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May 15^th, 2008 at 8:52am

theduke Offline
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Tried your suggestion.

First, no refresh..

Paused...

Then I refreshed and waited 10 min for this shot.

still paused...

Then I walked away and came back 78 minutes later and took this shot.

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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Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2008 at 10:05am

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Bizarre

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Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2008 at 10:38am

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theduke wrote on May 15^th, 2008 at 8:52am:

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 ?

EDIT:
TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.50000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1 or 4.
Also TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400

Got bloom ?
Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #3 - May 15^th, 2008 at 12:00pm

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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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Reply #4 - May 15^th, 2008 at 4:10pm

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Also make sure that the visibility is set around 30-40 km with 99999ft celling Wink

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Reply #5 - May 15^th, 2008 at 4:18pm

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Last and not least I think.... you can manually refresh scenery.... look around in your button configuration..... dunno anymore what it's called

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Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2008 at 5:49pm

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

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Reply #7 - May 15^th, 2008 at 7:16pm

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Harold wrote on May 15^th, 2008 at 5:49pm:

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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Reply #8 - May 15^th, 2008 at 7:43pm

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Try the following from this thread!

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1192618176/0#0

Works for me!

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Reply #9 - May 15^th, 2008 at 8:18pm

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theduke wrote on May 15^th, 2008 at 7:16pm:

I did and it helps. Thanks everyone who contributed.

That's what we're here for Wink

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Reply #10 - May 16^th, 2008 at 6:11pm

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

TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=8.500000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=8.500000

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.

Again, thanks.

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Reply #11 - May 17^th, 2008 at 8:18am

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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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Reply #12 - May 17^th, 2008 at 8:38am

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firemonte007 wrote on May 17^th, 2008 at 8:18am:

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

It's in the FS9.cfg, which is somewhere in c:\documents and settings\your name\application data\micosoft\fs9

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Reply #13 - May 17^th, 2008 at 8:46am

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

Shocked

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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!

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Reply #14 - May 17^th, 2008 at 8:54am

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Fozzer wrote on May 17^th, 2008 at 8:46am:

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? Grin

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