toby23 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I don't know what I've changed but just recently I have noticed that whenever I fly with Orbx PNW or AUS, the ground decal textures, e.g. those beautiful Orbx tyre marks on the taxi/ runways and some building and car shadows, are flickering like crazy. I don't have any problems with my FSX installation or memory or drivers, that's all fine. I didn't notice this before PNW but I guess it has something to do with the decal textures being gmax polys slightly raised above the ground? Mesh resolution is set to 2m for Twin Oaks. Is there anything I can do to get rid of these awful twitching textures? It's not the same flickering as when two objects overlap, this is a different kind of flickering. I run FSX Acceleration with DX9 on Win 7 64 with 2560x1600 resolution, 16x Anisotropic and 8x AA. Any ideas devs? Another thing, since the latest Library update, I've got long grass all over one of the taxiways at Coffs Harbour. Can't they afford gardeners there any more? Thanks, Toby Yes, we concede you will get that flicker from the gmax polys being raised 0.07m off the ground. You will see that only when flying directly overhead YMML at altitudes like yours, which you normally would not do in a tubeliner since your approach paths are much lower and you don't see the flicker then. The only aircraft which technically should be in that airspace are helos, and then usually they are much lower than that, which again means you won't see the flicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I suspect this may be exacerbated by a (relatively) high monitor resolution and zoom combination. They are relatively small objects, so we'll take a look at whether thay can be further tuned .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Hi Toby. Are you able to post a screen shot of the shadows and tyre marks from where you see them flicker. Cheers Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Hugh, unfortunately not but any ORBX airport with these custom tyre marks flickers for me. Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Hi toby. I don't need to see the actual flicker just a location so that I can try and recreate the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Hi Hugh, I finally got round to making a screenshot for you. Sorry but I completely forget where this was, it happens everywhere though. If you look at the decal textures, tyremarks etc, you can see how they disappear. In game, it looks like the DX10 flickering, only thing is I don't use DX10... I spoke to a tech guy about this and he had a hunch it might have something to do with the new Nvidia Drivers... In which case, I'd be interested to hear if anyone else is seeing this with the 258+ drivers. I'll post again after I've tried the older drivers. Thanks, Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Thanks Toby. To be honest we have never really had this issue. What zoom are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 0.5 for all views. What drivers do you use? I have the EVGA GTX 285 and the 258.96 drivers, Win 7 64. This problem is also not an FTX problem as I discovered on a flight yesterday. This flickering is happening everywhere... You guys can remove this post or if you have any ideas, I'm all ears! Thanks, Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'm using 197.03 but all my previous drivers never had this issue. Is anyone else with that driver having the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 I never had this issue before the 258.96 drivers either. I will try the older ones and see... Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Toby ... is it flickering or shimmering? It may sound like a moot point, but they have very different implications. Flickering does tend to be a z-fighting "geometric" issue ... if it has appeared after a graphics driver update it seems a little more likely it may be the AA settings are a little screwy and transparent objects are shimmering. Does it affect (for example) trees and other trans obects ... or ALL objects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hi Ian, Flickering. I got rid of the shimmering using 8xS AA and 4xS Transparency AA. It only affects decal textures, ie textures placed on top of another object. For example, building signs, tyremarks, car shadows. Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 I found a great example over Portland Intl. There are a bunch of bridges across the river and they flicker like crazy. This happens with older drivers too I found out. Any ideas what might be causing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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