I updated my AFPD.

I am not happy.

Graphics are very choppy. The background moves in jumps, not smoothly.
The camera won't follow the plane up off the top of the screen.
Then if I come back down it leads so the plane does not come back in frame until just before it hits the ground.
The plane looks too small now as well, but the scenery is the same size as before.

Running on a P4 3.2 gig machine,1G ram, NVIDEA 7600 video card.
1920x1200 @ 60 hz

It all worked fine on 1.9.07.11.

Can I run the old patch to go back, or do I have to start over from scratch?



Thanks,

Pat MacKenzie

Hi Pat, which addons do you have? Thanks

None.
Just the stock AFPD.
I do have a few downloaded models, but no official add ons.

Thanks,

Pat MacKenzie

Hi Pat, can you check what is the version number printed on your main AFPD disk? Thanks

1.8.0.21

Pat

Hi Pat, in this case you only need the 1.8.0.25 patch. The 1.11.7.9 patch you installed is not suitable and will require a higher video card performance. You will have to completely uninstall and reinstall your AFPD and apply patch 1.8.0.25 The uninstall/install instructions, and patch can be found here http://www.aerofly.com/www/downloads.html

To save your time in setup, you could backup the "config" folder in the AFPD directory. After you have installed AFPD, just copy back this folder into the AFPD directory

That is what I figured I would end up doing.
I had patched higher than the base before, so I will probably up it to where I was.

The video card I have should be good enough, but perhaps not at the 1920 x 1200 resolution i run?

The video was better with the photo scenery, but I usually use "ForestLake".
Before I "downgrade" i will fly a bit in a photo scenery to see if it was better or worse.

But what is the deal with flying off the top of the screen? That would be a deal killer for me.


Thanks,

Pat MacKenzie

Hi Pat, you should only use patch 1.11.7.9 if you have addons 3 and/or 4. If you use patch 1.11.7.9 with no addons and/or addon 1 and 2, you will see some issues regardless of your video card

Hi Mike,
I got the same problem with mr:Pat,The camera fail to follow the airplane and normally cut of at the top of the screen.( If the airplane fly just a little bit high and then I won't able to see it any more) I do have 04 add on disks installed to my pc.again here is the pc spec:
-Hp Media center m7287c
CPU 3mhz.
Graphic card:FORSA Geforce 7900 GTX.
500 plus DRAM.
Controller is Spextrum DX7 .
Up date with new current patch:1.11.07.09
Any Idea? Thanks!
hvta

Hi hvta, in the flying menu, under view1->viewing options what is your setting for the height dependant vertical camera?

Hi Pat, I was having the same problem that you are having. I tried to download the Cularis from a disc that I got from my cousin in Germany. It screwed up my whole system, everything was jerky. I tried to delete it without much luck. Then a friend mentioned to go to restore and go back a few months and that got me back to where I was. By the way my favorite plane is the Bucker Jungmeister, did you ever try to fly it? Just for the heck of it try and land it without a bounce, impossible! Rayjay

Hi Mike.
Under Fixed viewing position window I have:
-Field of view:0.60
-Height dependent vertical camera:100%
-Delay camera: 0%
hvta

hvta, reduce your "height dependant vertical camera" and you should solve your problem. You could try a % between 50 and 100

Hi Mike,
Yes! When I reduced the height Dependant vertical camera to 50% It's work great".You 're the man".Thanks!

Hi hvta, great! I actually use 100% for the vertical camera delay as I like to do spins (upright, inverted, and KE) from a higher attitude. You'll find that with a lower setting, your flying attitude is limited. It's a matter of personal preference.

Hello Mike,

I purchased the Team Edition Add On 4 to try some of the aerobatic planes and helis. Install went ok and no computer related problems I can see. One major complaint early on is that the default models seem to exhibit the same lack of neutral flying upright and inverted as the earlier default models. The only plane that has come close to "real world" feeling here is the Votec 322 I downloaded online. Except for the Katana, all other planes pull severely to ground when inverted with no editing. I thought these models would be set up to behave like the models of the pilots who contributed the tweaks, and at least fly relatively neutral upright and inverted. Also when calibrating for the Katana, I could not then choose another model and find it it trim. The worst experience was the helis, which I did at least fly in my original 1.8 version of AFPD. Could you point me to a forum or suggest where I might get some heli advice in this Add On 4? Sorry to go on at length, but my initial experience with Add On 4 has left a lot of questions.

Thanks for any help'

Steve

Hi Steve, pls start a new thread on your question as it is not pertinent to this thread. Thx