Fs9 Odd Textures...for me too

[DaveB]

Cheers Peter. ;-)

What a complete dog this old girl has been and who'd have thought a harmless mip would save the day!!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[petermcleland]

Cheers Dave...Glad it works for you. I guess the rule that DXT1 textures MUST be mipped is worth remembering :think:


I just spotted the Comet 4 taxying in with the returning Staff Tour...I bet they are not pleased to come back to this weather :flying:

[DaveB]

No one who has just done a RTW Staff Tour in a Comet4 and is equally lucky enough to land at MCL Field should have cause for complaint, whatever the weather is doing ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[T6flyer]

There are separate problems with flying over Photo Scenery and you should change the odd settings. I don't use any UK Photo but I do use Alaska Cinematic...Richard Goldstein recommends the following:-

1. Options > Settings > Display...UNTICK Extended Terrain Textures.
2. Let your Frame Rates go unrestricted.
3. He also recommends for lesser powered machines in real weather to select "Simple Clouds".

I leave my frame rates unrestricted all the time these days but whenever I go to the Alaska Cinematic area I do number 1. above.

Another good tip from Richard with regard to flying over this sort of scenery is to set up a Key attribution to "Refresh Scenery"...I use the key R. Then if you get a taste of blurries due to aircraft speed, just tap R...It refreshes very quickly if you have done 1. above and very slowly if you haven't

Thanks for the advice. The only thing that I now have to do is to untick the Extended Terrain Textures box - everything else is as I have done in the past. What with this new machine I get a steady 60+ FPS wherever, cept for the larger airports (which I normally stay well away from) where it drops to 40-48fps.

Never thought all of this would be down to one aeroplane. If someone can give me an idiots guide on how to convert the textures I would love to know, as I really would like to see Hunters in my virtual skies. They were kind of numerous in this neck of the woods (Brawdy and Chivenor) and now fly out of Exeter, and I'm not sure if there is an alternative for AI use.

I did have a little flip from Exeter this morning (before I went flying - this time in the Wilga instead of the usual Auster 9) minus the Hunter and with 100% traffic (Traffic2005 and a few home growns - Cambrian, Harvest Air and Morton DC-3s etc), everything was back to how it used to be and was still running at 60fps plus. Thank you to all for helping me out, I again am pleased with the sim and long may it continue. Just got to populate those skies a little more, but this time I might be choosy on what appears.

Best wishes to all,

Martin

[petermcleland]

I'll put together an illustrated "Step by Step" for converting these textures. I'm starting it now and hope to have it uploaded before the end of the day :flying:

[T6flyer]

I'll put together an illustrated "Step by Step" for converting these textures. I'm starting it now and hope to have it uploaded before the end of the day :flying:

Thanks, dont know really want to say. I'm just that sort of person that does things without reading the instructions first and I'm surprised that I've this far with the sim as it is.

This is the best place on the net

Best wishes,

Martin

[petermcleland]

Here you are Martin and anyone else who needs it:-

http://www.petermcleland.com/dl/HunterT ... ersion.zip

Cheers :flying:

[T6flyer]

Here you are Martin and anyone else who needs it:-

http://www.petermcleland.com/dl/HunterT ... ersion.zip

Cheers :flying:

Thanks Peter....much appreciated as per usual. Will try it out this week and report back.

Martin