Texture Flashes

[Robjaworski11 0]

Hey guys,

 

I just recently did a rebuild of my fsx.cfg and i am now experiencing texture flashes (buildings at airport turn black or gray, when flying over water there are patches of black where water should be, when swtiching to spot view plane is gray for a couple seconds). I have my new fsx.cfg tweaked precisely according to many of the guides that are out on the avsim forum as well as bojote's guide. I will attach a copy of my cfg if anyone is willing enough to glance through it and see if they spot anything blatant that would be causing the problem. Thank you guys so much for your help.

 

Rob

 

P.S.--> I have my frames locked at 30 with an external limiter and they stay extremely steady no matter where i am, but the texture flashes continue to occur.

 

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UsePools=1
RejectThreshold=131072
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Altitude=1,3
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MEASURE=0
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Controls_Current=Standard
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KBDAIL=64
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GTL_BUTTON=4096
STATE=0
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UnlimitedFuel=True
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SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals
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[Trusted]
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C:\FSX\Aerosoft\Flight Recorder\AS-FlightRecorder.dll.cthoutkblrzhlhzhzhrrzuqhiannnrnwwloqzwze=1
C:\FSX\Captain_Sim\757\cs.sound.dll.cbkoklwtkbhrzhbahkiolackhuknazbcorwttaqt=1
C:\FSX\Captain_Sim\767\cs.sound.dll.cbkoklwtkbhrzhbahkiolackhuknazbcorwttaqt=1
C:\FSX\Captain_Sim\777\cs.sound.dll.rohhnzchhaolbheokiaozaqhkelqqzlctrzihoqw=1
C:\FSX\Captain_Sim\Captain_Sim.b757.menu.dll.wccwarhzhbhnohtrruazqwrqtqzozqcllznlnqzb=1
C:\FSX\Captain_Sim\Captain_Sim.b767.menu.dll.wrzbrqhnaianehekqkztqbtuicqoanwrqbezwtet=1
C:\FSX\FeelThere\E170\EJetH.dll.cebtebkubutwriahibneakcnenhruzknbtertiwi=1
C:\FSX\GAUGES\../SimObjects/Airplanes/Aerosoft Airbus X Extended Base/Panel_Fallback/DLLs/AsInput.DLL.wwwternbtkhtkkeeoqhqwothqaoaozrztbwazrwc=2
C:\FSX\GAUGES\../SimObjects/Airplanes/Aerosoft Airbus X Extended Base/Panel_Fallback/DLLs/FBW.DLL.rqrrecwclrbkhbrkezzztrhoknrurlriikboaewh=2
C:\FSX\GAUGES\../SimObjects/Airplanes/Aerosoft Airbus X Extended Base/Panel_Fallback/DLLs/FMGS.DLL.hquzekaitzberlqawqkhlintcaranltueuotrtba=2
C:\FSX\GAUGES\../SimObjects/Airplanes/Aerosoft Airbus X Extended Base/Panel_Fallback/ND/AB_ND_GDI.DLL.qbaqahiclahbhnllizbkwwqlbuocrkiqeiqekitr=2
C:\FSX\Modules\FSCopilot.dll.neaozbwaqizzohhbibwuarnekabeqnbhhobzqqoq=1
C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.dll.hwcbhtibzbwhncbctqiuowlqqnnelirzbikkiwne=1
C:\FSX\Modules\GPSModule.dll.kbwornzwkzailraniqwhazorazbekqnaeziwciuh=1
C:\FSX\Modules\LVLD.dll.tkeerheocaaohztzhloleczhbaikezaoizkuwwob=1
C:\FSX\PMDG\DLLs\PMDGEvents.dll.ezkqohwowqhaqkhoiriuouinrueklinzcobqcaaa=1
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C:\FSX\bglmanx.dll.izbueuhrrichnercruztuwzntotnlzulzuiwqucl=1
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C:\Program Files (x86)\EZCA\EZCA.exe.zkriluoknirwztaiwkouwbiiwttbknckwwhckthk=1
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FrameRate=1,1
FuelPercentage=1,4
GForce=1,3
LockedFrameRate=1,2
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Map_Orientation=2
OpenATCOnCreate=0
PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=1
PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1
PageID=1
SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=0
SITUATION=FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM
SelectAircraftManufacturer=All
SelectAircraftPublisher=All
SelectAircraftType=All
ShowAllACPaintSchemes=0
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Mode=1024x768x32
Anisotrophic=1
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SYSCLOCK=1
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ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64
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BLOOM_EFFECTS=0
ChangeTime=4.000000
InfoBrakesEnable=True
InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128
InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255
InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128
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InfoOverspeedEnable=True
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WideViewAspect=True
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condAccoutPassword=0
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AffinityMask=252
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AirSpeed=1,5
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FrameRate=2,1
Heading=1,4
Latitude=1,1
LockedFrameRate=2,2
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IMAGE_QUALITY=1
PANEL_MASKING=1
PANEL_OPACITY=100
PANEL_STRETCHING=1
QUICKTIPS=0
UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0
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DEMO=0
LoadWindow=1
SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1
STARTUP_DEMO=0
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FrameRate=1,1
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AUTOGEN_DENSITY=3
DETAIL_TEXTURE=1
LOD_RADIUS=5.500000
MESH_COMPLEXITY=75
MESH_RESOLUTION=20
SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2
TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=25
WATER_EFFECTS=6
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DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1
IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=4
LENSFLARE=1
MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3
SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0

