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Windows 7 - greyed out planes (Read 1186 times)
Oct 2nd, 2010 at 6:45pm

whiteice   Offline
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Recently moved to a high-end WINDOWS 7 desktop. Re-installed FSX and SP2. Everything works perfectly. Custom settings are all maxed out and FPS is still 30+. Only one problem... the livereries on some add-on planes are greyed out, i.e., you can see the fuselage [and wheels, etc.], but that is all. Other add-ons and all default planes show perfectly and look better than ever. Anyone come across this problem??
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Reply #1 - Oct 3rd, 2010 at 5:20am

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Hi Jack. I suspect the aircraft with this problem were originally created for FS9. Try disabling DirectX 10 Preview from FSX Settings.
 

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Reply #2 - Oct 3rd, 2010 at 5:25am

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It sounds like the sim is not seeing the textures.  You might want to double check the aircraft.cfg files of the problem aircraft.
 

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Reply #3 - Oct 3rd, 2010 at 7:01pm

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Thanks, people. I unclicked the DirectX10 preview box and the planes become visible but the fps. goes from 30+ to 5, especially in busy airports. Will check the aircraft cfg.s next. Thanks 4 the help.
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Reply #4 - Oct 3rd, 2010 at 8:42pm

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Nah, don't waste time with the cfgs now that we know that DX10 was the problem. (FS9 aircraft don't display in FSX properly with DX10 enabled) For many users, DX10 adds a boost in FPS. So, there's the problem. Looks like if you want the great FPS back, enable DX10 and don't use any FS9 aircraft.  Cry

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Reply #5 - Oct 7th, 2010 at 6:12pm

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I had the same issue with my addon iFly747 and C130...it drove me nutz until I noticed I had DX10 checked.... Roll Eyes
 

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