Blurry texture help?

Hi chaps,

 

Could I possibly pick your brains?

 

I have recently installed FS2004 on my work machine, and all is fine and dandy except for one major annoyance - blurry distant textures.

 

In the pictures below you can see that only the bottom half of the mountains are crisp; the rest is blurred.

 

 

 

Now, I've had my fair share of the old FS2004 blurries over the years (all fixed pretty quickly), but this particular issue has me stumped!

 

Before posting here, I attempted many of the different terrain LOD distance tweaks in the FS9,CFG file, plus adjusted my mipmap values; all sadly, to no prevail.

 

I've even changed variables concerning AA and filtering in the Nvidia Inspector, but like above, no luck. It's a real shame because on my Macbook Pro, FS2004 looks pretty much perfect.

 

For reference, I am using Windows 10 (latest update), with a GTX 1050ti and 16GB of main memory.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Many thanks

 

Dom

Hi Dom,

 

check out this page by our own Biggles, it has a lot of very useful tips (I think the most helpful I've found):

http://biggles11.wixsite.com/the-natural-world/tips-cfg-tweak

 

You could also post your fs9.cfg so that we can make some suggestions.

 

Cheers,

Sascha

Good idea Sascha, and great to hear from you :-)

 

Yes, I spoke to Howard yesterday and he was most helpful! Unfortunately, I'm still having the same issues, so I thought I would try here as well.

 

Below is a copy of my FS9.CFG file (almost default, except for the [TERRAIN] and [DISPLAY] sections.

 

Many thanks

 

Dom

 

 

[PANELS]

IMAGE_QUALITY=1

UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0

QUICKTIPS=1

PANEL_MASKING=1

PANEL_STRETCHING=1

[Weather]

WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

MinGustTime=10

MaxGustTime=500

MinGustRampSpeed=1

MaxGustRampSpeed=200

MinVarTime=5

MaxVarTime=50

MinVarRampSpeed=10

MaxVarRampSpeed=75

TurbulenceScale=1.000000

DefaultVisibility=0

DynWx_MedianDewPointSpread=10.000000

DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMedianDewPoint=0.000500

DynWx_MaxDewPointSpread=50.000000

DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMaxDewPoint=0.000125

DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMinDewPoint=0.100000

DynWx_DryTempLapsePer1000Meters=9.000000

DynWx_ProbCloudFormForDryTempLapse=0.000500

DynWx_MoistTempLapsePer1000Meters=3.300000

DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMoistTempLapse=0.040000

DynWx_MaxProbCloudChangePerMinute=0.040000

DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelMild=0.500000

DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelNormal=1.000000

DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelHigh=3.000000

DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelExtreme=10.000000

DynWx_TempChangePercentageForOvercastClouds=0.750000

DynWx_TempChangePercentageForMinDewPoint=0.700000

DynWx_MaxTempChangePerMinute=0.060000

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com

WeatherServerPort=80

WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0

DynamicWeather=2

LOADWEATHER=1

MAX_UNLIMITED_VIS=241401

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=8

3D_CLOUD_PERCENT=100

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

CloudsImpostorRingRadius=128000.000000

[iNTERNATIONAL]

ASLAT=2

ASLON=1

MEASURE=0

[MISC]

COM_RATE=7

LOG_TIME=0

FOREIGN_TRANSLATOR=0

LOG_FILE=

[sTARTUP]

DEMO=0

LOADSIM=1

LOADWINDOW=1

SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1

STARTUP_DEMO=

[GRAPHICS]

FULL_SCREEN=1

PERFORMANCE_MODE=0

DEF_PERF_MODE=7

TEXT_SCROLL=1

AUTO_LOD=0

DETAIL_TEXTURE=2

WATER_EFFECTS=1

TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_MAP=1

TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_OBJECTS=1

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

SMOOTH_VIEW=1

IMAGE_SMOOTHING=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

TEXTURE_BLDG=1

TEXTURE_GND=1

TEXTURE_WATER=1

AIRCRAFT_TEXTURE=2

SEE_SELF=1

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

LOD_TARGET_FPS=35

NUM_LIGHTS=6

[REALISM]

