'flickering' frames

[ScottyB]

Hi guys,

I had to uninstall my FS and then i reinstalled it last night. Now when i got to do a flight the frames 'flicker' and it is a bit sluggish. Im really annoyed because my FS was perfect before this!!!! And i am half way through my South Island Tour and this is holding me up!

PLEASE HELP ME!!

Thanks fellas.

Ps. Man U for the title

[Alex]

Do you mean flickering, as in another colour frame popping in every now and then - or getting 'stuck' on a frame for longer than usual?

Alex

[ScottyB]

QUOTE (Alex @ Apr 27 2008, 06:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you mean flickering, as in another colour frame popping in every now and then - or getting 'stuck' on a frame for longer than usual?

Alex

Getting 'stuck' on a frame for longer than usual.

Thanks

[Timmo]

Is this FS9 or FSX? Did you install the service packs after reinstallation?

[ScottyB]

QUOTE (Timmo @ Apr 28 2008, 09:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Is this FS9 or FSX? Did you install the service packs after reinstallation?

This is FS9. What is the service pack?

Thanks

[kiwibarguy]

Right click onto your 'fsx.exe' and look at 'properties' and then go to 'version' it will say if you have the service packs or not. The are patches to help with frame rates and other stuff. If you have acceleration you wont need any as far as i know. There are 2 service packs that will help you with your frames.

There are many sites from where you can install the patches, i have 'gameshadow' which is free and this lets you know of any patches or updates needed for all your games, and will install them automatically. Defenitely reccomend this for all gamers. Type in www.gameshadow.com and let it do the work for you.

EDIT: Oh you have fs9. I'm not sure about that, maybe some other fs9'ers can help you with that. The recommendations are for fsx. But you can still put in the 'gameshadow' program and see what it comes up with.

[ScottyB]

QUOTE (kiwibarguy @ Apr 28 2008, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

your 'fsx.exe' and look

You musn't have read the previous post. lol. im using FS9.

Thanks Kiwibarguy

[AlisterC]

What have you installed other than the game itself? Did you test the game before you started installing anything extra?
This can quite happen if you are using a faulty landclass that you added, or have scenery config errors, or perhaps have a 'texture' folder in an addon folder when you are not supposed to.... Your problem can be caused by a multitude of things. If you have such a fresh new install, I'd recommend taking it all out and starting again. To be honest it's pretty much impossible for a sim forum to help you here without seeing your sim...
When you reinstall, after every addon you put in, you should go and test it runs fine before installing another.

First up though, go and fly in another part of the world. So if you've been installing scenery for New Zealand/ Asia etc, go and fly somewhere like northern Europe, as far from the addon scenery as you can get. If your frame rates return to normal, you should be able to tell it's a scenery in this part of the world giving you problems.

I say this as I've had this problem on a reinstall once myself, and found flying outside of Australia and NZ I was fine. But flying in NZ, Australia, I had SERIOUS frame rate issues. Problem turned out to be a bad install of landclass files that either installed themselves incorrectly (ie me installing them wrong) or the files themselves were faulty..

Good luck

[ScottyB]

Ive started everything again and it's all fine!! Thanks for your help guys! Much aprreciated