White line while on the ramp?

[BigVette]

I've got this funky white horizontal line while I'm on the ramp, see the attached pics.

 

I've got the latest nVidia driver 191.07 for my GeForce 9800GTX+, is there perhaps a setting I've checked that might be making this?

 

Thanks! :pilotfly:

[EtherealN]

No, it's a problem in the engine and unfortunately there probably isn't anything you can do about it. :(

[Mustang]

You could try this:

 

open graphics.cfg and look for the near_clip and middle_clip values and change each of them to near_clip = 0.1; and middle_clip = 1;

 

It should fix this issue, some say it causes other problems in return, but i cannot remember what they were.

[EtherealN]

Yeah, I also remember that fix being associated with a pretty big caveat (big enough that at the time I decided not to use it). Can't recall what it was either tho. I'll see if I can find information on it.

 

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EDIT: Found it, in the FAQ thread :P

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=611617&postcount=51

 

Q: I'm seeing a white/yellow line on the ground when viewing from inside the cockpit.

 

A: This is an LOD-related issue in the graphics engine and cannot be fixed. A "home remedy" is possible by changing the LOD distance values in the configuration files, but this will affect the entire graphics engine and is not a recommended solution.

 

I am getting curious about what the exact impact ends up being (I have suspicions) so I think I'll be testing that.

Edited October 27, 2009 by EtherealN

[26-J39]

I've found changing these values can cause some problems with the clouds. Some look like they are chopped in half. I prefer this to having a white line across the screen..

[BigVette]

Oh wow, didn't expect that in the FAQ's - my bad! Otherwise such a great graphics engine, too!