johnnysimdude

The T&L and Shaders issue is one that I had suspected but, quite honestly, didn't do enough "homework" in - I suspect that is the issue in this case. Oh well, I'll just have to create videos from LockOn and run within PowerPoint if I want to use it as a demonstrator. Thanks again. John

Many Thanks Thanks to all who replied to my query. For "some1" thanks for your comments specifically - I feared it was a compatibility issue - but I'm still puzzled how I can run games like FS9, DangerousWaters, SWAT4 etc and yet not LockOn. I can even run the latest version of America's Army (albeit at very reduced graphics setings). I just tried a fresh re-install of LockOn - I then launched the game, created a mission (in the editor), and when I went to start it, the laptop crashed and rebooted itself. I think it's something more than simply a graphics issue given the circumstances I describe in this post. Any other ideas/thoughts always welcome. Thx. John

Andrew - thanks for your comments. I was rather frustrated because my thoughts echoed yours - having already run MS FS9 and other fairly "hefty" games on my laptop, I figured LOMAC would run OK, even if at a lower frame rate. My colleague and I looked at the output and we were puzzled (and he's been in the IT / Simulation business for almost 30 years!!!). Another colleague of ours thinks it might be a shader-related issue but I didn't think LOMAC needed that capability to run. My job is rather interesting. I spent 20 years in the Canadian Air Force and now enjoy teaching simulation technology and processes as a long haired civvy. It's not every day where someone finds themselves in a job that has the potential to generate such fun. Cheers, John

I'm new to LockOn although I've been using other flight sims for many years. I've tried using LockOn on my laptop and I get corrupt graphics at run time. I do run LockOn on my desktop with great success, but given the nature of my work (simulation education within the UK MOD) I would like to use LockOn on my laptop for demonstrations to students. The integrated graphics processing capability is an Intel 945GM with up to 128MB of shared memory (supports Intel GMA 950). The processor is a Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz. Should I simply give up (i.e. is the hardware incompatible) or is there some tweaking I could do to get LockOn to run? Actually, the game runs, it's the final graphics render that is corrupt. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers, John