I can’t make sense of it. I just know it works, and I’ll take it for what it is. Glad you’ve restored your rain as well.
DP is technically the “better” connector, hence why I always use it when it’s available. But it’s not like I’m running an 8K HDR1000 display with 9.1 THX surround piped through it. HDMI is fine for my 37" UWQHD.
OH… ok, it seemed to be attached to my post … My Mistake –
The apparent loss of Focus through the rain on the Cockpit glass could certainly be simulated, even better if co-ordinated with the wipers.
The issue was rain’s visible effects were completely missing. As in NONE AT ALL. You could manually set the rain in weather. You could hear it. You could feel its effects. But you couldn’t see it.
I’ve been working in IT-related fields for 26 years now, and I can’t give you a technical explanation for it. To quote myself from an earlier post above…
I tried the suggested solution with full expectation of debunking what sounded like utter nonsense to me. Instead, I was left shocked when it actually worked. I haven’t seen rain in the sim since the first patch at the end of August.
Jeez. Scary stuff indeed.
I had a landing into EGCC [Manchester] a couple of nights ago that was similar.
Even at clearance, I could still not see the ground let alone the strip.
But I was on the glide slope so you just trust you’re instruments and continue.
Then, at about half a mile, dead in front, the strip lights faded into being.
Another ‘capture the moment’ moment.
This sim just keeps on giving.
Not half as scary as flying VFR on a dark night, away from city lights, by yourself, mid flight, and then suddenly hitting heavy rain, that Flight Services say should not be there.
Ooooh, scary wars, eh. Haha.
Regards.
After reading all this, I just had to see what rain looks like for me (and yes, I am using DP). But I don’t have the problem. Plenty of rain. Even so much that it also falls inside the cockpit:
I wonder if it’ll go away if I switch to HDMI 
(BTW how do you get the videos to embed into the posts here? Edit: Tried embedding after getting the answer below)
OMG – It’s raining “IN” your cockpit !!!
Never seen that before … wierd !!!
UPLOAD, – From Web – then paste Youtube URL into the box.
or
UPLOAD – From my Device – then browse for video file on your PC
You can name it what you what (optional)
Haha.
Time to break out those rubber seat covers that aunty Mabel sent last birthday.
And as for DP/HDMI. Please don’t! You will only wake the trolls up. Haha.
Thank you. Looks like it worked.
And yes, quite weird with rain inside. I don’t think it does it with all aircraft, but I haven’t flown much in rain yet.
I could understand rain in a Spitfire !!!
It makes no sense at all but I’m on the same boat as you, I’ll just accept it as what it is. I mean I really didn’t see any difference between a DP/HDMI cable, both work great. It was just the issue with the rain visibility. Even the runways, taxi ways etc has wet affects after I connected back the HDMI.
Well most games scans your hardware as they are launched. Maybe somehow there are some programming regarding optimization/degrading done if it notices DP being used instead of the HDMI port.
Older HDMI standards don’t support 4K @ 60Hz (only 30). If you have a video card and monitor that support both, you’re golden and will see no difference. None at all. It’s a digital signal. It’s on or off. There’s no image degradation. It either works or it doesn’t. DP has higher bandwidth. If you’re running an 8K HDR1000 monitor and piping 9.1 surround sound through it, maybe you’d see better DP performance. As long as your stuff all supports the resolutions, refresh rates and standards you need, you’re golden.
Here we go again!
The rain in game stays mainly on the plane. Sorry, when I saw this post that’s what I thought of. If you’re to young, you might not remember My Fair Lady.
Why? Spitfires had enclosed cockpits, just like modern aircraft.
If it’s raining and you’ve got the canopy open and are wondering why you’re getting wet then I put it to you that I’m on a forum warning so insert your own comment here.
