Excessive tint, opacity, glare & reflections, canopy

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Excessive tint and reflections on canopy obscure pilot view of outside world. Problem occurs on most built-in airplanes, when the sun is high in the sky.

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
No community mods/add-ons.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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

  1. Load any built-in airplane with a glass canopy
  2. Set time to noon
  3. Observe how washed out the exterior looks through the windshield and side windows
  4. Stick head outside the canopy and see the difference

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are currently plugged in, as well as your VR headset? Please name all of them as there could be a potential conflict.

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
RTX 4090

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Intel I9-14900K, Pimax Crystal Light

MEDIA

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
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• Yes my reflections are absolutely horrible an only disappear on nearly touch down, they get worse the more sun or bright surroundings like snow covered mountains are around me. Whatever settings changes have absolutely NO effect.

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Agreed with exaggerate reflections. Option to turn that off would be great. windshield effects don’t seem to make a difference.
I’ll add that the reflections behave like the plane is transparent. In VR fly in Australia, with red soil under the plane and then traverse a Lake, blue or green and the colors of your dashboard will change. Alternatively, fly upside down and watch the color change in the wrong way. Rays can’ go through the fuselage.

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This is also seen in 2D, and is the subject of a separate bug report - see:

Perhaps these two need to be merged?

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I voted for that one too, but I think it doesn’t hurt to keep this one going at the same time, as it specifically relates to VR, even though the problem is similar to the one observed in 2D.
Hopefully we’ll gather enough votes to get logged, so Asobo will be aware that the problem exists in both VR and 2D. :+1:

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