bobanderson

I have double checked & arranged the correct order in the scenery library. I also have tried uninstalling FreeFlow Florida & shutting down Ultimate Terrain USA & I still have the same 90' stepped appearence of the shoreline. It's got me stumped.

Thanks Scott for the reply. I did reinstall that file, but unfortunetly it did not change the problem.Bob

Hi,I am running FS2009 with Ultimate Terrain & FreeFlow Florida scenery. I have a problem with the Florida shorelines showing the shape of 90' step type angles. I have had this problem in the past & I used to be able to achieve normal shorelines by checking the "Enhanced Lakes, Coasts, Rivers" under the "Water" section in Ultimate Terrain USA. That used to work, but now it doesn't. I tried going back to the FS2004 default setting using the Ultimate Terrain configurator but it had no effect. Several years ago, I had the same problem but have forgotten what I found for the cure then. I have had to reinstall FS2004 since then & have the problem back. I don't know if there is any connection, but I have just been reinstalling a different version of KeyWest Intl(KEYW) before I noticed this shoreline condition again.Was hoping someone might have some info on how to get my normal shorelines back again.Thanks,bobandersonWindows XP ProAMD Athlon XP 2700Radeon 9700A7N8X2.02048 MB DDR RAM3 - WD 250GB 7200rpm HD's

Gotcha, I should have picked up on that as being the Seatle default flight.Bob

Hi Tom,Thanks for your interesting suggestion. I did get rid of the problem by doing a restore of the Flight Sim. drive from my Windows Home Server from a date before I had the problem. Still don't know what had caused the problem, but the frame rate problem is gone.I am not familiar with Sea Tac flight. Thanks,Bob

Hi ChuckNo, I am only running one monitor & one view at a time. I first noticed it using a saved flight. I then tried freshly creating a flight using the default C172. but still had the problem.A friend suggested loading a freshly created flight & before attempting to start the engine, slew up to 3000 Ft., come out of slew & with the engine running then, see if the fps drop. When I did this, the fps stayed at normal rates & I was able to fly for several minutes. I was then going to try landing at another close field & on final at about 2000 Ft. the rates dropped to the low 1 to 1.5 & stayed there.Thanks for your replyBob

Hi Henrik,Yes, I have tried that. I also tried using other backedup fs9.cfg's that I had from working with tweaks in the past & I had this problem with all the fs9.cfg's I tried.Thanks,Bob

Hi,I have a problem that just started in the last few days that I can't pin down to any particular thing such as aircraft installation, etc.This happens with all the planes that I have tried including payware. Most of my testing has been with the default C172 though. Sitting on the runway in a cold & shut down condition with normal frame rates, when I go to start the engine after 2 or 3 sec. the frame rates drop to about 1.0 to 1.5 fps. & stay there. This has also happened when I lower the flaps without the engine running. Changing the views can be done without the frame rate dropping. I was able to start a business jet without the fps dropping, but as soon as I started to taxi, they dropped.I am really stumped with this problem & was hoping that someone had some ideas on what might be happening or causing it. I am trying to avoid a reinstallation of FS9.Thanks,BobAMicrosoft FS2004Windows XP Pro SP2AMD Athlon XP 2700A7N8X2.0 Radeon 9700 Video card2048 MB DDR RAM3 WD 250GB 7200RPM Hard Drives

Thanks Bob for your reply & help. I thought I had followed the readme instructions to the letter, but apparently somehow I hadn't correctly added the the 3 files TM PanelSound.xgs, TMSoundBank.xsb & TMWaveBank.xwb to FS9/Sound. After correctly doing that, everything is OK with no error messages.Thanks and again what a wonderful plane.Bob Anderson

Hi Bob,The TinMouse continues to be a stellar plane. You are to be congratulated for this new version.Since installing this new verson 1.3, I have noticed the following.When loading FS9, I get the following screen "Invalid XGS Path. Please contact Support & quote eror code Ox80070057 & the message box title". When I then click "OK" I get "File Error" "One or more Xact Project Files could not be located at specified location". After clicking "OK", the error screen goes away & FS9 loads. After the plane has loaded to the panel view, there is a small screen "TinMouse Error" "No active audio device" After clicking "OK" it goes away & everything appears to work normal. I did update DirectX. I still get these screens.Was wondering what might be causing this.Best Regards,Bob Anderson

Hi Bill,FYI, I finally have some positive info to report to you. After rechecking everything including all the carrier sceneries, discovering that some of the sceneries did not have the dsd arrestor & catapult zones installed & missing your suggestion of using "Alt, A, A, Enter" to get the proper "Langley" listing at the top of the hud, I ran across it in the Manual, I found that when I saved a flight on the carrier & had the proper "Langley" listing at the top of the hud, when I came back & reloaded the flight it instead would show "zone undefined" & then could not get a green light to achieve a catapult.I have installed all of the Langley carrier locations & have been able to catapult & achieve an arrested landing on all of them. I have found that I can be catapulted, go around the carrier downwind & make an arrested landing & configure again for takeoff & taxi up to the catapult boxes again, achieve the green light & be catapulted as one exercise. I am starting to re-enjoy the Avenger & the carriers again.I also made the change to the panel gauge files & am enjoying the sounds for the first time. I read about them in the manual but had never heard them before.Anyway, thanks Bill for all of your suggestions & help. I am sorry I wasn't swifter in picking up your one suggestion that helped me the most. This Avenger is right up there with the B-25 & R4D-6 & the carrier scenery makes it even better.All the best,Bob

Hi Bill,I tried the following"With the overhead view on hit shift 5 to bring up the electrical control panel with the arming light and switch on them. Slew the plane slowly around the area of the cat. You should not lose your green light until you are way off the marks. Try this in a self-setup flight on the carrier and see if you can get a green light when in the cat box".I was unable to get a green light with the plane slewed exactly into the box & slewing around the box area. I even reduced the wind so it wouldn't blow the plane back out of the box. "When you try to set up a flight and don't get a green, have you checked the HUD to see that it is listing the Langley at the top? If it does not, try reloading the plane by hitting Alt, A, A, Enter. This is supposed to make it recognize the carrier.""Langley" was listed at the top of the HUD.I was wondering if I should try a reinstall but since since I am able to get a green light & achieve a catapult shot on the "Fish on the Cat" Flight I question the need of a reinstall. The funny thing, is that shortly after I installed the Avenger & I set up the flight on the Langley in Puget Sound, I was able to make a catapult shot with the green light operative. I don't know what has changed. Do you recommend a reinstall? I will also do further checking into the Docs for the COP system.Regards,Bob

Hi Bill,Have not had a chance yet to try your latest suggestions. Will let you know what the results are.Thanks,Bob

Hi Bill,Unfortunately I have not been able to improve on my problem of not getting a green light and arming on a carrier flight I have created with the Langley. I have tried slewing using a top view & also have positioned the Avenger & have taxied slowly onto the cat marks & the put on the parking brakes to hold in proper position. A condition I have noticed, is that with the carrier headed into the wind, it has a tendency to blow the Avenger back away from the cat marks very slowly, even with the parking brake on. It is difficult to get it to stay in the proper position on the cat marks long enough to prepare for the catapult launch. Are the winds possibly too strong? For some reason, I don't have this problem with the "Fish on the Cat" flight. Will have to ck the winds again, but I have been able to be catapulted & climb wo/crashing so there have been some winds over the deck.Thanks for your reply,Bob

Thanks Bob,That did the trick with the flaps.Bob Anderson