nvidia 8000 series degraded graphics

[Atuhalpa]

Gentlemen, I have FC SCS installed on 2 machines and the graphic textures on the machine that uses the nvidia 8600 gts are rendered as though I have set them to 8 bit. In other words when the sky or the ocean is rendered, the shades of different colors are rendered with clear lines of demarcation instead of being smoothly blended. And when the sun is on the horizon, there is a strange grey rectangle around it. This doesn't take away from the operational realism, but it does affect the aesthetics. This doesn't occur on the machine with the nvidia 7600 card. Any Ideas?

Don

[Mike D]

Gentlemen, I have FC SCS installed on 2 machines and the graphic textures on the machine that uses the nvidia 8600 gts are rendered as though I have set them to 8 bit. In other words when the sky or the ocean is rendered, the shades of different colors are rendered with clear lines of demarcation instead of being smoothly blended. And when the sun is on the horizon, there is a strange grey rectangle around it. This doesn't take away from the operational realism, but it does affect the aesthetics. This doesn't occur on the machine with the nvidia 7600 card. Any Ideas?

Don

I have the same card as you and had the same problem bluss the sky would go yellow then the game would lock up. Its the "new and improved" drivers. I went back to the 175.19 drivers and it solved my problems.

The FC graphics engine likes ATI cards much better then Nvidia. I get better speed and resolution out of my onboard ATI video then I do my fancy 8600 GTS.

[The Warrior]

I have the same card as you and had the same problem bluss the sky would go yellow then the game would lock up. Its the "new and improved" drivers. I went back to the 175.19 drivers and it solved my problems.

The FC graphics engine likes ATI cards much better then Nvidia. I get better speed and resolution out of my onboard ATI video then I do my fancy 8600 GTS.

Hey Mike. Do you think this might work for the 8800 GT?

[Mike D]

Hey Mike. Do you think this might work for the 8800 GT?

Hey, its worth a try. The driver should work for all the 8xxx series.

[The Warrior]

Hey, its worth a try. The driver should work for all the 8xxx series.

Yea. I gave it try but it didn't help with those certain models I told you about.

[Fleet Command CC]

Yea. I gave it try but it didn't help with those certain models I told you about.

Hey Warrior

Which model's are you on a about? If you don't mind me asking.

[The Warrior]

Hey Warrior

Which model's are you on a about? If you don't mind me asking.

All the new models that are on your download section. Most of the older models all the models from Blimp Commander and Lingw work fine.

[Fleet Command CC]

All the new models that are on your download section.

Would you post a screen print of one of them please, so I can see whats wrong.

It might be because I have used the unofficial plugin for 3DSMax R3.1 to export the model's to the .J3D file format. :D

[The Warrior]

Would you post a screen print of one of them please, so I can see whats wrong.

It might be because I have used the unofficial plugin for 3DSMax R3.1 to export the model's to the .J3D file format.

This what I get. See how it redish with transparent water and invisable with out.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9088/dump00068844ky1.th.png (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dump00068844ky1.png)http://img90.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5146/dump00128414hk6.th.png (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dump00128414hk6.png)http://img144.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[Fleet Command CC]

This what I get. See how it redish with transparent water and invisable with out.

Thanks for doing that Warrior niceone would you give this one a try please. :)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/d7b531/n/SA_QE_CV_zip

WARNING

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE NWS TEAM TO TRY OUT THERE NO INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR THIS TEST MODEL SO IF YOUR NOT SURE HOW TO USE THIS MODEL DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!!!!

PLEASE SCAN THE DOWNLOADED FOLDERS BEFORE EXTRACTING THEM, WITH ANY GOOD ANTI-VIRUS AND SPYWARE PROGRAM!!! ITS JUST BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY, I ALWAYS DO THIS WITH ANY FILES OR FOLDERS I DOWNLOAD!!!

**Disclaimer** -- Electronic Arts, Jane’s Combat Simulations, and Sonalysts and NWP, Inc. are not supporting any modifications made by the end users. This is at your own risk. Please do not call or email their customer support for help with these files.

[Fleet Command CC]

Thanks for doing that Warrior niceone would you give this one a try please. :)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/d7b531/n/SA_QE_CV_zip

Hey Warrior

I forgot to say that the above model was exported with the official 3DSMax R3.1 plugin, so hopefully it should work ok I hope.

