Pieces of Airbases & Coastlines appear/dissappear

[artik]

Same here MOBILITY RADEON 9000 32Mb latest drivers/Dx9

It is defenatly not the ground object details.
It is bug.....

When I on final approach and can't see runway or when I fly over enemy base and AAA guns all time disappear and I can see only traces.....
it is bug

It must be fixed


EDIT: Looks like it is problem with cards that do not support Dx9 and were build of older.....

HTC fix it or return to Dx8

[moto61]

I also have an ATI 9200 and I notice the fading on runways more than anything. I don't think this is just an ATI problem though I have talked with several that run other cards and they experience the same thing.

I did try the Omega drivers but they would not run. I dont remember what the error message was now.

[rpm]

I'm running an nVidia FX5200 and have not seen what you are talking about, but I have seen trees on the edge of the forest appear and dissappear 3-4 feet in front of me in a GV.

[Tilt]

As previously reported

My sons system has his base (field grass, runway, strat dirt etc) constantly "redrawing".

Ie the floor rendering divides its self into 3 or 4 parts and then wipes and redraws those parts constantly............

This occurs even when all sliders are to "performance"...........

Yet this does not occur on my lap top which (apart from CPU) is considerably more challenged..............

Seems strange that a vid card of 16MB should outperform one of 128MB so I am wondering if this effect is a bug related to the radeon card.


His core dxdiag is below

Operating System: Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222) A
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: n/a
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.3GHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
Page File: 50MB used, 1742MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)

Card name: RADEON 9200 SERIES
Manufacturer: ATI Tech. - Enhanced
Chip type: RADEON 9200 SE (5964) Rev 1
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5964&SUBSYS_7CA60000&REV_01\000800
Display Memory: 127.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit)(default refresh rate)
Monitor: PHILIPS 107E5


My lap top core dxdiag is below

perating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite Pro 2100
BIOS: v1.40
Processor: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
Page File: 157MB used, 461MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)


Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go (Toshiba)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce4 420 Go
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0175&SUBSYS_00011179&REV_A3
Display Memory: 16.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)

[artik]

From all the roports it seems to happen only with Radeon Cards.

All who reported on similar - disapperring textures in these thread has RADEON cards................

HTC? Have you tested it with some Radeon Cards?

BTW the problem started after Dx9 start to be used........

As I remember there were no such problem for Dx8 version

[scott123]

I have this same problem.I have only been experiencing it since Sunday,but can not rectify it using any of the stated remedies.

I never had this problem in any of the beta,that were tested,I have an nvidia card Ge force FX 200,which until yesterday worked perfectly.

      I can't use the game in this state,so if their is a solution  I would be grateful for the advice.

    Until this happened Aces High was the best flight sim on the net IMO. thx.

[3mpire]

I have a Intel 2.4GHz CPU with 512DDR and a Radeon 9200 128mb DDR.
I'm also having the same problem. things appearing and disappearing..  coastlines, airfields etc.. its starting to get annoying.
I have just downloaded the latest drivers from ATI and those Omega Drivers.. yet to try them.. but i cant think of anything else to solve this problem.

[peregrin]

Can we please get an official response from someone?  I'd love to know you were going to fix this, then I could just be patient and quiet.  I've done a couple of searches, and I can't find any post for any beta that shows HiTech knows about this bug.  Very frustrating to try to land and not be able to see the runways at all.
--Peregrine.

[3mpire]

peregrin.

I fixed my problem. I downloaded the new drivers from ati. some catalyst stuff. worked like a dream.

ATI Radeon 9x00 Series Driver Download v4.6
The above link is for winxp.

[moto61]

After reading a post about the new catalyst driver fixing the disappearing base features I decided to give it a try.  The catalyst driver did correct the problem I was having with portions of the base fading in and out.

[scott123]

Doh!My prob was simply that I had somehow managed to bring up ground vis,a feature that helps you hunt GV',wich cuts away the long view to give you a better ground view.

  Simply pressing shift F1 solved my problem- shift F1 full vis- all the F,1, 2, 3, 4  keys alter the view if combined with shift...although I had to map F4 after I discovered what I had done,so how I got that view in the first place is a mystery.


 Feel very stupid.Apoligies to HTC team.

[artik]

That's different........ Shift F1 is not problem.

I did installed latest drives few days ago.......

there is good image

[peregrin]

I installed the latest drivers about two days ago with no change.
Hmm, who's not using XP?  I'm running ME, and drivers didn't help.  A couple of you said drivers did help and are using XP.  Anyone have a contradictory experience?  (ie. drivers work under ME, or drivers don't help under XP)
--Peregrine.

[hitech]

artik, what drivers did you install.


HiTech

[Shift]

I am getting exactly the same as artik (tilts son)

I have just cleaned then re loaded Catalyst drivers 4.3 for Win98 to no effect.

dxdiag below please note vid driver..........

------------------
System Information
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Time of this report: 6/22/2004, 18:45:32
       Machine name: Chris
   Operating System: Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222)  A
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
       System Model: n/a
               BIOS: n/a
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor,  MMX,  3DNow, ~1.3GHz
             Memory: 256MB RAM
          Page File: 60MB used, 1732MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 4.09.0000.0902 32bit

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
        Card name: RADEON 9200 SERIES
     Manufacturer: ATI Tech. - Enhanced
        Chip type: RADEON 9200 SE (5964) Rev 1
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5964&SUBSYS_7CA60000&REV_01\000800
   Display Memory: 127.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit)(default refresh rate)
          Monitor: PHILIPS 107E5
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ATI2DRAG.DRV
   Driver Version: 4.14.0001.9138 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 2/3/2004 23:10:58, 95456 bytes