Why are my scopes not working? (SOLVED)

[Wh1ppet]

Alright.. I came back to this game after a while away and I can't get scope views to work right... When I go to scope it just goes all white in the graphics and I can't actually see anything, regardless of what scope I am trying to use. And correcting my pre-edit statement, this includes using Iron sites.

Conclusion: Okay... The field manual is outright wrong in it's instructions and there is no scope key... You just quick click the right mouse button instead of hold it and appearantly I was never clicking it fast enough to actually bring up the iron sites.

[ricardotrut]

are you using addons?

[Wh1ppet]

Nope.. Just the vanilla game.

[Wh1ppet]

Okay... Since I'm getting no helpful replies, even though I've seen pictures of this problem online and can't find a fix for it anywhere, I have put together some screen shots to show what I'm talking about.

This is what it looks like without using weapon optics in the game:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/111859523711311232/A10E587AB09D69B165AB5CF9798D10A3107F71CA/

This is what it looks like when I try to use optics, regardles off what is actually mounted on the weapon:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/111859523711311967/23193E69A31139F981FEC1B5173A0F1D44DC5283/

I consider it unplayable if I can't get scopes to work at all, and this is a NEW problem for me that I was not previously encountering when I ran it.

In both of those images I am aimed at the exact same point in the exact same scene. The only differnce between them is pressing N to toggle the otpics.

[TheStainlessSteelRat]

N is default Arma keybindings toggles through night vision and thermal mode back to day if all avaialble.
You need to check your keybindings.
That whiteout you see through scope is what you would get if night vision is active and it is bright day.

[Wh1ppet]

Originally posted by TheStainlessSteelRat:

N is default Arma keybindings toggles through night vision and thermal mode back to day if all avaialble.
You need to check your keybindings.
That whiteout you see through scope is what you would get if night vision is active and it is bright day.

I been checking my keybindings... ANY scope I use is night visioned when I use it... I'll go through the settings with a find tooth comb and see if there is a conflict, but I did not change the default controls at all.

SOLVED: Finally found a forum chat that actually addressed the right question in another thread and I figured out what I was doing wrong.

[Mechaslav]

link?

[DaDummy]

(sorry for necro, but google sent me to this solved thread lacking an actual solution, so I thought I'll add it for anyone coming here after me)

The solution was that contrary to the hint in the help section of the game "N" is the keybind for night vision that just turn the screen white at daytime.

The correct key bind they (and me) were looking for instead is "left ctrl + right click", but that key combination will not do anything if you are already zoomed in without using the scope. Instead you need to right click to zoom out, then "left ctrl + right click" to toggle the scope/iron sights on, then right click again to use it. While scope/iron sight is in use "left ctrl + right click" will toggle between different scope setings and iron sights if available.