FS9 running in background

Something very strange is going on.

I've been running FS9 for years and have it sweet as a nut, FS9++.

Today, I noticed my scenery textures were very blurred. Usually my scenery is superb and free from blurries.

I did a clean install of the graphics drivers (Nvidia) and ran Nvidia Inspector after. Still the same problem.

Checking background processes I found that FS9 was running after I exited the program. I am definitely not in the sim, so what's going on?

I'd be glad of advice. Thanks!

John

I had a similar thing recently which turned out to be related to textures following something I had installed.

Dijvid

Dijvid

Could you expand a bit and tell me if and how you fixed the problem?

Thanks.

It was a scenery file.

Beware of Bauerfeild-Port_Vila_NVVV.zip. (That's the way he spelt it). There is just one texture file in a scenery of 2.6MB.

There's something very strange about that, which is where I came in.

Thanks for the tip, Dijvid.

 

Thanks for the tip, Dijvid.

You are very welcome! Glad you got it sorted.

Dijvid

Quote: 'Beware of Bauerfeild-Port_Vila_NVVV.zip.....There is just one texture file in a scenery of 2.6MB....There's something very strange about that...'

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Scenery Messed Up due to Missing Files? (I'll say!): According to the README...

You need the EZ Scenery Basic Library installed in

your "Static Objects Library"

You need the following Standalone EZ Scenery libraries installed in

your "Static Objects Library".

lens ez scenery library vol-1 by Len Hickman.

ez housez and buildings by Ron Jeffers.

ez hangers by Dennis Waggoner.

ez signs by Dennis Waggoner.

ez terminals ss by Sidney Schwartz.

parking ss by Sidney Schwartz.

default terminals ss by Sidney Schwartz.

lights ss v2 by Sidney Schwartz.

ez vintage hangers ss v3 by Sidney Schwartz.

ez large hangers by Sidney Schwartz.

small airstrip objects ss by Sidney Schwartz.

vintage military ss by Sidney Schwartz.

ez fuel tanks by Sidney Schwartz.

gas pumps ss by Sidney Schwartz.

fs9_custom_objects_ss_1.zip By Sidney Schwartz.

kb ez houses by Kevin Burns and Sidney Schwartz.

ez old workshop 1 by Steve Ziegler.

small airport objects 2 by Steve Ziegler.

ez steves signs by Steve Ziegler.

bunch-o-signs by Steve Ziegler.

ez uk buildings v1 by Colin Green.

Matts Oshkosh Objects by Matthew Tomkins.

Generic Bridges Library V1 by Lou Frost.

ag tree lib 11 by Arno Gerretson and Stephen Legg.

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IMPORTANT NOTE !! This last set (ag tree lib 11),......

ONLY install the following 2 files

into the Static Objects Library "Scenery" folder,.....

ag_tree_lib.BGL

ag_tree_lib.xml

Ha.

Thank you, Ha

All these files are installed where they should be.

I was simply drawing attention to the fact that there was only one .bmp file in the Bauerfeild-Port_Vila_NVVV/texture folder itself. I thought that was unusual.

BTW, the problem recurred. It must have something to do with this scenery area or this airport file because the blurries only occur here, not anywhere else that I have come across.

I'll install it. I will get back to you what it does (if anything). Give me a day or two.

Chuck B

Napamule

Beware of Bauerfeild-Port_Vila_NVVV.zip. (That's the way he spelt it). There is just one texture file in a scenery of 2.6MB.

 

There's something very strange about that, which is where I came in.

Do not be scared by those numbers alone.

For one thing, Lawrie Roache has put out bunches of addons and usually does nice work.

Most of this download is > 2.4 MB of screenshots and documentation.

Also, most of this scenery revolves around commonly available object libraries and I do not think that one texture is even used in the scenery.

That being said, there may be a problem with it and given time I will test it too.

peace,

the Bean

OK, this scenery uses objects created by Sidney Schwartz.

Go to the library and set up a search like...

Look through the results for updated textures and install them.

Some of Sidney's older textures can cause blurries.

peace,

the Bean

Thank's for the suggestion, Bean.

Am pretty busy today so might not be able to check those textures until the weekend. But I will do it.

Just for the record, I run W7 x64, FS9.1; Q9650 (3.0 GHz), 4GB RAM; Nvidia GTX 670 4GB.

