White dot visible since 1.33.3.0 (fixed on PC beta 1.34.11.0)

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In order to move this from an anger venting list, to a means of helping the devs solve this list, here is my setup/experience.

Bug behavior:

  • Usually no white dot. It will briefly flash on/off if I switch from cockpit to exterior view and back to cockpit if the mouse pointer is visible when I do this. If the mouse pointer is hidden, then no dot appears.
  • Regularly see white outline on various glass panels.

Examples:

  • ATR glass panels
  • A310 glass panels
  • ICON A5 Garmin Aera
  • TBM 930 GTCs only
  • Carenado C170B Garmin Aera
  • FSReborn Sting S4 Garmin displays
  • PMDG 737-700 glass displays

Hardware:

  • PC
  • Wired keyboard
  • Wired mouse
  • Tobii Eye Tracker 5
  • Thrustmaster Boeing yoke
  • Thrustmaster Boeing throttle quadrant 1&2
  • Thrustmaster Boeing throttle quadrant 3&4
  • Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals
  • Xbox controller

Sim control type:

  • Legacy
  • No tooltips

Camera Mappings:

  1. Boeing yoke right thumb X/Y axis hat:
    • External View Yaw Axis
    • External View Pitch Axis
  2. Xbox Controller:
    • Default Cockpit & External view mappings

Notes:

  1. Most of the time I launch the sim with the Xbox controller turned off and it will remain off during a sim session. In other words, the sim is oblivious to its existence. The glass display white outline will occur regardless, so it is not tied to the Xbox controller’s presence.

  2. These key points are the issue, for me:

  • If I load C&D into the cockpit, I initially have no white outline. If I simply switch to the External camera and switch right back I will have the white outline if the mouse pointer was over a glass panel when the camera view switching occurs.
  • The white outline will only occur if my mouse pointer is placed over a glass panel. If I leave the mouse pointer there and allow it to disappear, then the panel will be outlined as I turn my head via Tobii when the, now, hidden mouse pointer would cross over the display.
  • If the mouse pointer is nowhere near the displays when I switch to external view, then the outline won’t appear when I switch back. This is because the issue is tied to the position of the hidden mouse pointer being over one of the displays.
  • If I move the mouse pointer, the white outline disappears and stays away until I do something such as switch to external view (or whatever other as yet unidentified action) causes it to return.

Regarding the Xbox controller:

Using an Xbox Controller to look around causes the white dot to appear, however I understand this is the currently intended action when using an Xbox controller. Since I never use the Xbox controller for looking around I don’t get the dot. I mainly use the Xbox controller for controlling the drone, but since I rarely do anything with the drone, the controller’s influence on the issue, for me, is essentially nil. However, messing around with the controller during this write-up revealed how it definitely causes the dot to appear and that could be an issue for those who use it regularly.

I hope this helps!

Note: All these video clips were made with the Xbox controller off prior to sim launch and it remained off. In other words, the sim was unaware of the controller.

White dot on camera switch and white outline A5:

White dot on camera switch and white outline A310:

White outline on camera switch and mouse pointer position behavior with head tracking in ATR:

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