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Software => Computer games => Topic started by: connolly on October 27, 2006, 01:08:02 AM

Title: Flightsim 2004
Post by: connolly on October 27, 2006, 01:08:02 AM

My Flightsim 2004 has suddenly lost the Just Flight British airport addons and a dialog box appears stating that, You have 3D enabled which may cause some software programs not to work......Help! :(

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: R0SS on October 27, 2006, 11:09:35 AM

Your screwed mate.

Fligthsim is such a big game that if it has a error in the database its gone for good. the only option is to reinstall it.

you might be lucky some times it keeps the add on planes so it might do the same for the scenery.

R0SS

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: connolly on October 27, 2006, 12:37:58 PM

Hello Ross
I have re-installed it once, including the scenery add-ons. But this made no difference.
I even wondeed if my graphics card has gone phut! :exclamation

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: R0SS on October 28, 2006, 05:50:11 PM

hmm could be, does your graphics card work with other games?

R0SS

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: Raptor on October 28, 2006, 05:52:18 PM

If your graphics card had given up the ghost, you wouldn't be looking at this forum right now.

Did you try updating the video card drivers..?

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: connolly on October 29, 2006, 01:30:57 AM

I have the lastest driver...re-installed it from the Dell driver CD which came with the computor.

The exact wording of the dialog box which shows up every time I alter Flightsim display settings is:


Software 3D Enabled
Your computer cannot currently use 3-D hardware accelleration.
Software 3-D mode has been enabled.
Some graphical features may not appear in software mode.

Regards :-[

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: Raptor on October 29, 2006, 04:12:28 PM

Did you disable anything in Start -> Run -> DXDIAG?

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: connolly on October 30, 2006, 12:25:54 AM

Have not touched anything in dxdiag
I did take a look at the diagnostic tool and noticed that in the Display tab "Direct 3D accelleration " was Enabled?
I am not sure if this is the same as aforementioned 3-D Hardware accelleration but I disabled it, started FS9 but still no joy?
So I then enabled it again.

I also note that in the Flightsim program no "Full Screen" mode is available  :-?

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: Raptor on October 30, 2006, 12:47:48 PM

You tried installing the latest videocard drivers?

Title: Re: Flightsim 2004
Post by: Neil on October 30, 2006, 01:26:39 PM

The latest drivers you get from the Internet site, not from a CD. Try running the DirectX tests on the display tab of dxdiag.