System Changes are affecting Classic RealFlight

[BillatAjax]

I upgraded to Windows 98 from Windows 95 and installed a Pentium 4 at 1.5 gh (formerly P2, 200mmh),removing a Diamond 3D Monster (Voodoo) card. Now my RealFlight is choppy and difficult, if not impossible, to use properly. Also, though full screen, the plane is smaller. I have read all the info about drivers (which seem ok) and much reduced the graphical effects, without too much success. Anybody know what I can do? I am using version 1.20.104 of RealFlight.

Super Sportster

[Madmax]

What videocard are you now using? There are known problems when upgrading from a VooDoo card... Even uninstalling Vooddo drivers will not remove every references in the registry. You might have to manually remove every files and registry references related to the 3Dfx ( Voodoo) card. This is especially true if you upgraded to an Nvidia card.

Do this at your own risk. Playing in the registry can kill Windox. Doing a clean install of win98 would probably be be best thing to do if you upgraded from Win 95.

Maxime Michaud

[Al Uminum]

Your're probably running a higher resolution now. that would make the plane smaller.

Wish I could'a thought of something funnier to put here.

[BillatAjax]

Thanks Al, but screen resolution is the same (800 x 600). I wonder if I have to upgrade DirectX from 6.1a. MadMax (Maxime) suggested that the problem might be the residue of files left installed after the Voodoo card was removed. He thought I might have to reinstall Windows 98. I have asked him by email whether I could safely put the Voodoo card back in. But this may be a backward step. What do you think?

Super Sportster

[Jim Coleman]

Make sure that you aren't running the graphics in emulation mode. This is where the graphics acceleration hardware is actually turned off.

[BillatAjax]

Thanks, Jim but things have been looking up. Had a dramatic improvement when I upgraded to DirectX 8.1 and downloaded the most current version of RealFlight. How does one turn "graphics emulation" off and on? I am still looking for improvement even though I am getting pretty good effects right now.

Super Sportster