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Jan 12th, 2006 at 7:26pm

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Ok, now that i have CFS3 up and running , i tried playing it. it looked good when i was on the ground but when i got up into the air, i noticed that all the ground textures under my aircraft were perfect but the ground any distance away was sort of black! how can i fix this?
 
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Reply #1 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 7:42am

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ANYBODY??? PLEASE!
 
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Reply #2 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 9:46am

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Turn up the graphics settings in CFS3 config.
 
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Reply #3 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 3:27pm

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meaning the graphics menu on the main screen of the sim? becuase if that's so i already tried that and i got nothing
 
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Reply #4 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 3:36pm

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Go to Start-Programs-Microsoft Games-CFS3- Run CFS3 Config and have a play in there.
 
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Reply #5 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 4:12pm

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wow. there are so many things to play with, do you think that you could narrow it down for me and tell me which thing to play with? thanks
 
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Reply #6 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 4:29pm

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Anything that looks as if it might related to terrain or textures. Can't be any more specific I'm afraid. This problem is a little more complicated than your last one. Tongue
 
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Reply #7 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 5:57pm

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C:\DocumentsandSettings\Michael\MyDocuments\MyPictures\untitled.bmp If This helps, this is what i mean by all the black on the ground. Ive played with some of the settings but it seems like nothing i do will help it at all!
 
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Reply #8 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:05pm

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To post pictures you have to first upload them to the site. There is a link at the top of the page. Once it's uploaded simply copy and paste the link http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/yourpic.jpg and replace the yourpic part with the file name.
 
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Reply #9 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:08pm

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http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/untitled.bmp
 
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Reply #10 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:16pm

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Ok. The only think I can suggest is that you continue to play with the terrain texture in CFS3 config. If that fails to get any results then I'm afraid I'm all out of ideas.
 
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Reply #11 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:46pm

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Either it's this :

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=cfs3;action=display;num=11...

Or more likely the drivers of your vid card needs to be changed / updated. Some people reported having similar issues with some Nvidia drivers. I bet you have a nvidia, haven't you ?
 
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Reply #12 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:53pm

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His Graphics card is an Intel Extreme 64mb. Upgrading, if you can afford it, to either an nVidia or Raedeon could only do you system good.
 
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Reply #13 - Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:55pm

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Byzhoyo, I've just followed your link and my jaw has hit the ground at how your CFS3 looks. May I ask how? Shocked
 
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Reply #14 - Jan 14th, 2006 at 4:38am

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First the system :
specs :
- PIVc 2.6Ghz @ 3.1 Ghz
- 1024 Mo ram
- Radeon 9800 pro with cat3.9 (very important, the only ATI drivers to give these nice specular reflexions on the planes)
- playing at 1280x1024 with AAx2 and FSAAx4.

Then the settings :
http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=148;t...

Finally, the add-ons :
- Winding Man's scenery manager
- Avhistory Spit IX by Zuyax

Last thing : I've always found the colours too contrasted in cfs3 so I created a setting in my vid card driver panel. In ATI cards (this is not the CCC), there's a tab called colour : I increased the gamma to give a more bleached look, decreased the lighting and finally adjusted the contrast to my liking. This setting is used every time a 3d application is launched.
 
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Reply #15 - Jan 14th, 2006 at 4:40am

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And re the topic of the thread:  integrated vid chips are generally not the way to go with graphically intense applications such as cfs3. You really need to have a proper vid card to be able to enjoy cfs3.

I recall a FAQ page at microsoft dealing with problems with the intel integrated vid chip. Have a look there :

http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3/support.asp
 
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Reply #16 - Jan 14th, 2006 at 8:20am

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Well! I have fixed the problem Grin After playing around with every single texture setting there is I finally found the one which fixes the problem totally! Under the Over-rides section of the CFS3 config i checked off the 'Disable texture mips" box and it worked great! Thanks everyone for your help Wink
 
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Reply #17 - Jan 14th, 2006 at 8:53am

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Brilliant. Grin
 
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