FSX for dummies
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:18 pmFinally getting my new FSX sorted out.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:18 pmRe: FSX for dummies
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:59 pmWhat the heck is that round thing near the rudder at the back of the plane in the first shot?
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:56 pmLooks like it's getting there.
What are you using to compress your shots and what is the sim resolution set to?
8-)
What are you using to compress your shots and what is the sim resolution set to?
8-)
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:58 pmTailwheel?What the heck is that round thing near the rudder at the back of the plane in the first shot?
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:01 pmUsing Paint.Net and the Sim resolution is 1440x900 (32) - same as Display.Looks like it's getting there.
What are you using to compress your shots and what is the sim resolution set to?
8-)
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:16 pmTailwheel?What the heck is that round thing near the rudder at the back of the plane in the first shot?
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:50 pmI'm not sure what you are referring to about "compression"...these disapearing textures appear a lot with complex planes like the PMDG products.
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:02 pmI'm not sure what you are referring to about "compression"...
I think he's talking about his screenshots rather than the display problem.
[quote]People have solved them by lowering things like BUFFERPOOLS, which probably doesn't apply to you;
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:21 pmIt was a bad (terrible) install.I've seen this problem mentioned before but I'm darned if I can remember what causes it. What are the system specs of this new machine of yours? Perhaps you need to update the video card drivers or tweak the FSX display settings.
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:31 pm[quote] Maybe your GPU card just doesn't have the juice.
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:42 amThis was acquired with FS9 in mind but, after that started giving me fits, I discovered that "Mr Shanks" had his new FSX running on a similar machine and his results were good.What are the system specs of this new machine of yours?
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:46 amI don't understand:
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:29 amIt was a bad (terrible) install.I've seen this problem mentioned before but I'm darned if I can remember what causes it. What are the system specs of this new machine of yours? Perhaps you need to update the video card drivers or tweak the FSX display settings.
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:36 amYou think? Have I reached that point?As in like you installed FSX on top of FS9 in the same directory?
Re: FSX for dummies
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:48 amThat's exactly what I did - very carefully and all's well in my little Flightsim world - for now.might have been better to uninstall & start again from scratch.