KBOS in P3Dv5 HF2 texture issue

[Gridley]

Hi all,
At altitudes above a few thousand feet, I get a lot of black textures at KBOS. Lower, the textures appear to slowly pop in. Is this an issue with a setting like dynamic texture streaming in P3D? I do not see this at other addon airports, though I haven't checked all that many. I know your Vegas seems fine, as do all the orbx and dd airports I own...just curious if this is something unique to my setup, something I can fix, or a new bug?

Thanks,
sg

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[george[flytampa]]

Don't see that here but looking into a similar problem.

Have you tried re-installing using the universal installer?

[Gridley]

Don't see that here but looking into a similar problem.

Have you tried re-installing using the universal installer?

If I start at KBOS, and simply switch to external top-down, I can see the buildings start to go black as I zoom out, however the airport textures look fine. If I fly over KBOS, say from KMHT to KPVC via BOS, then I see the airport as pictured above.

This was a fresh install, but I had moved it to an addon folder and ran the cmd file. I will try a reinstall tonight.

Thanks George!

[Gridley]

Reinstall did not help. I have a suspicion it might be the new effects in HF2 and the wave effects that are really weird around KBOS. You can see them in the videos below. Are those default or can they be inactivated?

Here's an overflight of KBOS with no ASP3D and no AI traffic. Textures load but extremely slowly. My FPS was locked at 30fps until I got nearer to KBOS:
https://youtu.be/lREGtUGNamY

Also,
Here's what it looks like when I load at KBOS and zoom out in top down view:
https://youtu.be/FftnLpxUXec

[george[flytampa]]

Looks like you fixed the initial problem or it was just slow loading. The high-alt black terminals is normal for this version. P3D changed the layering again. I'm looking into fixing it.

The waves; I think they are part of one of the ORBX packages or something similar. I think you can disable them.

[Gridley]

It's just super slow loading, and seems to unload fast once you fly by so if you switch external view and look back as in the screen shot, the textures are gone.

[george[flytampa]]

There's a setting to help stop the textures unloading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vFgfBSSXeE

Also, if you don't already, consider upgrading to a SSD

[Gridley]

There's a setting to help too the textures unloading.

Great - I'll try that tweak. Already on an SSD.