I just got my FSX and tried it out. FS9 work good. FPS range from 10 to 30 depending on sliders, scenery and traffic mostly. While taking off from McCarren airport, las vegas,nevada flying east I noticed Lake Meade was green. Also flying oul of St. Louis, Mo. the mississippi river was green also? Northwest of St. Louis where the Missouri river meets the Mississippi river the Missouri river is blue untill it meets the Mississipi, which is green. Not bright green, which sometimes the runway is instead of grey, and then it corrects. The color of the water is a dark olive drab color. All other water, lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans appear to be blue and ok.Running itel pentium 4, 3 Mhz, 512mb memory, 170 mb hard drive, intell integrated graphics.Any thoughts....Thanks,RFF

i think that's the way it's supposed to be :)Regards, Gerrit

You Intel Integrated Graphics card likely isn't up to the task of FSX. Try updating the drivers or going with a new graphics card. Jim

hmm, you don't mention what time of day. I drove across Verrazano Bridge yeterday and the way the light was hitting it, it was green. Other times I've seen brown and blue.I flew into Las Vegas back in August, Lake Meade was very light blue. This was about 10:30 a.m.

I too have noticed strange water coloring effects in FSX. One time, a certain river or lake is green/brown. Another time, the *same* lake or river is blue colored.I see what the programmers were trying to do, but I think the end result is not quite right. I'm sure add-ons will fix this soon enough though.BTW, in real life, the Mississippi and Missouri are slate-gray brown. But where the Ohio meets the Mississippi, the two waters are DIFFERENT colors. It is very noticeable. I live about 20 miles from there.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2.5 ghz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (94.47), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian

>The color of the water is a dark olive drab color. All other>water, lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans appear to be blue>and ok.>That is NOT ok. In fact most inland waters are not blue. San Francisco Bay for example is depicted in all simulators as having blue water - but in fact it is GREEN or BROWN in most places. I am amazed that folks clinge to this erroneous belief that water is blue. The only places were you find truly blue waters are the tropics. I suggest next time you fly in a jetliner across the country pay more attention what water really looks like. Actually many lakes in Texas for example happen to look BLACK.A nice blue lake is Lake Tahoe but it is rather an exception.Michael J.http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/for...argo_hauler.gif

That's exactly right. In real life, the Mississippi River is slate-gray, no matter on a sunny day or cloudy day.I'm sure we'll see aftermarket textures that "fix" these things...RhettAMD 3700+ (@2.5 ghz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (94.47), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian

>That's exactly right. In real life, the Mississippi River is>slate-gray, no matter on a sunny day or cloudy day.And so is the river that flows through Portland, Oregon (forgot its name) and hundreds of other rivers. FlighScenery guys who are absolutely scenery pros know exactly what rivers should look like. :-coolMichael J.

>A nice blue lake is Lake Tahoe but it is rather an exception.>Utah has quite a number of blue lakes also. Bear Lake, Lake Powell, Mirror Lake, and many other mountain lakes.Must be the "fresher air" :D L.Adamson

>Utah has quite a number of blue lakes also. Larry,I think that Utah is the most beautiful state of all though I am aware that beauty is a very relative concept. Whenever someone from Europe asks me to give him/her a few tips on their sightseeing trip to the US then depending of course on their interests and priorities I recommend that their either fly into SLC or DEN. I don't think I have ever been on the more unique, picturesque highway than Utah's 12. It is absolutely breathtaking and I have to go there again. Too bad they don't allow wine shipment for private individuals into the state - I would already be living there :-lolMichael J.http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/for...argo_hauler.gif

I live in NJ.If I see water any other color than green or brown, I know I am not in NJ! :)I saw the same thing. With the slider @ low 2X, that should give you blue-ish water.Anything lower I got green/brown, any higher I got reflections of light brown.Jim

>>>The color of the water is a dark olive drab color. All other>>water, lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans appear to be blue>>and ok.>>>>That is NOT ok. In fact most inland waters are not blue. San>Francisco Bay for example is depicted in all simulators as>having blue water - but in fact it is GREEN or BROWN in most>places. >>I am amazed that folks clinge to this erroneous belief that>water is blue. The only places were you find truly blue waters>are the tropics. I suggest next time you fly in a jetliner>across the country pay more attention what water really looks>like. Actually many lakes in Texas for example happen to look>BLACK.>>A nice blue lake is Lake Tahoe but it is rather an exception.>>Michael J.>http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/for...argo_hauler.gif>Well said Michael :)Tim

>The color of the water is a dark olive drab color.Something like this? ;)

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1083943/M/

Michael J.

Even the cleanest seas around the UK are green, then brown like the Thames. No blue sea or lakes here.

Well, that's not really true - there's loads of variation in water colours here in the UK both due to location and weather conditions. This is Lake Vyrnwy in the very much less than tropical Mid/North Wales:http://static.flickr.com/84/249316578_3ef135319b.jpgAnd yes it really was that colour. Admittedly grey-greenish and grey-brownish is a lot more common, but I've seen plenty of blue lakes, rivers and seas in my time.Have funFinn