[jzoopster49]

I've always felt night flight was one of the few things the IL2 did poorly. There was always that greenish/yellow glow in half the sky, and in many other ways the colors were unrealistic as well. The sky gets dark, but contrails and gun smoke trails were as light as usual, making them look like fuzzy lasers. It looks s bad, really bad. I never set scenarios for night - which is a shame because the searchlights are cool.

Could the feel of night be simulated by altering colors as well as darkness? The old Janes WW2 Fighters simulated night very nicely by giving everything a bluish cast at night. It really gave a nice "bright full moon" sense, and explosion flashes were also quite striking. It wasn't that dark either, but it did look a lot more like night.