I only looked for files at FSCom (here). Here are zip file names that I downloaded from FSCom. Those I did not find here are marked (DID NOT FIND). They could be elsewhere.

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FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 Scenery Objects

FS2004 EZ Scenery Librarys EXE

[ Download | View ]

Name: ez_1.zip Size: 162,750,374 Date: 04-18-2010 Downloads: 11,081

FS2004 EZ Scenery Librarys EXE. Tired of dowloading scenery that's great, jus

t to find out you need ten EZ Scenery objects to make the scenery work? Those

days are gone. Here is the complete library in a easy to use execute file. All

libraries are included; nothing to look for they are all here as of March 2010.

Included files: EZ Scenery Libraries=All; Woodys Objects=All; Flags=All; Fly

Tampa Statics=All; Rails=All; Jetways=All; plus dozens more, you need nothing

--all inclusive package. Package by David Grindele.

FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 Scenery Objects

FS2004 Rwy12 Objects EXE

[ Download | View ]

Name: rwy12_1.zip Size: 54,544,425 Date: 04-18-2010 Downloads: 9,177

FS2004 Rwy12 Objects EXE. Tired of dowloading scenery that's great, just to find

out you need ten Rwy12 objects to make the scenery work? Those days are gone.

Here is the complete library in an easy to use execute file. All libraries are

included; nothing to look form, they are all here as of March 2010. Package by

David Grindele.

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You'll need the EZ Scenery Basic Library installed in your "Static Objects Library",

which is freely available from Abacus Publishing at the following link.............

http://www.abacuspub.com/pub/AbacusEZLibraries.exe (8mb).

You will need the following Standalone EZ Scenery libraries installed in your

"Static Objects Library". They are freely available at Avsim.com. Enter the

Authors name into the search feild at Avsim, and select the catagory

"Flight Simulator 2004, / Scenery Design".

Generic Bridges Library V1 by Lou Frost. (FS9.1 should take care of this..)

ez uk buildings DXT1 by Colin Green. ezukbld1.zip, 1.9 Mb, 07-20-2006

ez uk buildings v1 by Colin Green. ezukbl2.zip, 2.2 Mb, 05-09-2006

ez uk buildings v3 by Colin Green. ezukbld3.zip, 2.9 Mb, 07-08-2006

lens ez scenery library vol-1 by Len Hickman. (DID NOT FIND)

ez housez and buildings by Ron Jeffers. (DID NOT FIND)

ez terminals ss by Sidney Schwartz. ez-terminals_ss_p.zip, 3.3 Mb, 12-27-2009

parking ss by Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

default terminals ss by Sidney Schwartz. eztermss.zip, 1.7 Mb, 01-28-2007

lights ss v2 by Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

ez vintage hangers ss v3 by Sidney Schwartz. ezvinhg3.zip, 3.2 mb, 12-23-2006

ez large hangers by Sidney Schwartz. ezlrghg.zip, 3.4 Mb, 12-31-2006

ez vintabe hanger v3p by Sidney Schwartz. ez-vintage_hanger_ss_v3p.zip, 6mb

small airstrip objects ss by Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

vintage military ss by Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

ez fuel tanks by Sidney Schwartz. ez-fuelt.zip, 1.2 Mb, 06-20-2006

ez fuel tanks v1 plus by Sidney Schwartz. ez-fuel_tanks_v1p.zip, 2.2 Mb, 1-24-10

gas pumps ss by Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

fs9_custom_objects_ss_1.zip By Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

kb ez houses by Kevin Burns and Sidney Schwartz. (DID NOT FIND)

Matts Oshkosh Objects by Matthew Tomkins. (DID NOT FIND)

ez hangers by Dennis Waggoner. (DID NOT FIND)

ez signs by Dennis Waggoner. (DID NOT FIND)

ez old workshop 1 by Steve Ziegler. (DID NOT FIND)

small airport objects 2 by Steve Ziegler. (DID NOT FIND)

ez steves signs by Steve Ziegler. ezstevsg.zip, 431 Kb, 02-25-2006

ez steves signs 2 by Steve Ziegler. ezsigns2.zip, 674 Kb, 02-28-2006

bunch-o-signs by Steve Ziegler. (DID NOT FIND)

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ag tree lib 11 by Arno Gerretson and Stephen Legg. (DID NOT FIND)

IMPORTANT NOTE !! This last set (ag tree lib 11),...... ONLY install the following

2 files into the Static Objects Library "Scenery" folder,......

ag_tree_lib.BGL

ag_tree_lib.xml

Thanks napumule2

Lawrie Roache lists all the files needed for his scenery. I am not sure why you have listed a lot of other files.