INDASPD=0

PFactor=0.000000

Torque=0.000000

GyroEffect=0.000000

CrashTolerance=0.000000

General=0.000000

UnlimitedFuel=True

TrueAirspeed=False

AutoCoord=True

RealMixture=False

StressDamage=False

GEffect=False

ManualLights=False

GyroDrift=False

CrashWithDyn=False

CrashDetection=0

[CONTROLS]

KBDAIL=64

KBDELEV=64

KBDRUD=64

PAN_RATE=400

[uSERINTERFACE]

MAP_ORIENTATION=2

PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=1

PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1

SelectFlightLevel=0

SelectFlightTitle=0

PageID=3

OpenATCOnCreate=0

SITUATION=

[sOUND]

SOUND=1

SOUND_FADER1=0.500000

SOUND_FADER2=0.100000

SOUND_FADER3=0.300000

SOUND_FADER4=0.800000

SOUND_FADER5=0.500000

SOUND_FADER6=0.800000

SOUND_QUALITY=2

[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.0]

Mode=1920x1080x32

TriLinear=1

[DISPLAY]

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=50

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400

[TERRAIN]

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1

TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000

TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000

TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000

TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21

TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8

TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5

TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1

TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500000

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.500000

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=4

[sCENERY]

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

DYNAMIC_SCENERY=0

DYN_SCN_DENSITY=0

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

SUNGLARE=1

LENSFLARE=1

[AIRtoCONTAINER]

SIM1=Cessna Skylane 182R RG

SIM2=Learjet 45

SIM3=Schweizer 2-32 Sailplane

SIM4=Sopwith Camel

SIM5=Extra 300S

SIM6=Boeing 737-400

[APL]

CACHE_WAV_FILES=1

[TrafficManager]

TrafficDensity=40

IFROnly=0

EnableAirline=1

EnableGeneralAviation=1

[AContain]

ShowLabels=1

ShowUserLabel=0

ShowLabelManufacturer=1

ShowLabelModel=1

ShowLabelTailNumber=0

ShowLabelDistance=1

ShowLabelAltitude=1

ShowLabelAirline=0

ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0

ShowLabelFlightPlan=0

ShowLabelContainerId=0

ShowLabelAirspeed=0

ShowLabelHeading=0

LabelDelay=1000

LabelColor=FFFF0000

[sLEW]

MaxLateralRate=40000.000000

MaxVerticalRate=1000.000000

MaxPitchRate=360.000000

MaxBankRate=360.000000

MaxHeadingRate=360.000000

[VirtualCopilot]

VirtualCopilotActive=1

[MULTIPLAYER]

ALWAYS_SHOW_INITIAL_DIALOG=1

SESSION_NAME=My Session

PLAYER_NAME=Unnamed Pilot

GUARANTEED_MESSAGES=0

MAX_PLAYERS=8

MAX_OBSERVERS=0

TICKS_PER_SYNC=90

PACKETS_PER_SEC=4

COLLISION_SECS=2

FOLLOWING_MULTIPLIER=5

ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_SEND=0

ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_RECEIVE=0

ALLOW_TEXTURE_SEND=0

ALLOW_TEXTURE_RECEIVE=0

MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE=100

MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_SEC=1

CONNECTION_TYPE=0

PROTOCOL_SELECTION=0

ALLOW_DESCRIPTIVE_SEND=1

ALLOW_DESCRIPTIVE_RECEIVE=1

AUTOPILOT_LOCK=0

DISTANCE_DISPLAY=0

ADF_TRACK=0

ALLOW_NAME_TAG_DISPLAY=1

CLIENT_CONNECT_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0

CLIENT_CONNECT_PORT=23456

CLIENT_HOST_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0

CLIENT_HOST_PORT=23456

HOST_CONNECT_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0

HOST_CONNECT_PORT=23456

[sIM]

SYSCLOCK=1

[ATC]

AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1

UsePilotVoice=1

ShowATCText=1

PilotVoice=1

[MAIN]

