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Offline DropFoot

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Identification Friend or Foe
« on: May 10, 2013, 06:26:02 AM »
Red and green icons turning to white at times. Is this normal?

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 06:28:34 AM »
sounds like a driver issue for your video card. Post a copy of the first third of your computers Dxdiag report for the gurus to look at.

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 06:32:48 AM »
Don't think that's the problem. At least 2 members of my squad are having this problem. We have different video cards.

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 06:35:36 AM »
Still need the DXDIAG output.
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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 06:41:51 AM »
I'm mildly challenged about computers. I have no idea what that means. your tolerance is badly needed in this respect.

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2013, 06:46:38 AM »
Here are the instructions to get the DXDIAG output to a file.  Simply copy and paste the section with the general, video, and sound card information to a post.
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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 06:50:19 AM »
Thank you Skuzzy. I'll have to get my neighbor to help me with that. Will reply soon(it's a little early here).

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2013, 05:37:58 PM »
I have the same problem. Friend and Foe tags both show white or greyish for most of the time; additionally the text that says "auto take off enabled" will turn white if I look around the cockpit while it is on display then change back to green as I center my view again. Occasionally, the tags will display the correct colors but most of the time they don't. If it helps I am running Win8 64 bit OS, with a Nvidia GeForce GT 730M, and as of 6/7/13 I have installed the latest driver for the graphics card with no evident change to the problem after said driver update/install. Have also tried the trick of completely uninstalling AH then reinstalling AH and still the problem persists. I have checked all the color settings in the AH in-game GUI and they are set properly. I'm at the end of my capabilities/knowledge.

I have my DXDIAG output saved, would it be better to post it here or email it, skuzzy?

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2013, 09:58:23 PM »
I have the same problem. Friend and Foe tags both show white or greyish for most of the time; additionally the text that says "auto take off enabled" will turn white if I look around the cockpit while it is on display then change back to green as I center my view again. Occasionally, the tags will display the correct colors but most of the time they don't. If it helps I am running Win8 64 bit OS, with a Nvidia GeForce GT 730M, and as of 6/7/13 I have installed the latest driver for the graphics card with no evident change to the problem after said driver update/install. Have also tried the trick of completely uninstalling AH then reinstalling AH and still the problem persists. I have checked all the color settings in the AH in-game GUI and they are set properly. I'm at the end of my capabilities/knowledge.

I have my DXDIAG output saved, would it be better to post it here or email it, skuzzy?

Either works, posting the first third (all of it won't fit in a single post and the top third is all that is needed) here will get get you more techs looking at it, and more help.

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2013, 06:47:32 AM »
This community, of players, offers the best support network I have ever had the pleasure to be affiliated with.  In this forum, there are a lot of good folks who will jump in to help.

Email is great, but it is only answered Monday through Friday.
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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2013, 02:38:39 PM »
Pops, a couple of things come into my mind: First, the GT730M is the third weakest card in the 700 series. Second, have you checked your computer uses the 730 instead of the 2D-card of your laptop?

Third, have you set all your graphics settings in AH to the minimum to start with?
Quote from: BaldEagl, applies to myself, too
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2013, 07:35:36 PM »
This community, of players, offers the best support network I have ever had the pleasure to be affiliated with.  In this forum, there are a lot of good folks who will jump in to help.

Email is great, but it is only answered Monday through Friday.
Amen Brother. They have helped  me more times than I can count!!  :salute
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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2013, 09:59:14 PM »
 Hi Bizman, I have lowered all settings and it made no difference for this issue. I'll double check to be certain my lap top is running graphics on the card but I don't think it has any other option. I do know others are/were having this issue and the one I spoke to briefly while in the main arena the first evening I tried to use my new comp. had a different lap top and card. Most of what has been posted here was done by my visiting son. He is much more computer savvy than I am. Thanks for the ideas.
Pops, a couple of things come into my mind: First, the GT730M is the third weakest card in the 700 series. Second, have you checked your computer uses the 730 instead of the 2D of your laptop?

Third, have you set all your graphics settings in AH to the minimum to start with?

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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2013, 06:46:49 AM »
Open the games "Video Settings" and it will show you what video card is being used.

Also note, you will need to disable any and all power management in the laptop.  This includes the new power management options, in the BIOS, that Intel has built into the CPU itself.

Generally speaking, make sure the "Maximum Texture Size", in the games "Video Settings" is set to 256, and set the anti-alias slider to 0.  See if that helps.
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Re: Identification Friend or Foe
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2013, 08:52:53 PM »
Checked and tried all suggestions still no change!