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FS9 Isn't Looking "Right"


Matthew Kreilein 881422
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Matthew Kreilein 881422
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Recently, I upgraded my system a bit. I now have the following...

 

AMD Athlon 3800+ 64 X2 dual core CPU

ASUS A8V MOBO

GeForce 6200 256 MB 8x AGP video card

 

I wiped out Win XP and re-installed as you tend to need to do when you change MOBO. I installed things as usual. My FS9 gets better frame rates and my system runs cooler (that's why I had to ditch the Intel P4 I had).

 

However, I have a new problem. I noticed it after using addon's etc so today I did the following...

 

uninstalled FS9 and ALL addons, including deleting the FS.cfg and scenery.cfg file from the appropriate location C:\Docs & Settings\My name\etc.\etc.\etc.

 

After firing up FS9 with NO addons...I get the following shots in the KSFO area...

 

Default C172 at default KSFO with default FS9 settings as far as scenery complexity, etc. Everything appears to be "there"...

 

fsscr000.jpg

 

Then I switch to the "top-down" view and get these as I zoom out...

 

OK, looks alright...

 

fsscr001.jpg

 

Not too bad...little "thingy" there in the bay and the road looks a little screwy...the airport looks a little "odd" up there at the top of the pic...are those taxiways up there over water???

 

fsscr003.jpg

 

WHOA!!! What is THIS??? I've never been there, but I KNOW this isn't San Francisco...

 

fsscr002.jpg

 

If I change settings or reload an A/C or something...SOMETIMES it gets evern WEIRDER...YEAH...it CAN...

 

What the hell is THIS???? The rwy is over WATER and what kind of taxiway is that???

 

fsscr004.jpg

 

Upon closer inspection...it's THIS...

 

fsscr005.jpg

 

BUUUUUT...When I hit "Alt" to change a setting to see what is going on here...as soon as I hit it I get THIS for my taxiway...

 

fsscr006.jpg

 

WHAT is going on here???

 

I THOUGHT it was some addon problem, etc., but it's GOTTA be something with my video card or something else goofy that I just CANNOT figure out.

 

If ANYONE know what setting could affect this this way...I'd LOVE to hear it.

 

Thanks SO much.

Matthew Kreilein

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Ben Zwebner 906832
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Not sure what to tell you... Looks like your FS is getting the Texture plates confused.... try changing the FS9 cfg file... (the one with the DC3 Icon)... if it continues... I would reinstall the whole FS.

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This is a fresh install of FS9.

 

Everything was wiped and from scratch...fs9.cfg, scenery.cfg, registry entries, everything clean as I can get it.

Matthew Kreilein

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Update...

 

Reverted to an older version of nVIDIA drivers...no luck

 

Removed 256 MB vid card and put in the older 128 MB vid card...no luck.

 

Even thogh CLEARLY stated in my original submission to MSFT...first question "Hi I'll be helping you. What changes to the game have been made?"

 

They just don't listen.

Matthew Kreilein

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SOLVED!!!

 

I tried rolling back drivers to those that came with my video card (~63.XX) series of nVIDIA and that didn't work.

 

So, rather PAINFULLY, I kept "stepping up" in version until I got one to work...77.72 version. It was the first version to mention my video card as well as "Adds increased performance for dual core processors".

 

So, I guess I gotta just save these, but give a shot now and then to stepping up in version until a random lucky one of mine works.

 

I don't understand these things as in how they work or how you're CONSTANTLY being told to "update those drivers" and then you get something like this.

 

When are these computers gonna start WORKING before we make 'em better, huh?

 

Thanks for the help.

Matthew Kreilein

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Not too bad...little "thingy" there in the bay and the road looks a little screwy...the airport looks a little "odd" up there at the top of the pic...are those taxiways up there over water???

 

LOL little "thingy" in the bay. This made me laugh cause that's exactly what I would call it. How bizarre was all this? I love how you set it up like a story though. I was entertained. Also congrats on fixing it, sounded like a real pain in the "Mod - lovely stuff".

 

-Aaron

Aaron Doyer - Glacier Aviation Virtual - Olympia, WA

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