I used the David Grindele .exe files to install the EZ libraries in Static Object Libraries. Most of the files listed by you are in my SOL folder.

Regarding the 'Did Not Find' files in your list:

Matts Oshkosh Objects by Matthew Tomkins

matts_oshkochobjects.zip at Avsim

ez old workshop 1

ez_oldworkshop_1.zip at Avsim

ez steves signs by Steve Ziegler

ezstevsg.zip at Flightsim

ez steves signs 2

ezsigns2.zip at Flightsim

bunch-o-signs by Steve Ziegler

bnchosgn.zip at Flightsim

These Sidney Schwartz file are all on Flightsim. Some of them are updated scenery files and some are updated texture files, which as the Bean notes, may address the problem of blurries in some sceneries. I have not yet installed these in my own setup. If/when I do i will post again with the results.

small_airstrip_objects_ss_v1p.zip 2-16-2010 updated objects

ez-fuel_tanks_v1p.zip

lights_ss_v2p.zip

large_hangars_ss_v2p.zip 12-03-2009

fs9_custom_objects_ss_1_v2.zip 11-23-2009

default_terminals_ss_v2.zip 11-14-2009

sstexturesupdate2.zip 07-26-2009

sstexturesupdate3.zip 07-26-2009

sstexturesupdate1.zip 07-26-2009

lts_ss_2.zip 01-23-2008 Flightsim

smlairob.zip 11-19-2007 Flightsim

ezukbld1.zip DXT1 ez uk buildings DXT1 by Colin Green Flightsim

ezhousz.zip 07-16-2006 ez housez and buildings by Ron Jeffers Flightsim

kbezhous.zip 03-08-2006 kb ez houses Flightsim

Following on, I re-installed all the scenery .bgl files and updated all the texture files (Static Objects Library). Sidney Schwartz uploaded four zip files containing his 'corrected' .bmp files and I installed these, overwriting where necessary. The idea, being to reduce or eliminate blurries arising from some of his earlier textures.

Results showed no improvement, except perhaps in FS9 loading times.

This shows the blurred scenery. When I fly, the scenery is perfectly good, but suddenly it goes like this.

If I pause for a minute or two, and then un-pause, the blurries are usually gone:

So far, I have not had problems with other scenery areas, just this area around Port Vila, Vanuatu (NVVV). It occurs with both the Lawrie Roache scenery (re. O/P) and an addon scenery by David Wain. I am not sure where the problem lies.

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The ezscenery 'required files' list is by LAWRIE ROACHE, circa July 2008.

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The Grindele zips (ez sol and runwy12) are circa 2010, and would be all the files I would need (or want). Then I would just need the'texture updates' files (again, a PAIN). AND... if the texture updates are at Avsim then I wouldn't be able to get them as I don't 'belong'.

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Zip File: bauerfeild-port_villa_nvvv.zip, by Ronald Falzon

''This scenery addon is by LAWRIE ROACHE "Snowman", uploaded with permission by Ronald Falzon.'' (9/16/2013).

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So I did not install (or intend to install) anything yet (doing other real life 'stuff').

I am 'participating' to hopefully show others that to install a scenery SOMETIMES requires that you READ and that you sometimes must DOWNLOAD 'other' files as required (including 'librarys', 'updated files', 'missing files', 'fix files', 'corrected files', 'texture files', etc- which is a PAIN, and which I DREAD, and avoid (at all costs)).

And in this case ('bauerfeild-port_villa_nvvv.zip') it seems like Mr. Falzon did not 'get the word' and 'missed the boat' as he is listing all the 'old' zip files where the Grindelle files (2010) would include all the required files (minus the texture 'updates' of course-if you can get them..). So it's all a stupid mess (in my book).

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Bottom line is: scenery that require 'object libraries' ARE a PAIN to deal with and is why i avoid them completely. No exceptions. Life is easier that way. That is all I am saying. But... to each his own.

Chuck B

Napamule