FSX Night Vision Mod

Per the request, NV does work in SE, it does work on one screen, and it does work with the 2D panel as well as Virtual. Issues: Shift +F12 does indeed turn on NV, it also changes the screen to a top-down view. F11 takes it back to a 3D exterior view, then uses Shift +S to get back to the cockpit view, and then uses W to toggle through cockpit views in the 2D panel. All popups work fine with the exception of Maps. Using the map is fine, when returning to the cockpit view, NV is turned off.

Contrary to others' experiences, I am running this on FSX: SE, single screen, 2D cockpit. The OP said, "Edit the enbseries.cfg file with Notepad, if you feel the bloom is too high, I turned it way down."

First, there is an 'enbseries.ini' file but no 'cfg' file in the download package for the standard Night Vision Mod. There is a 'cfg' file in the package for the 'tube' effect in the Panel configuration folder. I would assume you are referring to the 'ini' file when suggesting the adjustment if the bloom is too high.

Second, when suggesting adjusting the bloom, to which bloom are you referring? I have multiple Bloom's to choose from:

BloomPowerDay=0 BloomFadeTime=400 BloomConstantDay=1 BloomQuality=0 BloomScreenLevelDay=95 BloomCurveDay=0 BloomPowerNight=45 Adjusted, no change BloomConstantNight=1 BloomCurveNight=2 BloomScreenLevelNight=10 Adjusted, no change BloomAdaptationScreenLevel=24 Adjusted, no change BloomAdaptationMultiplier=100 BloomAllowOversaturation=1 BloomMaxLimit=200

I have a few contracts that require me to fly in & out of obscure airstrips, many times in the dark of night. I use the DeHavilland DHC-6-300 for a few reasons: A, I need an aircraft that can carry up to 10 passengers with 300-500 lbs of tools & equipment. The DHC-6-300 can carry up to 4,100 lbs of weight & fuel. B, I need an aircraft that can land & take off on 1000-foot airstrips carrying said weight. My average load is 4-5 passengers with 200 lbs of cargo so I can bring the craft down to 90 knots & still hold it in the air The DHC-6-300 is a great workhorse & I can't find anything to match it so far.

I have incorporated the SALS landing system in unison with a GPS to find & get into an airstrip in the dark. It is difficult to do however as there is no documentation of obstacles & other hazards at these airstrips. So if I haven't been to the airstrip before, I tell my clients I cannot go in at night until I can document what is there. I have also been trying to use the Pave Tack Display to help. With Landing lights on, sometimes those lights will reflect off of tree tops on the Pave Tack Display in time to avoid but it is dangerous. Hit a tree top or a power line & your roadkill on a gravel tarmac. No one to come look for you for a few days. A full or even a partial moon gives enough light to manage a night landing on un-lit, short landing strips. Not easy but doable. With the incorporation of the NV Mod, one can be much more confident in their approach, utilizing the SALS system & GPS along with the NV for optimal landing in the worst of conditions.

For example; I had the opportunity to carry five maintenance personnel to a few oil drills in Texas, out in the middle of BFE nowhere. We left San Antonio in the late afternoon heading for some spot just south of San Angelo for our first stop in a three-stop maintenance run. We left with overcast skies & when we arrived at the first rig sight a couple of hours later, we had a good thunderstorm brewing. It was dark, and raining, and winds were whipping around at 15-18 knots. Difficult to say the least. With the NV, the SALS, the GPS, & a map ... along with a few good-hearted Texans, we dropped in on that mud-slick field with a 12-degree canter to the crosswind.

The hardest part is slowing down after touchdown as the dual prop doesn't have a reverse thrust on it. So at Flaps 2, coasting in at 85 knots, just before touchdown, I dropped the throttle to zero & went full flaps. This dropped the speed to 60 knots in a heartbeat. Keeping the nose forward so as not to flare, we touched the front edge of the airfield at 53 knots & straightened out from the crosswind. The mud-slicked airstrip did nothing to help slow us down to zero & we were not going fast enough at this point for the flaps to help resist the wind. So we coasted/slid to a stop just south of the end of the strip & a little off to the right. Thanks to the NV, I could see we had clearance a good forty yards further. Without the NV, I'd never even chanced it.

So, the NV Mod is ... AWESOME !!! Thank you!

Works great in FS2004 too!

It works on Steam only if you flying with 2 screens, one of the screens get de NV, is there a solution?

Hi, it does work in FSX Steam but my question is; would it be possible to decide in the .cfg or somewhere else, which screen or view this effect works in? I would like to use it in one camera view only.

Thanks in advance, G.

It does work in FSX: Steam Edition!

Put d3d9.dll, enbpalette.bmp, and enbseries.ini into your main FSX folder.

Is the hotkey for this effect reprogrammable via the control settings menu, or is it hardwired to Shift+F12?

I'd like to be able to reassign it (in my case, to Shift+N)!