honanhal Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I've been having this issue for a while but somehow it seems to have gotten worse or more noticeable lately. It may also be happening during the day, but it's really only noticeable at night. Every few seconds a terrain tile in the vicinity of my aircraft momentarily flashes brightly -- seemingly an underlying texture beneath vectors, autogen, etc. 2018-10-24_17-9-40-537_Trim.mp4 It's pretty clearly visible in the video I've attached, both close to the aircraft and happening in the distance (looks almost like a lightning flash). It's killing any immersion I have flying at night. Any idea what might be causing this? I've already checked the migration troubleshooter (all fine) and tried refreshing my terrain.cfg. Neither helped, unfortunately. Thanks for any help, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi What are your PC specs? What happens if you fly a slow aircraft in the same circumstance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I'm running a 6700K at 4.7 GHz, 16 GB of DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070. CPU temperatures are typically in the 60-70C range even under heavy load, so no thermal throttling or anything like that (GPU is also at very comfortable temperatures, no OC). I just tried it with one of the default Carenado planes, flying as slow as it would go. Exact same thing as in my video above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Anything? There's a whole thread at Avsim of people experiencing this issue while using FTX Global, so I know it's not just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 What sim are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 P3D 4.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Is your P3Dv4 scenery module updated to the same version as the client and content modules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 I followed the LM directions to update only the client each time, although did also update the content once (I believe it was 4.1). I’ve never touched the scenery updater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Maybe worth trying and then you would need to reinstall FTX Global base... All of my modules are updated to the latest version and I don't experience your issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Thanks, Doug. Something to try once I’ve run through the other possibilities (I have a number of addons I’d need to reinstall, making it a bit of an involved process). I tried disabling addon mesh in case of a conflict (didn’t help) and updating my video drivers (didn’t help with this, but better performance so that’s a win). Out of curiosity, do you use PTA or any other shader tool? That (and FTX Global) seems to be one common thread for everyone experiencing this issue. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hi James Yes I am using the Matt Davies PTA Preset.....also keep in mind that FTX Global base is a default texture replacement (not an addon) and it was developed long before LM starting moving goal posts and changing rules, so it may also be worth testing with the default textures before reinstalling FTX Global Base... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 A quick update — after messing with a few other possible causes (eg shaders etc) I’m almost positive I’ve narrowed it down to either Global or Vector. Since I’ll shortly be moving to 4.4 and will start out without either of those installed, I’ll see which one it is that causes the flashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 A fresh 4.4 install and forced Orbx migration (using identical other addons from before the change to 4.4) has somehow solved these flashes. Strange, but I’m not complaining! We’ll see how long it lasts. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 So this is with FTX Global base installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honanhal Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Yes, as well as Vector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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