Thanks for reply. So..there is no simple solution for the not-darkened version? If it is something I could do, I would like to try it even if it is a bit "hardcore"...
I don't like the lack of two levels of zoom, but I like ot see the sea waves at full scale, and not a flat sea, so I think I'll try to use the Special version if I can't get rid of the dark look.
BTW and a little OT, I am still dreamning with the WAC3.0 sea

seeing through the scope of OLC Special and GWX, I wonder if HanSolo would release and standalone version of its sea/environment...