B-24 prop disk fix?

Ettico

Charter Member
Hello everyone. A question for the geniuses about the stock B-24.

At a specific distance, the prop disks turn solid (opaque). Only that specific distance. At other distances, the props appear normally. I know there is a fix for this. I recall reading about it and doing it a couple of years ago, but then lost the fix when I switched to a flyable version. I'm pretty sure the fix involves editing a LOD out of the air file at the troublesome distance, or something like that.

Can anyone re-remember me on this?

I've had to eliminate a lot of my cherished addon aircraft after noticing that my new computer's nvidia card doesn't handle most addons well at all. Odd. It runs CFS3 great, runs CFS2 with stock aircraft great, but many of the addon aircraft turn the frame rates to stone when viewed at long distance - which is also odd. You'd think they wouldn't be that hard to render when they're nothing but dots in the distance, but for some reason the card doesn't see it that way.

Anyhow, in the process of re-tooling for my new rig, I had to give up all my cherished addon bombers and go back to the stockers. The stock B-24 is a good plane once you balance it out so that it doesn't buck when the AI's fly it. There's just that pesky prop texture thing...Fortunately, some of the "must have" addons work perfectly with my rig, so I'm not completely tatoo'd. Still have enough Allied and German addon planes for the ETO. Just suffering from a slight heavy bomber shortage.
 
Hi Ettico,

You are correct that it is one of the LOD's in the model. I don't recall which one it is though. I have allready removed it in my overhaul. Now I just need to get motavated to finish it. It sort of grew out of porportion and I burned out on it.

Regards,
B24Guy
 
Hi Ettico,

You are correct that it is one of the LOD's in the model. I don't recall which one it is though. I have allready removed it in my overhaul. Now I just need to get motavated to finish it. It sort of grew out of porportion and I burned out on it.

Regards,
B24Guy


That's great, B24 Guy. I mean, great that you were working on my little problem before you burned out.:icon_lol:

Too bad it's a problem with the model. I'm not equipped to fix that myself.

Now get back to work.:d
 
Just wondering how things are progressing with the AI Overhaul of the B-24. Any developments?

Always thought it odd that, with a moniker like The B24 Guy, there wasn't an overhauled B-24. :)
 
Hi Pips,

Been too busy with real life to get much sim stuff done.

I wanted the B24 to be the best I could make it. That is how I got way too involved.

Keep bugging me though. I do plan on finishing it.

Regards,
B24Guy
 
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