Graphics
Settings
Coast
Lines Problem
Texture
blurry
Graphics
Settings
1. Start Flight Simulator 2004. Select 'Settings'
and 'Display...' from the main menu.
2. Set 'Terrain mesh complexity' to 100 and
'Terrain texture size' to High.
For low altitude flights and faster loading scenery,
leave unchecked 'Extended terrain textures'.
For high altitude flights but slower loading scenery, check 'Extended terrain textures'
3. Set 'Filtering' almost to BILINEAR. Set 'MIP
mapping quality' to 8.
4. Other settings do not affect to photographic
sceneries but may affect to 3D airport sceneries. So you can set to minimum to get better
framerate while flying or set to maximum to get more detailed 3D airport sceneries.
Coast Lines
Problem
Flight Simulator ever uses its own default coast
lines and flat custom detailed elevation mesh. To avoid this you have to replace coastline
files from default FS scenery.
Execute 'Coast_Fix_FS2004.exe'
and install it at your FS 2004 main directory
Now your coastline will be defined by terrain mesh.
Texture blurry
1. Flight Simulator is lazy loading textures. If you
fly very fast or move in slew mode, textures may be displayed blurry. To avoid this you
have to edit your FS9.CFG configuration file.
Find your FS9.CFG file. Usually it is in this
folder:
Windows 2000/XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9\FS9.CFG
Windows 98/Me:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9\FS9.CFG
Folder 'Application Data' use to be hidden, so active "see hidden files" on your
Explorer options.
If you are in a trouble finding your FS9.CFG file,
you can search for it. Click on Windows START button. Choose SEARCH. Type FS9.CFG , then
press OK. Now you can see where your file is located.
2. Make a back up copy of your FS9.CFG
Double click on FS9.CFG file and select "Open
with notepad" or open Notepad application, select "All files" instead of
"text files (*.txt)" and open your FS9.CFG file.
Locate a section named [TERRAIN]. Then change values
of these lines:
TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.5000000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.500000
Save your file and close notepad.
Now Flight Simulator will load textures faster.