Location=636,253,1284,784

HideMenuNormal=0

HideMenuFullscreen=1

Maximized=0

[FACILITIES]

COUNTRY=

STATE=

CITY=

GTL_BUTTON=6225

[MAPVIEW_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=0

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=0

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

show_flight_history=1

[RWW_WEATHER_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=0

SHOW_VORS=0

SHOW_NDBS=0

SHOW_APPROACHES=0

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=0

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

[KEYBOARD_MAIN]

SELECT_1=49,8

SELECT_2=50,8

SELECT_3=51,8

SELECT_4=52,8

MINUS=189,8

PLUS=187,8

ZOOM_1X=8,8

SOUND_TOGGLE=81,8

ENGINE=69,8

SIM_RATE=82,8

XPNDR=84,8

SLEW_TOGGLE=89,8

EGT=85,8

SMOKE_TOGGLE=73,8

STROBES_TOGGLE=79,8

PAUSE_TOGGLE=80,8

PAUSE_TOGGLE#1=19,8

ATC=192,8

ATC#1=145,8

ADF=65,8

VIEW_MODE=83,8

HEADING_GYRO_SET=68,8

DME=70,8

GEAR_TOGGLE=71,8

ANTI_ICE_TOGGLE=72,8

JET_STARTER=74,8

JOYSTICK_CALIBRATE=75,10

ALL_LIGHTS_TOGGLE=76,8

SITUATION_SAVE=186,8

VIEW_WINDOW_TO_FRONT=222,8

AP_MASTER=90,8

FREQUENCY_SWAP=88,8

COM_RADIO=67,8

VOR_OBS=86,8

BAROMETRIC=66,8

NAV_RADIO=78,8

MAGNETO=77,8

BRAKES=190,8

SPOILERS_TOGGLE=191,8

SITUATION_RESET=186,10

FLAPS_UP=116,8

THROTTLE_FULL=115,8

THROTTLE_INCR_SMALL=114,8

THROTTLE_DECR=113,8

FLAPS_DOWN=119,8

THROTTLE_CUT=112,8

VIEW=111,8

ELEV_TRIM_DN=36,8

ELEV_DOWN=38,8

INCREASE_THROTTLE=33,8

AILERONS_LEFT=37,8

CENTER_AILER_RUDDER=12,8

AILERONS_RIGHT=39,8

ELEV_TRIM_UP=35,8

ELEV_UP=40,8

DECREASE_THROTTLE=34,8

VIEW_FORWARD=38,41

VIEW_FORWARD_RIGHT=33,41

VIEW_RIGHT=39,41

VIEW_REAR_RIGHT=34,41

VIEW_REAR=40,41

VIEW_REAR_LEFT=35,41

VIEW_LEFT=37,41

VIEW_FORWARD_LEFT=36,41

VIEW_DOWN=12,41

RUDDER_LEFT=45,8

RUDDER_RIGHT=135,8

BRAKES_LEFT=122,8

BRAKES_RIGHT=123,8

AP_ATT_HOLD=84,10

AP_LOC_HOLD=79,10

AP_APR_HOLD=65,10

AP_HDG_HOLD=72,10

AP_ALT_HOLD=90,10

AP_WING_LEVELER=86,10

AP_BC_HOLD=66,10

AP_NAV1_HOLD=78,10

EXIT=67,10

ABORT=3,10

READOUTS_FLIGHT=90,9

PANEL_TOGGLE=219,9

VIEW_MODE_REV=83,9

PANEL_LIGHTS_TOGGLE=76,9

LANDING_LIGHTS_TOGGLE=76,10

PARKING_BRAKES=190,10

MINUS_SHIFT=189,9

PLUS_SHIFT=187,9

FLAPS_INCR=118,8

FLAPS_DECR=117,8

PROP_PITCH_LO=115,10

PROP_PITCH_INCR_SMALL=114,10

