JustFlight P-38 missing gauges & textures, scenery blurries
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Well, this thread is back, things have slowed down a little here and I'm able to implement Tom's suggestion re: 8-bit resolution for the F-4 photo-recon Lightning.
First made a copy of the P-38/F-4 texture, then put the batch file plus the imagetool.exe file into the texture folder per instructions. Next, opened the batch file via right-click, and went to the wording. Changed it to read as follows:
From "IMAGETOOL -r -brief -DXT3 -detail -nomip -nowarning -e bmp *.bmp" to "IMAGETOOL -r -brief -8 -detail -nomip -nowarning -e bmp *.bmp".
Not sure if I put the "8" in the right place.
Then ran the new batch file, which was renamed to "bmp to -8", while still inside the texture file. Then put the texture back into the F-4 folder and gave it a try. Still getting the same results.
Earlier this morning I followed through on a thought I had about this aircraft. Opened external view in windowed mode, then started everything using virtual cockpit on the main screen. Interior and exterior textures were fine throughout this process, from start through taxi into takeoff and climbout. Noted all ground textures became very blockly and fuzzy. Airport objects except for runways greyed out. Aircraft inside & outside remained fine. As an experiment, tried switching views within the window, and went back to greyed-out landing gear, pilot, panel, etc.
Did I edit the batch file correctly, or incorrectly?:mixedsmi:
First made a copy of the P-38/F-4 texture, then put the batch file plus the imagetool.exe file into the texture folder per instructions. Next, opened the batch file via right-click, and went to the wording. Changed it to read as follows:
From "IMAGETOOL -r -brief -DXT3 -detail -nomip -nowarning -e bmp *.bmp" to "IMAGETOOL -r -brief -8 -detail -nomip -nowarning -e bmp *.bmp".
Not sure if I put the "8" in the right place.
Then ran the new batch file, which was renamed to "bmp to -8", while still inside the texture file. Then put the texture back into the F-4 folder and gave it a try. Still getting the same results.
Earlier this morning I followed through on a thought I had about this aircraft. Opened external view in windowed mode, then started everything using virtual cockpit on the main screen. Interior and exterior textures were fine throughout this process, from start through taxi into takeoff and climbout. Noted all ground textures became very blockly and fuzzy. Airport objects except for runways greyed out. Aircraft inside & outside remained fine. As an experiment, tried switching views within the window, and went back to greyed-out landing gear, pilot, panel, etc.
Did I edit the batch file correctly, or incorrectly?:mixedsmi:
Just thought of something else - I have the Just Flight Lancaster and Mosquito on my sim - they work perfectly, unlike the P-38/F-4 combo - the Mosquito textures I've looked at are 512X512, the Lanc textures are 1024 X 1024. The converted F-4 textures are 1024X1024. How can I conduct a comparison of the textures to see if I can tweak the F-4 texture to be like those of the Mosquito and Lanc?
As far as the edit goes, it looks right to me. If it wasn't right, you would likely get an error message. The "-8" is correct. But the rest of your issues may be system related. That plane is a bit of a resource hog.
Well, Tom, there may not be much that can be done with it from this point on, but something is telling me to examine the JF Lancaster and Mosquito textures and compare them to the F-4 textures to look for similarities and differences. There may be something there. I haven't been to the JF site yet with this problem, which may be next on the list after comparing the textures.