June 20, 201015 yr Hi Folks, I am an almost 73 year old flight simmer, who needs some HELP. I am have been using FS9 for many years. In fact I started simming with PRO PILOT '99. I have never had this problem before. When I am flying, I get Bloches of various color in the scenery, which comes and goes. Sometime these colors are in a pattern, dashes or dots, (yellow, red, green, orange, blue), they are four to six colums wide and eight rows high. In the cockpit I get regular patterns of these dots on the screen. I have uninstalled and installed FS9 twice, to no avale. I have run several tests on my graphic card and this passed. I love to sim, but this driving me crazyyy. Any help would be appreciated. George Clark Former Private Pilot C172 My System Specs:Alienware Area 51 (6/1/2011), 0J560M A03, Intel i7 970 SIX CORE CPU 3.23ghz, 12GB RAM(3-4GB, 64 BIT TRIBLE CHANNEL DDR3 PC1333 MHZ), MS WINDOWS7 HOME PREM 64 BIT, NVIDIA GXT460 DUAL w/1024MB Memory, FSX.
June 20, 201015 yr Hi Folks, I am an almost 73 year old flight simmer, who needs some HELP. I am have been using FS9 for many years. In fact I started simming with PRO PILOT '99. I have never had this problem before. When I am flying, I get Bloches of various color in the scenery, which comes and goes. Sometime these colors are in a pattern, dashes or dots, (yellow, red, green, orange, blue), they are four to six colums wide and eight rows high. In the cockpit I get regular patterns of these dots on the screen. I have uninstalled and installed FS9 twice, to no avale. I have run several tests on my graphic card and this passed. I love to sim, but this driving me crazyyy. Any help would be appreciated.While it certainly sounds like a Graphics Card related issue, there are several other possibilities - none of which would have required a un-install/re-install of FS9. That should be the absolute last resort in my opinion.Have you tried renaming your FS9.cfg file to something like FS9.cfg BAK (to disable it) and allowing FS to rebuild a fresh new one with all of the default settings when you restart the sim? Sometimes doing that will "fix" problems which otherwise seem unfixable.Also, when is the last time you opened the case and blew out the accunlated dust - particularily around the graphic card? It could be a heat related issue.Just a couple of ideas. Good Luck!P.S. I am 75.
June 20, 201015 yr Author While it certainly sounds like a Graphics Card related issue, there are several other possibilities - none of which would have required a un-install/re-install of FS9. That should be the absolute last resort in my opinion.Have you tried renaming your FS9.cfg file to something like FS9.cfg BAK (to disable it) and allowing FS to rebuild a fresh new one with all of the default settings when you restart the sim? Sometimes doing that will "fix" problems which otherwise seem unfixable.Also, when is the last time you opened the case and blew out the accunlated dust - particularily around the graphic card? It could be a heat related issue.Just a couple of ideas. Good Luck!P.S. I am 75.David, I can't seem to locate the FS9.cfg file. Could you show me how to find it? ThanksGeorge George Clark Former Private Pilot C172 My System Specs:Alienware Area 51 (6/1/2011), 0J560M A03, Intel i7 970 SIX CORE CPU 3.23ghz, 12GB RAM(3-4GB, 64 BIT TRIBLE CHANNEL DDR3 PC1333 MHZ), MS WINDOWS7 HOME PREM 64 BIT, NVIDIA GXT460 DUAL w/1024MB Memory, FSX.
June 20, 201015 yr Config file is usually located somewhere like this:C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
June 21, 201015 yr And remember it is a "hidden" file so be sure you have you search engine set to search in hidden files and folders also.
June 23, 201015 yr Author Hi David and AL, I finally found the FS9.cfg file, Thanks. I renamed it to FS9.cfg BAK ( 11.2KB), then started the sim. It build a new FS9.cfg (9.48KB). This still didn't fix my problem with the various colors. I haven't removed the side access panel to blow out the computer yet. Thanks for all of your help. Any other suggestions to try?George Clark George Clark Former Private Pilot C172 My System Specs:Alienware Area 51 (6/1/2011), 0J560M A03, Intel i7 970 SIX CORE CPU 3.23ghz, 12GB RAM(3-4GB, 64 BIT TRIBLE CHANNEL DDR3 PC1333 MHZ), MS WINDOWS7 HOME PREM 64 BIT, NVIDIA GXT460 DUAL w/1024MB Memory, FSX.
