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Claude,I suggest that you do not disable your firewall however I have run with my AVG Pro disconnected and got away with it. You must remember to reinsatate after a flying session, that for me is the biggest risk, forgetting.If I want to improve performance and make TP run faster I disable all non-microsoft services. This has the effect of closing antivirus plus a load of updaters which you definately do not want to run in flight. With the latest version of TP I have found that I do not need to do that. I have a quad core pc running at 3.3 gigsBernard

Oh my gawd - phewBern

Pity about Google because outside of America they were usually the best. I for one would be quite happy with Google restricted to 1 meter resolution if this would bring the service back. Would that resolve some of the issues with the mapping providers? Google at 1 meter on an older version of the map would be better than a resolution of 4.5 meters of anyone else's. VE in some parts of the world is c**p, there is no other word for it. Bern

Keep up the good work Christian.Bern

I think I now have the problem sorted. I am using Vista and the recommended settings for FSX work just fine. No more crashes from TP. The settings for FS9 produce horrible blocky coastlines.UAC was disabled a long time ago as were all the restrictive file access permissions that the system would let me change. I think Vista is a pain in the rectum, end of.Thanks for your help Ed.Bernard

Thanks Ed for replying,I am using Vista 32. I will try the FS9 recommendation. The infuriating thing is that I have had this working once. I have been so pre-occupied with getting my broadband running again (3 BT telephone engineers later) that I have forgotten what changes I have made in the past.ThanksBernard

