LWMViewer2 changes due

[jonpatch 1]

Gotcha, Jim, thanks!Now why when I have a palette on the screen does the image shift underneath a line even with the palette?Usually I have the palettes on another monitor, but it'd be nice to figure this out . . .Jon

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,Um... no idea, I've never seen that :-hmmm Can you give (again, probably) the details of your graphics card, including the amount of on-board memory? I take it you've got the latest updates for DirectX and the card drivers?Cheers,Jim

[jonpatch 1]

Hi Jim,I have:- BFG 7900GT 256Mb - 8.4.2.1 (latest) graphic drivers- DirectX 9.0c (V4.09.00.0904)- AMD X2 4200+- 2Gb RAM- A8N SLI motherboard- Win XP SP2- 2x Samsung 920N Monitors- 800 Gb SATA-II RAID-0 array... and a bunch of peripherals.EDIT: and the problem isn't occuring anymore! Thanks for your cosmic help. I'll let you know if it recurs...EDIT again: oops. After I switched from oblique to top-down view the problem recurred.Jon

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,Well, one of the big changes is to the top-down mode so maybe it'll go away of its own accord again :)FYI, the custom colour settings for VTPs are in and I've found and fixed the Airport search bug.Cheers,Jim

[scott967 62]

Great, this is a great tool. Thanks Jim for spending even more time on it.scott s..

[jonpatch 1]

No worries, Jim, let's see how the new version works.The 7900GT works great, but I do get a lot of screen flashing when apps are loaded. I think having 2 monitors complicates it as well. Sometimes if I resize my FS9 screen that window will go irretrievably black. So I'd wonder whether the issue I reported is your software or the card.I look forward to playing with the new version . . . Jon

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,Would somebody with either a GForceFX 5200 or 5600 please download this little program and send me a screenshot of the output (or post here so others know not to bother)?http://www.jimkeir.co.uk/FlightSim/CWETest.zipIt appears some information I got is incorrect, and I've been relying on a particular feature that isn't available on these cards.Which leads to the next question; how many people are actually using these? ;( Thanks,Jim

[LuisFelizTirado 33]

Glad to be of service, Jim.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/149544.jpgIt recongnized the card and the driver. Here are the test returns:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/149545.jpgTesting REF did not return anything.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/149546.jpgBest regards.Luis

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,Very useful, thanks. Sadly it's at odds with both Chris Dragan's database *and* Microsoft, who also disagree with each other :) Well, I'm going to need to find another way round a particular problem. Thanks for the info.Cheers,Jim

[Guest Lufthansa321]

One change I would like to see, even though it may not be very feasible is to make it compatible with non-shader video cards and to have a from-the-basics-manual for people like me just starting to use the program.

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,I was on holiday for a while, sorry for not replying sooner.The manual definitely needs improvements. Some is more or less complete, but large chunks aren't there. It's not forgotten about, but I need to get the code working properly first. If there's a particular thing you're trying to do, let me know and I'll try and give you some pointers in the meantime.I'm afraid that support for non-shader cards is highly unlikely. I've had enough trouble getting it to work on even fairly modern cards. I've been rewriting the terrain mesh display and some model-related stuff, and discovered that the changes don't work on the NVidia FX5200/5600 series which is taking me a while to work round.(BTW, the dynamic terrain display working well on newer cards but is still too slow dealing with lots of models, I'm tweaking that right now).I moved quite a bit of the data processing from the CPU to the GPU a long time ago and it would be a huge amount of work to have it working in both places. It's not just a case of switching off some flashy effects like you can in games, I've got program logic on the GPU too.Cheers,Jim

[gadgets 0]

Jim, if it's not too late, it would be convenient if either the most recent coordinates entered for "Open by Coords..." were preserved from one pass to the next or if a facility to enter default coordinates was provided.Thanks for an excellent tool.Don

[Guest jimkeir]

Hi,Yeah, can do. I've been working on some other stuff for a few weeks so this got a little sidelined... the new terrain is working but the performance with lots of objects is pretty poor, and I want to fix that before the next drop.Cheers,Jim