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Hi thank you Dijvid Actually last week I tried that i'd installed new drivers and then reverted back to other I'd used when the game ran normally but sadly no change maybe i'll have to try the ENBseries and see if that can put some realism into my airports anyway thank you so much for your advice. much appreciated !

Hi I wonder if I could seek some advice, I have lost all photorealism in my Add-On Airports which I mentioned in a previous thread, I have recently noticed that although I have a Shader on my NVDIA GeForce 760 Control Panel, I don't have any other Shader in either my FS9 Cfg or when I go into control panel App data Users (username) Local I have opened hidden files etc; and can find nothing on my W7 or FS2004 for a shader file. My question is I wonder if this could be contributing to this problem as the add-ons are loaded and no cache library is in place, and if so could you advice on anything I should input into my fs9 Cfg file or other areas, I read an old post that stated SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=1 should be placed in the FS9Cfg file under Initial Set-up but i'm not sure if this is correct in my case . Any Advice would be most appreciated

Hi could I just add i've just discovered I have no Shader file or cache I wonder if this would contribute to this problem? There is nothing on Graphics in my FS9 Cfg file for shader and also when i check Computer-Local Disc C- User -User name- Local there should be a shader cache located but I have nothing. I wonder if anyone can advise what I should do/input to rectify Thank You Richard

Hi thank you again, my settings are much the same, think i've tried every ccmbination but nothing restores them to the way they were purchased and i've used for a couple of years, Barcelona Aerosoft was such a great Airport with great photreal scenery so too Frankfurt which now looks a joke, resembling a a cartoon, so disappointing, felt sure it must have been a resolution problem, when you say the way the textures have been created why do you think they are so dramatically different than originally? I thought about a new computer and a W10 upgrade but that seems a nightmare from what i've read, I downloaded my airports from Simarket would purchasing new airports with less texture wear & tear as mine be advisable? Anyway thank you for taking the time out once again much appreciated!

14th July 2016 Pic 6 Mega Airport Barcelona by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 6 Mega Airport Barcelona by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 3 Mega Airport Heathrow by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 2 Mega Airport Barcelona by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 7 Mega Airport Munich by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 1 Mega Airport Frankfurt by Richard Coombs, on Flickr 14th July 2016 Pic 4 Mega Airport Paris Charles De Gaulle by Richard Coombs, on Flickr Hello A32xx Thank you very much indeed, these are the sorry images of what should look like Mega Airport sceneries which now resemble more the fs9 default airports, now they have lost that realistic appearance appearing more like detailess blocks. I can obviously make changes to colour resolution etc from within my NVDIA Control panel or FS9 Display-Hardware section but that doesnt really restore the scenery to that what wed expect from the highly detailed Mega Airport downloads. In my FS9 the available display resolution im using is 160x1024x32 which gives the image I can attain at present and using MIP 4 with Hardware rendering 8 and Filtering Trilinear, its so difficult trying to explain, but if we compare these images to the Mega Airports I hope you can see there is very little resemblance, I would be most grateful for your impressions, as I wrote when we communicated before recently Ive had the computer initialized tried various tweaks resolutions etc; but nothing seems to rectify the situation. Any advice most appreciated and again thank you for your kind support !

Hi Chaps sorry for late reply I haven't done Screenshots before could anyone give me an idiot's guide to screenshots and thereafter how to upload them onto this topic please Very Many Thanks !

Hi no I don't use the Nvdia Inspector, my display resolutions are on the second line I have all the hardware rendering boxes checked and have MIP & Hardware rendering lights set the same, I have tried literally every combination but can't get the original state I wanted, i've tried making resolution & colour changes from within the Nvdia panel with little success and FS9 Cfg file so my options are getting less sadly Anyway, thank you so much again !

A32xx Thank you very much sadly no change, but thank you! Sascha I've wrote the contents of the NVDIA Control Panel Change Resolution Resolution 1024 x 768 Refresh Rate 70Hz Desktop Colour Depth Highest 32 bit Output Colour Depth 8bpc Output Colour Format RGB Output Dynamic Range Full NVDIA colour settings Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Hue 179 Saturation 50% Thank you very much I hope this helps Thank you Richard

Yet again thank you so much, but no change after restoring my previous driver, I looked into my FS9 Cfg don't know if this sheds any light on the problem the Graphics were set to Default texture =2 Texture Max Load 1024 Texture Bld =1 Texture Gnd =1 Aircraft =1 Texture Quality =3 Display GeForce GTX 760.0 1024 x 768 x32 texture bandwidth 60 Many Thanks Richard

