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Offline LLv34_Snefens

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Terrain flicker
« on: November 01, 2003, 11:04:39 AM »
With the latest version I get a problem with shades flickering on the ground. Screenshot
The zigzag-pattern changes rapidly. It is seen easiest when approx 3000 ft above ground looking straight down. When lower it starts to blend more into terrain, but still visible.

Stutter also seems to have gotten worse. The amount can be seen by looking at the netstatus, that gives a large peak with every stutter. In the example here that means approx 9 major stutters. Stutter

Finally the propellor on the P51 when on rwy after launch slowly turns transparent and disappear, even when engine is kept off.

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Terrain flicker
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2003, 02:02:46 PM »
Hi snefens,
                  I am also seeing what you are with terrain and stuttering. I was able to stop the icon flashing by disabling my DSL connection before opening AHII though it didnt help with the stuttering. How did you enable netstat to make that screenshot? I was unable to find it anywhere in clipboard controls. Is there a dot command for it?Thanks in advance.

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Terrain flicker
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2003, 03:06:32 PM »
i think the shades flickering is your vid cared trying to draw all the objects with the trees...  trunks and layers... too many to render all at once over a broad view...
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Netstats are ....
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2003, 03:15:41 PM »
kbman, I think netstat can be found by clicking on the radarmap, might even be a right click.
It will bring up a menu that has netstat and field icons & names and other things .
There is a lot more right click ability in AH2.

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Same here
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2003, 06:42:01 PM »
I'm also getting the terrain flicker that you discribed with this latest Bata release. (1.992)


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« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2003, 07:19:57 PM »
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i think the shades flickering is your vid cared trying to draw all the objects with the trees...  trunks and layers... too many to render all at once over a broad view...


Now you mention it, the new trees DO seem to have a similar flicker, while the "old" floating discs look normal.
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Terrain flicker
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2003, 09:44:11 PM »
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Same problem here with the flickering ground cover.  It looks like each terrain tile now has some sort of 2nd skin on it, kinda like the "bases" under airfields and strat factories.  "These terrain bases" are what are doing the flickering, not the trees and stuff on top of them.