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scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby theduke » Thu May 15, 2008 7:52 am

Tried your suggestion.

First, no refresh..
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Paused...

Then I refreshed and waited 10 min for this shot.
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still paused...

Then I walked away and came back 78 minutes later and took this shot.
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In FS9, I can't get clear scenery accept right under the aircraft no matter what I do. I actually gave up on it long ago.
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby todayshorse » Thu May 15, 2008 9:05 am

Bizarre :o
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Daube » Thu May 15, 2008 9:38 am

Tried your suggestion.

First, no refresh..
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Paused...

Then I refreshed and waited 10 min for this shot.
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still paused...

Then I walked away and came back 78 minutes later and took this shot.
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In FS9, I can't get clear scenery accept right under the aircraft no matter what I do. I actually gave up on it long ago.


Have you tried the LOD_RADIUS tweak in the FS9.cfg ?

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TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.50000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1 or 4.
Also TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Clipper » Thu May 15, 2008 11:00 am

Try this....

Ahh yes, the scenery cfg. That's a story in itself. But, to make a long story short, this is the scenery cfg. The results are quite dramatic....keeps close and distant scenery in razor sharp focus..

. Backup your current working FS9.CFG first!!!(found at C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9)

TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000
TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000
TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000
TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21
TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8
TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5
TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1
TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=8.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=8.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1242456
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Tom... » Thu May 15, 2008 3:10 pm

Also make sure that the visibility is set around 30-40 km with 99999ft celling ;)
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Souichiro » Thu May 15, 2008 3:18 pm

Last and not least I think.... you can manually refresh scenery....
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby haroldkip » Thu May 15, 2008 4:49 pm

It indeed looks like you need to fiddle around with your fs9.cfg ...
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby theduke » Thu May 15, 2008 6:16 pm

It indeed looks like you need to fiddle around with your fs9.cfg ...

I did and it helps. Thanks everyone who contributed.
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Souichiro » Thu May 15, 2008 6:43 pm

Try the following from this thread!

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 618176/0#0

Works for me!
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby haroldkip » Thu May 15, 2008 7:18 pm

I did and it helps. Thanks everyone who contributed.

That's what we're here for ;)
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby theduke » Fri May 16, 2008 5:11 pm

I edited these two lines in the fs9.cfg and now get these results.

TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=8.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=8.500000

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Is there a way to get this without editing the cfg? I find it hard to believe that anyone would build a game where these results are possible but can only get there by editing the cfg.

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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby firemonte007 » Sat May 17, 2008 7:18 am

good looking shot after your tweek....which CFG file do you edit.... i look through scenery, terrain, old scenery, display...and i could not find the parameters  to change with what clipper and daube suggested....maybe i just don't see it lol
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Daube » Sat May 17, 2008 7:38 am

[quote]good looking shot after your tweek....which CFG file do you edit.... i look through scenery, terrain, old scenery, display...and i could not find the parameters
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby Fozzer » Sat May 17, 2008 7:46 am

I am always amazed that our "Flight Simulator" Chums expect to be able to see clearly, hundreds of miles into the distance... :o...!

During my real flights up into the Blue in our Club's Cessna 152's, I notice that I can rarely see more than a couple of miles, reasonably clearly, into the distance!

Beyond that, everything is blurred in Mist, Fog, low Cloud, Smoke, Dust, Sun-glare, and general atmospheric pollution!

For realistic Sim Flying, I always set my visibility between 5 to 10 Miles (or even less), and adjust my Weather Settings to suit!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004... 8-)...!
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Re: scenery refresh for Harold..

Postby haroldkip » Sat May 17, 2008 7:54 am

I can rarely see more that a couple of miles

Did it ever occur to you Paul, that you might need a pair of spectacles? ;D ;) 8-)
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