I recently restored my computer. I updated my compueter, drivers etc. I instlled fs 2004. I noticed my graphics sucked. Do anyone elses graphics look like this??? Check pic.Many ThanksAlexhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpg

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turn on anti aliasing and anistropic filtering in your display menu in the control panel and uncheck it in the game

Did you check your settings? Turn up the sliders?? What are your PC specs? If your PC can't handle detailed terrain, it sure can't handle AA and AFRegards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/mcdcvabanner.jpgCalVirAir International

Set anisotropic filtering to 4x in the display driver applet and the "soupiness" will disappear.

I would check your MIP mapping too...I have mine set to 4, others preferences may vary ;)

Thanks for the responces. I have my mip mapping to 5,how do i turn on anti aliasing and anistropic filtering? Also how do I change anistropic filtering to 4X. My settings are the highest that can go. Check the pic my computer specs are there. ThanksAlexhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/139680.jpg

Make sure that the Extended Terrain Textures box is checked in your FS9 Options > Display > Hardware menu. R-

It looks like your Terrain Detail slider isn't up at all. No hills or mountians?

What video card do you have (if not integrated)To tweak vid settings either use a utility or right click on "my computer" and then "settings" then the "advanced" tabI'd also suggest more memory (504???)Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/mcdcvabanner.jpgCalVirAir International

Your Mip-Mapping shouldn't be higher than 4. MS screwed up by giving that option to go higher. 4 is what everyone uses.Put your Terrain Mesh Complexity to 75 or higher. Terrain Texture Size to High. Terrain Detail - Land Only. Check the boxes for Extended Terrain Detail and Dawn/Dusk Blending. Special effects - Medium or High. Under the Scenery Objects section for autogen, just experiment with what works best for your system. Under the Hardware section, select Render to Texture if using any DXT textures. Check Transform and Lighting. Uncheck Anti-Aliasing. Set your Mip Map to 4 and Rendered lights to 8. Put the slider at the bottom for Global Textures to High or Massive.To set your AA and AF, do that from Windows itself. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties. Then goto the Settings tab and Advanced to set your video card. In there will be a place for AA and AF.

Look at your the picture you posted and the 504 mb ram, I'd imagine that you have an integrated grapics card with very little VRAM (512-504=8mb). So FS2004 has to compress (or use the hard drive) to cache all of the textures. Provided this is all correct, your problem lies in your video card.You can try getting into your bios on start up (usually by hitting DEL during start up) and get into your advanced settings (which is just the generic title, because I haven't dealt with this personally anywhere but on my laptop and even then it's been too long to remember) and change your allocated ram to something like 32 - 64 mb. This, however, will have a drawback because you'll have 32 to 64 mb less RAM for your computer to use with everything else, so the *best* solution would be a separate video card.Hopefully that helps!