I have recently had some connection problems so have not been flying with TP for a few weeks. Having got back I find that I am still having the same problem as before namely the TP shuts itself down after loading scenery (but it can also shut down during a flight). At this point the scenery becomes corrupted. It is possible to re-start TP and it will pick up from where it left off only to crash again.I am flying over Scotland using GE or VE.This is my ini file, can anyone see anything wrong?## Start a line with # to comment it out.# Turn your text editor's Word Wrapping OFF for editing this document.## Read the manual for help with configuration. Do not contact the# author about the configuration for particular services. Thank you.#[TileProxy]# Enable or disable worldwide photographic scenery coverage (Yes/True/On to enable)master_enable=On# Write a logfile to disk. In recommend to only turn this on for debugging purposes.# When using FSX RTM or FS 2004, the logfile will grow VERY fast and affect performance.#logfile="C:logfile.txt"# If you have concerns about possible copyright violations by storing JPEG and BMP# tiles on your hard drive, this switch is the solution. By enabling diskless mode,# Tileproxy will not store a single tile on your hard drive. Guaranteed. Expect higher# network usage though. Note that offline mode will depend on tiles being available# in the cache.diskless_mode=Off# Offline Mode - No network access will occur (Yes/True/On to enable)offline_mode=No# Resolution limiter: 17 = 30cm/pixel, 16 = 60cm/pixel, 15 = 1.1m/pixel, 14 = 2.3m/pixel, 13 = 4.75m/pixel# Lower resolutions load faster, but are visually less appealing. The 30cm resolution may only be feasible# if you have at least 2GB of system memory.max_lod=16# The following two settings allow you to tune Tileproxy to not preload specific LOD levels. This can# be used in conjunction with third party scenery products like "FS Altitude" that provides data only# up to a specific resolution. If you place this scenery higher than Tileproxy's world folders in the# scenery library then it will have precedence over Tileproxy for the specific LOD levels that it# contains. You can then instruct Tileproxy to not preload these low resolution LOD circles because# they are not needed anyway.# Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be lower than 8.preload_min_lod=8# Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be higher than 17.preload_max_lod=17# The maximum number of tile contexts that Tileproxy will send to the filter driver. A context# is essentially a very fast buffer for graphics data sitting in kernel memory that delivers# data right into FSX. Each tile context can hold an entire LOD 8...15 tile. Higher values# mean more use of your precious kernel memory though. The maximum number is 512. Lower if# you run out of RAM during flight and the PC starts to use the paging file a lot.max_contexts=512# Generate Water Mask. This brings back shader-rendered water and allows# for the use of planes with floats (Goose, Beaver, etc...). If you turn this# option off, you get the Tileproxy behavior of Beta 5 and earlier versions.water_mask=On# Recommendation: FSX users: Use water_blending=on, water_smoothing=off# to get soft land/water transitions## FS9 users: Use water_blending=off, water_smoothing=on# to get hard land/water transitions which# Tileproxy tries to match pixel-exact against coast-lines## Combining water_smoothing and water_blending is discouraged.# It's slow and gives weird results.# Use blending techniques to create a soft land/water transition with some# transparency effect near the shoreline. Compatible with FSX only.water_blending=On# The distance in meters that you want land/water blending to extend from the# shore line. Larger values require more processing. Large values are now possible,# useful values are up to 2000 meters. Very high values may be detrimental to water# mask resolution. Loading speed however remains mostly unaffected by this setting.blend_distance=1500.0# The rate at which terrain is blended into the water color. 1.0 means a linear# blending, values > 1.0 blend faster. Values 80# movingmap_radius=60## Here begin the service specific configurations## This is new when you specify captcha_module## On encountering HTTP 302 redirects the captcha module will send Internet Explorer's cookies# stored for the specified service domain to the web server. It will also display whatever web# page the service redirects you to. This could be a page requiring you to enter a so-called# captcha. After entering the captcha correctly, the resulting session cookie will be stored as# a permanent cookie (expiration 1 day) in your IE Cookies folder and sent to the service on# subsequent requests. You will then be able to use the service as long as you wish, given that# you correctly enter the captcha dialog which may nag you once every 20 minutes or so.# # Explaining the captcha_config arguments:## cookiedomain from captcha_config specifies the domain name for which cookies are stored.# This might be the service name plus a top level domain like ".com"## cookieurl specifies a HTTP url from which an identifying cookie will be retrieved first, if# no existing identifying cookie is found. This may be required sometimes to make the captcha# dialog appear in the first place. This could be the service's front page URL (e.g. a search# engine)[Acme Globe Service]cache_folder=G:Program Filescache.acmenetwork_module=libnettilemodule_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://server*.acmeglobe.com|path=/terraintile?pos=%s&v=%v|quad=ABCD|balance=0123|agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; The TileProxy Project)"captcha_module=captchaformcaptcha_config="cookiedomain=acmeglobe.com|cookieurl=http://www.acmeglobe.com"min_level=9max_level=19map_version=1color_hack=Nocolor_level=0bulk_extend=25[VirtualEarth]cache_folder=G:Program Filescache.service1network_module=libnettilemodule_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://a*.ortho.tiles.virtualearth.net|path=/tiles/a%s.jpeg?g=%v|quad=0123|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"min_level=9max_level=19map_version=167level_mapping=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19#level_mapping=9,10,11,12,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 more radius HQ (13->14)#level_mapping=9,10,11,14,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 even more radius in HQ (12,13->14)color_hack=Yescolor_level=13bulk_extend=50[Google]cache_folder=G:Program Filescache.service2network_module=libnettilemodule_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://khm*.google.com|path=/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=%v|quad=qrts|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"captcha_module=captchaformcaptcha_config="cookiedomain=google.com|cookieurl=http://www.google.com"min_level=5max_level=19map_version=28level_mapping=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19color_hack=Nocolor_level=0bulk_extend=50[Yahoo]cache_folder=G:Program Filescache.service3network_module=libnettilemodule_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://us.maps3.yimg.com|path=/aerial.maps.yimg.com/img?x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&v=%v&t=a|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"min_level=5max_level=19map_version=1.8color_hack=Nocolor_level=0bulk_extend=50[Ask]cache_folder=G:Program Filescache.service4network_module=libnettilemodule_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://mapcache*.ask.com|path=/sat/%Z/%X/%Y?partner=|balance=1234|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"min_level=5max_level=19map_version=1color_hack=Yescolor_level=12bulk_extend=50ThanksBernard

A 2megs internet connection is good enough for all but the highest resolution of 30cm. in my experience. A quad core at 3000 megs should supply 1200 tps when flying.Turn off all none microsoft services on your pc. This will free up resources.Bern

Can anyone tell me why TP shuts down before all scenery is loaded leaving FSX to cope with what is saved.I am flying from Inverness airport using VE. I am not loading 30cm scenery only everything down to 60cm.BernVista, SP2, DX10

>Take a look at the 'Map Version update' thread pinned to the>top of this forum. ;) Or just change kh* to khm* in the>address.Thanks :) Bern

What is the new web address for Google. I keep getting error messages - Unable to resolve host.Bern

Gary,Make sure that you only have one service activated - G***** in this case.# The currently active service is configured here. Only ONE active source please.# The other source statements should be commented out.#source=Acme Globe Service#source=VirtualEarthsource=Google#source=Yahoo#source=AskBern

