Message text unreadable (v5.1)

[plguzman 0]

So here is a weird one. Suddenly my P3d message text is unreadable. I use certain addons like GSX that require the use of the message box, so its a problem for me. Its like the fonts were replaced by boxes.

I have tried a lot of things: updated video drivers, reinstalled client and content, deleted shaders, p3d.cfg, reinstalled GSX, FSUIPC, Simconnect, started the sim windowed, changed AA and AS settings, but no sucess so far.

Please if somebody could point me in some direction will be appreciated. Thanks 🙂

[Gridley 257]

You could try specifically setting the font to a different color and see if that works:

http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=124134

 

Edit - this thread includes setting background colors.

http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13136

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Gridley

[plguzman 0]

Thanks for the answer. The text that appears using ctrl-z works fine, its the text in the green banner that is not working 😬

Edited January 30, 2021 by plguzman

[mobiel 72]

No Solution yet

 

[plguzman 0]

Wow my friend, you have saved my life. I was going crazy here, tried absolutely everything except turning EA off. At least deactivating and activating EA again makes it work. 

Thanks a lot!

[mobiel 72]

Yes but if you start a flight with EA on, it doesn't work again

[mpo910 2,112]

2 hours ago, plguzman said:

Wow my friend, you have saved my life. I was going crazy here, tried absolutely everything except turning EA off. At least deactivating and activating EA again makes it work. 

Thanks a lot!

You guys should report this at LM P3D forum. These kind of things should be fixed.

Because EA mode has normally not to interact like this with a green bar text message getting corrupted.

Please post this over to them. They read all these things, even if they don´t answer there.

Marcus

[mobiel 72]

I did it already weeks ago

[fluffyflops 1,858]

13 hours ago, mobiel said:

I did it already weeks ago

They won't help.  Not the military im afriad. 

Theres that many bugs in v5.  They probably won't acknowledge it 

[mpo910 2,112]

6 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

They won't help.  Not the military im afriad. 

Theres that many bugs in v5.  They probably won't acknowledge it 

Did you already post at P3D Support any of those Bugs you are encountering? If yes, point me in the right direction please. Where did they "not acknowledged" your issues? Would you show me? 

You are assuming that if they do not respond on posts they do not acknowledge it? LOL 

"Not the military"? What has that to do with it? 

LM does indeed read lots of posts. Even if they don´t respond on many posts over at their forums.

I can ensure you that LM does help indeed if properly written and explained.

But exactly THAT is the point. "Properly written and explained". Understandable in my opinion.

Actually your post above does NOT help either. If you, as a community member here at AVSIM, are not willing to help a "fellow" simmer, what exactly are you doing here? Is it ranting? 

Useless!

Why don´t you keep your useless arguments for yourself and let the others, who are willing to help, just give feedback and keep the topic "clean of rants"? 

Marcus

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by mpo910

[fluffyflops 1,858]

That's right, and because no one complains nothing gets done. 

I could give you plenty of examples of how deep down LM couldn't give a toss about simmers

LM will say because its caused by a third party addon or something out of their control. 

They always done that.  Hence why we still have the text box stutter, the dxgi issue, the ctd when changing settings. The full screen issue. 

I deal with facts not feels.  And the fact of the matter is they care more about the military than they do about Derek the pensioner and Calvin the student using their software.  Both are chicken feed to them. 

I feel for the guy with the issue I do, but the reality of this, is they will not bend over backwards to help I'm afraid, no matter what brand of rose tinted spectacles you are wearing 

Edited January 31, 2021 by fluffyflops

[mpo910 2,112]

2 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

That's right, and because no one complains nothing gets done. 

I could give you plenty of examples of how deep down LM couldn't give a toss about simmers

LM will say because its caused by a third party addon or something out of their control. 

They always done that.  Hence why we still have the text box stutter, the dxgi issue, the ctd when changing settings. The full screen issue. 

I deal with facts not feels.  And the fact of the matter is they care more about the military than they do about Derek the pensioner and Calvin the student using their software.  Both are chicken feed to them. 

I feel for the guy with the issue I do, but the reality of this, is they will not bend over backwards to help I'm afraid, no matter what brand of rose tinted spectacles you are wearing 

You obviously seem to be so sure but you honestly have not a clue about anything you wrote regarding LM contributions for ALL of their customers. Incl. us simmers! 

But as a NOT LM employee you have really lots of facts (no insides, but facts 🙂 LOL. Sorry. But you are way behind the facts here. 

Small quote of one of your called "facts":

" nothing gets done."

Alone THIS part of your sentence is YOUR "feeling" and "view". Or shall I put the last 3 releasenotes incl. fixes here? 

