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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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Virtavia Blenheim and Hampden in FSX

Hi All

Still open to further suggestions, but for now I've taken the pragmatic approach and installed both the Blenheim and Hampden into FS9. They still look good, the Hampden has transparent prop textures and the starter switches in both aircraft work - oh, joy! And as a bonus, my set-up gives me double the fps in FS9 than I can get in FSX......

Maybe that's the better way to look at these two planes - very nice FS9 aircraft rather than limited FSX ones.

Any more ideas?

Simon.
 
Paul K,
Were the files I sent you model files? If so, go ahead and send those files over to Simon. Let's see if they correct the issue. The Hampden is still for sale so I hesitate to post them for public consumption. It occurs to me that the issue being discussed may have corrected when the aircraft in question was updated for use in FSX.

mal
 
mal998 said:
Paul K,
Were the files I sent you model files? If so, go ahead and send those files over to Simon. Let's see if they correct the issue. The Hampden is still for sale so I hesitate to post them for public consumption. It occurs to me that the issue being discussed may have corrected when the aircraft in question was updated for use in FSX.

mal
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Hi Mal,

You sent me the entire download. The original Hampden I downloaded from the shop was named ALPHA Hampden FSXv1.1 whereas the one you sent me was ALPHA Hampden FSX.zip ( Yes, I have that the right way round...faulty one was v1.1, your one had no version number ). The faulty one had only one prop texture, named prop_3.bmp, and assuming that to be the problem, you sent me the three prop.dds. As with Simon above, the replacement dds textures didn't cure the problem, and so you then sent me your full replacement download. I have linked Simon to that replacement download, and hopefully he will report back success or otherwise.

Paul.
 
How confusing!:biggrin-new: My version is suffixed FSX with no update or version number. I've a few Alpha models that had version updates but not the Hampden. My pc couldn't run FSX at the time but I downloaded the FSX version anyway.. rude not to;)
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Paul and Mal - thanks very much for the replacement. And interestingly, my original Virtavia download also had only one prop texture file, prop_3.bmp.

First off, I tried Mal's version with the default prop textures; as Paul has suggested, they are indeed quite dark. It was possible to see 3D ground objects through them, BUT now the cloud textures were appearing in front and masking the props - perhaps they were trying to get their own back!

However. I have now put in Mal's three dds prop texture files instead and - hey presto - I can see clouds through them as well as the ground objects. So that's solved the prop issue and I'm extremely grateful for all your efforts - thanks again.

Now I'm just left with the starter switch conundrum with both the Hampden and Blenheim in FSX, though no problem in FS9. But that can be for another day....

Simon.
 
Before we start passing around any more complete versions of the release please let's get Phil to verify that it is the same as what has been uploaded to the venders. If not then he can get them to update it on their servers. Then anyone with the problem can download it again from wherever they originally purchased it.
:ernaehrung004:
 
I have issues with the props / clouds too.

My current Hampden zip file is named

ALPHA Hampden FSX v1_1.zip

And the FSX texture folders contain only bmp files; no dds files.

Tommy
 
sjrichardson said:
First off, I tried Mal's version with the default prop textures; as Paul has suggested, they are indeed quite dark. It was possible to see 3D ground objects through them, BUT now the cloud textures were appearing in front and masking the props - perhaps they were trying to get their own back!

However. I have now put in Mal's three dds prop texture files instead and - hey presto - I can see clouds through them as well as the ground objects.
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If you look closely, the clouds will still be appearing in front of the prop discs - it's just that with the new dds files, the textures are so pale and faint that it's not as obvious as with the darker textures. Its an FSX problem with FS9 port-overs, though it seems P3DV2.4 doesn't have the issue.

Glad the original glitch, with everything disappearing in the prop disc, is sorted too. I don't know where that particular problem stems from.
 
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