I have posted a problem last week regarding missing textures and menu selections causing flashing screens and lock ups. The problems seem to happen only when landing! After exhaustive experimenting I have determined that the problem ONLY occurs when I use the Eaglesoft CJ1 and have MyTrafficX installed - not just active. I had formated the partitioned drive that FSX was on, manually deleted any FSX files left over on other sections of my system, ran a registry cleaner then did a step by step reinstall . I discovered that when CJ1 was installed without MyTrafficX it was fine. Once I installed MyTrafficX the problem occured consistently. It did not happen with the default aircraft as I earlier suspected. If I deactivated MyTrafficX from the Scenery Library menu I STILL get the problems. If I uninstalled MyTrafficX the CJ1 and FSX run fine. In addition, I have tried 5 different video drivers (running Driver Sweeper in between each change) and still had the same problem with the CJ1 and MyTrafficX. Next I took it a step further and installed FSX on a system that had never had Flight Sim on it before. I installed just FSX, my registered version of FSUIPC, the CJ1 and MyTrafficX. Same problems. Missing graphic textures and screen lock ups when accessing menu functions (instant replay, save flight, etc.). Just for kicks I moved the MyTrafficX folder from the FSX folder to the root drive. Tried again and, like magic, no problems. This, of course, also eliminates all my traffic. Attempting to reactive/relink MyTrafficX in Scenery Library does not work. There obviously are some files missing or needed still in the FSX folders. When I moved the MyTrafficX folder back into FSX I had traffic back but the problems returned again. Lastly I threw caution to the wind and purchased the Eaglesoft Citation X for FSX thinking maybe it's just the CJ1. Sadly, after the first flight the same problems occur. I know this: It is not the drivers - I've tried several. It is not my system - I've tried it on another fresh system. It ONLY happens with the CJ1 (and now the CitationX), in other words, the default planes are the only ones that work fine. It ONLY happens when MyTrafficX is installed. Weird! If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions I'd appreciate it. I will also post this in the MyTrafficX forum and Eaglesoft forum as well. I really like the CJ1 and would like to fly it but if I can not solve this mystery I will be asking Flight1 for a refund for these aircraft. Thank you for reading. John (Vista 64 AMD Phenom 9650 Quad 2.3 GHz 8 Gb RAM NVidia 9800 GT)

John, are you using nHancer? If so, try uninstalling it, run the Nvidia control panel and see if you get the same results.Dale

John, are you using nHancer? If so, try uninstalling it, run the Nvidia control panel and see if you get the same results.Dale

Thanks for the response Dale. I was using nHancer but uninstalled it when the problem first started to see if would make a difference. The problem remained even with nHancer uninstalled and using the Nvidia control panel. I have left nHancer uninstalled for now until I can sort this out. John

Hmm, just a thought but since you are having menu issues as well is could it be related to the dll.xml file? Does MytrafficX install a line that's causing a problem?

Hmm, just a thought but since you are having menu issues as well is could it be related to the dll.xml file? Does MytrafficX install a line that's causing a problem?

Not sure where to find the dll.xml file or how to check it. Sorry.It has been suggested on the Eaglesoft forum that it may be the 64 Bit drivers not liking something on my system. The second computer that I loaded FSX/MyTrafficX/CJ1 for additional testing was ALSO a Vista 64 Bit system. That system of course produced the same problems for me. I have tried at least 5 different drivers over the past 2 weeks trying to solve this problem. If it is the drivers, what are my options? Attached is a pic that shows what could happen when I try to select Instant Replay or Save or even switch to windowed mode and back to full mode.

So... the clouds and trees being drawn incorrectly also only happen with these planes? Do you have DX10 turned on? What about service packs? Do these planes match your SPs?There are some threads on this type of thing, but I can't remember what the outcome was.Bob

Not sure where to find the dll.xml file or how to check it. Sorry.It has been suggested on the Eaglesoft forum that it may be the 64 Bit drivers not liking something on my system. The second computer that I loaded FSX/MyTrafficX/CJ1 for additional testing was ALSO a Vista 64 Bit system. That system of course produced the same problems for me. I have tried at least 5 different drivers over the past 2 weeks trying to solve this problem. If it is the drivers, what are my options? Attached is a pic that shows what could happen when I try to select Instant Replay or Save or even switch to windowed mode and back to full mode.

