Hi all,I've almost finished beating the new graphics card into shape. (Thank you Stuart for the PM). There's just one unresolved problem: the sky is streaked and the ground textures have distinct steps in the colour gradient, as though my monitor is set to 16-bit colour. The card's a Sapphire ATI radeon, 3650 I think, with the usual Catalyst Control Centre UI.I recall seeing mention here of a banded sky and wonder if anyone ever found a solution.I'd like to get it fixed as I quite fancy a go at enhancing rules.txt to go with Jonathan's new textures, and I think the smoothing of the sky would provide the necessary boost to my motivation (still missing the old Nvidia...)Any suggestions would be appreciated.D

Hi all,I've almost finished beating the new graphics card into shape. (Thank you Stuart for the PM). There's just one unresolved problem: the sky is streaked and the ground textures have distinct steps in the colour gradient, as though my monitor is set to 16-bit colour. The card's a Sapphire ATI radeon, 3650 I think, with the usual Catalyst Control Centre UI.I recall seeing mention here of a banded sky and wonder if anyone ever found a solution.I'd like to get it fixed as I quite fancy a go at enhancing rules.txt to go with Jonathan's new textures, and I think the smoothing of the sky would provide the necessary boost to my motivation (still missing the old Nvidia...)Any suggestions would be appreciated.D

Hi Dave,Check if the driver for the 3D graphic card is actve ( fu3 graphic options ) Color steps are viewed when directX is not working.can be a dirctX driver problem also.Good LuckAndre

Hi Dave,Hope the PM was of use [ no, not Gordon Brown !].I also get a banded effect in the sky. I find moving the haze slider a tad to the right helps, it's probably a more realistic look anyway..A trip into my town in the UK today and in the local Game store [ which I check for FS9 add-ons occasionally] were some spanking new copies of good old FU3 for sale - might get a few more converts on board yet ! :( Regards to all.Stuart