June 24, 201015 yr A shot in the dark George. But is your screen set to 16bit colors? Either in your windows control panel or even with in the sim.It must be set to 32bit colors or you will get banding and so on. Al Stiff
June 25, 201015 yr Author Hi Altstill, Thanks for the comment. I checked the system and flight sim, both are set to 1024 x 768 32 bit.Keep those suggestions coming.George George Clark Former Private Pilot C172 My System Specs:Alienware Area 51 (6/1/2011), 0J560M A03, Intel i7 970 SIX CORE CPU 3.23ghz, 12GB RAM(3-4GB, 64 BIT TRIBLE CHANNEL DDR3 PC1333 MHZ), MS WINDOWS7 HOME PREM 64 BIT, NVIDIA GXT460 DUAL w/1024MB Memory, FSX.
June 25, 201015 yr Hi Altstill, Thanks for the comment. I checked the system and flight sim, both are set to 1024 x 768 32 bit.Keep those suggestions coming.GeorgeIt really sounds like the graphics card is either overheating (or otherwise unable to cope)... it probably isn't from FS itself... I once had some very strange orange blocks, in an ordered pattern, showing up when I was trying to overclock my graphics card a little too far..! I reduced back to stock speeds and all was fine.As previously advised, check that there is adequate cooling on your card - ie. the fan / case is not choked with dust? If it all seems clean and cool in there, perhaps the graphics driver is corrupted somehow - have a check of your settings and perhaps reinstall the drivers.Out of interest, what driver version are you running?Cheers,Geoff
June 25, 201015 yr Hello ThereI had a similar problem to yours but not in fs2004.I have been tinkering around with FS2002 recently and when I set Anti Aliasing in my graphics card (GForce 6600)FS2002 displayed all sorts of weird and wonderful colours until I turned AA (in my card)of again.Have you been tweaking or altering settings in your GCard recently?I don't know if its the right thing or not,but have you thought about a system restore.(to a date before the colour problems)In the case of horrid FS glitches all things are worth a try.These problems(I currently have a horrid which means my PC just stops and locks mid-flt,no error messages nothing meaning a restart from scratch.REALLY annoying.)are just part of the suffering we as simmers go through (seemingly on a daily basis at the moment) :( Cheers Andy
June 25, 201015 yr It really sounds like the graphics card is either overheating (or otherwise unable to cope)... it probably isn't from FS itself... I once had some very strange orange blocks, in an ordered pattern, showing up when I was trying to overclock my graphics card a little too far..! I reduced back to stock speeds and all was fine.As previously advised, check that there is adequate cooling on your card - ie. the fan / case is not choked with dust? If it all seems clean and cool in there, perhaps the graphics driver is corrupted somehow - have a check of your settings and perhaps reinstall the drivers.Out of interest, what driver version are you running?Cheers,GeoffYes, probably overheating.. open the pc case and remove dust, especially on the cooling fans, of both cpu and video card, and the cooling ribs with it.You will be amazed how much dust a pc gathers!
June 28, 201015 yr Hi , this is a definately Graphics Card issue , Please uninstall your current graphic drivers (clean from registry also , use drive sweeper from www.guru3d.com recommended) and Download latest or Stable Graphic drivers . Or else install drivers from the Driver CD you'v got with Graphics card . I have had the same issue and i resolved it .This will definitely resolve your issue .However i would like you to mention you System Config with Current Graphic Drivers Version.Thanks Arjun Dayal Mathur Windows 7 Ultimate x64 , MS FSX , MS FS2004 Intel Core I5 750 Quad Core CPU @ 2.67Ghz(Stock) Intel DH55HC motherboard 1TB WD HDD@7200rpm 6GB Kingston DD3 RAM@1333mhz Palit Nvidia GTX 260 216 cores 896 MB (Stock) Samsung DVD RW Coolermaster 500W PSU Coolermaster Elite 310 CHASSIS Benq 22inch Full HD LCD monitor
July 22, 201015 yr Author Hi Folks. this is George Clark. I finally replaced my graphics card (ATI Radeon X800XT) with a new one. This fixed all of my color problems. Thanks for all of your help.George George Clark Former Private Pilot C172 My System Specs:Alienware Area 51 (6/1/2011), 0J560M A03, Intel i7 970 SIX CORE CPU 3.23ghz, 12GB RAM(3-4GB, 64 BIT TRIBLE CHANNEL DDR3 PC1333 MHZ), MS WINDOWS7 HOME PREM 64 BIT, NVIDIA GXT460 DUAL w/1024MB Memory, FSX.
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