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[maxhades 8]

Hi Steve

I have a problem with Mauritius Airport from FSDG. The Airporttextures only are realy dark at Sunset and Sunrise. Not at day. And only with DX10!

Any ideas?

Thx Max

https://picload.org/view/ddldidwl/2018-1-9_16-28-21-963.jpg.html

[SteveFx 258]

I am afraid that what you are probably seeing here is the issue that I describe in the manual namely that information in the model files on how to display legacy scenery is mislaid by the dx10 engine.  The fixer logic has to guess how to display such scenery and occasionally the rules it applies don’t work perfectly.

There are three options  that objects can use for lighting.

blended - there is a day and night texture and during dawn dusk they are blended together

additive. The day texture is dimmed, the second texture is added to it with more being added as it darkens,

multiply.  The second texture multiplies the first 

I imagine that the objects that you are seeing lit incorrectly are using one mode but the fixer is guessing another.  

Now you can try experimenting in the legacy dialog, turning off options and playing with the slider  but any changes that you make there will probably have negative effects on other legacy scenaries and legacy aircraft. 

[maxhades 8]

Thanks for clarification! Yes i have played with some sliders and options in the legacy menu before this post because this was also my suspicion. Nothing realy changed so i set back to default. For now this scenery i fly on DX9 or only at day in DX10. 

Max

[SteveFx 258]

Actually looking at the fsdg web site it says the scenery iis dx10 compatible which suggests that it isn’t legacy.  Can you try turning on missing texture alert?

[maxhades 8]

I will try.

By the way...i have posted this issue few days ago in the fsdg forum. One of the scenery designer says he cant help at the moment. Bit fustrating!

[maxhades 8]

you mean the 8bit texture option?

[SteveFx 258]

No I mean in fsx.cfg turn on missing texture alert.  If you use the fsx.cfg editor from the top menu in DX10 controller it has a tick box which sets it for you.  Don't leave it set on as its annoying.

[maxhades 8]

Ok i will try that! Why it is annoying? 

[maxhades 8]

Sorry makes no different!

[SteveFx 258]

Ok so if you don’t get any popup message boxes then there are no missing textures there then.

[maxhades 8]

O there was a popup message but i guess it was a message from Active sky! I remember something with AS Module reload...