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RobZ Trainee
Joined: Oct 07, 2003 Posts: 3
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:20 am

I just installed FS2004 on Windows XP/Home Edition. I can't see the instrument panel regardless of the display resolution I select. I just get a black section instead. Anyone knows why? I tested my DirectX 9.0b with dxdiag and all seems to work fine. I have 512MB RAM and a 128MB nvidia card. Any help really appreciated .... 😞

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abaris Trainee
Joined: Aug 20, 2003 Posts: 44
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:02 pm

First of all: Are we talking about the original SIM or some Adon planes?

Second: You're talking about dx9.0. The original wants to install dx9.1b. I think, that this may be your problem, if you haven't installed 9.1b. The warning says, that things might not rung properly if you don't follow the installation through.

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RobZ Trainee
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:54 pm

Thanks for the reply abaris. Yes, it is the original SIM. I just found out from microsoft that this is a video card driver problem with nVidia cards specifically. Updating the driver is supposed to cure it. I'm surprised that the install didn't upgrade my DirectX 9.0b to 9.1. I'll get the upgrade after I update the nVidia driver. Thanks .... 🙂

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jbatch Trainee
Joined: Sep 25, 2003 Posts: 9
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:01 pm

Hey RobZ,

I had the same problem. I found out that by shutting off the anti-alaising took care of it. I have the Radeon 9000 graphics card. I still get great graphics otherwise.

jbatch

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RobZ Trainee
Joined: Oct 07, 2003 Posts: 3
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Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:36 pm

I didn't try that, it may have fixed it I suppose. However, I downloaded the new drivers for nVidia and now it works great. Thanks anyway ...

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Fly Away Simulation (Flyaway) Site Admin
Joined: Jun 28, 2003 Posts: 1305 Location: UK
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Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:55 am

Yes, it's an NVidia problem - its good to see the new drivers fixed your problem 😂

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