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  • SDCW4300
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 216
    • Kansas

    #1

    Trying to determine what's happening.

    Ok, been running on OR version 1.1 for at least 3-4 weeks. Haven't had any real problems or 'weird' things happen until last night.
    As I open a route, any route, it loads up with whatever consist I pick. Shortly after I open it, within about 10-15 seconds the outer limits start moving in! Look at this progression of screen shots over a ten second span. The outer limits of what it will graphically show, move in until it gets to what I guess is an acceptable limit, and then a white ring forms, that appears to be centered about the camera location. Nothing outside this ring appears, except for the terrain! At first I was thinking tile edges are visible, but that's not it.
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    In this instance it is on the D&H MLT route, but it has happened to any route I open, Conn River Route, Tristate, ATSF Marceline sub, and a couple of routes I'm working on that have nothing but track on it. Another thing to note is that when I start the locomotive and train the ring moves with it. When I press the 4 key the train moves toward the ring and then disappears into it! It's almost like a science fiction movie. I am thinking it is something to do with the graphics card or the settings, but nothing changed from the time it was running ok, till this!
    Has anyone else had anything like this happen to them?
    Basic info:
    Dell Inspiron N7110, i5 2450MCPU 2.50Hz 64 bit with 6GB RAM on windows 7 Home Premium, intel graphics built in card
  • Vince
    6500 Post Veteran

    • Nov 1999
    • 6961
    • Mohave

    #2
    Check to see if you have 'Automatically tune settings to keep performance level' checked on the Experimental tab.

    regards,
    ............Vince ..............
    ...... Author NECv4 .......
    .... LIRR BUILD PHOTOS ....
    ...... Eschew Obsfucation ......

    On the The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor there is a Tablet. On it is written:
    "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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    • qballbandit
      6500 Post Veteran

      • Jan 2006
      • 6522
      • Elgin Il., USA.
      • MSOR

      #3
      Or, kick back you viewing distance to like 2500m. If I recall correctly, I had this problem once, and I brought mine back to 2600 which stopped it for me.
      Neil

      Chicago Railroading Fan

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      • mikeebb
        Senior Member

        • May 2010
        • 989
        • Pacific Time
        • ORTS

        #4
        According to PCmag ( http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385457,00.asp ) the Dell Inspiron 7110 is supposed to have both nVidia and Intel graphics. What you're seeing could mean that the Intel graphics are now active - the frame rate should also take a hit if that's the case - when previously you were using nVidia for OR. You might want to check to see if some recent update affected which graphics system is in use for OR. Otherwise, the suggestions above are the standard ones. The issue is common when low-end graphics cards are used with OR and the auto-tuning features are activated.

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        • SDCW4300
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2011
          • 216
          • Kansas

          #5
          Thanks guys, I'll check those possibilities when I get home from work tonight.
          I did just have a batch of updates the day before, so that very well could be why it is working differently without me making any changes.
          (I've got to get my MSTS/OR desktop back up and running! )
          John T

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