datashman Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 please help with my lights around egff. they come on and off as I turn head in cockpit. using dx10 plus fix. all other lighting working fine. just egff.(FSS0217205) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hello and welcome to the forums. Have a look at Chapter 7 of the Direct X 10 Fixer manual, you possibly need to add a light field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank u and could u please post a link as i want to check i am using the correct dx 10 fix. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 You will find Chapter 7 if you open the Direct X 10 Fixer and click on the Manual icon at the bottom right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ok will try it later today.And thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 it would appear i am using Shader Release v3.2.3 not the dx 10 fixer. please could u tell me where to go to get this fixer plus manual. or are they the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The Direct X 10 Fixer is not freeware, you can purchase it here. I think it very unlikely that you will be able to resolve your problem and many others that you have not yet noticed without it unless you revert to Direct X 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 will purchase then thx. I would be happy with dx 9 but i get a huge performance increase with dx 10 i have an 4790k oc 4.5 gtx 980ti and 8gb of ram. I dont think fsx is using my powerfull system to potential. get a much smoother fps using dx 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yes, so do I and the Fixer removes pretty much all of the glitches left over from the unfinished development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 ok thank you very much i think i will purchase fixer. very helpfull advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi i now have all up and running lights dont flicker. usindg dx 10 fixer but i have lost my car park lights and surrounding lights. The main airport lights work tho. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Did you run the effects converter and did you create a light field for the airport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 To be honest nick I also had loads of texture issues . I think i will revert to boxed fsx and not use steam edition. I am new to this and i think i made mistakes while trying to sort it all out so will try to do a full unistallation of steam edition using revo and then install my boxed fsx. update service packs then try again . I would like to clean my registry of all fsx stuff as i think that would help fresh install. do u think revo would be ok for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 To remove your Steam Edition, remove local content using the Steam software. Then delete the FSX folder from your Steam library. Where did you have FSX installed, in its default location or somewhere more sensible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\FSX . . i used revo because after using steam software to unistall i tried to delete the folder fsx in D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\FSX it said i could not delete as being used, i believe the fonts were causing the issue. i would like to delete all folders and registry edits. also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I have now unistalled everything and ran cc cleaner. will do an fsx install . I use fsx/ active sky/ dx 10 fixer and orbx scenery in which order should i install these.please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 FSX first, so that the other two can find it when they are installed. It doesn't matter then, either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 OK have finished fresh install. Air port is all there now but the rest of the textures outside of egff are default and messed up not orbx wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Ok got somewhere now, have done a complete fresh install of fsx steam version and have orbx working . I tried egff and all lighting worked. I then installed active sky and dx10 fixer and it all worked. After this i restarted fsx to play again and the carpark lights and posts, surrounding town and road lights around egff do not show up at all day or night. I have them ticked in the ftx central and all migration complete. When i started dx10 fixer it said changes have been made. i created a lightfield and put EGFF_LightField.BGL in D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\FSX\ORBX\FTX_EU\FTX_AA_EGFF and still did not work as if dx10 fixer is not allowing the lights complete with posts to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Ahh finally when i turn off ground shadows thoose lights pop up again then flicker. all i nned to know now is where to put light field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I'm not quite sure which lights you mean, can you point them out in a screen shot? You may not need a light field after all, I don't have one and the airport seems to look the same in Dx 9 as it does in Dx10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 I have solved it now nick thx. It was the car park lights but they all work now. i changed a few settings and now all good. One more question if u dont mind. Is there a way to use my powerfull system to load textures in fast when flying fast aircraft. I have not changed the cfg file in steves dx 10 fixer and wont, until i know what i am doing, or copy someones settings. could u possibly take a screen shot of your cfg or tell me a setting for texture max load, bandwidth and swap times lod radius etc. many thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 This is my opinion and not shared by everyone by any means. I think the only solution for FSX is to throw computer power at it, which you seem to have done. I also think that finally, today's computers are just about able to run FSX as it was intended all those years ago and that residual problems, like the scenery blurring at speed are limitations of the software and no longer limited by the hardware. Almost all the published tweaks were work arounds for the lack of processing power available at the time, many of them are redundant and some now have a negative effect. Add to that the highly subjective nature of what looks good, the unholy obsession with frame rates (and now VAS as well), the desire of some people to advocate something that does not work or is just adding the default setting and the iniquitous screenshots showing the impossible, it is easy to become lost in the pursuit of the unattainable. The only "performance tweak" I use is [GRAPHICS] HIGHMEMFIX=1 Even this is not really a tweak and should have been added by the FSX developers but it wasn't. There are quite a lot of other changes but their function is to do with compatibility with the Dx10 Fixer,to change the colour and format of the on screen text, to limit the size of runway lighting and so on. The LOD radius is default but can be raised as high as 9.5 to suit certain scenery types. If you have not already done it, installing NVidia Inspector, assuming that your graphics card is by Nvidia and setting it up correctly will also enhance the quality of what you see. In case it helps, I have attached my fsx.cfg file for you to have a look at. It is for FSX Disk Edition, I have the Steam Edition but I don't use it. fsx.CFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datashman Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 thanks nick your help has been very professional and extremely helpful . All is working well now. ps active sky and active cloud art is awesome u should try it. some screen shots over ftx pnw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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