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'Flickering' problem with planes (Read 198 times)
Jul 24th, 2004 at 3:57am

microlight   Offline
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Dear all,
My FS2002 developed an interesting problem yesterday - can anybody help me out? I'm in the process of developing some plane lighting effects and have been doing it with a plane with no textures as yet. No issue at night in the dark (sim time that is!) but in the daylight, the plane flickers, almost as if there is a terrific lighning storm near. Nothing else - just the plane. This has spread to other planes that have always been OK - and only some of the textures flicker. Difficult to show in a picture as the effect is very rapid:
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If you change viewing angle though, the effect disappears:
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I first noticed it just after I downloaded the Project Airbus A320 - specifically on the engine nacelles. I can stop the effect (temporarily) by setting all the display settings for the video card (Radeon 9200SE) back to default and then gradually re-setting them back to where they were.

Anybody come across this problem, or how to fix it?

Many thanks.
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Reply #1 - Jul 24th, 2004 at 4:04am

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I've seen something similar. The fix is easy. Remove ALL video drivers!
Then reboot.
Install most up-to-date video drivers only.
Reboot.
The problem should then be gone. And no I don't know why! Sometimes you get a conflict if even a small part of an older set of drivers is on the machine.

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Reply #2 - Jul 24th, 2004 at 6:42am

microlight   Offline
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THANKS OZZY!

I got the latest Radeon drivers (7th July) and did what the instructions said - and the problem appears to be fixed!

One of the fixes in the installation tips was flickering textures, so it was a known issue.

Thanks again - just shows how valuable a friendly and helpful forum/site really is.

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