[Atuhalpa]

Oops! I don't know where the other reply went, I hope it gets culled.........Anyway one of my computers is old enough to have an AGP slot in it, and I found an nVidia 5900 FX card to put in it. Now the graphics are rendered properly. It's too bad that Nvidia doesn't support the older games better. I have perused the internet and I have found many posts regarding other older games and graphic problems with nVidia. The general consensus is that Radeon renders older games much better. Is this true for FC?

[Fleet Command CC]

The general consensus is that Radeon renders older games much better. Is this true for FC

I have find that Fleet Command seem to run better on Ati graphic cards than nVidia graphics, but this only my opinion, and yes I have tried both a Ati and nVidia GPU's.

Sapphire 2600XT 256MB PCI-E and XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-E and Fleet Command seem to run much better the Ati GPU. :)

[Mike D]

I have find that Fleet Command seem to run better on Ati graphic cards than nVidia graphics, but this only my opinion, and yes I have tried both a Ati and nVidia GPU's.

Sapphire 2600XT 256MB PCI-E and XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-E and Fleet Command seem to run much better the Ati GPU. :)

Ditto, same here. ATI runs better for me to.

[The Warrior]

Thanks for doing that Warrior niceone would you give this one a try please. :)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/d7b531/n/SA_QE_CV_zip

WARNING

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE NWS TEAM TO TRY OUT THERE NO INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR THIS TEST MODEL SO IF YOUR NOT SURE HOW TO USE THIS MODEL DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!!!!

PLEASE SCAN THE DOWNLOADED FOLDERS BEFORE EXTRACTING THEM, WITH ANY GOOD ANTI-VIRUS AND SPYWARE PROGRAM!!! ITS JUST BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY, I ALWAYS DO THIS WITH ANY FILES OR FOLDERS I DOWNLOAD!!!

**Disclaimer** -- Electronic Arts, Jane’s Combat Simulations, and Sonalysts and NWP, Inc. are not supporting any modifications made by the end users. This is at your own risk. Please do not call or email their customer support for help with these files.

Hey there FCCC. You did it. It works just fine now.:D Thanks. Do you by chance have the moving parts names?

[Fleet Command CC]

Hey there FCCC. You did it. It works just fine now. Thanks.

Hey Warrior it must be something to do with the unofficial and unsupported plugin, that makes your graphic card not to display the model's correctly.


Do you by chance have the moving parts names?

Unfortunately no I haven't sorry about, but I will do the moving parts soon. :)

I will do some of the other model's that are not working correct which ones would you like me to do? :)

[The Warrior]

Hey Warrior it must be something to do with the unofficial and unsupported plugin, that makes your graphic card not to display the model's correctly.



Unfortunately no I haven't sorry about, but I will do the moving parts soon. :)

I will do some of the other model's that are not working correct which ones would you like me to do? :)

Can you do the Nimitz CVN for starters and the EC-121? I'll have to thing about the other.

[Fleet Command CC]

Can you do the Nimitz CVN for starters

When you say Nimitz CVN, do you mean the Nimitz_Beta1 if you do unfortunately the official 3DSMax R3.1 plugin won't export that model sorry a that. :(


the EC-121

I should be able to do the EC-121 though, I will have a look at it for you no probs, let me know the other ones has will.

[Fleet Command CC]

Hey Warrior check your AOL inbox, I have just sent you the re-exported EC-121.

Here are some screen prints the EC-121.

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1356/ec121sp1ec0.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ec121sp1ec0.jpg)http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6371/ec121sp2iw3.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ec121sp2iw3.jpg)http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4575/ec121sp3ew2.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ec121sp3ew2.jpg)http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/97/ec121sp4ww7.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ec121sp4ww7.jpg)

[Fleet Command CC]

This what I get. See how it redish with transparent water and invisable with out.

Hey Warrior I have just tried the Nimitz Beta 1, on other computer that has only got a on-board graphic card.

(Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950)

Here the link for the full read out on the MoBo.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ConRoe945G-DVI&s=775

Here are a few screen prints of the Nimitz Beta 1 on this GPU.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/729/sp1rq8.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sp1rq8.jpg)http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6721/sp2ff5.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sp2ff5.jpg)http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5518/sp3fw9.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sp3fw9.jpg)http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/223/sp4ut9.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sp4ut9.jpg)

[Fleet Command CC]

Hey Mike. Do you think this might work for the 8800 GT?

Hey Warrior have a read of this post on the gulfknight forum, this might help you with the getting the model's to work correctly on your GPU.

http://www.gulfknight.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4460

I don't think it will help but give it a go and see, there are a few threads about nvida problems check them out has well. :)