[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by Recon
2)  Text in game appears fuzzy, like in the config menus.  I don't have a GeForce card.



4)  After I quit the game, I get a 1024x768 sized black section over my Windows desktop that I can't get rid of, and FS2 is still trying to shut down.  Inevitably I have to force kill it.

2) Turn of antialiasing, causes the same problem for me. If you turn it off it should be fine.

4) Sometimes happens here too, and I cant kill it (system crashed completely) - This is a graphics driver issue on my comp i think as I've also seen it happen with other modern games.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Recon
RT, my joystick *is* listed in the launcher, but for some odd reason it won't work in the game.  It does work on my desktop downstairs however, with the same exe and the same joystick.  There isn't anything wrong with my laptop cause the joystick works in unmodified FS2 just fine.  However, it should be noted that the afterburner bug appeared on the laptop when I didn't run in 98 compatibility mode, but there was no afterburner bug on my desktop even with XP and no compatibility mode.

In game, I am seeing improved graphics, so I know at least some of it is working.  However, is the warp effect supposed to be different now?  I don't see any difference from unmodified FS2.

One thing I might suggest for those working on the visual effects, would be for the thruster effects to be different depending on if a ship is moving or not.  A large ship just sitting there, but having massive thruster flares looks kinda silly.

You won't see any difference in the warp effect unless you've downloaded the Media.vp. Even if you have it is the same colour as the old one but now it's a more 3D effect.

The afterburner bug is very odd. It only affects some XP systems and not others. It's probably due to the way the assembly code involved was written.  If it's affecting you Iyou're just unlucky. The cause has been tracked down but I don't know if anyone on the board has fixed it yet.

[RandomTiger]

If your joystick works on one machine and not on another and its detected in the launcher then the problem is in the main code.

I cant offer you a quick fix for that. Please enter the bug and exact details into our bug system.

http://mgo.maxgaming.net/mantis/login_page.php?return=%2Fmantis%2Fmain_page.php

[RandomTiger]

What OS does the joystick not work in?

[Recon]

The OS is exactly the same between the two systems.

Ok here are the specs:

System 1:
Desktop
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 533MHz FSB 512MB RAM
GeForce 3 Ti500 64MB video card
Microsoft Precision Pro Joystick
Windows XP Professional

System 2:
Laptop
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz 800MHz FSB 512MB RAM
Radeon 9600 Pro (m10) 128MB video card
Microsoft Precision Pro Joystick
Windows XP Professional

The joystick is detected and operates fine in game for UNMODIFIED FS2 in both systems, but on the laptop, I can't get it to work with SCP.  Works fine with SCP on the desktop.

[Recon]

Oh, I just narrowed down the symptom of the program not wanting to go away when finished.

It happens when the program is run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.  I just tried that on the desktop and sure enough it hangs when trying to close, where it didn't do that without the compatibility mode.

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Recon

The joystick is detected and operates fine in game for UNMODIFIED FS2 in both systems, but on the laptop, I can't get it to work with SCP.  Works fine with SCP on the desktop.

Very odd, the launcher has a section that lets you view the registry. If you can tell me the value of CurrentJoystick when set by the retail launcher and when set by SCP launcher on the machine it doesnt work on.

[Recon]

Ok. When I select "Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro (USB)" in your launcher, it sets the value to 0.
When I set it to "No Joystick" it sets the value to 99999

After selecting my joystick, if I go to the retail launcher, it says "" in the current joystick box.
If I pick my joystick from the retail launcher and then go back to your launcher and view the registry, it says the value is 1 and "No Joystick" is selected in the joystick tab.
Despite this, a value of 0 or 1 still produces no joystick action from within the game under SCP.

Oh, also, on my desktop (where it works), the registry value is 0 for both retail and SCP.

Hope that helps.

[Recon]

I should post that thanks to Inquisitor pointing out this thread: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,20980.0.html to me, my joystick problems are now solved.

All I have to do is set up the FS Open flags in the launcher, then use the retail launcher to pick my joystick, and then run the FS Open exe without the launcher and all is fine!

[RandomTiger]

Thats a work around not a fix.
What is the value of the working joystick?
Is it 1?

[Recon]

I posted 3 posts above this, the information that you need.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
2) Turn of antialiasing, causes the same problem for me. If you turn it off it should be fine.

Yep. If you use antialiasing from your graphics card options (like for DirectX applications only) rather than from the Launcher, you should get AA while having clear text.