Water Looks Like Mud in FS 2004 After Howards Mix Upgrade

[mlaviolette]

After installing the Howards Mix scenery in FS9 textures the water looks like mud (mostly brown and not much blue). This includes the shallow ocean and sea areas and also all small lakes. Now it may be that I did it wrong (the install) but after I did it I made sure to defragment. Any ideas flight sim amigos? BTW, aside from the water, I really like the textures otherwise.

[opaplano]

After installing the Howards Mix scenery in FS9 textures the water looks like mud (mostly brown and not much blue). This includes the shallow ocean and sea areas and also all small lakes. Now it may be that I did it wrong (the install) but after I did it I made sure to defragment. Any ideas flight sim amigos? BTW, aside from the water, I really like the textures otherwise.

You are not alone - I have read a number of posts regarding the water after HM.

I hope you backed up all of the folders and the contents of those folders which HM changed. If you did, then it is easy enough to restore the original textures etc.

When I first auditioned HM, I decided to have it install to a temporary folder first so I could see eactly what it was going to place and where. Then I backed up everything which was going to be changed before trying HM.

There were many things about HM that I did not care for so my backups saved the day for me.