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Sep 25th, 2006 at 9:11pm

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My ground textures and terrain mesh get very blurry when i look at them from far away at an angle.  If I look straight down the detail is somewhat good but when i look at an angle the texture gets blurry and the mesh less detailed.  When i move closer they get clearer a square at a time.  im sure this is called something but this is the only way i know how to describe it.  is there any way to tweak the fs9.cfg file to make the ground clearer at a farther distance?
 
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Reply #1 - Sep 25th, 2006 at 10:25pm

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System specs please?

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Reply #2 - Sep 27th, 2006 at 11:28am
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You have the mip-map quality set to a low level. The higher you set it the less blurry textures will be, however when set to a high level they look grainy. You can change it in FS9, no need to edit the CFG.
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 27th, 2006 at 3:37pm

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I have it set at five, should it be higher?
 
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Reply #4 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 12:01am

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DAMNIT MAN THE SPECS!!

We really cant give you more than vauge outlines of what to do until we know what we are working with. So heres what I want,

Processer name and speed
Total amount of RAM
Graphics card.

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Reply #5 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 4:11am
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My ground textures and terrain mesh get very blurry when i look at them from far away at an angle.  If I look straight down the detail is somewhat good but when i look at an angle the texture gets blurry and the mesh less detailed.  When i move closer they get clearer a square at a time.  im sure this is called something but this is the only way i know how to describe it.  is there any way to tweak the fs9.cfg file to make the ground clearer at a farther distance?


http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=COF;action=display;num=115...


star at the 6th post down and go from there however cameron is correct... without knowing what hardware you have that thread is useless because it is designed for a minimum type of hardware for it to work
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 6:03pm

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Processer name and speed
Total amount of RAM
Graphics card.

Sorry, how would I find out what those are for my computer?
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 7:31pm

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Open up your controol panel, then click system. Right there you can find your total RAM and your XPU name and speed. To find out what graphics adapter you have, click the hardware tab in system, then "Device Manager." When your in there expand your display adapter tab, and thats what your GPU is.

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Reply #8 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 8:51pm

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Sorry about that, thanks.

Pentium 4 processor 3.2GHz
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Reply #9 - Sep 28th, 2006 at 9:35pm

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Tis what I thought. Its your way underpowerd GPU. The thread Nick posted will only help so much, however when it all comes down to it, your gonna need a better GPU to truely fix the problem. I'm guessing you own a Dell dont you.

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Reply #10 - Sep 29th, 2006 at 6:32am

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yeah, what does that mean
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 29th, 2006 at 2:20pm

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Video card, it's a kinda bad video card for FS. If you have money and any experience with building in you own components i'd say you buy a new card first, now tell us what your budget is.

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Reply #12 - Sep 29th, 2006 at 7:42pm
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Video card, it's a kinda bad video card for FS. If you have money and any experience with building in you own components i'd say you buy a new card first, now tell us what your budget is.

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thankyou mees fore repeating what cam said Tongue

woot dell FTW....joking!

 
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Reply #13 - Sep 29th, 2006 at 8:11pm

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i didn't i clearified:P
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 29th, 2006 at 10:43pm

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I dont really have a budget at all, i dont really want to spend any money.  Im sure i cant get very far that way, but that's ok with me.

What i meant when i said "what does that mean" is what does having a dell mean, i understood the bad card thing, sorry if i didnt clarify.
 
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