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Title: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Kosh on September 08, 2010, 09:53:24 am: (http://i56.tinypic.com/hui0ig.jpg)

version 3.6.12r

It will be normal for a while, then it will start doing this, though only when there's the critical structural electric arc thing. After it starts doing this, it will do so frequently, but not always at seemingly random times. The solution for now is when it starts doing this, exit FS2, then reboot my computer.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Satellight on September 08, 2010, 03:02:47 pm: I have the same problem, but since it don't crash my computer... :rolleyes:

I think it's an ATI issue, since I wasn't having any problem like this with my previous card (7950 GT). Probably ****ty drivers.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: General Battuta on September 08, 2010, 03:12:08 pm: It is an ATI issue, but it can be easily resolved with a small file that I have lying around.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Satellight on September 08, 2010, 03:15:11 pm: Quote from: General Battuta on September 08, 2010, 03:12:08 pm
It is an ATI issue, but it can be easily resolved with a small file that I have lying around.

Pleeeeeease ? ;)
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: General Battuta on September 08, 2010, 03:19:25 pm: Come to think of it, I haven't needed this file for some time. But it is attached.

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Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: The E on September 08, 2010, 03:23:09 pm: Note that that file needs to be unpacked, and the vp placed in the mediavps_3612 directory.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: General Battuta on September 08, 2010, 03:24:28 pm: Quote from: The E on September 08, 2010, 03:23:09 pm
Note that that file needs to be unpacked, and the vp placed in the mediavps_3612 directory.

Indeed, extract it there.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Satellight on September 08, 2010, 03:34:22 pm: Thank you very much :yes:
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Kosh on September 08, 2010, 08:34:46 pm: Awesome. I recommend including that in the mediavps download for our other Ati users out there.
Title: Re: White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: General Battuta on September 08, 2010, 08:35:16 pm: Quote from: Kosh on September 08, 2010, 08:34:46 pm
Awesome. I recommend including that in the mediavps download for our other Ati users out there.

Thing is I haven't used it myself in some time, and I don't seem to need it.
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: MacBawbag on September 20, 2010, 01:44:48 pm: Sadly this fix didn't work for me.

(My graphics card is 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4670)

Any other suggestions to fix this issue?
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Qent on September 20, 2010, 08:25:58 pm: Upgrade to the latest ATI drivers. 10.4 worked for me.
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: The E on September 20, 2010, 08:43:47 pm: Well, is this solved or not?
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Jeff Vader on September 21, 2010, 04:58:56 am: This was solved for Kosh (hence the topic edit). Not sure about the new guy (who posted after the topic edit).
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: Kosh on November 02, 2010, 09:05:29 am: Hate to bump this, but recently I had a chance to get back into FS2 again using the above mentioned FSO build and media vps.......the problem has come back, big time. While it may have been temporarily solved, evidently it decided not to be solved anymore. :(
Title: Re: [Solved] White flashes of d00m!!!!!!!
Post by: The E on November 02, 2010, 09:07:42 am: Did you update your GPU drivers in the meantime?