Steve Ives Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Just made my first purchase, NorCal Scenery, and I'm very disappointed to see thousands of black boxes all over the landscape! Any idea what's causing them? I am inexperienced with FSX, so please keep any replies simple . Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hello and welcome to the forums. In the simplest of terms, please visit the in-game Display Settings and take the tick out of the "Preview Direct X10" box. Restart the simulator and the black shapes will be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ives Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 OK, thanks. That did address the problem, but it seems kind of weird that I pay money for an add-on then have to revert to an older graphics technology to have it work. Thanks for the assist though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ives Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 By the way @Nick Cooper, I'm living in California now, but was born and raised just outside Selby - your neck of the woods! I was in York just a couple of weeks ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I have never visited the USA, I'm afraid, though I have been to York and Selby. The black shapes are the FTX lighting which the Preview Direct X 10 mode cannot display. If you wish to explore the problem a little further, there are two ways. There is a freeware fix at the Avsim Library, file name shader_release_v3.2.3.zip and a payware fix at https://stevesfsxanalysis.wordpress.com/how-to-purchase/ Either of these will allow you to run FTX products in the Preview Direct X 10 mode. The freeware fix does not address many of the other inherent problems left by the Microsoft developers. The payware fix addresses almost all of them and is still being supported and developed. Most of us who do use it find performance to be much better and it does add some features missing in Direct X 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canalguna Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 On 11/8/2016 at 4:04 AM, Nick Cooper said: ...and a payware fix at https://stevesfsxanalysis.wordpress.com/how-to-purchase/ Either of these will allow you to run FTX products in the Preview Direct X 10 mode. The payware fix addresses almost all of them and is still being supported and developed. Most of us who do use it find performance to be much better and it does add some features missing in Direct X 9. @Nick Cooper Nick how is your SteveFix configured in order to get rid of the black boxes? I have it as well but I'm still getting the boxes. I am not attaching any serial number as this seems to be an issue with Ftx Global Lights, but I can give you another licences if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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