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Burning fireplace (and campfire) cause strobe like flashing when using NV goggles
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Description

Fireplaces and campfires have a nice flicker to their light, which looks good under most circumstances. However, while wearing night vision goggles (at night), they cause some severe strobe like effect on distant vegetation (trees, bushes and grass clutter).

Short video capture:
http://youtu.be/375yYK0X4TM

Details

Legacy ID
3716596492
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Visual-Environment
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Create new mission in editor.
  2. Place the player as any soldier (with NV goggles) in an area that has no artificial lights and has some trees/bushes.
  3. Set time to night (I used 2:00am)
  4. Place a fireplace (burning) object near the player.
  5. Preview mission.
  6. Move to the extremities of the area lit by the campfire (between 200m and 250m).
  7. Observe vegetation flashing.
Additional Information

Windows 7 64bit Professional
Intel I7-950
Asus P6X58D Premium
Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce GTX570 1280Mb (using latest non-beta 332.21 drivers)

Event Timeline

ceeeb edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Feb 1 2014, 12:39 AM
ceeeb edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
ceeeb set Category to Visual-Environment.
ceeeb set Reproducibility to Always.
ceeeb set Severity to None.
ceeeb set Resolution to Open.
ceeeb set Legacy ID to 3716596492.May 7 2016, 5:52 PM
ceeeb added a comment.May 5 2015, 12:26 AM

No change in dev build 1.45.130624.

Effect is most prominent on moonless nights.

freexavier added a comment.May 5 2015, 11:22 AM

I think a simple fix is that rather it flickering. The light will just transition from bright to low. So it won't look like a graphical issue.

fusetodefuse added a subscriber: fusetodefuse.May 20 2016, 3:33 PM

I cant say its an issue. Its looks like autogating.

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