Shimmering fix effect

jnr641802 · Post by **jnr641802** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:17 am

Hi ,the shimmering fix worked great and shimmering is now negligible.

There is a side effect though on my pc.The runway and especially the apron now have a white powdery finish .I reinstalled the original complete package and it disappears again but of course the shimmering returns.

Sorry but I have not learnt how to post screenshots yet.

Has anyone else seen this effect after using the fix?

regards Jim

p4 3.4/ 2gb/ 7950gt

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:23 am

When using the "fix" (mip-mapped ground textures) your gfx-card's AF-slider and Mip-Map-Quality are the 2 settings to look into. Usually the higher the better.

jnr641802 · Post by **jnr641802** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:33 am

Thanks Martin,will do as suggested.

regards Jim

psolk · Post by **psolk** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:30 am

Hey martin,
When you add the MIP are you doing it to a DXT-1 or a DXT-3 texture? Just curious,
Thanks in advance,
-Paul

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:26 pm

psolk wrote: When you add the MIP are you doing it to a DXT-1 or a DXT-3 texture? Just curious,

In the case of the ground textures they are all DXT3 format. Generally speaking however you cannot just change between DXT1 and DXT3 formats if you are looking at converting some sceneries' texture. If you find a texture in DXT1 format, there is often a good reason why it is in DXT1 and cannot be changed to DXT3 without causing rendering problems at run-time.