I know all the different views everyone has with Ariane but I did buy their new 737 and when its loaded up I get very blurry panels.I have a new P4 3.2 with a ATI 9800 video card 1 gb DDR Ramm and a new install of FS9 with the display set at 1289x960.I have attached some screen shots of the problem,I have emailed Ariane but no response and I know that will get a few replies.I look at the manual and all their screen shots are very clear and mine are not,I have no other problem with any other aircraft. JeffG

Jeff,You didn't mention it, but if you are referring to the virtual cockpit- is your aircraft cockpit slider to max? I don't know exactly what it is called so I said aircraft cockpit. I do know you can access it from the options/display menu under aircraft tab I think?

Jeff,I don't have the Ariane, but from what I have read, this is just simply the way the cockpit looks (blurry) I have seen many screen shots of the Ariane and every one I have seen is blurry. And I know that it is a VC only.

If it looks like thishttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/90069.jpg Then it is normal. Best Wishes,[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4]http://www.rawbw.com/~bdoolin/shinault/Animation1.gifCaution! Not a real pilot, but do play one on TV ;-)AMD 64 3200+ | ASUS KV8 DELUXE | GFORCE 5700 ULTRA @535/1000 | Maxtor 6Y080M0 SATA 80 GIG | 512 DDR 400 | Windows Xp Pro | Windows Xp Pro 64 |

Randy yours looks alot better than mine I posted some screen shots.I don't know whats going on. Jeffg

Wow, that's pretty ugly. I'm not going to diss Ariane's systems/flight modeling, because I haven't flow it yet. But, the visuals are very ugly compared to PMDG's VC.

Hmmno wonder everyone says they get the same amount of frames as the c152. Did you know that there is an update on the ariane website? Try that.

They don't get it from the panel BMP per se, but from the GAUGE REFRESH RATES that are low UNLESS you pop them up...Best Wishes,[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4]http://www.rawbw.com/~bdoolin/shinault/Animation1.gifCaution! Not a real pilot, but do play one on TV ;-)AMD 64 3200+ | ASUS KV8 DELUXE | GFORCE 5700 ULTRA @535/1000 | Maxtor 6Y080M0 SATA 80 GIG | 512 DDR 400 | Windows Xp Pro | Windows Xp Pro 64 |

You guys are lucky! I cannot even read the digits on the MCP (altitude, heading,...) unless I zoom to about 400% and more!All in all the VCe is nice, but pretty useless for me. I need to do things quickly (tune radios, look forward,...), so with the blurry textures, the slow VC gauge refresh rates and the cumbersome VC handling in general I grounded the 737 until the promised 2D panel comes along.The Ariane people always responded my mails, so I have no problems here.But (listen, Ariane team, if you should read this eventually) I'm missing the forum they announced long time ago. Would be interesting to share thoughts there and see what others say.Andreas (LOWW)

JeffIf you go to your DISPLAY PROPERTIES in FS2004 and you go to the last TAB you should set the GLOBAL settings to MAX and you will have NO BLURRIES.Let us know if it helpsRegardsTerblanche

I have put the update on and the the global settings are at the max.I have sent 2 emails to Ariane with no response,when I went back into the sim last night it now says I have to activate which I alredy did.I now can't even fly it because of its not activated it keeps saying wrong email address in the FMC.I have eveything set in the graphics where it should look great but no such luck.I for one wish that there was a forum where we could disuss these problems. Jeffg

Didn't you backup your gauges and *.ini files as they said in the manual ...?You should do it and then next time you install, you just copy them over and then you don't need to register again.I'm sure they will answer you soon and just request that they activate your account again, so that you could register online. Then do your backup and make sure of all the settings.It should look like the picture that Randy posted.RegardsTerblanche

1. Did you apply already the SP1.1? If not, do so first;)2. Textures uses MIP MAP. Low settings in MIP gget blurry textures. The same old story of graphic cards. one like more DXT3 with MIP's other prefer DXT3 no MIP's and others handle just 32-Bit.it looks like this on my Ati Radeon 9600XThttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/90219.jpgThats ok for me, for a photorealiastic panel.cheersMartin

Has the service update corrected most of the problems with the aircraft? What about the very, very slow updates of the displays unless in "popup" mode I have read about? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I don't believe so George,like selection of V/S should not open up to a given rate i.e 1800. I believe the default FS A/Ps do this on the 737 too which is wrong.. Best Wishes,[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4]http://www.rawbw.com/~bdoolin/shinault/Animation1.gifCaution! Not a real pilot, but do play one on TV ;-)AMD 64 3200+ | ASUS KV8 DELUXE | GFORCE 5700 ULTRA @535/1000 | Maxtor 6Y080M0 SATA 80 GIG | 512 DDR 400 | Windows Xp Pro | Windows Xp Pro 64 |