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This is not possible. Most 3d models were made for a specific product or company so I doubt they would get released. Also it is very hard to really know how the .max model is put together in the game. It might have its own way of being pieced together using 'Null Object' (reference point) based on the way the game engine works not to mention how the LOD (Level of Detail) is handled as well as the 'Damage/Flight Modeling' and other technical game issues. This is specially true due to the 'pilot rejection' mechanism modeled in the game. We have no clue if several models are switched around depending on the 'game state' or if a single model is used with null objects to hold it together and animate that for the various 'helo states' dependng on flight and damage modeling. I think the reason for releasing the PSD for BS by DCS is so that we can follow that for making skins. This is so much better than other companies where u have to reverse engineer the skin layout by yourself. True that it would be nice if they have some kind of Skin model viewer.

.cdds looks like 'compressed .dds' files. The .dds is a 'DirectDrawSurface' file. The compressed version is not directly accessible via plugins to GIMP or Photoshop but would need a command line program form nVidia or ATI. http://developer.nvidia.com/object/texture_tools.html The regular nVidia Photoshop plugin only opens .dds files: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.html#downloads Here is the paint.net plugin: http://www.dmashton.co.uk/articles/dds-support-for-paintnet/ GIMP plugin for .dds http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/ Although most 3D programs now can handle .dds directly the 2D programs havent done so 'natively'. You can try this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219744(VS.85).aspx Please keep in mind that the .cdds is a guess on my part because thats the only most sensible file format that is directly going to be used in the game that is compressed and can be handled by both nVidia and ATI GPU's.

To me it looks like it is overheating. Have you considered using RivaTuner to adjust your FAN settings? Missing textures and reverting to Gouraud shading are signs that the video card is overheating for me. I know because I have the same card and this happened often in Il-2 1946 until I use RivaTuner to adjust my FAN to 85% at all times. This has not happened to me in BS however.

Yes any soundcard that has TRUE 'hardware acceleration' like Audigy 2ZS or X-Fi Gamer (not the lower versions of X-Fi because that emulates X-Fi capabilities in 'software') will increase your fps, and this is even more true if you are using onboard sound. Check if your Audigy is just Audigy or is it Audigy 2 ZS. The newer Audigy series are using 'software emulation' to do its work so you will not get a fps gain. The older Audigy 2 ZS has hardware acceleration.

Thats the joystick profiler software from saitek itself.

Okay a solved my problem! A friend of mine indicated that NPClient.dll is a .dll used by Freetrack and i was wonderign why I have this .dll sicne I did not install Freetrack. On a Google search I noticed that NewView also uses the same .dll. So I uninstalled NewView and removed all references to it in the Registry and BS now works!!! I do hope that this would help somebody else.

Using onboard soundcard takes away CPU processing power because it has to process the sound too not just geometry and vector transforms and other 3D routines that the GPU does not cover. Using any soundcard is bettrr than using onboard sound! This is because you are asking everything to be done by your processor instead of having the sound done by the soundcard, video/graophics by the video card and the rest done by the CPU.

Do you have a soundcard or do you use the onboard soundcard? If you are using the onboard soundcard that explains your low FPS number.

Ok I downloaded BS again last night and uninstalled the old one and reinstalled it using the 'new' downloaded files thinking maybe my original download was damaged or corrupted. I got the same problems, like the original with NPCLient.dll again. So I give up! I dont know what else to do. It makes me wonder if this applictaion was ever 'heavily' beta-tested in x64 bit environment before any 'release candidate' was done!

Looks like a similar problem with mine. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=35958 Did you look inot EVENT VIEWER to see if you have error messages logged by the OS?

Okay I reinstalled BS again and I have a new situation: It is now ASKING for a Disk in E: while this BS was an online puchase! I did not see an activation window this time while two previous installs I did. update: Re-activated it again and re-installed the application twice now and the same, Insert disk into E Drive:. The NPClient.dll error is now gone.

Error log contents: Error running Config/autoexec.cfg: cannot open Config/autoexec.cfg: No such file or directory 1/2/2009 21:47 V808201900 World::LoadPlugins: Loaded plugin module CockpitBase.dll Dispatcher: initial random seed = 848860 Dispatcher: reading track, last event at 685.007000 Dispatcher: read seed = 918937 Dispatcher: read version = 808201900 Dispatcher: apply random seed = 918937 Cosmos: Mission date assigned - Year:2009, Month:6, Day:1 loaded from mission Scripts/World/GPS_GNSS.lua Map objects for beacon site Потийский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Сухумский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Тарханкутский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Железный Рог NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for beacon site Мыс Херсонесский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Анапский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Айтодорский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for beacon site Батумский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for beacon site Мыс Фонарь NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for beacon site Мыс Евпаторийский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for beacon site Ялта NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Кыз-Аул NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. Map objects for inactive beacon site Мыс Кодошский NOT FOUND! Ojbects created. ComplexTask::open_state(). Precached tasks data loading. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Follow_Line" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Follow_Vector" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Follow_Vector_Old" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Approach" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Cannon_Ground_Attack" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Rocket_Attack" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Level_Bombing" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Dive_Bombing" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Missile_Ground_Target_Attack" task data loaded. ComplexTask::load_task_data(). "Missile_Ground_Target_Level_Attack" task data loaded. WARNING: multiple connectors "smoke" in model ".\Bazar\Terrain\Structures\High\TEC_A.lom"

Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 1/2/2009 6:02:41 PM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Rnld-PC Description: Faulting application dcs.exe, version 1.0.0.0, time stamp 0x493d3989, faulting module NPClient.dll, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x2a425e19, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0005b58f, process id 0x1008, application start time 0x01c96d2e163c46b0. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Application Error" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>100</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-01-02T23:02:41.000Z" /> <EventRecordID>28412</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>Rnld-PC</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>dcs.exe</Data> <Data>1.0.0.0</Data> <Data>493d3989</Data> <Data>NPClient.dll</Data> <Data>0.0.0.0</Data> <Data>2a425e19</Data> <Data>c0000005</Data> <Data>0005b58f</Data> <Data>1008</Data> <Data>01c96d2e163c46b0</Data> </EventData> </Event> Okay got those error log in the event viewer just today. NPClient.dll is Windows Defender (I think but could also be Natural Point's dll for TRACK IR? Which I don't have) but I don't have that running. Hmm does anybody have any idea on how to remove this .dll?

This is what i see after the launcher launches DCS.exe and stops at 'Please Wait'....

SO nobody has any idea why I am having this problem even DCS itself? Tried reinstalling video card driver and trying the new one, no go Reinstalled sor no go Removed --console line on the application target link, no go Tried to change resolutions and full and windowed mode, no go. tried to change Processor Affinity to 1,2,3 and 4 processors with the DCS.exe and still would just have a NO RESPONSE indication from Vista the the DCS application is terminated automatically. Yes I do watch the DCS.exe process in the Task Manager.