Missing trees and buildings + other odd issues

[Mt5_Roie]

I wonder if any of you guys are seeing some of the issues were having with a DS.

 

1) Were getting reports from some KA-50 pilots that they don't see buildings or trees. We load up the server fresh and something if fixes it, sometimes it doesn't. On the server settings the scenery is set to high. On the A-10c side, they see building and trees about 80% of the time.

 

2) I've noticed that once a server is up and I use the select mission option to switch the mission, it crashes a couple minutes into hosting the new mission. If I load up the same mission with a fresh server it seems to work fine.

 

Other than that were doing great with our DS and our squad loves flying in it.

[Turk10mm]

To add to spiderpigs information, yesterday I saw the missing scenery in the A-10. At the beginning of the session, however, the scenery was there. At some point the scenery (buildings and trees) disappeared.

[Speed]

If you could send me the mission, and the server's dcs.log from an affected session, I'd be happy to look and see if I can find something wrong.

 

The most vital thing to save, if you see some oddities, is the dcs.log. Remember that- because dcs.log is erased every single time you restart multiplayer. So next time it starts acting up again, save the dcs.log!!!

Edited April 5, 2012 by Speed

[Mt5_Roie]

Thanks speed. I'm testing the mission we worked on yesterday and still seeing towns without buildings or trees. I currently have the scenery settings on the server set to high, should I set some of the higher settings to high?

[Snoopy]

Try disable 3d rendering and put all your settings on high...

[Speed]

Problem fixed, I removed the options file from an unzipped copy of your mission, then re-zipped it up. The options file that was being created with your mission had these settings for graphics:

   ["graphics"] = 
   {
       ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1camera",
       ["color"] = "32",
       ["heatBlr"] = 0,
       ["scenes"] = "low",
       ["water"] = 0,
       ["fullScreen"] = false,
       ["visibRange"] = "Low",
       ["treesVisibility"] = 1500,
       ["aspect"] = 1.7777777777778,
       ["haze"] = 1,
       ["shadows"] = 0,
       ["TranspSSAA"] = false,
       ["textures"] = 0,
       ["cockpitShadows"] = false,
       ["lights"] = 2,
       ["effects"] = 3,
       ["MSAA"] = 0,
       ["height"] = 1080,
       ["sync"] = false,
       ["shadowTree"] = false,
       ["civTraffic"] = "",
       ["width"] = 1920,
       ["clutterMaxDistance"] = 0,
       ["HDR"] = 0,
   }, -- end of ["graphics"]

 

Anyway, I'll email the updated mission to you.

 

The problem is, next time you edit it, that options file will just be created again. You either need to enforce graphics settings in the mission options, or, after you are done editing, unzip the mission, delete the options file, and then rezip everything back up again.

Edited April 7, 2012 by Speed

[Mt5_Roie]

Worked like a charm. So in the future when were editing missions should I have my editing machine have the highest settings while working on it, or would you advise to remove that file each time?

[Turk10mm]

ah hah, i know what's happening now. I have the sim installed on my machine at work, and its graphic card is weak. I bet the settings were preset to low after install which would explain why the mission is getting saved as low.

 

Thanks Speed.

[HawgDawg4Life]

I have the same issue with several missions. Your post allows me to fix them, thanks. Here is the deal. When you lower your graphics, say to do some testing, the options file gets modified, but for some reason, you cant change it back. Could have something to do with file permissions or something stupid like that, I haven't look into it that far yet.