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I have discovered this. It is valid for FS9, FSX and P3dV2

But is specially interesting in P3DV2 where activating HDR the VC of some aircraft, becomes very dark, It can be improved as follows:

In the "panel.cfg" file there is a section called "Color", usually at the end.

Carenado Bonanza
[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=1,31,28
Luminous=255,255,255

"The plane you want to change"
[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=223,255,255
Luminous=246,115,119 <<<<<<< Some planes have values like this and the VC becomes very dark, I think that's the cause

Put all values as the default Bonanza: 255,255,255 (which i imagine 255 should be the maximum). Backup the panel.cfg or write the new values and just put // before the originals (this inhibits any value behind) .

That is:

"The plane you want to change"
[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=223,255,255
Luminous=255,255,255 //246,115,119

Thanks, I'll play around with that tonight.

"The plane you want to change"
[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=223,255,255
Luminous=255,255,255 //246,115,119

Would actually be too bright for nighttime flight. The cockpit lights would wash out everything outside.

each group of 3 numbers is code for a color intensity, Red, Green, Blue. In that order. So 255, 100, 100 would be a very red light at night. Personally, for nightfliying I prefer 150, 235, 130. That gives me a very pleasant military green color at night. They use the green for NVG compatibility, but I find it very easy on the eye to switch rapidly fron inside to outside, or llooking through a HUD without the cockpit being overwhelming, but still readily accessable to look at.

I also use the fx_vclight_Grn.fx in the Aircraft.cfg [lights] section. Again, I personally like it better than the red, which seems to be the default.

Remember too that the [Color] section of the Panel.cfg file is only for teh actual gauges illumination. The fx_vclight's postion can be adjusted to illuminate switch panels, throttles, placards, and so on that have no internal illumination and tend ot be a tad dark and hard to see. You can add more of them, shift their positions in all three axes and so on to perfectly personalize your cockpit for you preferences. The more you add, though, the brighter it gets also, care must be taken not to place them in front of the panel, or they are pretty useless...
to me the prefect placment is just behind my viewpoint's left shoulder, and slightly above. that way they don't glare off the interior of the windscreen, which can also ruin your view of the outside world. Not so bad in the Commercial airliners, but a real killer in a helichopper.

Any questions please feel free to ask!
Pat☺

Many thanks Pat, I'm usually not flying at night so I didn't tested. The default Carenado Bonanza is maxed at 255,255,255 and I thought that was te way and didn'd made any further investigation.
I see that it is not so easy ad every plane requires his own adjustments.
Agree 100% about red VC light.
Ok, I'll start with your advice, many thanks!
Regards.