PROP_PITCH_DECR=113,10

PROP_PITCH_HI=112,10

MIXTURE_RICH=115,11

MIXTURE_INCR_SMALL=114,11

MIXTURE_DECR=113,11

MIXTURE_LEAN=112,11

SCRIPT_EVENT_1=219,10

SCRIPT_EVENT_2=221,10

YAW_DAMPER_TOGGLE=68,10

CENTER_NT361_CHECK=57,11

CLOSE_VIEW=221,8

NEW_VIEW=219,8

NEW_MAP=221,9

NEXT_VIEW=9,10

PREV_VIEW=9,11

VIEW_TYPE=83,10

VIEW_TYPE_REV=83,11

RADIO_VOR1_IDENT_TOGGLE=49,10

RADIO_VOR2_IDENT_TOGGLE=50,10

RADIO_DME1_IDENT_TOGGLE=52,10

RADIO_ADF_IDENT_TOGGLE=53,10

GEAR_PUMP=71,10

SPOILERS_ARM_TOGGLE=191,9

PITOT_HEAT_TOGGLE=72,9

AP_AIRSPEED_HOLD=82,10

AUTO_THROTTLE_ARM=82,9

AUTO_THROTTLE_TO_GA=71,11

LANDING_LIGHT_UP=38,11

LANDING_LIGHT_DOWN=40,11

LANDING_LIGHT_LEFT=37,11

LANDING_LIGHT_RIGHT=39,11

LANDING_LIGHT_HOME=12,11

PAN_RESET=46,9

KNEEBOARD_VIEW=121,8

MP_PLAYER_CYCLE=84,11

MP_PLAYER_SNAP=70,11

MP_GO_OBSERVER=79,11

MP_CHAT=221,11

MP_ACTIVATE_CHAT=13,8

PANEL_1=49,9

PANEL_2=50,9

PANEL_3=51,9

PANEL_4=52,9

PANEL_5=53,9

PANEL_6=54,9

PANEL_7=55,9

PANEL_8=56,9

PANEL_9=57,9

AP_MACH_HOLD=77,10

VIEW_FORWARD_UP=38,42

VIEW_FORWARD_RIGHT_UP=33,42

VIEW_REAR_RIGHT_UP=34,42

VIEW_REAR_UP=40,42

VIEW_REAR_LEFT_UP=35,42

VIEW_FORWARD_LEFT_UP=36,42

VIEW_UP=12,42

INVOKE_HELP=191,10

INVOKE_HELP#1=191,11

TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_LABELS=76,11

ENGINE_AUTO_START=69,10

INC_COWL_FLAPS=86,11

DEC_COWL_FLAPS=67,11

USER_INTERRUPT=27,8

AILERON_TRIM_LEFT=37,10

AILERON_TRIM_RIGHT=39,10

RUDDER_TRIM_LEFT=45,10

RUDDER_TRIM_RIGHT=135,10

TOGGLE_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR=70,10

TOGGLE_AFTERBURNER=115,9

TOGGLE_MASTER_BATTERY_ALTERNATOR=77,9

TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT=69,9

PANEL_HUD_TOGGLE=87,8

SNAP_TO_PANEL=45,41

MARKER_SOUND_TOGGLE=51,10

TOGGLE_WATER_RUDDER=87,9

TOGGLE_PUSHBACK=80,9

KEY_CHASE_VIEW_NEXT=87,10

KEY_CHASE_VIEW_PREV=87,11

HEADING_BUG_SELECT=72,11

ALTITUDE_BUG_SELECT=90,11

CHASE_VIEW_TOGGLE=81,10

EYEPOINT_UP=13,9

EYEPOINT_DOWN=8,9

EYEPOINT_RIGHT=13,11

EYEPOINT_LEFT=8,11

EYEPOINT_FORWARD=8,10

EYEPOINT_BACK=13,10

EYEPOINT_RESET=32,8

AIRSPEED_BUG_SELECT=82,11

TOGGLE_TAILWHEEL_LOCK=71,9

ROTOR_BRAKE=66,9

ROTOR_CLUTCH_SWITCH_TOGGLE=190,9

ROTOR_GOV_SWITCH_TOGGLE=188,9

VIRTUAL_COPILOT_TOGGLE=88,11

VIRTUAL_COPILOT_ACTION=88,10

[KEYBOARD_SLEW]

