DCS Mi-8: Lights Tutorial

[@jimmydesouza4375]

As a former Soviet Airforce Hip pilot I can confirm that the search lights do in fact phase through the cockpit floor. It's dangerous to do at night as they blind you.

[@Blacksharkden]

At first, I was a bit skeptical about watching a 20 minutes video only about the Mi8 lights. I am really glad I did. There were definitively a couple of things I didn't know after all those years flying the Hip in DCS. Highly recommended to our Rotorheads at BlackSharkDen squadron!

[@Tritium1775]

dude I've felt that way about every video in the series so far but I'm still here, and 4 years later at that :D

[@schmerle6326]

You do the best tutorials on the hip!

[@theflyingfool]

I am *so* glad you showed how to illuminate the 5.5V lighting! I've been so frustrated flying around at night with those in darkness! Now I know what to do... thanks for a brilliant :) video, it was extremely illuminating!

[@arazali4002]

You are very good teacher thanks alot.

[@gregorypruitt5068]

Great video. I never knew the Mi8 had so many lighting options.

[@vsTerminus]

Honestly neither did I until I started recording this. I was searching the manual for "light" and results just kept coming up lol.

[@manic_miner]

I'm struggling to see the cockpit dials during the day in 2.7.5! appreciate you sharing this :)

[@rafaelaldana1503]

By far the best tutorials about any module, but especially for the mi8

[@ianboys1000]

Thank you. I thought I knew the Mi-8 but I learned things for sure!

[@vsTerminus]

Nothing shows you just how much you *don't* know about a module like recording a tutorial series. :P Glad it's helping others too.

[@samivwow]

Great video. Really grinds my gears all the cockpit illumination and in general lighting issues in DCS

[@AdmiralQuality]

Ah! I didn't know there were two independently steerable spotlights! I've only been using the pilot side one. Thanks! One trick I like to do is make the spotlight line up with the gunsight. Then you can aim with the light.

[@peterwassmuth4014]

ThX again for just amazing tutorials.

[@Aynareth]

I'm just learning the Mi8 and really love her so far! Your Videos helped me a lot. Keep up the good work! Thanks!

[@irvinglukas3500]

Very good tutorials, informative. Enjoy them a lot. It is worth to mention that top lights rheostat next to flight engineer, which you say does not do anything, in reality controls about 50% of lights intensity on central console and 100% intensity of G-meter and backup gyroscope on windshield.

[@viralvideoa]

Thankyou cap.🙇

[@gwwisenco6986]

Great video

[@bigbluechopper24]

Very impressive tutorial video! It would be great if you could make a video on how to best adjust the lights for Night Vision Goggles. For example, I find that the radar altimeter warning light and the doppler hover assistance light both make using NVG really annoying as they are so bright. And I've not been able to find a way to dim them.

[@vsTerminus]

There is no way to adjust those specific lights currently :(

[@bigbluechopper24]

@@vsTerminus That sucks real bad! But thanks for letting me know. I think I speak for everyone here when I say I hope you do a similar tutorial series for the Mi-24 when that comes out!

[@vsTerminus]

@@bigbluechopper24 I fully intend to! The Hind has been #1 on my wishlist forever. I'm so excited to see it finally happen.

[@Stubbino]

But wait! There's more! There's actually one final light. On the left side panel for the Pilot-Commander, below the two pressure guages, there's a button to flash the Nav lights for signaling. Despite flying the Mi-8 in DCS for a while now you've still managed to show me a couple of new things with your series. Keep up the good work! Will you be tackling CTLD in multiplayer at some point? Feels like we're missing a couple of really good tutorials for that.

[@vsTerminus]

Damn I missed one?! I thought I found everything! So many lights. So many lights. In terms of CTLD, are you looking for a guide on how to use it? Because it sort of depends on how each server implements it.

[@Stubbino]

@@vsTerminus Yeah. Most of the guides are for how to set it up in the mission editor. Very little in the way for actual use whilst in game. There's a few common features that could do with a good breakdown. Stuff like how to do multi-crate builds. What the FOB does. Beacons? That sort of thing.

