Messed up plane models

[Prince Dark]

I'm having a problem...I'm having a problem with all the planes in FG 2.0.0. All of them are missing parts & have a shitload of misplaced parts everywhere inside the cockpit. Here's an example screenshot of the Eurocopter Bo105 for what I'm talking about:



Can somebody please help? I've turned off textures & changed shading to flat in the Rendering section of the Advanced Options. HELP!

[439Tiger]

Do you have an ATI graphics card? I remember seeing something about people having problems with them since the uploaded the new drivers.

[Prince Dark]

No, according to Belarc & Dxdiag, my card is a Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family

[Gijs]

Either update or downgrade your graphics drivers. Both can cause problems
Did you recently update the drivers? Or did you install a new FG version?

[Prince Dark]

I just now decided to change mine to 2.0.0. These are all the planes from 1.0.0 that I'm trying to load, and none of them have this problem in 1.0.0
If it's the drivers, can you PM me a link?

[DragoonDeltaB]

haveing the same proble but cant find a way to downgrade my drivers plz help

[VicMar]

Try downloading the planes again. I think you might find they have been updated. If that is the case, they often will not work properly with a newer version of FG.

Cheers,
Vic

[Prince Dark]

Try downloading the planes again. I think you might find they have been updated. If that is the case, they often will not work properly with a newer version of FG.

Cheers,
Vic

No, this happens when I try to load the planes from both 2.0.0 and 1.0.0

[VicMar]

Mmmmm...
This starts to get messy. Have you checked to make sure the file for the model contains its textures?

If your answer is positive you are back to the graphic card stuff. I am not knowledgeable enough to help you there.

Sorry,
Vic

[Prince Dark]

Have you checked to make sure the file for the model contains its textures?

How am I supposed to figure that out??

[VicMar]

This is where my lack of Windows knowledge lets me down, but, when the Mac version is downloaded there are a set of data files, one of which is for the aircraft. In that file/folder there is a folder for each aircraft, and inside that there is everything needed for FG to use that aircraft.

Sometimes, for whatever reason, downloads get corrupted and information either corrupted or not included. I was clutching at straws when I suggested you look for missing textures, but that is an obvious thing to check before trying to get more technical.

The next sort of thing I would be trying is to switch off any features which are not absolutely necessary - thus easing the load on your graphics card.

I would start with the material shaders. They drop my fps. This may be what is causing your graphics problems.

Computers can only follow our instructions. After that they are extremely logical, so try using logic to work out what might be causing your graphics problems.

If all else fails, you could try downloading FG afresh. Alternatively, change your log level to 'warn' and show us the reports when there are bits missing next time. To do this you copy and paste them onto the forum between 'Code' markers.

Cheers,
Vic

[Gijs]

Try the drivers from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchR ... amilyId=39 (you do need to specificy your OS and choose "drivers"). First try to download&install the latest.

[perock]

please I have the same problem.. i used mobile intel 4 series express chipset family, after updating it. I get airplanes missing pieces and after loading its all dark, i cant even see the airplane. I really need ur help as soon as possible because i have to finish my project. Please help me...
thank you in advance

[Prince Dark]

please I have the same problem.. i used mobile intel 4 series express chipset family

That's the same card I'm using!

[islandmonkey]

Downloading additional drivers will not work, the simple answer is is that you will not be able to run FG with them Int-hell Chipsets.