Constantine 0 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Hi wonder if I seek some words of wisdom, I'm using W7 64 32bit with FS9 & IFly B737NG various & Payware mega airports recently for whatever reason the textures have altered drastically so now the airports have lost all realism resembling cartoon coloured blocks opposed to detailed textured realistic airports. I've had my computer initialized, new drivers installed I was told my graphics card was appropriate for my needs but nothing seems to restore my textures to those downloaded on airport and aircraft when originally purchased I would be so grateful for any pointers this has totally spoilt the FS experience. My specs Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit 6.1 build 760.1 ASUS Processor Intel (R) core BIOS date 04-07-013 version 03.10 15-4670 CPU and 3.40Ghz (4CPUs) 3.46Hz Memory 16384 Mb Ram Direct X version Direct X 11 Display NVDIA GeForce GTX 760 Chip type GeForce GTX 760 Approx total memory 4042Mb Current display mode 1920x1080 (32bit) 60Hz Driver 368.22 date 23.5.013 Thank you very much Richard Coombs Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Kind of stabbing in the dark here.... What version of FS? FSX, Steam Edition, P3D-2, P3D-3... If FSX, do you have Acceleration installed? What version of FSUIPC? Any recent additions of software to your FS installation? Are the aircraft textures OK? What traffic or weather add-ons do you have loaded? One thing you might try is find your FSX.cfg file and hide, rename or simply delete it and run FS again. FS will rebuild that file if it can't find it and that may help. There are a lot of people here a lot smarter than me, I just happen to be the one who's still awake this time of night. I'm sure some decent advice will be forthcoming. John Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Hi Constantine, Im sure we have all been in the situation you find yourself in at some point in our flight sim years, so I hope we can sort this problem for you. Adding to What John has already asked, when did this first happen? What was the last piece of software you installed that may have caused this? I would also take the advice gives you regarding your fsx.cfg file. If you just rename it adding .OLD to the end of the file name. If it's a different sim you are using you will need to find that Sims' .cfg file and do the same with that. Good luck and lease report back to us with your findings. Brian Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Hi John & Brain Thank you, as mentioned i'm using FS9 which is FS2004 with Ifly 737NG I had the Computer Initialized which cleans the computer and takes it back to when the problem began which for me was end of April, but this did not rectify the problem, the only thing I can remember which might have sparked this problem was when I tried to download liveries from the Flight 1 Library for the 737NG . Regarding the aircraft it seems okay to be honest its been so long i've forgotten how that originally looked. but the add-ons are strickingly different. Add-Ons i only use the REX Real Environment Extreme for 2004 weather add-on. I have tried adjusting resolutions/colours etc on screen and windows 7 and checked i am using 32bit tried unistalling & reinstalling but still the airports look ridiculous and before the initalization everything was way too bright including the FS2004 start-up menus, this isn't as bad now but the textures as mentioned are terrible, i'm really at a loss what to do. Many thanks again Richard Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,285 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 It doesn't take much to corrupt the files in MSFS anything, just letting some addon overwrite files will do it. You can try a delete/reinstall again but need to make sure all folders and files are totally gone for not only fs9 but for all addons too. You can also try another route if you have the room on your PC, install a fresh copy of fs9 on the computer but this time rename it to something like FS9_CleanInstall. Then download/ a copy of Google WinMerge(a program that allows folder and file comparisons) and compare all the texture files form the existing install and the virgin install and copy/paste the clean install files over to the existing version that do not compare correctly. It will take a bit of detective work but it all I can think of. Of course first wait and see if the folks here come up with maybe a simpler fix. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I missed the part about FS9 - sorry. I do my best work late at night and was voluntarily sleep-deprived. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Thanks again chaps I've tried the unistall reinstall route looks like i'm stuck with this problem hence end of the road for my FS9 anyway guys thank you guys for your kind support! Richard Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Just one more note Constantine, could you possibly post a couple of screen shots for us to look at? This will give us an idea of what you are seeing on screen. cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thank you very much i'll try and work out how to do that haven't done that before Thank you Richard Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Hi Again, Whilst you are in flight, press the 'V' key, this will place a screenshot into your Pictures folder on your C: drive. It will be in My Pictures\FS9. Add a post to this thread and click on the 'Click to choose files' link at the bottom of your post and find the picture you want to upload. This should place a picture in your post. If this does not work because the file is too large, set up an account for FS Snaps, which you will find a link to on the right hand panel of Mutley's Hangar main page. This is free to do. Once you have an account set up, click on the 'How to' tab at the top right of the FS Snaps page. This will explain how to upload and use a picture. Good luck, let us know how you get on. Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Hello Brian sorry for the late reply these are the sad lifeless images taken from Mega Airports Barcelona, Heathrow, Munich, Charles de Gaulle, of course I can alter the colour brightness, contrast, etc; from my NVDIA settings panel but nothing restores the realistic appearance of the original download and as you can see they are nothing resembling what the Mega Airports should look like just lifeless blocks. My current NVDIA setting Panel settings panel are as follows 1024 x768 Refresh 70hz desktop color depth highest 32 bit, output color format RGB, Output color depth 8bpc, Output dynamic range Full. I hope this will shed some light, and I would be extremely grateful for your impressions. Also the NVDIA resolutions are matched to the resolution setting in the FS9 Display-Hardware setting. Thank you once more, if all else fails the number of a good Exorcist would be most appreciated Best Wishes Richard Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hey Richard, I must apologise for this extremely late reply, I'm not normally so late at replying, apologies. I'm glad you managed to post the pics. What are your settings in the Display section of FS9? Is there any room left to increase your settings? This is quite puzzling and I'm all too aware how frustrating this is for you and a number of other guys. Have you sent pics to the relevant support forums of the scenery you have? It might be worth getting their view also. I don't have FS9 but I assume the Display settings are similar, so start tweaking these settings. I'm also assuming you may have already tried that, I'm just stabbing in the dark. Im sorry I can't add more to this problem, I'll try and rally some more of the members to give their opinions and maybe someone has had the same anomalies and can offer some help. Hang in there, hopefully we will get it sorted somehow. Apologies once again for not replying sooner. Brian Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 996 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Can I ask what you were expecting to see? It's been a while since I had FS9, but those pictures are pretty close to how I remember it . . . Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 This looks like a resolution issue to me because, as Tim says this is what I remember FS9 looking like. Some things to check are: The screen resolution The resolution of the FS files being used by the sim Make sure that windows isn't dumbing its self down for some reason. Sometimes windows will revert to its basic level of graphic display if it gets confused by something it is trying to display, conflicting resolutions can be a problem. I hope this helps. JG Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 On 2016年7月14日 at 23:05, Constantine said: Hello Brian sorry for the late reply these are the sad lifeless images taken from Mega Airports Barcelona, Heathrow, Munich, Charles de Gaulle, of course I can alter the colour brightness, contrast, etc; from my NVDIA settings panel but nothing restores the realistic appearance of the original download and as you can see they are nothing resembling what the Mega Airports should look like just lifeless blocks. My current NVDIA setting Panel settings panel are as follows 1024 x768 Refresh 70hz desktop color depth highest 32 bit, output color format RGB, Output color depth 8bpc, Output dynamic range Full. I hope this will shed some light, and I would be extremely grateful for your impressions. Also the NVDIA resolutions are matched to the resolution setting in the FS9 Display-Hardware setting. Thank you once more, if all else fails the number of a good Exorcist would be most appreciated Best Wishes Richard Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi thank you very much, that's food for thought, I know when I used FSX I would get messages from Windows saying there was a compatability problem and that Windows was reverting to a basic colour but adjusting the Aero theme setting was not advised to rectify this, anyway I don't get such messages with the FS9. Looking at the Screen shots the Airport scenery resembles the default fs2004 Airports but they are not these are the Mega Airports from Aerosoft Fly Tampa etc and when purchased were highly detailed and realistic, and as you can see they now look nothing like those Airports for which we splash the cash. I have tried all the resolution tweaks in FS9 and using my NVDIA Control panel I can alter colour resolution etc; but can't restore that realism my airports looking like lifeless block cartoons. John have you altered the Windows graphics in the past? and if so could you tell me where and how you did that please. Anyway chaps thank you for all your kind support Best wishes Richard Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 It sounds like you have had the issue that I was thinking of with FSX so if it doesnt happen with FS9 then it's not that. Have a read of this article: http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/16095-fs9-settings-addons-that-give-the-best-results/ Don't forget to note down/backup your original settings first! JG. Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi John Thank you once again, yes I read this article previously and made some adjustments, I have REX Extreme Environment and don't really have any problem with the FS9 ground scenery, for me it is the loss of my photoreal Airport scenery buildings etc; for the Mega Airports, really can't understand why they have now lost all realism. With FSX i was having loss of scenery problems parts of the aircraft frame would vanish and countless other issues whenever I tried to make any adjustments using the dropdown menu to alter weather or gate so abandoned FSX and PMDG NGX and returned to FS9 with Ifly 737NG Many thanks again John! Richard Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Do you have EZDOK installed? Have you uninstalled and re-installed the Photoreal stuff? Edited July 21, 2016 by J G Link to post Share on other sites
Constantine 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 I'm using FS9 now not FSX so no EZDOK installed, and photoreal refers to the detailed appearance of the payware Mega Airports. Link to post Share on other sites
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