Getting an out of range error

[DarrenL]

I have installed FS2004 to use specifically with heavy AI traffic (WOAI) I have a widescreen monitor set at 1920x1080, always runs at this no problems with anything. I have FS2004 set at 1920x1080 runs perfectly, however very occasionally when I quit out of a flight I get the "Out of range" error on my screen and I can't do a thing except do a soft reset. It doesn't happen everytime but it does happen randomly.

Has anyone has this happen to them or know of what might be causing it?

Gfx card is an ATi HD 5870 1GB Ram latest drivers installed.
Catalyst control centre set to:
AA - 24X Edge detect
AA mode - adaptive multi-sample
AF - 16X

Could the settings be too high?

Thanks.

PS Out of ranger errors are usually screen refresh errors. My LCD monitor can handle 59 & 60hz, if it is exiting a flight and trying to load 65, 70, 75hz etc, I would expect the error but I cannot see why it would do it.

[DarrenL]

PPS, just happened again, caught the screen on my phone this time. 67.5hz is not what my monitor can display but why does it change to it?

[DaveB]

Hi Darren..

I really can't help much as I've never seen that happen (my tft is my second monitor.. the primary being a 19" crt.. while it lasts!) but.. are your desktop settings and your FSX display settings the same? An obvious question I know but sometimes folk are pushed to try and get the sim to look as good as they can and forget the rule of thumb.. make the sim settings the same as your desktop It shouldn't make any difference to the H.Freq but you never know
Likewise.. try and make the sim setting your tft's default/native res.. your desktop too
ATB

DaveB

[DarrenL]

My monitor is a native 1920x1080 60hz LCD monitor (desktop runs at this setting). I always run everything to the same settings as I am here.

This is with FS2004 I am having the problem and only FS2004, FSX and any other game is fine. Which why I was thinking it might be an in-game setting, could having everything maxxed out cause an issue, I don't have low FPS I get between 30-60fps.

These are the cfg settings for graphics I have set. Anything look odd in there?

[GRAPHICS]
FULL_SCREEN=1
PERFORMANCE_MODE=0
DEF_PERF_MODE=7
TEXT_SCROLL=1
AUTO_LOD=0
DETAIL_TEXTURE=2
WATER_EFFECTS=1
TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_MAP=1
TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_OBJECTS=1
EFFECTS_QUALITY=2
GROUND_SHADOWS=1
SMOOTH_VIEW=1
IMAGE_SMOOTHING=1
TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024
COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1
AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1
LANDING_LIGHTS=1
IMAGE_QUALITY=0
TEXTURE_BLDG=1
TEXTURE_GND=1
TEXTURE_WATER=1
AIRCRAFT_TEXTURE=2
SEE_SELF=1
TEXTURE_QUALITY=3
LOD_TARGET_FPS=17
NUM_LIGHTS=8
[DISPLAY.Device.ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series.0]
Mode=1920x1080x32
MipBias=8
TriLinear=1
AntiAlias=1
[DISPLAY]
UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=60
[TERRAIN]
TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000
TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000
TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000
TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=19
TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8
TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5
TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1
TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=0.000000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=0.000000
TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=0
[SCENERY]
IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5
DYNAMIC_SCENERY=1
DYN_SCN_DENSITY=5
DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1
SUNGLARE=1
LENSFLARE=1


Ps. Fs2004 with the 9.1 patch (but I think it happened before as well as after the patch). Very little else installed except WOAI sets, freeware iFly 747-400, Comet & Trident.

[DarrenL]

Is it possibly a mouse caused problem? As I was in FS earlier but didn't have my joystick plugged in and was using the mouse to change views for a few aircraft and reskins and I know it failed then. But I have just had my joystick in to fly a couple of aircraft and had no problem, changing view won the JS button is quicker than mouse as the mouse really stops the game and seems to struggle to bring up the menu.

I know mouse view changes could be a problem in FSX (causing a crash) and wondered if they are just as flaky in FS2004?

[DarrenL]

I think it might well have been mouse related, when I was testing things without my stick plugged in and changing views using the mouse rather than stick button. Mouse changes causes the screen to go black before the popup menu appears, clicking the button doesn't. I have made sure the stick has been plugged in and I have started Fs9 up a few times now and not had an out of range error since.



Another one for the list.

[DaveB]

How odd! That said.. we're talking PC's here so anything is possible Well done on tracking it down.. fingers crossed

ATB

DaveB