Hi Guys sorry could I ask how I find and re-install my previous Drivers? My previous Driver was NVDIA 9.18.13 2049 date21．０６．２０１３　WDDM 1.1 DD1 Version 11 Many Thanks Richard

Hi Guys thank you very much, I updated to the latest drivers after I had this problem with the original drivers so I don't know how beneficial going back would be but I don't know how I can influence the texture side of things, the FS9 is working perfectly with the exception of the lack of realistic texture to the airports etc. Anyway i'll give the old drivers a re-run and let you know, have you used any tweaks to improve your textures or experienced anything similar to this? Many thanks Richard

Hi thank you very much indeed for the detailed response. I'm actually using Windows 7 64bit 32 with intel ® core 15-4670 CPU and 3.40Ghz (4 CPUs) 3.46Hz memory 16384 Mb Ram Direct X11 with NVDIA GeForce GTX 760 approx total memory 4042Mbs Current display mode 1920x1080 (32bit) 60Hz with latest Drivers 368.22 23.5. 016. This has been running well for a long time with my FS9 but for some unknown reason now my scenery has lost all realistic detail appears a litlte to bright and most upsetting is the ad-on scenery just looks so unrealistic like a cartoon with buildings looking more like blocks totally different for what are quite expensive mega airports from aerosoft/Flytampa etc I had my system initialized and was told my drivers and graphic card were okay, but i'm really confused what I need to amend to restore the scenery textures to their initial downloaded state. Many thanks

Hi I'd like to know your recommendations please for Windows 7 and FS9 use in terms of the OS compatability, including Graphics Card, Drivers, CPU etc; compatability in particular between Hardware & Software. Many Thanks

Hi Jim Many thanks again, i'll be sure to tay clear of any aero theme tweaks, I looked at your excellent configurations pdf I think the MemFix=1 was absent in my FSX.cfg but sadly that didn't really improve my airport appearance really don't know why such detailed add-ons now look so cartoonish looks like i'm going to have live with it very disappointing, indede if I upgrade to W10 all I've read is doom & gloom with the odd success so im stuck between a rock and a hard place, this has to be a shader, texture, resolution graphics issue I would guess but pinpointing the anomolly seems impossible Anyway many thanks for your diligence Jim

Hello Jim and thank you once again Acting on your kind advice my settiings were correct with the exception of my Output Dynamic Range which was set at Limited i've now set that to full. In the FSX Settings General Tab in my FSX there was no resolution section i could check to see if it was set at 16bt I'm not sure if you mean't a different location sorry. Sadly the changes didn't have an effect and I still had ground vehicles totaly whited out passing by also, i've also been getting the Windows 7 prompt 'Windows is changing to Windows 7 Basic because of compatability' again here i've tried to restore the aero theme with little success, not sure if this would rectify this issue, it really is a mystery not sure what else is at fault, anyway Jim thank you once again !

Thank you so much Jim for the response the problem is for some unknown reason the total appearance of the FSX and PMDG 737ngx and add ons has now altered with lose of realistic detail resembling more a cartoon than the wonderful realistic graphics I had before where aircraft instrumentation was sharper and stood out more and airports were much more detailed. the second problem involving the crashes comes on primarily when I make alterations using the PMDG drop down tool bar maybe to alter weather or other features resulting with just an aircrafts frame, or a shadow were the plane was or no aircraft and a black and yellow screen. I was told the graphics cards drivers etc were okay so I really have no idea which areas I need to address to try and recify this but the aircraft scenery and realism of the aircraft interior are unregonizable in terms of how they used to be when I purchased them , sorry for vague explanation but really difficult to put into words how cartoonish it has all gone destroying the whole fs experience. Many Thanks Richard Coombs

Dear All I'm struggling with FSX Gold Edition and PMDG NGX the general appearance now lacks the 3D appearance, airports FSX and add-ons appear more like blocks than shaded realistic airports and some ground vehicles are completely white and FSX crashes early into flight, I have tried flying with/without the automation dll. which has made no difference. I recently had the computer initialized and was told my drivers/graphics cards were all appropriate for my computer indeed a higher graphic card was installed which made no difference to the scenery appearance. Any advice most appreciated My specs Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (6.1 build 760.1) system manufacturer ASUS Processor: Intel ® Core BIOS Date 04/0713 version 03.10 15-4670 CPU and 3.40Ghz (4CPUs) 3.46Hz Memory 16384 Mb RAM Direct X version Direct X 11 Display NVDIA GeForce GTX 760 Chp Type GeForce GTX 760 DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC Approx total memory 4042 Mb Current display mode 1920x1080 (32bit) 60Hz Driver version 368.22 whql date 2016.5.23 whql log'd yes] Direct X features Direct Draw Accelerator enabled Direct 3D accelerator enabled AGP Texture Accelerator enabled Many Thanks Richard Coombs

