ColR1948 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 What I mean is, the scenery is kind of blurred but as I fly over it then it opens up, I have had this before and I think, though I may be wrong it is a setting in the FS9.cfg can anybody point me to it please? Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiemo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 are you referring to "the blurries" or specific third-party scenery. Normally as you fly anything in the distance is blurry until you get closer. Unfortunate part of FS9 and it's the case regardless of computer strength or graphics card. But if you're referring to something more specific I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks Rich, no it's not exactly blurred but more kind of foggy/misty then as I get closer it clears to show more detail. It's not too bad I can live with it but I thought I saw something ages ag that addressed it, I may be wrong like I said. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Wensley Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Reduce the visibility distance in the weather settings to 20 miles and then it won't worry you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson_new Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 My settings in the cfg file: [TERRAIN] TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000 TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000 TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=200.000000 TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=19 TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8 TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5 TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1 TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.500 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=232 Note that it's probably the last 4 lines that will help you. Tom Gibson CalClassic Propliner Page: http://www.calclassic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 My settings in the cfg file: [TERRAIN] TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000 TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000 TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=200.000000 TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=19 TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8 TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5 TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1 TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.500 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=4.500 TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=232 Note that it's probably the last 4 lines that will help you. I tested the below entry quite extensively and found the best setting appears to be: TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=6.000000 Out of curiosity Tom, why are you running TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=200.000000? I have this at 100. To be honest, can't remember why I came to the 100 number for this entry. I set all my terrain settings so long ago and why I'm asking. TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=232 I did a lot of research and testing with this entry as there are many "You can only or you have to set this to this" opinions. Without going into a huge explanation, I firmly believe 232 is the best setting to use. Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson_new Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hi, I was given these settings from a forum post some time ago and they resulted in a nice sharp terrain display. I didn't bother finding out if there were better settings, or what each one was. :) Tom Gibson CalClassic Propliner Page: http://www.calclassic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 This is what I'm seeing in external view, the scenery below the aircraft has activated but just a few miles ahead it hasn't till I fly closer to it. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 This is what I'm seeing in external view, the scenery below the aircraft has activated but just a few miles ahead it hasn't till I fly closer to it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]214131[/ATTACH] Col. Oh...yeah...that. lol I made this discovery a while ago. Completely normal. Roger's suggestion earlier in the thread is the only workaround. I learned to live with it and have visibility settings set high. Many flight/combat sims I since found all work this way. Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson_new Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 One thing to try - if you use a terrain addon that has replaced the detail1.bmp file in the main FS2004/Scenery/World/texture folder, try backing up that file and replacing it with the default version on the FS2004 CD #4 (as I remember). If it doesn't help, reverse it. Tom Gibson CalClassic Propliner Page: http://www.calclassic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Oh sorry Tom I just logged on to say I altered the weather as suggested above by Roger. That made a big difference, I set it to 20miles. Now the weather is a bit hazy and the clouds look good too, up to now I like it, gave it a bit of atmosphere. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Failed to mention in my last post, the only setting that affects this is in the FS settings under Display/Scenery. Make sure you have "Extended Terrain Textures" checked. Your FS is functioning normally, there are no problems with it, hope I made this clear. Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks Mark, I didn't have the Extended Terrain checked, anyway I did that and now with the weather setting the ground textures look a lot better. Thank you all for the help, it is very much appreciated. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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