SLEW_TOGGLE=89,8

SLEW_ALTIT_UP_FAST=115,8

SLEW_ALTIT_UP_SLOW=114,8

SLEW_ALTIT_FREEZE=113,8

SLEW_ALTIT_DN_FAST=112,8

SLEW_ALTIT_PLUS=81,8

SLEW_ALTIT_MINUS=65,8

SLEW_PITCH_DN_FAST=119,8

SLEW_PITCH_DN_SLOW=118,8

SLEW_PITCH_FREEZE=117,8

SLEW_PITCH_UP_FAST=116,8

SLEW_PITCH_PLUS=57,8

SLEW_PITCH_MINUS=48,8

READOUTS_SLEW=90,9

SLEW_BANK_MINUS=36,8

SLEW_AHEAD_PLUS=38,8

SLEW_BANK_PLUS=33,8

SLEW_LEFT=37,8

SLEW_FREEZE=12,8

SLEW_RIGHT=39,8

SLEW_HEADING_MINUS=35,8

SLEW_AHEAD_MINUS=40,8

SLEW_HEADING_PLUS=34,8

SLEW_RESET=32,8

TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_LABELS=76,11

EYEPOINT_UP=13,9

EYEPOINT_DOWN=8,9

EYEPOINT_RIGHT=13,11

EYEPOINT_LEFT=8,11

EYEPOINT_FORWARD=8,10

EYEPOINT_BACK=13,10

TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500000

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.500000

this may or may not work. try turning up the extended default radius to this:

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.500000

 

you have a pretty powerful card, so you should be able to turn up the mip map setting inside the sim to give the illusion of distance. this will also take away blurries. anti aliasing will also help with it, but mostly with shimmering.

TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500000

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.500000

this may or may not work. try turning up the extended default radius to this:

TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.500000

 

you have a pretty powerful card, so you should be able to turn up the mip map setting inside the sim to give the illusion of distance. this will also take away blurries. anti aliasing will also help with it, but mostly with shimmering.

 

Many thanks for replying, but unfortunately changing this seems to have no effect.

 

This was actually one of the first things I tried...hence my confusion.

 

Cheers

 

Dom

Dom, if you get it worked out let me know in case I miss it here.

one question, what view "size" is that? 100%? 50%? I usually go with 50% as it hides grass airfields as "secrets" among farm fields just as in reality.

Hi Roger,

 

I always run at 50%, as like you, I enjoy the realism :-)

 

Cheers

 

Dom

Dom, my Display device section is thusly configured:

 

Mode=1920x1080x32

PanelAsTexture=0

TextureAGP=0 // 1 or 0, better often is 0

TriLinear= 0

MipBias=4

AntiAlias=0

 

No blurries here.

I have built or just setup quite a lot of FS2004 sims in the past for local simmers hence my Tweaks Document I can see a number of issues with the FS9.Cfg file, suggest setting it up as per my Tweaks Document. There is one quirky unbelievable thing that I’ve found in the past is the graphics card setting set to high on dedicated (built in cards, mainly in laptops they may have a GTX 1050t architecture but you can’t go from something which produces enough power that it needs 2 or 3 fans to cool it to something that gets warm on your lap. I’ve found setting the card back to defaults actually improves things, always worth a try.

Ps you can copy and paste the document from my web site or email for a link

Howard

 

http://biggles11.wixsite.com/

biggles11@btinternet.com

Hi chaps,

 

My apologies...I never got back to you regarding my issue and subsequent fix.

 

Thinking that it might possible be an Nvidia issue (was it?), I purchased a refurbished Dell; a neat little SFF unit, and an AMD R5 240 graphics card.

 

With the above all set up to share my existing monitor, keyboard and mouse, my FS2004 experience is now a joy to behold! All sliders are set to to maximum, with the result being; great frame-rates, and most importantly of all - no blurries :-)

 

Thank you for all your generous help and input, it really meant a lot and is one of the things that makes this hobby so special :-)

 

All the best.

 

Dom