Disappearing Rockets

[GeForce]

I have been playing CFS3 for a while now at a very slow 10 frames per second. Then I turned on the Z-Buffer and now I get 50+ fps. However since doing this I have noticed that when I fire a rocket, as soon as it gets near the ground it disappears! I cannot work out what is happening. Bombs work fine.

I am on XP Pro with an nVIDIA graphics card.

Anyone got any ideas?

[ozzy72]

Which card are you running? And also what are your other system specs?
When you say the rocket disappears, do you still get the explosion or not?

Ozzy

[GeForce]

I have an nVIDIA TNT2 M64 card - not particularly good but it does the job.

256mb RAM

1Gb Swap File

1.3 Ghz Processor - again - does the job well.

Onboard Sound Card.

I don't always get the explosion - i do sometimes. And when I do it is delayed a few seconds.

[Whitey]

All I can think is that Z-Buffer did it.

Try asking at www.sim-outhouse.com .  They're all CFS series experts there.  If we can't help, they probably can over there.

Also, I could't find the Z-Buffer in my CFS3 Config.  Where is it so I can check it out?

[GeForce]

1. Open CFS3 Config

2. Click File > Custom Settings (even if it is already checked)

3. Click OK on the warning.

4. Select Window > Overrides

5. Less than halfway down the 1st column is DUAL PASS RENDER. Under that is HIGH RESOLUTION Z-BUFFER.

6. You MUST turn off DUAL PASS RENDER before turning on HIGH RESOLUTION Z-BUFFER.

It gained me 40fps!

[Whitey]

Hmmm...even with Dual Pass Render off, Z-Buffer still makes my sim look like it's on drugs.

Is there something else you have to do in order to make it run properly?

[Whitey]

Here's an example:



It won't go away even when I turn off Z-Buffer... ...CFS3 is wierd, eh?  Looks like another reinstall for me.

[GeForce]

Very weird.

I turned Dual Pass render off, turned the Z-Buffer on and that solved all my problems.

Apart from those rockets