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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Windows 7 problem
DVA5834
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2008

"Minimums"
Tarrytown, NY USA

16 legs, 35.5 hours
9 legs, 22.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:10 ET by Benjy Povman
Hello

I just installed FS9 on my new computer (Samsung series 7). However, when I start it up, I can't see the A/C I'm about to fly in the box under the selection menus. Not only that, but by pushing ALT or opening the kneeboard, FS goes to black. It returns to normal after the kneeboard/Alt menu is closed. Anyone have any ideas?

Benjy Povman

First Officer, B737-800
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:12 ET by John Anderson
DirectX preview in the Display Settings.


DVA5834
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2008

"Minimums"
Tarrytown, NY USA

16 legs, 35.5 hours
9 legs, 22.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:21 ET by Benjy Povman
Where would that be?
EDIT- I'm not sure if my computer comes with directx so I am installing it

Benjy Povman

First Officer, B737-800
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:28 ET by John Anderson
I'm trying to remember since I'm at work and can't have it right in front of me.

Options . . . Settings . . . Display Settings . . . then I think under hardware . . . DirectX preview. Click it off.


DVA5834
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2008

"Minimums"
Tarrytown, NY USA

16 legs, 35.5 hours
9 legs, 22.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:40 ET by Benjy Povman
I'm sorry but I am very new to W7- where would options be?

Benjy Povman

First Officer, B737-800
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:50 ET by John Anderson
With FS9 open, hit ALT and a pull down menu will open up.


DVA5834
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2008

"Minimums"
Tarrytown, NY USA

16 legs, 35.5 hours
9 legs, 22.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 17:54 ET by Benjy Povman
Oh that's what you mean...I thought you meant in control panel. facepalm

Benjy Povman

First Officer, B737-800
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 18:01 ET by John Anderson
LOL, s'ok.


DVA9895
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on June 14 2011

Waterville, ME USA

24 legs, 47.4 hours
6 legs, 15.2 hours online
22 legs, 43.5 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 18:39 ET by Matt Hodgkins
FS9 doesn't have DX checkbox..? Unless I'm wrong.


DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 19:04 ET by John Anderson
You're probably right, and I'm mixing up 9 and X. Any suggestions for him?


DVA9895
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on June 14 2011

Waterville, ME USA

24 legs, 47.4 hours
6 legs, 15.2 hours online
22 legs, 43.5 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 19:54 ET by Matt Hodgkins
Definitely sounds like a display issue, but what exactly, I can't know for sure. Generic question: drivers up to date? What GFX card?

No worries about getting the versions wrong -- I just didn't want him searchin' blindly for something that's not there in FS9.

Best I can find right now is the OOM error when switching between windowed and fullscreen. Which brings me to a good point: use Windowed instead of Full screen. It might look odd at first but I have read (and experienced) better results when doing it this way. Plus if you have anything else open you need to access you can get to it easier in windowed mode. Full screen always gave me problems with locking up momentarily, causing stutters, and just generally bad performance. On VATSIM the last thing you need is to be in busy airspace on approach with perfect seperation and get stutters that mess up the flow. Try that, see if it helps. Then, you don't have to press ALT to open the menu since it will be there anyway.


DVA5834
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2008

"Minimums"
Tarrytown, NY USA

16 legs, 35.5 hours
9 legs, 22.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 02 2011 22:00 ET by Benjy Povman
This is a new machine, so I'm pretty sure everything is up to date. ATI radeon card. Running it in windowed mode solves the problem, but is this the only way?

Benjy Povman

First Officer, B737-800
DVA9895
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on June 14 2011

Waterville, ME USA

24 legs, 47.4 hours
6 legs, 15.2 hours online
22 legs, 43.5 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 03 2011 04:24 ET by Matt Hodgkins
Just because it's new doesn't mean it's all up to date. The latest driver could have been released after the computer was built. Try downloading it anyway so you'll know for sure.

And yes, I would recommend windowed mode. I've been doing it for a long time and it doesn't bother me anymore. You can resize the window to be full screen, minus the taskbar, which you can always autohide if you prefer.



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