[Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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[Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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My hardware (Skalarki) does not include the second knob on the ND display brightness knob to control the brightness of the Weather or Terrain display on the ND. I find the default brightness (255) quite bright (especially if using Terrain) so that, on every flight, I have to go through the MCDU menu to change it from 255 (its default value) to something I find more reasonable (50 to 100 typically).

I would love to have a way to set the default value, either via the existing Aircraft Options list or in an INI file.

This small "quality of life" improvement would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
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Re: [Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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Hello

that used to be possible, I somehow broke it apparently. In next version you will be able to set it up in c:\A320FMGS\EGPWS_WXR.ini file on FMGS SERVER PC (only on that PC, not on any other PCs) by adding the lines:

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[WXRTERRdim]
CPT=255
FO=255
The values range from 0 to 255.
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Jean Luc
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Re: [Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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Excellent. Thank you!
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Re: [Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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Jean Luc, many thanks for the solution :D
and also thanks to Thierry for bringing this to attention
best regards from LOWW
Manfred


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Re: [Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

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Verified working with B58.0.2.
Thanks for implementing this.
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Re: [Suggestion] Default WXR/Terrain brightness

Post by Soarbywire »

Don’t forget the other hidden options ;-)

C:\A320FMGS\EGPWS_WXR.ini (only on EGPWS computer, not on EIS ones):
[EGPWS]
PictureRes=200
usePNGs=no

Using PNGs compresses the bmp files, but will increase CPU utilisation.
PictureRes is the EGPWS picture size in pixels (default is 200*200 pixels).

You can try PictureRes=400 or 600
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