ASN hotfix and DX10 fixer - flashing screen during rain/snow

[TrafficPilot 121]

Looks like the ASN hotfix has upset my DX10 setup. May do the same to others with DX10 using ASN after the hotfix?

 

Installed last night and DX10fixer complained that something had changed in FSX and I needed to reinstall the fixer which I've now done. Not fully tested yet to see if the flashing has gone. Was fine before the ASN hotfix. Will check tonight.

 

Regards

 

Adam

[Bionor 44]

No problems here. Do you use the latest FSUIPC? 4927a?

[FlyData 7]

I had the same issue, but it was before the hotfix, but with ASN.  When I was in snow with visibility essentially zero, every 5 to 10 seconds the screen would flash black.  I'm pretty sure it was just the outside, not the VC, but the flash was so quick it was hard to tell.  At some time during my approach, it was flashing even more rapidly, but the flash itself was very quick...started to give me a headache.  FPS was good at around 30.

 

Don't know if this is the same, but it was close enough to what I had I am curious if others are seeing it as well.

 

--Don

 

PS - I use the DX10 fixer as well.  Have updated to build 29.

[SteveFx 258]

I would guess that perhaps they are changing textures on the fly and this results in a temporary glitch where the texture is not found and so you see bkg.bmp. To try and work around this I then guess that have replaced the bkg.bmp with a transparent one.

 

If so This will have two problems

 

dx10sf uses the bkg.bmp for its own purposes and will partially stop working and complain and insist in you fixing the problem. If you do you will restore the black

flashes

 

Many sceneries and aircraft have small missing textures and will show with missing bits.

 

Now can someone confirm that they are replacing bkg.bmp and tell me if it is transparent or not?

 

I can make the dx10sf one transparent but that will still leave issues with sceneries and aircraft with missing textures. On a positive note I ship a small black texture to use for missing textures in dx10toolbox so you could replace all the missing textures with that.

[yorgosGK 7]

I just installed the hot fix...I have the fixer and fly DX10 I have the latest FSUIPC installed as wel...

 

No problems updating though...good luck I will follow this topic and help as much as I can.

[SteveFx 258]

If my theory is correct ( just based on what I have read in this thread ) then I can fairly easily change the rain shader to ignore missing textures, I have asked a couple of people to test it for me.

[Jetman67 517]

same here no issues after the hotfix

[SteveFx 258]

Can you look at bkg,bmp in fsx directory? It should be dated 19/1/2013 18:08. If it isn't then although rain may work other things may be broken.

 

I have had confirmation that the black flashes are caused by a missing texture ( probably fleetingly missing) this can be dealt with in the shader without changing the bkg.bmp.

[ZKOKQ 984]

Hi Steve,

I uninstalled ASN, but my BK.bmp is dated 20/1/2013 7.08pm  being NZDT, that date is about right. But uninstalling ASN has reverted back to your copy

[FlyData 7]

Hi Steve,

 

I checked and my bkg.bmp is dated Jan 19, 2013 at 13:08...time off due to time zone most likely.

 

As I described above, this issue only happened (for me) with zero visibility in the clouds while snowing.

 

PS - I previewed the file in photoviewer and it is solid black.

 

Thanks,

Don

[TrafficPilot 121]

Is there a solution yet? Is there a new version of the DX10 fixer on the way to solve the flashing?

 

Just tested ASN in FSX with DX9 - no problems no flashing. As soon as I switch to DX10 via the fixer I get a flashing black screen every few seconds in heavy rain/snow etc.

 

Thanks

Adam

[Paul J 349]

{quote]Is there a solution yet? Is there a new version of the DX10 fixer on the way to solve the flashing?

 

Yes there's a fix - but it's up to Steve to say how and when it's released, Adam, as he usually will want to include other changes and any new "discoveries" in any particular release - ok!

 

All the best,

 

pj

[SteveFx 258]

I believe that I have a workaround for the texture switch black flash which I have put into version 1.3.

 

version 1.3 is almost ready, but one beta tester has reported an issue, so I cannot release it until I identify whether there is a problem or not.

 

I imagine that it will now come out after Christmas

[TrafficPilot 121]

I believe that I have a workaround for the texture switch black flash which I have put into version 1.3.

 

version 1.3 is almost ready, but one beta tester has reported an issue, so I cannot release it until I identify whether there is a problem or not.

 

I imagine that it will now come out after Christmas

 

Excellent news. Really loving the extra immersion that ASN gives FSX but the black flashing is really annoying.

 

Look forward to hearing when it's ready.

 

Thanks,

 

Adam

[TrafficPilot 121]

P.S thanks for all your help and advice on this forum guys. Very useful. And thanks to Steve for making FSX smooth again!

 

Merry Xmas/Happy Holidays!

 

Adam