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Broken Plane. Why??

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Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:52 am
by carcher126
Hi Guys. I seem to have a problem...on occassion, not all the time, after I save a flight and it goes back to Free Flight screen or just back to flight screen I get a 'broken' AC and the frame rate drops to only 1-3fps. It can happen anywhere in the world and scenery complexity or density can be set to any setting. It has happened on startup as well. If I restart the sim and usually all is well.
This has been happening for quite
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

Posted:
Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:50 am
by pear40
On picture #2, that happens to me sometimes, only it only lasts for a second or two. I think it has something to do with FSX confusing he altitude the scenery is at...
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

Posted:
Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:36 pm
by Daube
The problems that can be seen on those screenshots are relative to the lack of power of your computer. When the hardware gets overloaded, some strange graphic stuff often happens. For example, after trying a landing in Tokyo (which has a LOT of impact on my performance) I have lost my antialiasing :/
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

Posted:
Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:54 pm
by machineman9
1MB G-RAM
4MB RAM?
Are you sure/serious?
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:33 pm
by carcher126
yes am serious :)
so its the processor then, dual core 6600 2.4Ghz not powerful enough??
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:40 pm
by Boikat
He was asking about the memory.
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:20 am
by PerrierBaroudeur
They still make computers with less than 1 gig?
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:52 am
by Flying Mouse
Some ugly artifacts you have there :(
Tried scaling down on the sliders to see if it solves the problem?
Mouse ;)
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:11 am
by Slotback
People often call GIG, mb... common mistake.
Try changing your video drivers.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 069398/5#5
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

Posted:
Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:46 am
by Mitch.
I used to have that problem in pic1, but I no longer have it.
Unfortunetly I have no clue what I did, it just seemed to fix itself. I wish I could be of more help. :-/
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:19 pm
by carcher126
yes Its my mistake 4 GIG ram sorry guys if I caused a few heart attacks

::)
I must have been frustrated with the problem and thought it was acting like I only had 4 MB, maybe the pc only allows me 4 MB at a time ;D ;D
Its Definately 4Gig
Sorry!!!!
Re: Broken Plane. Why??

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:00 pm
by carcher126
Thanks Vodka Burner, New drivers seem to have worked, no more problem :)
Thanks for the help