Thank you yes I always use full screen, sometimes I don't even get the drop down menu just a white line at the top of the screen which should be full of options I think there is a major problem with my computer but trying to highlight where to look is the problem but whatever I try as soon as I need the dropdown menu the whole game is ruined but i'll try your kind suggestion, thank you your kind help

Hi Guys i'm having a nightmare using FSX Accelerator Gold Edition with PMDG737NGX Whenever I attempt to make any changes using the dropdown menu to alter e.g. weather/Gate/ or anything really after I have tried this the screen return totally distorted e.g multicoloured or a desert scene or black with distoted cloiuds or total lack of scenery or floating parts of scenery or just aircraft frame, sometimes large sections of the plane have disappeared or there is just cockpit buttons or a shadow and no plane hence the FS experience is destroyed I have recently had a total Initialization performed and I belive my Drivers and Graphic Card are okay now, I am not a computer whiz so i really don't know which areas may be at fault here and would be most grateful for your initial impressions and advice Many Thanks! my specs are Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit 760.1 system manufacture ASUS Processor Intel ® Core TM BIOS Date 04/07 13 version 03.10 15-4670 CPU and 3.40GHz (4CPUs) 3.46Hz Memory 16384 Mb Ram Direct X version Direct X 11 Display NVDIA Ge Force GTX 760 Chip TYpe GeForce GTX 760 DAC integrated RAMDAC Approx Total Memory 4042 Mb Current display Mode 1920x1080 (32 bit) 60Hz Driver version 368.22 release date 23.5.2016 File Size 349.13Mb WHQL Log'd Yes Direct X features Direct Draw Accelerator Enabled / Direct 3D Accelerator Enabled AGP Texture Acelerator Enabled. Richard Coombs

I'm really not a computer whiz and find it strange after so long that I'm now getting these messages, more disturbingly is the game appearance had drastically altered and aerosoft flytampa and other great airports now look childish unrealistic like blocks lacking any realism and the game has slowed noteably as well. I have replaced the below Drivers to the latest, also had a total Initialization of the computer performed, I was informed my graphic cards Video card are okay yet everything resembles the default sceneries. Have also adjusted the Graphics componants of Windows 7 and my screne but no change sadly Not sure if the compatability issue is the cause and confused why some people say its unimportant yet so many people seem to have a problem without aero theme and can't remove it, or use FSX without getting these messages, I was even getting them with FS2004 really confused and of course this has totally spoiled my Flight Sim experience. My specs are below only change is the replacement of my Drivers to up to date ones. Any pointers much appreciated totally gutted Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (6.1 build 760.1) System Manufacture ASUS Processor Intel ® Core 15-4670 CPU @ 3.40 Ghz (4CPU's) 3.4Ghz Memory 16384 MB Ram BIOS date 04/07/13 Version 03.10 Direct X Version Direct X 11 Display NVDIA GeForce GTX760 Chip Type GeForce GTX 760 DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC Approx Total Memory 4042Mb Current Display mode 1920x1080 (32bit) 60Hz Drivers Driver number WDDM 1.1 DD1 Version 11 Version 9.18.13.2049 Date 2013.06.21 WHQL Log'd yes Direct X Features direct draw acceleration -enabled direct 3D acceleration -enabled AGP texture acceleration - enabled Many Thanks Richard Coombs

Hi Guys Can I seek help I'm using FSX Delux with PMDG 737NGX on a windows 7 64 32 when I go to start FSX I get the W7 prompt Windows colour scheme is changing to Basic because certain parts are not compatable now the Add on's look terrible please can anyone advise Many Thanks Richard Coombs

Hi Rick thank you for the constructive suggestions much appreciated ! Michael try not let it spoil your life, if the FSX doesn't function nor does the PMDG ! it's not space science !

Hi guys wondered if anybody is experiencing changes to colour scheme on FSX start-up? I get a prompt saying that The colour sceme has been changed to Windows 7 basic because certain parts are not compatable and the colour and textures look terrible wonder if there is a workaround for this or if its a graphic card issue? Thank you very much!

Thanks Dan understood Many Thanks Richard Coombs Hi thanks Jack yes I have the FSX Gold with Acceleration so hopefully all is there Many Thanks Richard Coombs

Hi Guys I've just purchased the 737NGX the PMDG site states we need an update SP2 for FSX if it isn't included in the 737NGX already please could you tell me where I can download it? Thank you Richard