Texturing - why does the sim go blurry?

[Guest DES]

I created a building in Gmax, have started texturing with photos. When I export, create the bgl and drop it into Fs9 it looks fabulous while I sit in my aircraft on the ground. Once I get some altitude above the building, I bank the plane so that the new building comes into view and suddenly - the sim stutters and all of my scenery textures go blurry beneath the autogen...Can anyone explain what's going on here? How can I fix this? I'm confused, in the Help file under the LOD section, if I link to a dummy object and reduce the polygons, am I not creating mip maps and if so won't I eventually disable these anyway in DXTBmp as someone suggested?Doug

[Holger 0]

Hi Doug,if you're using DXT1 format you need to have mipmaps or risk having sudden and persistent blurries when other DXT1 textures with mipmaps are in the viewshed. See http://forums.simflight.com/viewtopic.php?...t=holger+mipmapCheers, Holger

[Guest DES]

Well I guess there is no higher honor than getting a direct answer right from the very top. Thank you Holger. You helped me immensely.Doug Smith

[Holger 0]

Hi Doug,you're very welcome; glad I could help!Cheers, Holger