Hi all,

In two specific airports, Imaginesim Atlanta and LatinVFR Porto , both latest versions for P3Dv4, I experience extreme textures flickering when on the external view on Chaseplane as well as in cinematic mode. The problem does not happen when I am on Prepar3D external view, for example spot view.

In the following videos you can see the problem:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AuObjEUAoTSTgfoTehGhHB0Y4t5IuA

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AuObjEUAoTSTgfoSF37sREOSXDH1dg

As it only happens with Chaseplane external camera, I would like to ask why this could be related to Chaseplane.

Any support would be appreciated.

Hi,

It's a matter of balance. A few explanations:

• Spot View will not cause flickers but you can't position the camera close to the aircraft without having the camera clip the fuselage and other 3D objects close to the camera..
• If Gimbal is enabled, we use the same clip distance as the Spot view so the result should be similar.
• Outside camera mode without Gimbal is made for cameras attached to the body of the aircraft. Reducing the flickering would then cause the camera to clip through the fuselage of the aircraft at an unreasonable distance.
• Custom camera definitions provided by most aircraft developer (accessible through the default camera system) also suffer from the same issue.

If you want to look at scenery, use the Gimbal in Outside camera mode or use Static cameras. It is the responsibility of the scenery developer to ensure those clipping mode aren't causing this issue.

I hope this answered your question!

Thank you Keven. Usually I take one of the external views set for the aircraft and walk around. I guess I'll have to make some new one with Gimbal to view the scenery. Thanks for the explanation! :)