Executive Invader Problem

[vhbob]

G'Day All

I have the Lockheed Super 60, executive transport version of the Sim Outhouse A-26 Invader installed on FS-9. It works well except that as you fly, large areas of the country side loose all detail and become white squares. Any Ideas?.

Thanks, Trev. (vhbob)

[sunny9850]

I don't have that particular variation of the A-26. Sounds like you're getting a case of the Blurries. Usually that is caused by the textures.
Basically sending your graphic card into a graveyard spiral.

If there are other textures on that model see if it does the same thing.
If it has only one texture you can try removing individual bitmaps from the texture folder and try the airplane again.

Of course you will end up with a grey portion of the airplane for the test. Then you can try DXTBmp to modify that offending texture to a different format.

Stefan

[ejoiner]

One thing you could check is whether the airplane skins are all 32 bit. Those are usually 4MB files each. If you convert them to DXT3, then they reduce in size to about 1MB and its much much easier on the video card.

The downside is some reduction in quality of the skins. Often its not much, but on some things like bare metal, and very ornate paint jobs, it can degrade a bit.

[vhbob]

G'Day All

I am out of my depth here, but after your advice, I removed the texture file completely and with a totally grey aeroplane, the scenery problem persisted. I then removed the Super 26 from FS-9 and installed it's texture file to my existing On-Mark Marksman after making the changes to the CFG file and adding the Super 26 model file. This gave me a plane which flew ok with no scenery problem but the V.C. had the wrong panel and the underbelly airstairs to the rear cabin did not work. So it may not be just a texture problem. The point of all this was that I had considered the Super 26 for a world flight so maybe I will just go with the Howard 500 instead. If I can find it again on the Sim Outhouse site I will download the 26 again and see what happens. May be I should spend more time flying all the great planes that are trouble free instead of looking for problems


Thanks for your help, Trev. (vhbob)

[pung]

I'm confused - the A-26 is a Douglas aircraft, you say it is Lockheed.

[sunny9850]

Hmmm sure sounds like the problem is for once not in the textures.
If you want to continue troubleshooting I would get the plane back to it's original troubled configuration and then replace only the panel folder with one from another airplane that does not give you problems.

The best place to ask about this might be SOH in this particular case since they may have already come across this and fixed it one way or another.

Stefan

[capflyer]

Mar 31, 2010 9:41:03 GMT -5 pung said:

I'm confused - the A-26 is a Douglas aircraft, you say it is Lockheed.

Lockheed Air Service, the Maintenance Division of Lockheed, offered an A-26 conversion for civilian use called the "Super 26". The aircraft featured a 6-9 seat cabin that was pressurized allowing an 8000 foot cabin altitude at 20,000 feet. The aircraft featured a ring-type spar that allowed higher headroom, Constellation-style cabin windows, an electrically operated airstair, and a fiberglass nose containing electronics and baggage space.

[pung]

Thank you, I couldn't figure that out.

[vhbob]

G'Day All
Cap flyer answered the question of the Super 26's parentage beautifully. I was ready to show off with an answer if anybody asked but was beaten to it (Dammed time zones). I still cant get the thing to behave, which is a shame as it is a well done model. Has anyone else tried it? I went to the Sim Outhouse site to download it again to try a fresh approach but cant work out how to access the library with their new system and I cant find it anywhere else. There was a brief period when I thought I was getting a handle on this new fangled technology but now I am just confused!.

Trev. (vhbob)

[Randy_Cain]

Hi,

Trev, don't feel alone in your difficulties at Sim-Outhouse. I'm right there with you. Actually, I found the previous version a but tricky.

[vhbob]

G'Day All

Once again Stefan was right. I replaced the panel with the single pilot WW II style one from the Invader which has beautifully clear instruments, unlike the IFR panel of the Marksman and Super 26 versions and the scenery problem is fixed. If I can work out how to install the modern radio stack and autopilot, I will be happy with that. The new panel is not a perfect fit but it's not too bad, the worst part is that I am now missing the little plastic hula girl dancing on the glare shield. But you cant have everything. I am glad I am not alone with my struggle with Sim-Outhouse, I will continue trying to crack the code as they have some good stuff.

Thanks again, Trev. (vhbob)

[emfrat]

Randy, I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't expect special treatment just because I donate to SOH ; I know they are in the process of moving everything to a new and bigger server; I am being very patient, but I would very much like to be able to search for a download without already knowing the name of the file I am looking for.
To me, that is fundamental to any website offering downloads.
I just waded through 414 files and could not find a Lockheed 26 although the A-26 uploads were there.
More work needed.
ATB
MikeW

[Randy_Cain]

Hi,

Oh, WOW

I had no idea there site had crashed. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope they don't suffer the loss of files that AVSIM did. It does look like the new search and catagory systems will be FAR easier and more intuitive than old system, though. ;D I guess it's just going to be a while before they get it all set up. I'll check back.

As of tonight, there are only 2 aircraft in the "new" FS2004 addon catagory.

[emfrat]

It's OK, Randy. it was a planned move, no crash. The files are available from the archive, but the search facility seems to look only at forum posts and the internal Google one is not there anymore.
I started with 4000-odd files to browse, and was able to narrow that down to FS2004 Aircraft, of which there were only 414.

ATB
MikeW

[jesse]

Mar 31, 2010 19:46:39 GMT -5 capflyer said:

Mar 31, 2010 9:41:03 GMT -5 pung said:

I'm confused - the A-26 is a Douglas aircraft, you say it is Lockheed.

Lockheed Air Service, the Maintenance Division of Lockheed, offered an A-26 conversion for civilian use called the "Super 26". The aircraft featured a 6-9 seat cabin that was pressurized allowing an 8000 foot cabin altitude at 20,000 feet. The aircraft featured a ring-type spar that allowed higher headroom, Constellation-style cabin windows, an electrically operated airstair, and a fiberglass nose containing electronics and baggage space.

One of the first A-26 Douglas Invaders to be converted to Executive use was for Milton Reynolds, CEO of the Reynolds pen company. The aircraft set a new round the world speed record in 1947, piloted by Captain Bill Odom. Bill was later killed in a P-51D Mustang that he was racing for Jackie Cochran.

Jesse