| Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support |
FSX terminals disappear at night |
DVA356
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 23 2001
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Seven Century Club
Online Six Century Club
Western United States
796 legs, 2,026.0 hours
678 legs,
1,572.9 hours online
467 legs,
1,227.2 hours ACARS
22 legs,
37.5 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
December 24 2012 23:27 ET by Clint Barney
|
Wondering if anyone has ever had this issue, I can see the terminals and buildings at airports and it cities as long as I'm flying during the day and it stays daylight, also if I start FSX and it's dark and stays dark. But if I'm sitting at an airport in front of a terminal and it get's around dusk and the sun is starting to go down, the terminals and all buildings disappear right in front of me. And if I take off from an airport during the daytime, but land at night, there are no buildings anywhere. I have searched for a couple weeks because I have been flying FSX since it came out, never had this problem before, it's wierd cuz my dad flies online with me and he's never had that problem either until about a month ago both of us started getting that prob at the same time. I know it has nothing to do with graphics cards, or memory or anything because as I said, it is only if it turns dark while FSX is running. If I change it back to daytime buildings are back, back to night they are gone. Restart FSX and load up at night and fly at night the entire flight they are there. Need some help please, neither one of us can figure this out.
-Thanks guys.
- Clint
|
DVA3530
Captain, B767-300
OLP
Joined on September 09 2006
Bristol, CT
63 legs, 88.2 hours
55 legs,
75.1 hours online
61 legs,
83.9 hours ACARS
|
Posted onPost created on
December 25 2012 07:59 ET by Dave Stankiewicz
|
I switched to FSX the day it was released, as well, and i can honestly say i've never, ever, heard of anything like that before.
So if load your first flight at daytime the buildings are there and then change the time to night, they disappear. But if you shutdown FSX then load your first flight at night the buildings show up fine?
What if you start your first flight at either the dusk or dawn presets? Are the buildings there then?
Does this happen all over the place or just at specific airports? If it happens all over, are you running TileProxy?
Dave StankiewiczCaptain, B767-300
|
|
DVA356
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 23 2001
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Seven Century Club
Online Six Century Club
Western United States
796 legs, 2,026.0 hours
678 legs,
1,572.9 hours online
467 legs,
1,227.2 hours ACARS
22 legs,
37.5 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
December 28 2012 18:09 ET by Clint Barney
|
| If I load up during daytime they are there, and if I load the first flight at night they are there, and stay there. But if I am sitting at the terminal when the sun starts to set they disappear right in front of me, and if I take off during the day and land at night there are no buildings at all. After that happens if I switch to daytime they come back, but if I switch back to night they are gone. Happens all over. If I load during dawn or dusk they are there but disappear in a short time.
|
DVA8752
Captain, B767-300
Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Sedalia, CO
338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs,
181.3 hours online
37 legs,
232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs,
8.4 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
December 28 2012 18:56 ET by Brandon Howell
|
Sounds like a scenery issue. Are you using anything but the default airport?
|
DVA8502
Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 13 2010
Double Century Club
"MOCHA HAGTDI."
Folkston, GA
251 legs, 575.3 hours
65 legs,
139.7 hours online
241 legs,
558.8 hours ACARS
2 legs,
4.6 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
December 28 2012 22:15 ET by Timothy Thomas
|
KBOS KSLC default are two i know that do it. they fade out as the sun goes down. they are still there. at first i thought its becaues they dont have night textures but i read recently that that may not be it.
Timothy ThomasCaptain, B757-200
|
|
DVA10705
First Officer, B747-400
OLP
Joined on April 27 2012
Two Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Kamloops, BC Canada
1,060 legs, 5,399.0 hours
87 legs,
356.0 hours online
1,059 legs,
5,397.6 hours ACARS
15 legs,
48.6 hours event
3,528 legs, 15,773.5 hours total
15 legs dispatched, 24.4
hours
|
Posted onPost created on
December 29 2012 07:00 ET by Bill Gardiner
|
Did you and your Dad do a tweak or install an addon about the same time? I've never heard of this before and can't imagine how it would happen, but FSX is FSX...
Bill GardinerFirst Officer, B747-400
|
|
DVA3530
Captain, B767-300
OLP
Joined on September 09 2006
Bristol, CT
63 legs, 88.2 hours
55 legs,
75.1 hours online
61 legs,
83.9 hours ACARS
|
Posted onPost created on
December 29 2012 07:49 ET by Dave Stankiewicz
|
If the buildings are still there, but transparent, then that's an issue with the alpha channel of the textures. But what confuses the crap out of me, is that it only happens during the day to night transition. If the alpha channel got messed up on the night textures somehow, i would assume the buildings would be transparent anytime the night textures were displayed...which is clearly not the case here.
Dave StankiewiczCaptain, B767-300
|
|
DVA356
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 23 2001
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Seven Century Club
Online Six Century Club
Western United States
796 legs, 2,026.0 hours
678 legs,
1,572.9 hours online
467 legs,
1,227.2 hours ACARS
22 legs,
37.5 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
January 02 2013 21:09 ET by Clint Barney
|
| No we haven't done any tweaks to FSX at all just stock FSX with SP2 and PMDG 737's. It's weird because it started happening to us both at the same time, and I got a virus and had to do a complete re-installation of windows and everything and it's still doing it.
|
DVA9352
Captain, B777-200
Joined on January 11 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
Black Pearl Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club
Nine Century Club
"GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!"
Taylor, AR
905 legs, 3,888.8 hours
4 legs,
9.0 hours online
905 legs,
3,888.8 hours ACARS
|
Posted onPost created on
January 02 2013 22:04 ET by Michael Martin
|
I have had it happen to me with my aircraft before. The plane will load but the outer skin won't
Michael MartinCaptain, B777-200
|
|
DVA10985
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on August 20 2012
50 State Club
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Senoia, GA
276 legs, 562.8 hours
164 legs,
287.3 hours online
276 legs,
562.8 hours ACARS
33 legs,
47.0 hours event
|
Posted onPost created on
January 04 2013 02:37 ET by Clint Cottrell
|
Ive had this same thing happen as the OP said, but at complete random. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesnt.
Clint
|
DVA10365
Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 27 2011
Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Zemst, Vlaams Gewest België
126 legs, 299.2 hours
126 legs,
299.2 hours ACARS
|
Posted onPost created on
January 19 2013 06:32 ET by Guido Driesen
|
I ve the same problem but it is not night or day related. My departure airport looks fine and when I landed i find only a blank field with the gate ports. I had this never before, it seems to appear only when flying with ACARS. But then again this is maybe only an impression since I fly DVA a lot. I tried several graphic settings within FSX, but fruitless.
I even considered to change my graphics card ( now Nvdia geforce 320 ) to a more powerfull one, but I am hesitating since it represents a big cost.
Guido DriesenCaptain, B737-800
|
|
