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Any ideas please guys? I've just installed the Beaver at this link http://simviation.com/1/download?file=D ... leId=13274 and everything works great apart from in VC view the prop is just a big black spinning circle that I can't see through. Is there a fix for this type of thing please?

Thanks... Jon T.

downloading it now, will take a look in the Textures folder.  I think you have to delete one of the textures due to this being a "port-over" from FS9

I've seen that on a few other aircraft that are originally from 2004 (FS9). I wish I knew the fix myself. :-/

Works fine for me. Which version of FSX do you have? You might need to install the SP1 & SP2 updates.

Works fine for me. Which version of FSX do you have? You might need to install the SP1 & SP2 updates.

I'm already using sp1 & 2 mate.

You might look at some of the fixes here- http://www.premaircraft.com/support/FSX ... index.html

cheers,
Joe

I do believe that THIS is what you are seeing.  I am still looking at the Texture folder to see what the problem is.  I believe that it is the "alpha channel" on the 'prop_TBX.bmp'  ... upon opening that .bmp in DXTBMP it is a black square with the propeller as the alpha channel.

FSX (sp2)
DHC2 Turbo Beaver - Emerald
Friday Harbor
REX
Orbx PNW

Go to the link in my previous post and download the fix for the FMPC Viking, filename- fmpc_vik.zip

That will fix it.

The problem lies not only with the prop texture, but the model as well.

cheers,
Joe

ok ill stop helping you now that the ALL KNOWING JOBEE is here.


I downloaded the fix and it DOES NOT WORK!!!!! but who am i to say that.   oh well.   


Sorry that I can not help you.

[quote]ok ill stop helping you now that the ALL KNOWING JOBEE is here.


I downloaded the fix and it DOES NOT WORK!!!!! but who am i to say that.

Works great for me, I will add I am using FSX/Accel.

Maybe a different sim version?

cheers,
Joe

AS I WAS SAYING....

i even tried changing the prop_TBX.bmp to a prop_TBX.dds and that did not work either.  Some aircraft's prop texture is a .dds and I was hoping that by changing it to a .dds that it would work.  .. guess not. 

I have another option up my sleeve, but I doubt that it will work too, but let me take a look before I open my keyboard.

ok, i got the fix.


DO install the fix from the page supplied.

go into the MODEL folder, and rename the model file (the one ending in .mdl) BACK to:

BeaverMK3_viking_[glow=yellow,2,300]fix9[/glow].mdl (instead of it reading: BeaverMK3_viking_fix10.mdl)

[there should be only 1 .mdl file.   Delete the original fix9.mdl, and rename the fix10.mdl BACK to fix9.mdl as I describe]



THEN go into the model.cfg and change the only line in there to say:

[models]
normal=BeaverMK3_viking_[glow=yellow,2,300]fix9[/glow]

[quote]AS I WAS SAYING....

i even tried changing the prop_TBX.bmp to a prop_TBX.dds and that did not work either.

As I said earlier - it works fine for me (FSX Gold + Acceleration). Possibly a display setting on your system or FSX.