Is anyone aware of a means of turning off all cockpit shadows in MSFS20? My cockpit shadows keep flickering really badly and it's causing problems for my friends with a history of epilepsy. My solution right now is to retexture the cockpit interiors pitch black but I feel as though that takes some enjoyment out of the game. Any help would be great! Thanks!
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Turning off all shadows?
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Additional info on the flickering: the entire right side of the cockpit flickers when the sun is to the left, and the entire left side of the cockpit flickers when the sun is to the right. Flickering occurs when you either zoom in with the mouse wheel, or move forwards. Standing still, no flickering occurs
Rotornut44
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Is this a model you made? It almost sounds more like two meshes conflicting. Could you post a short video of what it's doing? Would be a little easier to diagnose the issue.
Edit: To see if it really is shadows, you could try turning off Contact Shadows in the MSFS settings and see if it makes a difference.
Edit: To see if it really is shadows, you could try turning off Contact Shadows in the MSFS settings and see if it makes a difference.
Hello,
I'm too shy to upload my project in its current state so I made a mock-up to demonstrate my problem. This fuselage shell was made the same way I made the other one (a cylinder with loop cuts). Turning off contact shadows did not seem to solve the issue either.
As you can see, zooming in / out along with moving forward in the aircraft causes the issue. I can't see how the mesh could be interfering because there is only one object in this video.
I'm too shy to upload my project in its current state so I made a mock-up to demonstrate my problem. This fuselage shell was made the same way I made the other one (a cylinder with loop cuts). Turning off contact shadows did not seem to solve the issue either.
As you can see, zooming in / out along with moving forward in the aircraft causes the issue. I can't see how the mesh could be interfering because there is only one object in this video.
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Is your Ambient Occlusion MSFS setting really low? Try bumping it up or turning it off.
It's bright on one side and dark on the other because of face normals being inverted. I'm not sure what your other model is like, but if it's similar to the mock-up where you are only using one shell for the inside and outside, it's because the normals are facing outward and the backfaces get lit by the sun. That can be fixed by flipping the normals or doing a solidify modifier to the outer shell to create a new inner shell, then making sure those normals all point inward. If you're using Blender, you can click the part, go into edit mode, select all with "A" and hit Shift-N.
It's bright on one side and dark on the other because of face normals being inverted. I'm not sure what your other model is like, but if it's similar to the mock-up where you are only using one shell for the inside and outside, it's because the normals are facing outward and the backfaces get lit by the sun. That can be fixed by flipping the normals or doing a solidify modifier to the outer shell to create a new inner shell, then making sure those normals all point inward. If you're using Blender, you can click the part, go into edit mode, select all with "A" and hit Shift-N.
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Hello,
Sorry for the long reply, I've been sick and haven't had a chance to work on the project. I've tried everything you mentioned so far but no luck. I've attached a video below that better illustrates my issue. The front panel and sides are pulled directly from the Darkstar model so I don't see why there would be an issue with their mesh.
Sorry for the long reply, I've been sick and haven't had a chance to work on the project. I've tried everything you mentioned so far but no luck. I've attached a video below that better illustrates my issue. The front panel and sides are pulled directly from the Darkstar model so I don't see why there would be an issue with their mesh.
Update: I think it has to do with the fuselage? I spent a while just deleting random components and rebuilding. All normals seem to be good however. Can't tell what on the fuselage would cause this. Super weird however because fuselage had to be removed on both interior and exterior models to stop flickering