Simviation Forum - Disappearing Rockets

Aug 22^nd, 2003 at 6:56am

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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?

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Reply #1 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 3:24am

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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?

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Reply #2 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 4:14am

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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.

??? ??? ??? ???

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Reply #3 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 6:53am

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

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

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

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Reply #4 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 7:52am

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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!

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Reply #5 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 11:23am

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

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

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Reply #6 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 11:42am

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Here's an example:

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/CFS3OnDrugs

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

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Reply #7 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 3:01pm

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Very weird.

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

Apart from those rockets Wink

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