Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hi All. I can't stand having to post this, because I've read through several posts of people having this issue and getting it resolved. Unfortunately, I've tried everything I have seen suggested, to no avail. I have done a clean, pristine install of P3D 4.5 latest available download on my system (I5 @3.5, GTX-1070, Windows 7-64 Pro) then installing FTX Global Base and the latest libraries. I am getting black square textures peppered all around several locations. As far as I've been able to test, this is occurring primarily if not exclusively in the mountain west of the USA. KGTF, KRNO, KGJT, KMSO are a few locations where they appear. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the P3D client. I have tried rebuilding the terrain.cfg. I have tried running the "force migration", which seems to resolve this for most posters here. No dice. I have anti-virus turned off during download and installation. I have un-checked the box which tries to use local versions of files in order to make sure I am downloading the entire files from ORBX. I have run the migration troubleshooter in the ORBX folder and everything seems OK according to it. I also own Global Vector and EU Scotland, but right now I don't have them installed while I try to fix this issue with Global Base. I don't know what else to try. I've tried various texture size and resolution settings in P3D itself. No change that I can see. I do not have any addon scenery (or anything else, this is a clean install of P3D) ARRRGH!!!! I hate this BS! Why can't stuff just work how it is supposed to??!! Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello, have you tried refreshing your terrain.cfg file yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 38 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Yes, I did that. (I think). That involves backing it up, deleting it, and launching P3D, right? I did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 I also did what LM recommends for troubleshooting, including deleting the LM folders in Program Data, LocalApp Data, RoamingApp Data. Everything looks fine (default scenery I guess )until I run FTX Central and re-migrate, then the messed up black areas show up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 My test airport for this right now is KGTF. I have tried refreshing the terrain.cfg sveral times now. Still really bad with the black squares. Maybe it isn't just me. Can anyone confirm this in 4.5 with just Global Base? Go to KGTF, Hit F12 and zoom out a few steps. Black squares!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 It seems to happen nearly always in elevated, arid or semi-arid areas of the american west. Maybe elsewhere in the world, too, I'm just not too familiar with where there might be other "high desert" type places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 This screenshot is at KGTF. The squares seem to appear only on terrain that is that light green color. I can slew all around the border areas between Canada and USA and find the squares everywhere you see that green terrain, whatever land class that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Here's KCOS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Has anyone tried to reproduce this yet? Is there any other information that I can provide that will help figure this out? I'm kind of stuck right now. This takes all the realism and immersion out of flying in P3D. Is it possibly something on LM's end that needs to be looked at? I have not posted there because I assumed they would just tell me to do their troubleshooting steps (already done) and then refer me to ORBX support! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hello, yes, I do see the same thing. Also that the black squares can change colour to turquoise and grey coloured textures, depending on how far they are from the aircraft. Let us ask @Holger Sandmann what we may both be doing wrong. I have tried deleting the P3D v4.5 shaders and it changed nothing and also reproducing the flight in a default version of P3D, where there are no black squares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello, yes, I do see the same thing. Also that the black squares can change colour to turquoise and grey coloured textures, depending on how far they are from the aircraft. Let us ask @Holger Sandmann what we may both be doing wrong. I have tried deleting the P3D v4.5 shaders and it changed nothing and also reproducing the flight in a default version of P3D, where there are no black squares. Thanks so much, Nick. Yes, my evil squares can change colour also. Sometimes they look a little like reflections in water. For what it's worth, I have FSX-Acceleration on this computer with FTX and Vector Global and do not see anything like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecosse_821 Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Anything new on this issue? I see someone else has posted on this issue recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator64 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I am having the exact same issue. There is an area just east of KRNO that persists in showing up as black with orange bits. I'm sure there are others that I just haven't come across. I have tried all the same troubleshooting steps with no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_firetrap Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Others found here as an example... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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