
             Congo's "Flanker Clear HUD" cockpit mod v.1    20-03-2024

On 22nd Feb 2024, the Flaming Cliffs 3 Flanker series cockpit textures were 
updated and resulted in abnormal HUD glass reflections seriously cluttering
the HUD view, (at least on my system with my settings).

Affected aircraft were the J-11a, Su-27 and the Su-33.

If your DCS FC3 Flankers were impacted, then this custom cockpit mod 
may help you. 
Also, the modified textures and "description.lua" entries contained here 
can be used to modify your existing custom Flanker cockpits, go for it!

This cockpit mod is based on the Default Russian cockpit for each Flanker,
but it can be added to the other excellent English cockpits available with
a little bit of effort.
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How I did it.... 

The K36 ejection seat was casting bright reflections into the HUD.
I modified the K36 textures, making them darker and less reflective.

The internal canopy glass and HUD glass textures were made empty 
and their respective RoughMet textures were tuned towards Ultra Pink,
(R=239, G=0, B=228), then resized to match the glass textures.
(the DCS RoughMets were 4K)

The Su-33 cockpit's "su33_cpt_int07_RoughMet" texture was corrected
to have reflections on the Head Down Display.

Notes:
The "description.lua" contained in this mod works for all three FC3 Flankers
on my machine. I simply added a section for the Su-33 after scripting the 
Su-27 / J-11a, I'm guessing this only works because the script's invalid
entries for the respective aircraft are ignored.... not the neatest scripting,
but it was a "all in one" solution to keep the installation simple.