More on the G****e topic.Is anyone sucessfully using G****e at the moment? I get timed out immediately and the captcha does not make any difference?Even deleting all G's cookies and starting afresh makes no difference.ThanksBernard

When flying over Italy using VE I get this error message with:access mip level <> for resolution 1024 failed on tile (file location) PHOTOREAL WORLD0602TEXTURE013001123220121SU.BMP with buffered resolution 512.The area immediately beneath the aircraft is pale blue. Further out from this it is ok.Any ideas anyone. It looks to me as if the highest resolution tiles have failed to load and this is confirmed by the TUI graphic. But why should I get blue ground and not just low resolution tiles?Bernardp.s. I am using VE because GE just times me out very very quickly even using captcha, which does not want to work.

>You could just choose an icon you like and assign it to the>shortcut with properties -> Change icon...I am using a globe (world) with an orange arrow on the left. It is better than the one the system chose on installation.If I were designing one I would have a globe (or part of a globe) shown as a mosaic of tiles.B

Ok :-hmmm B

I'll take that as a no then. :-( B

Christian,Any chance of an icon for tileproxy? The system default looks very dull.Bernard

>NewEgg has an Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4 Ghz that would fit my>motherboard. I assume this would cause a great jump in my FSX>performance from my current CPU?>>BrandonYes you should get a better performance from a new quad core especially if you overclock it. 3GHz should be possible though I do not know much about your mobo.Bern

TP will still access the internet even though you have a cache. I think this is because TP will only load high resolution tiles in the immediate vicinity of your aircraft. If you fly over that area again and you do not fly the EXACT route a different set of tiles will be loaded. You can see what has been loaded in the Manage Service Caches facility.Check when TP is loading that you do not get the comment (and this is from memory so may not be exactly correct) "Turning Cache facility off - it does not work for you"This happened to me because TP had not got permission to access the caches from Windows Vista. If you are running Vista check your permissions and turn UAC off.Bern

TPS figure whilst loading looks ok but your tps whilst flying should be 10 times that which you are getting.Things to try :Run only FSX and TP on your system and see what you get.Disable all none microsoft services with msconfig. This will turn of virus checker and spybot checkers if you have them and free up resources.Run only with the 60cm resolution.If you read through the recent postings in the forum you will find loads of useful information.I can recommend quad cores.Bern

>To run TP at higher resolutions - eg 30cm and 60 cm , is it>simply a matter of changing that one setting in the INI file? >>>I often have a feeling that my Sim is not updating the>textures closest to my a/c as well as it should. If they>appear a little unclear, I can pause the sim and let it all do>whatever it is supposed to be doing, but nothing seems to>happen - so I sometimes have to actually use the "refresh>scenery" Sim keyboard key to get the sim to refresh the>scenery. This of course takes some time and is a bit of a pain>to have to do.>>>BarryBarry,This is the paragraph (from my ini file) with the setting you need to change:# Resolution limiter: 17 = 30cm/pixel, 16 = 60cm/pixel, 15 = 1.1m/pixel, 14 = 2.3m/pixel, 13 = 4.75m/pixel# Lower resolutions load faster, but are visually less appealing. The 30cm resolution may only be feasible# if you have at least 2GB of system memory.max_lod=16You must have the latest version of TP. I do not have any probs updating at this resolution providing that I turn off all none microsoft services. Doing this turns off virus checker, spybot checker and auto updating software that clutters memory and uses resources.You also need a decent broadband speed 1.5Mbps is just about ok.Bern

In a word no.Providing that you do not have any resource hungry virus or spyware progs running at he same time. You need at least 2 gigs of memory to run at the highest resolution (30cm).I can fly at 75 KIAS at a resolution of 60cm no worries.You will need good cooling. Tileproxy is as good as any stress test for your system. During flight you will see well over 1000 tiles per sec and during loadup tps's in excess of 3000.EnjoyBern

Just a stab in the dark - I take it that you have only one service enabled in proxyUser.ini?Example:# The currently active service is configured here. Only ONE active source please.# The other source statements should be commented out.#source=Acme Globe Service#source=VirtualEarthsource=Google#source=Yahoo#source=AskBernard

Don,If you are using 30cm textures then your pc needs at least 2 gigs of memory. This data is retrieved from the internet or your service cache folders if you have flown the area before. Memory requirement does not change either way.I have 2 gigs of memory and Vista also allocates nearly 4 gigs to the swap file in my case.Bern