[NOT IMPLEMENTED YET] AAR refuelling lights?

Doesn't the refueling probe have a light in it for night-time AAR?

I was trying to refuel yesterday in a night mission and (partly because of the tinted canopy and very very dark hud) couldn't see absolutely anything outside, let alone the small basket...

Atm I’m pretty sure it dosent.

How about a basket with lights, does that happen? Never seen night refuelling, all I know is currently it's not something achievable in DCS yet.

The basket itself doesn't have any lights, even the infamous Iron Maiden. All basket illum is done by the rcvr

Are NVGs used for night refueling or is the light from the refueling probe adequate enough?

In that picture on the top of this thread is that a light at the bottom of the fuel probe that comes on automatically when extended?

I want to say yes it does but my

Memory isn’t what it used to be.

It looks like a Lighty!! :)

These are Rhinos but here's a video of the AAR light in action.

And updates on when/if this is coming to DCS?

It's in the game.. you are bumping a thread that was opened around the time the Hornet was released...

It's definitely in the game, anyone who has tried to refuel using NVG can tell you that.

When im refueling in the night and using NVGs its shining like a sh.it and I cant see the anything.

When im refueling in the night and using NVGs its shining like a sh.it and I cant see the anything.

You can try to reduce the gain of the NVG if what you see is too bright. I usually don‘t fiddle around with the NVG gain and I happily refuel at night using them. The depth perception is a bit more difficult since you are just looking through a straw basically but it works for me.

Yet, the AAR light would be great (but not a pressing issue here, just my personal judgement).

The AAR light is in the game, thats why NVG are blinding when refueling.

I could be wrong about this but I do be liege that if you select the NVG position on the switch over on the right hand consol, that light is disabled. The switch I am referring to is a 3 position sw on the outboard side of the RH consol, slightly forward of the canopy switch.

It's implemented now? Seriously? I'm on the latest build and I can't see the basket at all at night. Using NVGs is the only way I've refueled at night so far. I'm not being blinded by anything like others are saying.

Does the light turn on automatically with the probe extension, or is there another step involved?

I could be wrong about this but I do be liege that if you select the NVG position on the switch over on the right hand consol, that light is disabled. The switch I am referring to is a 3 position sw on the outboard side of the RH consol, slightly forward of the canopy switch.

Are you talking about the switch on the interior lighting panel? Maybe that's why I'm not seeing the probe light. I'll do more testing, thanks.

Is it tired to the nav lights?

Yeah, I just did another round of testing and I don't see any illumination on the basket at all.

Tried it with internal lights set to night and NVG mode, as per AG-51_Razor's suggestion, no

noticeable difference. What am I missing, guys?

The probe light use to work very well.

the actual illumination needs work still but technically the light is present.

The probe light use to work very well.

Ya, my perception is that somewhere in the last update or 2 the light from the F-18 probe that shined on the basket seems to have scaled back significantly.

Ya, my perception is that somewhere in the last update or 2 the light from the F-18 probe that shined on the basket seems to have scaled back significantly.

Significantly as in zero? I haven't noticed any light on my basket at all.

I didn't realize this was a thing that used to work in previous builds. Maybe I should report this as a bug?

I think it's just a general DCS lighting problem