temple187 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I am sorry for the way i acted but I am extremely frustrated how when I downloaded ORBX Sp4 Australia, It came with bad graphics (no trees, default autogen) and everything was flattened to the ground. Worst of all, no airports. I can't seem to take screenshots and I have had no trouble with other Scenery. I would like someone to help me really badly. I'm not sure if you saw on the supports page : no questions gone unanswered. My question is still unanswered even after 1 month! I am truly sorry but still I am wondering why you don't want to help me. I really want someone to help me with this and so far all I've gotten is anger towards me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 If you have a system that is sufficiently unstable that you can not capture a screenshot using the V key press, then I suspect FSX needs reinstallation. With regard to no-one helping you, no less than 4 ORBX team members responded to your other thread. To each request for a sample screenshot, you stated that there was no point in posting such a picture, thus refuting the importance of our request. Only later did you explain your system was not sufficiently stable to capture screenshots. If you truly have default scenery, with no added features, then we need to see what is wrong. ie FTX is not installed, or activated. Please ensure that you have run the FTX Central program, selected Australia (Oceania if you have NZ installed also), and pressed Apply. Understand that team members spent thousands of man-hours working on FSX terrain. We know default and FTX scenery backwards, and no disrespect intended, better than you possibly could. We need a screen grab, by whatever means (Vkey, FRAPs, Ctrl-Prtscrn) or we are just guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Ok thank you for understanding. I will try and post one as soon as I can but It is really late so not right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 before I post a screenshot, I would like to ask a question, is it possible that the graphics are bad because i have a bad computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 this is from somewhere in the outback, notice how some places are textured and some places aren't This is a map of Australia, notice how there is only a patch of updated scenery where the aircraft is, is that normal? This is from somewhere in the NT. need any more screenshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Correia Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Thanks for those screen shots. From the looks of it, it does look like FTX is installed and active, but we need to verify some more things. The first shot is showing dry lake beds I believe. Change the seasons and what do you see? The second shot is normal, so don't worry about that. The last shot shows no autogen from what I can tell. What level of autogen have you set in FSX? Can you give us the specs of your system (also what OS you're using) as the graphics does look below par. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 I have changed to every different season and it is the same, hasn't changed one bit. my autogen is on dense but the 3rd picture isn't really meant to have autogen, but here is 2 pictures that is meant to have autogen I think I fixed the problem about no Autogen but the it is quite bad quality. (is that just my computer?) sydney melbourne My specs Are: OS: Windows 7 Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Graphics Card: ATI raedon HD 4350 Not sure if you need anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hi temple, the other FSX settings: LOD radius, texture resolution, etc would be helpful. Note also (first shot is on 2x speed) .. best to screenshot at 1x speed to avoid blurriness of textures due to lag. The distant textures look blurry in shot 1, but I am not sure if that is the speed acceleration or a low LOD radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Further to the above This is an area near where you were, as seen on my computer (11am, July, Settings fairly maxxed) The attached ZIP contains an FLT file that you can open and double-click to go to the same place for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 it wont work for some reason. could you please give me the heading, co-ordinates you were at maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Actually, that would be because I posted the wrong file Hold on, and I'll attach the correct one here. EDIT: Try this one. ORBX Sydney TestFlight.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 hahaha I can't really try right this second because It's quite late at night so when i wake up I'll try the file and tell you what I see btw: are my specs good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not being familiar with your Gfx card, I took a look here.. http://www.pcauthori...get-prices.aspx It looks fairly basic, in 2009. My guess is that you will need to moderate some settings to get acceptable framerates. In particular water settings (Try Low 2.x) and autogen (dense). The guide that came with FTX has some pointers. You will note there are some high-end computers on the forum here, in pursuit of seeing everything at full tilt, and high resolution. More modest systems need to make some compromises. FSX doesn;t bring powerful computers to their knees so much now, but it does tax them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 This is the Picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi temple, It indeed looks like FTX is installed, as those are not default FSX textures, or autogen. The major differences I see probably relate to the graphics settings and FSX autogen and LOD radius. These may well be limited by what your system can do, so you will have to pick and choose what is important to you. The referrence shot I posted above is with most things on maximum (LOD radius set via the sliders only, no tweaks). The only setting below maximum is the water setting. The cloud / sky textures are REX. As previously noted, airports are very detailed separate downloads. Unlike the Europe and North America terrain products , there are no Airport enhancements in the Au regions. I appreciate this seems hard to understand, but historically the regions did not ever have altered airports, and the included ones in the NA and EU products really were there as a bonus. Have you installed the free Holger-mesh product download also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I can't really go that high graphics due to my graphics card being not that good and the picture i took was when everything was at max settings, the thing is it was extremely laggy so i usually keep everything on medium high settings. I am now fully aware of the airports and I think i might purchase some when I upgrade my computer. I haven't installed the mesh product. what does it do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Holgermesh adds hills mountains and valleys in much better detail. You should install it, it even improves the default FSX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 does it do it for the entire world or just australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 does it do it for the entire world or just australia. just Australia for the FTX Scenery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 also I'm looking for new graphics card so i can make orbx look better, what is a good graphics card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 My specs Are: OS: Windows 7 Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Graphics Card: ATI raedon HD 4350 can't comment on ATI based cards as I've never used 'm, best bet would be a nVidia 680 card but partially also depends on CPU speed, amount of installed RAM, it's a sum of parts and as you didn't elaborate on that it's pretty much a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petfy Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Although it wont improve performance, I note that that is the "old" harbour bridge, and not the one available through the SP4 update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 On a budget the GTX670 or even GTX660 are not bad cards. You will still be a little CPU bound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 so do you need any more info about my computer? also should i post a screenshot of places in Australia when I upgrade my computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 No, I think we have an idea. The Athlon X4 was a reasonable processor in its time, but a little dated now. I guess the temptation is to throw money at hardware to improve your experience, but you need to be clear as to what it is you want to solve. By today's standards my specs are 'ok', and I can run regions with almost everything turned on. Most airports perform admirably. A more powerful computer will be able to run FSX at higher settings, and with better graphics settings (anti-aliasing in particular), with better framerates, and you can push (tweak) settings higher than I have (texture resolution, LOD radius) .. but only a little further. If you are trying to get a screenshot a little more like the one I posted, then hardware will do that, but It won't alter the core of what the scenery is. In terms of usability, it might be worth buying your intended airport first to get an idea of what level of improvement you need (A large airport such as YBBN or YMML will test any system, for example) For my money, I would grab all the free stuff on the FTX website, and OZx and Ants and then explore. Play with higher settings, and once you have a clear idea of what performance you want for the scenery you use, you can scheme about the new computer. Unless of course you have loads of money and an unlimited budget, in which case you should buy the biggest fastest computer you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 and as the thread has changed from establishing if FTX was properly installed into a what hardware I need I'll mark this as resolved as it emerged in previous responses that FTX is installed correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple187 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I think i have an Idea of what I should do, first i think I will buy a better graphics card, but not due to fsx, but because i have a few other games that need a better one, and hopefully it will make it look better, I will definitely purchase some airports because of the high quality of the airports. ok thank you so much for helping me by the way, I really appreciate you helping me even though i was being a bit uncooperative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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