I would not argue about the opinion that some issues you encounter are not solved yet. Of course that is possible. But that does not really mean NOTHING gets done and few sentences later you are stating that you are not talking about "feelings" but only about "facts".....?!

Words like "always", "everytime", "never", "could" give you", are ALL expressions which are NOT defined.

CTD when changing settings: Which settings? Which sliders from which position to which target position? Which text box stutter? What is a "stutter"? define it exactly please? 

Is this the way you post issues? Of course they can not help you. They would probably will, but they simply can´t! It is to high level and not specific enough! 

It is YOUR view which is a result of YOUR experiences related to YOUR issues. You should not try to turn YOUR experiences into FACTS counting for others. 

I name just one single, but big effort requirement, which comes most certainly from US simmers and our 3th party suppliers: BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY.

You have no clue how much effort they put in that! 

A big contribution to us. Certainly also the military. Although the military are probably miles ahead of us when it comes to modern technologies and do not really care about objects showing through clouds and z fighting issues at all. And believe me I KNOW that LM is taking care of us. Read their forums and also read their feedback. Read the release notes and fix lists. A lot of it is certainly NOT required from the military side.

I am NOT wearing rose tinted glasses at all. Why should I. I do not earn my money with any sim product or addon.

I am a user as most of you are. And my sim is stable and CTD free. 90% of the CTD I had in the passed where NOT P3D related.

As P3D delivers a rock solid platform, not error free, but still solid (certainly the military requires exactly that - because training is expensive time) .

P3D in combination with Addons, the more the bigger the chance of instability, can cause issues. Of course.

Please name one sim product as a platform which is CTD free?

The answer is: NONE! 

Marcus

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by mpo910

[mpo910 2,112]

1 hour ago, fluffyflops said:

 

 

 

I never declared P3D for Bugfree! Don't turn around the words in my mouth. 

For me it is CTD free since 5.0. And if CTD occured, P3D had nothing to do with it in 90% of the time.

We want the platform to grow and deliver new functionality. So if course there will always be bugs. 

You pointed issues are known indeed. And maybe they are important enough to make it on a P3D Backlog. If they are important enough, they will pull them into a sprint and fix them. If not, than not. Simple as that.

What's important to you must not be important to others. 

You have a hand of turning YOUR opinion into facts and sell them as facts to others. Which is not only useless but misleading for those who are interested or enjoying this hobby. Regardless the issues they have.

I would like to see that people like you learn to leave this out of here and post only if you think it helps and is topic related. 

Trying to sell only just negatives about P3D and their endless not fix things , which is about a professional Company from one of the biggest simulation platforms, is useless and almost ridiculous. 

Can we come back to topic please?

Marcus

Edited January 31, 2021 by charliearon
removed off topic rant.

[Bob Scott 7,721]

1 hour ago, fluffyflops said:

when LM fix issues that have been posted numerous times over and over and over again then Ill shut up.

but for v5 from the very start as been a bugfest, even Rob has atested to that as well as many of the beta testers.

no matter how gash a product you will always have fan boys, but if you think v5 is a stable bug free producvt youre deluded its far from that.

I am that confident they will not fix the 3 very common bugs below in the next release  5.2  , I will therfore waiver you either 200 euros, or a  standby ticket on Virgin to any destination of your choice.

1. the text box issues with stuttering  (well known to FSL users and GSX

2. the full screen blank screen issues with fstramp

3. the vector data  (coastlines) in Northern Canada. In novo scotia.

Like i said im that confident they wont bother to fix them, ill offer you that deal,  money from a baby right?

they wont fix them, they are after the big bucks. as every multinational company is. who can blame then.

1.  In v5.1, LM changed the Simconnect text box from Scaleform to HTML5, and that cured the text box stutters for me and lots of other folks.  I suspect a number of people did partial upgrades and still have the Scaleform windows in there...but HTML5 is working with GSX stutter-free.

2.  Any program that takes over the screen, like fstramp, is a potential problem with DX12.  Utilities that place overlays over another program's 3D display are not just problematic in P3Dv5, but in a whole bunch of DX12 games as well.

3.  UTX Canada solves the NS coastline issues, same as it did in FSX, FSX-SE, and P3D v1-4.  I'd venture that very few people see this issue as important, hence its low priority.

So 1) LM did indeed take significant steps to fix the issue, 2) there are some problems that transcend P3D due to DX12 limitations and evolution, and 3) some of your priorities aren't LM's priorities.

Your "LM only pays attention to the military" axe-grinding is getting really old once again.  You've said your piece on that to the point of nuisance.  Dial it back, please.