[@maxvb9764]

Great tutorial Congratulations.

[@pinkfloyd7572]

Fantastic video!

[@grigorcheitanov6970]

Hey, quick question. I flew a night mission or two yesterday and couldn't get the nav lights on the nose when pilons are not on to appear. I wonder if you've noticed it being a bug since the video was made or if there something else ?

[@vsTerminus]

Yea, if you remove the pylons via the rearming window you lose the nav lights as well. It's a reported bug, but I don't know if/when to expect a fix.

[@grigorcheitanov6970]

@@vsTerminus thank you for the reply! Glad it isn't me. I swear I scanned the cockpit 4 times for any type of switch haha

[@disgracetologic]

That was awesome.

[@audiofer5046]

you or anyone knows if there is a master light button or something like that if you need a fast shutoff if your under attack during night?

[@TheNicestPig]

Hey, do you have problems with the cockpit lighting being really din right now? I thought it's them finally implementing day/night lighting but nope, that switch still doesn't seem to do anything.

[@vsTerminus]

Yea, you bet. The lighting has been really dim for a long time now.

[@TheNicestPig]

@@vsTerminus And especially with DCS' dodgy cockpit lighting that makes it super dark even in broad daylight, it's very annoying.

[@antonioespinel7054]

Hey @vsTerminus, I noticed that your anti-collision light (Beacon) looks brighter and slower than the one in my game.. Do you have some type of mod that enhances the look of lighting? Does the RoughMet mod do this?

[@vsTerminus]

I do run ReShade with a custom profile, but there were lighting changes made to the DCS engine since this video was created so it's possibly it's a combination of both factors. My ReShade profile is here: www.patreon.com/posts/my-reshade-49449819

[@antonioespinel7054]

@@vsTerminus Thanks for replying... It's most likley the changes made to the game engine, I personally work closley to Mi-171 of the Ecuadorian Army, and the lighting in your video is exactly how it is in real life, the timing and way the beacon rotates is very similar.. Either way, thank's for sharing your profile with me. Keep up the great work!!

[@markokovacicek1420]

Hi! Thanks for video! Can you please explain to me how to use both landing/search light at the same time. I don't know how to map it😓

[@Fishing8136]

This vid is great, the question is the lighting is total crap in the daytime, is there anything I can do to improve this? My old eyes find this impossible to fly like this.😎🇨🇦

[@Сергей-ю5й5й]

How you can move your camera like that, i cant move it with mouse and zoom out and in with scroll wheel ? Can you help me ?

[@craigmoran893]

It's a Flying Disco Party Wagon!!

[@Сергей-ю5й5й]

My background lights are not even close that bright.. how to fix it?

[@medwaystudios]

Has DCS lighting changed a lot since this video? My flashlight is too bright and my nav lights too dim (even on the bright settings - as in the amount of light thrown to the ground).

[@vsTerminus]

It's not so much that the lights in the Hip have changed as it is the DCS lighting engine has gone through at least two major updates since this video released. They have tweaked the Mi-8's lights in response but the changes are mainly engine based.

[@F1C0]

Very good series, keep up the good work. Using the X-56 myself, what buttons do you use to rotate the searchlights?

[@linussandell831]

0:00 Hey, vsauce. Michael here. Just wanted to say I've really been enjoying your videos, kinda bummed that you haven't uploaded in awhile but I'm sure you have your reasons. Just really like the chill vibe you give, very relaxing, keep it up. Oh, and.. You're basically the vsauce of the hip :)

[@vsTerminus]

Hey, thanks for the kind words! I actually just posted an update today about the lack of videos recently. I've got a few in the works and lots of plans for future vids, the challenge is finding quiet time to record.

[@linussandell831]

@@vsTerminus cool, I'll be sure to check it out. Have a nice day :)

[@sieerayankee5182]

hi.. good video. how to angle the light?

[@vsTerminus]

Search the controls menu for "Headlight".

[@sieerayankee5182]

@@vsTerminus found it. thanks