedly the lighting values are more realistic, so night is very dark compared to those white lights.

Valid point but I think it’s clearer in the video - the reflection is of the ground below not the lights in the cabin. It diminishes once I move off from snowy (white) terrain below to flying over something darker like a lake. There’s not really a noticeable difference with the cabin lights off.

Hopefully they tune it a bit for sure

This is not limited to night flying. I noticed similar excessive internal “hazing” on the C172 as well. Hope they tone it down

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daytime, low over snowy trees reflect waaay too much. all those white blobs constantly move upward. because of the way reflections are calculated, it doesnt consider the interior of the plane, so those reflections are from the ground underneath

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Yup it’s mostly noticeable over white ground (snow cover).

Try flying over a snow covered ground at night and it’s almost unplayable

In some circumstances the sunlight from the front at daytime makes the windshield completely white. Much more worse than in the video here. You can see absolutley nothing.
Also glass cokpiz screens show sometimes almost nothing.
An old bug from 2020 is still there: fog outside also drasw contrast of glass cokpit screens. Whuite letters become unreadable.

The shaders need defintely to be reworked.

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Is this issue specific to the Zlin Norden? I assumed it affected all GA since they should share the shaders but I havent tried any others

I saw it in different GA aircraft. Also in Carenado 3rd party aircraft bought for 2020.

Thanks, that’s weird it affects legacy too.

I have the C170B but the glass cockpit screen for the avionics isnt visible during night time so it’s unusable until they fix it.

I have a support ticket with Caranedo for that but I imagine it’ll be a while

FYI, there is a Wishlist for an option to turn off windscreen reflections. This post by @ExtraPilot6480 lists a number of aircraft affected by reflections on Feb-01-2025: