White Flashes

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  1. Wooki74

    Wooki74 Active Member

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    Did anyone notice on matts final stream on xbox series x that there was no white flashes that I could see,but on my series x I'm getting a lot of white flashes. Anybody know why that is?
     
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    he could be playing on a dev build of the game possibly though never knew anything about this white flashing issue
     
  3. stevenwalker1985

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    Am on series x also. I get the white flash. And the in cab white letters flicker also. Which is really anoying
     
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  4. Knightfire1964

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    hmm I may pop on the game and see if I notice this
     
  5. AtherianKing

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    I use Series X and noticed a white flash when on NTP yesterday and one on Boston-Providence the day before

    some flickering of different things in cab depending on train also still occurs for me
     
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  6. Princess Entrapta

    Princess Entrapta Well-Known Member

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    All I get are the white dots that Series S has around the edge of the screen, any time I am not on my X, never had any kind of flash on either console though.
    The cab texture flickering is still a thing for sure.
     
  7. A Big Chungus

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    Happens occasionally on series X, almost like a lightning strike. It once did it repeatedly though, three white flashes one after another, which I dunno, surely the game should come with a seizure warning or something with this glitch in the game?
     
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  8. BBIAJ

    BBIAJ Well-Known Member

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    Exactly what I was thinking.

    I don't suffer from epilepsy myself, but when these white flashes first started appearing, after the Rush Hour update I think it was, it was enough to actually make me jump.

    Playing on Xbox Series X for reference.
     
  9. NateDogg7a

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    I have been noticing these also over the past few weeks. Mostly on SPG, maybe about once or twice per service over the full length. Although I've been playing TSW basically since August, I wasn't really seeing this until recently, even though as I understand it, others have been having this problem for longer. Series S
     
  10. Princess Entrapta

    Princess Entrapta Well-Known Member

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    I'm certainly relieved if there is a chance of this happening that my epilepsy is the non-photosensitive kind.
     
  11. Wooki74

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    I asked on tonight's roadmap stream if there is any news on fixing this issue but got no response . They must not have seen the question and no response in here either.
     
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  12. Coastway trainspotter

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    I get this flash quite a lot as well . Never happened on my Xbox one , only happened since I started using series x
     
  13. david-bright184169

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    I got them on Clinchfield on Series S, never seen them before 11/01/2022 update
     
  14. t.reizner35

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    I get these white flashes too but its not happening to much and only if its evening or night not at sunny daytime. Also playing on series X.
     
  15. vk56der6r

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    Ive got these flashes at night or during the day and on all routes I own (base/lgv/rush hour pack/ccr). Most times its rare, like once or twice an 6hr play. But recently sand patch has been bad. Specifically while running the ac4400cw and at night with snow. Dont know if its related but in 20min it happened 5-6 times. Once 3 times in less than a minute. Needs a fix for sure. Started recently
     
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  16. BBIAJ

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    Had these whilst trying to grind the last bit of Mastery from Cane Creek (tracked once then never again), and with several runs of London Commuter yesterday (same issues Mastery wise), definitely feels like the game should come with some sort of temporary trigger warning for now until it is fixed.
     
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    Ok this is getting ridiculous. These flashes are happening like every 60sec for me now. How does it just start getting worse
     
  18. BBIAJ

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    TrainSim-Matt These are the white flashes you said you knew nothing about on tonight's stream, it's literally a full screen blinding white flash, happens regularly across all routes, regardless of time of day, scenario, or timetable.
     
  19. DTG Matt

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    Oh yes this - can I get confirmation of which consoles you're seeing this on? I spent a few hours on Series S the other day and it didn't happen (hence why I probably forgot) - let me know which one I need to use and i'll go poke it and then get it in front of someone to find out where it's at.
     
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    Cheers for the swift response, for me, this occurs on Xbox Series X.
     
  21. vk56der6r

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    Same, series X. Way too random to catch on video. "Lightning strike" was a good way someone put it. Earlier it was happening every min or two.....restarted xbox now its every 10 or so minutes as of right now.
     
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  22. Princess Entrapta

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    Don't worry Matt, it's not just you, I have also never run into this in many, many hours of play on Series X or S. So there's got to be some commonality in what's causing it to occur that we're not reproducing. I have pondered if it might be something that just doesn't show up on any of my monitors due to a setting that's toggled like VRR, like maybe it only shows up with HDR enabled or something?
     
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  23. vk56der6r

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    I believe it only started, at least for me, in the past couple weeks. The only thing I did then was download the rush hour pack and I think there was an update at some point. But above people posted in January so Idk.
     
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  24. DTG Matt

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    Sounds like series x is where I need to try this. Wilco :)
     
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  25. Princess Entrapta

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    As an aside, what are you even doing up at this hour?
     
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    For me, it started with the upgrade to Unreal 4.26, I even made a post about it here, back on 20th August 2021:

    In Cab Visual Deterioration (series X - Post Patch)
     
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    I only had this post the Unreal update. I’m using the series X but can report that I’m seeing these only very occasionally now where initially they where quiet frequent. The recent updates to address graphical issues have improved this.
     
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    I see it on my series x.
     
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    Same. Since upgrade of the system it started doing it on my series x
     
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  30. stevenwalker1985

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    I managed to get a screen shot of the white flash on london commuter. On my series x. All disappears apart from the hud.

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  31. Princess Entrapta

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    Wow, that's, uh. Yeah, that looks like it would be distracting.
     
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  32. stevenwalker1985

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    Just a wee bit. Its a split second but when it does it most times its pretty anoying
     
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  33. yokaigpx#7540

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    Hi,
    Dovetail Games any feedback on this very unpleasant problem, which hurts the eyes?
    This problem has been present on Xbox Series X for months, and still no fix !
     
  34. Princess Entrapta

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    I assume given the hud is rendered over it in the screencap there, that it shows up on video captured with XBox gamedvr?
     
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    On Xbox Série X,
    Sorry for my Bad English, I French player.

     
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    Xbox série X
    Flash white + Bug son (clac-clac) !

     
  37. Princess Entrapta

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    Oh, huh, yeah, that is quite the thing. Wonder why my Series X doesn't get it. I'd definitely have noticed.
     
  38. stevenwalker1985

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    Yes
     
  39. yokaigpx#7540

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    anyway, it's radio silence from Dovetail
     
  40. stevenwalker1985

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    Yip.
     
  41. Princess Entrapta

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    Just experienced this for the first time ever, and damn, is it noticeable when it happens.

    Knowing now what it is like, I can conclusively say I have never experienced anything like it before today, but now on my first run along Luzern-Sursee I got a bunch of these in quick succession flashing up one after the other.
    Three or four in the space of a couple of seconds. Incredibly distracting.
    Series S, 1080p mode, for reference.
    They came right at the beginning so I don't know if the fact I had not gotten round to turning off motion blur yet was a contributing factor.

    Uhm, might want a photosensitive epilepsy warning on this. Because if they come this closely together, that's a major hazard.
     
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  42. BBIAJ

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    I noticed that they were particularly apparent with this route especially, and that was just doing the tutorials (Xbox Series X), myself and others have previously mentioned that this could be a concern for anyone with photosensitive epilepsy, but as of yet, DTG have yet to respond in any official capacity.
     
  43. Princess Entrapta

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    I've not seen them at all since this one experience, so I am wondering if it's something going amiss with the motion blur, which I disable every time I load up a route usually, as it gives me migraines, but of course that option does not persist for some reason between launches of the game (I really wish DTG would make the options the game keeps forgetting persistent) and so I didn't get it turned off before I saw this series of rapid flashes. Once I did, I never got a single flash after that.
     
  44. Ethan11101

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    This also happens on my XB1
     
  45. dreampage

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    I can confirm this happens on the new Luzern - Sursee route as well (Xbox Series X). Maybe only once or twice per route but it's still noticeable. At first I thought it was just a lamp suddenly lighting up the cab but it's actually a full-screen flash for 1-2 frames.
     
  46. man_utduk2002

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    On series x On London Communter I get white flashes when trains start to depart London Victoria
     
  47. Coastway trainspotter

    Coastway trainspotter Well-Known Member

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    I’m still getting this issue as well . It seems that as usual , dtg are doing nothing to try and fix this Xbox issue
     
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  48. yokaigpx#7540

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    updating and adding new DLC does not change anything. Disabling motion blur doesn't change anything. Can DTG be held responsible in the event of a health problem? it becomes really painful to take flashes regularly in game. inadmissible to take so much time to correct this kind of serious health problem, while on the side, we continue to release paid DLC. please, take into account player feedback, and come here to show your consideration by communicating would be desirable.

    I'm full of photosensitive players! it's just amazing to let this kind of thing happen !
     
  49. stevenwalker1985

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    Agree, totally.
     
  50. bakedpotatos.jm

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    Ive always thought I was speeding past a speed camera.
     

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