[OldMaintChief 7]

AM=14 with Hyperthreding off (best temps), 254 with it on.

TextureMaxLoad=3, 6, or 9, no higher.

Try BP =just 0.

 

Dave

[Jim Young 2,356]

Your system is having a hard time rendering.  Affinity Mask=252 appears to be too high.  Probably 14 at the max.  However, you did not list your system specs in your profile so it's difficult to determine the correct value.

 

I hope you have checked out the Software and Hardware Guide pinned at the top of this forum.  It provides a listing of all the tweaks and what they do and how to employ them.

 

High display driver settings will also reduce rendering so make sure they are not set too high.  Again, the Software and Hardware Guide provides excellent settings for your display drivers too. 

 

Instead of having a LOD_Radius of 5.5, why not keep that at the FSX max of 4.5 and then change Texture_Max_Load= 4096 (instead of 1024)(2048 or 4096 are high def).  The LOD_Radius only expands the rendering around your aircraft and I doubt you would see much difference between 4.5 and 5.5.

 

I read the BufferPool setting causes flashing and does not work on everyone's system.  I would try turning this off.

 

Best regards,

Jim

[Robjaworski11 0]

There are so many different opinions and opitons offered by everything that i've been reading, it's hard to understand whats good and whats bad. I'll try the things suggested above and see how i do. In the mean time, here are my system specs:

 

Intel Core i7 2600K o/c to 4.5ghz

Asus P8Z68-M Pro motherboard

GS800 power supply

Nvidia GTX460

8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo cpu cooler

[Boeing or not going 578]

Bufferpools should only have 1 line, Usepools=0

 

Your cpu and graphics card can handle it

 

Use 4096 instead of 1024:

 

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096

 

for better cloud and overcast conditions:

 

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=12

 

Use these too:

 

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=90

TextureMaxLoad=30

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30

 

and use the Nvidia 1/2 refresh rate tweak

 

Remove these 2 lines completely:

 

MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3

SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0

 

Turn off hyperthreading and change this to:

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14

 

Try that and report back

[Robjaworski11 0]

747,

 

After having inputted those settings, my FSX has LITERALLY NEVER RUN BETTER. I can't begin to describe how thankful i am you shared that with me. One concern though, is that the CPU seems to be running close to 100%. Is that normal? I know the affinity mask setting has something to do with that. Please let me know if that seems normal or not. Again, thank you so very much.

 

Rob

[Boeing or not going 578]

Good, glad to hear it. Yes FSX is heavily cpu dependent, thus it will run close to 100% if you want high graphics settings and sliders mostly to the right. It's a trade off, you can lower sliders and the cpu will work less, but why not run full if you spent all that time and money getting such a fast processor!

 

One more tweak you can do, and you will have to experiment with it, is add the line manually to the fsx.cfg file in the [main] section

 

http://fsxtimes.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/fsx-cfg-fiber-frame-fraction/

 

If you have a really fast cpu and graphics card, like you do, you might be able to get away with

 

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.10

 

Personally I can run 0.12-0.14 sometimes 0.15-0.20 if I am using Orbx or other heavy scenery

[ryanbatc 12,875]

I get the flashing water to black or blue once ins while.

[HUSSAR 272]

That is a good link 747, thanks for sharing it.  The author on that site suggests deleting the shader cache when FSX.cfg edits are made and one can add a command line in the .cfg to renew the cache each time FSX is started.  I find it an interesting concept but I am not completely convinced that renewing the cache would make a big difference... opinions?

 

C (or whatever your drive is):\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FSX folder

 

 

Although adding SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=x (where x = any number) under [GRAPHICS] section of fsx.CFG could achieve a similar result, completely removing the Shaders folders brings a promising error-free result.