I have the problem with flickering switches in the overhead panel in LH Maddog for FS9. I have downloaded and installed the fix flickering switches script from the Maddog website. Still the flickering switches remains. I use Win 7 x64. I have asked this in the Maddog supportforum but havn't seen any responses for a week or so so I try here. Any idea what I could do?

Try unchecking the "gradual transitions" box in your FS9 "views" menu in-game (under the spot view option). I recall that this was posted as an early fix to the flickering gauge problem. There should be a number of threads on the issue in the support forum as well.

Hi,

 

I had this on a previous system - never did find a fix. :( Try another graphics driver or run in window mode. :(

 

Interestingly this doesn't occur on the same hardware/driver version under XP. I was running Vista 64-bit and nVidia 7950GX2 graphics card back then.

 

Best regards,

Robin.

Try unchecking the "gradual transitions" box in your FS9 "views" menu in-game (under the spot view option). I recall that this was posted as an early fix to the flickering gauge problem. There should be a number of threads on the issue in the support forum as well.

 

That didn't help

The correct registry fix for windows 7/64 bit is a registry modification. (The download on the Maddog website is not for Win7-64). You need to create a script file (call it FilckerFix.reg) with notepad that contains the following lines:

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Direct3D]

"DisableThreadedDDI"=dword:00000001

Thanks, Graeme; that also worked on my Maddog install on Win 7 64. I just edited the existing reg fix posted in the support forum to add the "Wow6432Node" text on line 2, and then double-clicked it. Also posted this in the Maddog support forum, with full credit to you, of course.

 

:good:

I'm sure I did not work this one out myself! I think it was posted some time ago in one of the forums somwehere. Luckily I keep lots of archive DVD's with all those goodies that I have downloaded over the years. :)

The correct registry fix for windows 7/64 bit is a registry modification. (The download on the Maddog website is not for Win7-64). You need to create a script file (call it FilckerFix.reg) with notepad that contains the following lines:

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Direct3D]

"DisableThreadedDDI"=dword:00000001

 

Forgive my ignorance, but does it work by editing the "registry entries" with the lines above and running it so that it automatically adds a new path/entry to the Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Direct3D ?

 

I don't have the maddog but this should work to add registry path in general, cmiiw

 

 

Regards

Caveat: that edit will affect ANYTHING that uses DDI (Direct Draw Interface). You just disabled the ability for multi-threading in ANYTHING that uses DDI.

 

Best regards,

Robin.

Hi Everyone,

 

Sorry to have to resurrect this thread but I am suffering this problem, if the original solvers of the fault are still around perhaps they could tell me how the registry change is effected, in words an idiot can understand please cos I are one!

 

mog