Interior sudden lighting issue during flight

[KirkR]

Night flight KORD to KMBS, few layers during climb and descent.  About 4 times during flight the following occurred:

-  initially a very bright white outside the front windshield
-  15-20 seconds later the cockpit interior was suddenly as light as daytime (see picture below)
-  Outside the front of the plane it went back to normal dark, while the interior remained bright
-  About 2 minutes later, the interior went back to normal nighttime lighting

The interior and overhead lighting controls were not changed during flight.  First couple of times I've seen this occur (both today), through well over 100 flights.  Any guidance regarding what this might be?  Or possibly it just needs a restart of XPlane.

 

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by KirkR

[rjb4000]

I’ve found that in overcast clouds having the nose light on will cause xplane to generate a super bright reflection back into the flight deck. You can try cycling that switch to see if it’s the culprit. 

[KirkR]

Thanks for the feedback, I will try that.  Note that even after the brightness out the front window went away, the lighting inside the cockpit remained.  Nonetheless, hopefully cycling the lights will help mitigate it.  XP12 possibly will also improve this as well.