VR: Open Beta: Carrier is one big red bulb of light.

Open Beta: 2.5.6.50321

Mode: VR (Oculus Rift S)

During nighttime while on approach the carrier is one big red bulb, when closing in the red bulb divides into multiple red bulbs until around 1/2 mile from the carrier when they start to disolve and the carrier landing lights become visible.

This is not the case in the latest stable version 2.5.6.49798

That could be light bloom from the laser lineup system. It's incredibly big and bright even out to 5nm in daylight for me.

As you get closer then you become able to distinguish the laser lineup system from the deck lighting, possibly explaining why it "divides" at 1/2 mile.

I only breifly had a look last night and haven't had time since but as I approached the carrier, I saw several red lights on deck during a daylight mission. When I zoomed in they disappear, zoom out they come back on at about a mile or so from the carrier. I thought it was the AI planes but it might be the landing lights???

Im also Rift S and wasn't an issue previously.

That could be light bloom from the laser lineup system. It's incredibly big and bright even out to 5nm in daylight for me.

Well, the Bloom option under the VR is not (nor was) ticked.

There are other light issues too, like disapearing nav lights from other aircraft when using VR Zoom (or magnifier), changing nav light colours from white to red when zoomed etc...

I saw this as well, but not just with lights.

Anything red - I have 2 red shirt deckcrewman near the stern as static’s, and from far out, they show up as 2 giant red blobs on the stern of the boat. In close they go back to normal size. It’s the same for a red anti collision light on a hornet on deck. This is all from long distance, once in close it goes to normal.

Screenshots: First one is from a distance, sorry for the quality but VR screenshots always look like crap. Second one is the 2 red shirts that I think are what we are seeing.

I saw this as well, but not just with lights.

 

Anything red - I have 2 red shirt deckcrewman near the stern as static’s, and from far our, they show up as 2ngiant red blobs on the stern of the boat. In close they go back to normal size. It’s the same for a red anti collision light on a hornet on deck. This is all from long distance, once in close it goes to normal.

 

Screenshots: First one is from a distance, sorry for the quality but VR screenshots always look like crap. Second one is the 2 red shirts that I think are what we are seeing.

Nailed it! Though I think the pics don't do it justice as to how large they appear in my headset, though I'm sure it's nigh on impossible to get what you see through the lens into a screenshot! Hopefully they can fix quick!!! :thumbup:

You know what, I bet that's the Hornet's LOD bug: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=276429

At distance the mid-wing nav lights become red, even on static objects.

I saw this as well, but not just with lights.

 

Anything red - I have 2 red shirt deckcrewman near the stern as static’s, and from far our, they show up as 2ngiant red blobs on the stern of the boat. In close they go back to normal size. It’s the same for a red anti collision light on a hornet on deck. This is all from long distance, once in close it goes to normal.

 

Screenshots: First one is from a distance, sorry for the quality but VR screenshots always look like crap. Second one is the 2 red shirts that I think are what we are seeing.

+1

Having the same problem with my reverb. Even during daylight. Quite annoying.

+1 Zoom in and it disappears happening only since last update and during daytime too. On rift S

Its happening for me in none VR mode.

Since the last update their are red lights on the flight deck way brighter than any other lights around them and they stand out from miles away, the flight deck looks like a sea of red traffic lights.

Trouble is i cant figure out if it is Nav lights, the red shirts or something else because when i zoom in the problem disappears as it does when i fly close to the boat.

The other issue i now have is every third or so load i spawn in a pool of bright blueish light, its really weird but again only since the last update.

Fixing something has obviously broken something else.

I saw this as well, but not just with lights.

 

Anything red - I have 2 red shirt deckcrewman near the stern as static’s, and from far our, they show up as 2ngiant red blobs on the stern of the boat. In close they go back to normal size. It’s the same for a red anti collision light on a hornet on deck. This is all from long distance, once in close it goes to normal.

 

Screenshots: First one is from a distance, sorry for the quality but VR screenshots always look like crap. Second one is the 2 red shirts that I think are what we are seeing.

Another +1.

Daytime, approaching carrier from behind. All static Hornet's red a/c lights are big glowing balls of red. Also had some static red shirts that were doing the same. (Using VR)

+1

Looks like its anything red. I was in a Viper on the PG map at night and had the red blooms for anything red at the airfields, buildings etc. Rift S, bloom unchecked.

+1.

Yup in Reverb the same thing happens with red or white lights. Big blobs from a distance of 1 mile or more. The Ball and the laser light on ship have had this big glow since SC release.

The lights on the planes or deck were not like this before the last update. It also impacts non VR users. It is really immersion breaking and distracting. Noticed that the cockpit lights in hornet are really faint during day now to the point where they barely show up.

Also the bloom option does nothing either checked or not. The MSAA mask size does nothing as well. Tested it a lot. There is zero difference, so if it does nothing, then why is it even there? If the intent is to make these functional later on then ED should not make them visible until they do something. It only creates confusion and wastes peoples time trying to figure out what they do.

You know what, I bet that's the Hornet's LOD bug: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=276429

 

At distance the mid-wing nav lights become red, even on static objects.

That's exactly it. I had set up the Lincoln deck with a row of F/A-18C lot 20 static objects along cat 1 and, at night, the left wing has the red light visible for miles, forming the aforementioned bulb. In my case, red shirts aren't visible at all.

Btw, this happens on the Stennis, too.