Try turning off aircraft shadows? I had a very similar experience with viewing certain AI aircraft (Using Vista64). I never did quite figure it out, but it seems to have gone.Good luck.Joe

Bob - I don't have DX10 preview on, I do have both SPs installed and yes the a/c match SP2. Thanks for your attempt though.Joe - Thanks for the suggestion. I don't have aircraft cast shadows on self. I have even tried it by unchecking aircraft casts shadow on ground. Still the same result. I have noticed that I now run a 50% chance of this occuring. The screen will go black when I make a selection from the menus (ie change time of day, view instant replay, save flight, etc.) but only after I've been flying for a while. On the flights that have this happen, I have noticed a decrease in frame rates (35 down to 19 or so). It doesn't ever seem to do it with the default a/c, only payware. My computer is less than a year old, a quad core, 8 Mb RAM, and an Nvidia 9800GT 1Gb. My sliders are not maxed out, especially not air traffic - 40% max. I do not have nHancer running.I appreciate everyone who has offered suggestions. John

John,It sounds like you are putting a default version of FSX on your computer and then adding MyTraffic and your flyable aircraft. Have you tried removing the default traffic file from the scenery\world\scenery folder. You cannont use FSX standard default traffic along side ANY third-party AI aircraft. Unless you just have to have GA traffic or you cannot add your own GA traffic, I would remove this *.bgl file. NOTE: You can use FSX standard aircraft as AI and this will work with the default traffic. The problem with this is the AI aircraft will be very large in terms of file sizes. This is not a good idea - in my opinion.Next, turn off aircraft shadows. This is not an AI aircraft problem but one of certain scenery designs. A number of developers have used some design techniques that had their sources from FS2004 and before. In these cases (and at these particular airports), AI aircraft will not display properly with aircraft shadows turned on. This is a known issue.Try these two solutions and see what happens.fb

John,It sounds like you are putting a default version of FSX on your computer and then adding MyTraffic and your flyable aircraft. Have you tried removing the default traffic file from the scenery\world\scenery folder. You cannont use FSX standard default traffic along side ANY third-party AI aircraft. Unless you just have to have GA traffic or you cannot add your own GA traffic, I would remove this *.bgl file. NOTE: You can use FSX standard aircraft as AI and this will work with the default traffic. The problem with this is the AI aircraft will be very large in terms of file sizes. This is not a good idea - in my opinion.Next, turn off aircraft shadows. This is not an AI aircraft problem but one of certain scenery designs. A number of developers have used some design techniques that had their sources from FS2004 and before. In these cases (and at these particular airports), AI aircraft will not display properly with aircraft shadows turned on. This is a known issue.Try these two solutions and see what happens.fb

Thanks fb,Yes, I am putting FSX, SP1, SP2 on, MyTrafficX and the Eaglesoft CJ1. I have chosen a setting in MyTrafficX that disables the default FSX air traffic. It relables trafficAircraft.bgl.passive to disable it so that is not an issue for me. I have checked the folder and it has correctly relabled it. I do not see any default aircraft as I fly. I have tried the sim with shadows disabled and enabled. Both have produced mixed results. First flights gave me success (no graphic problems or black screens). Subsequent flights produced black screens or graphic problems. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. John

Interesting issue, I no longer think it may be related to the DLL.XML. Do you have issues in any other games or applications? If you run DxDiag are you free of errors? Maybe a complete re-install of DirectX? Just a thought.

Do you use the Bufferpools tweak ? If so, what is the value ? I have seen this with very high BP settings and the system running on the edge.

Not sure where to find the dll.xml file or how to check it. Sorry.

Combination of system and FSX settings and 3d party add on which can give a resource allocation problem related to low on available memory (system or graphics)...Try again but with the FSX sliders at a lower setting (to free up resources test without AI and "level of detail radius" at a lower setting)Even the AF and AA settings on your VGA at a lower setting will gain resources...