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The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby crumblycloth » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:46 am

Hello everyone,

I just installed version 3.4.0 today via sourcefourge.

Here are my PC specs:
Windows 8.0 64-bit
AMD Raedeon HD 7610m 2GB
Intel Core i5 @ 2.60 Ghz

When I launch the Boeing 777-200ER(or any aircraft), this is what it looks like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

[img=http://s23.postimg.org/dswzuv9xz/fgfs_screen_001.jpg]
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby Necolatis » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:53 am

Looks like a shader problem.

Did you try to go into rendering settings and put the shader slider to minimum? Maybe your graphics card has problems with them.
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby crumblycloth » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:55 am

Worked perfectly! Thanks a lot!
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby legoboyvdlp » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:17 am

Looks like you have a great computer! Congrats! However a Nividia graphics card would be even better, especially the gtx960, 970 or 980.... but it has plenty of video memory which is great
Pricey but worth it I am sure!
Your CPU is great, though you could ask a PC expert about overclocking to get even better performance!
You have a really good computer, so enjoy it and thanks for joining us!
Hope you get all your issues sorted out ;)
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby Necolatis » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:31 am

Well, Flightgear is much more enjoyable with shaders on.
So you better investigate what can be wrong.

The first thing I would do is to reinstall the display driver for your Radeon card. Maybe that will solve the problem.
If you haven't, try download it directly from Radeons homepage instead of windows default or what came with your PC.
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby legoboyvdlp » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:33 am

Besides that, check what version of opengl you have when you open Help > About.
Also, open View > Rendering and check if there is a warning on the top.
Is it wih all aircraft if shaders are on?
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Postby wkitty42 » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:08 am

FWIW: a simulator is a simulator... not a game... there is a huge difference ;)
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"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby massima » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:54 am

True, it's a sim not a game.
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Re: The game is unplayabe. Please help.

Postby crumblycloth » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:30 pm

legoboyvdlp wrote in Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:33 am:Besides that, check what version of opengl you have when you open Help > About.
Also, open View > Rendering and check if there is a warning on the top.
Is it wih all aircraft if shaders are on?


Yes, the shaders are appearing with all aircraft!
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Postby legoboyvdlp » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:33 pm

Rather, is the bug with all planes when your shaders are on?
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Postby MIG29pilot » Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:23 pm

No, no, no, you're all wrong. That's just the hippie livery.
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