Milviz Beaver: Inside-out Spot View?

[spatialpro]

When in Spot view many of the surface normals appear to be inside out and some items (note the passengers) are incorrectly located. This is in P3D v3.4.


This was a brand new install. The only changes I made are to 2-bladed prop with spinner. Everything else is as-installed.

Is anyone else seeing the same???

Many thanks.


Andy

[patful]

I don't have it, but I think it's normal for the passengers and map to appear in hidden places within the aircraft until you select them.

[n4gix]

The pax are stored in the empennage when not visible in their respective seats. As for the aircraft's skin appearing 'inside out' I would venture that it's a video card issue, as were the surface normal inverted this would happen to everyone...

[spatialpro]

Many thanks for the replies. This confirms it is just me, which was the object of the exercise. I'll go check for driver updates...

Andy

[spatialpro]

Hmmm, my GTX 1080ti is bang up to date with driver 381.65

Any further suggestions?

[papab]

Hmmm, my GTX 1080ti is bang up to date with driver 381.65

Any further suggestions?

Try re downloading and installing again with your antivirus turned off

This is from the Milviz Website:

Warning: All Anti-Virus programs or software must be disabled before downloading and installing these products. Failure to do so may result in a faulty or non-functioning installation. False positives are very common and are not to be mistaken for actual viruses. We guarantee that there are no viruses present in our products.

[spatialpro]

Switched off antivirus, re-downloaded, uninstalled, re-installed, switched on antivirus. Same result! Really stuck now!

[spatialpro]

Doh, I'm getting the same thing with other aircraft! This isn't MilViz Beaver specific. My GPU driver is up to date. Any other ideas what might be at fault?

[roger-wilco-66]

I'd delete the shader cache. You can find it under:


C:\Users\<YOU>\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Shaders

Delete everything in and beyond that folder. On the next start, P3D will take a tad longer to load, while it rebuilds the cache. Then check.



HTH and cheers,
Mark

[spatialpro]

That did it Mark! Many thanks indeed!

I should'a thought of that myself...

[Daube]

Well, this was quite an interesting problem ! I wouldn't have thought about deleting the shaders to solve such an issue, but it makes sense now that I think about it.
In P3Dv4, are the shaders still located in c:\...appdata\local\lockheed... ?

[spatialpro]

Well, this was quite an interesting problem ! I wouldn't have thought about deleting the shaders to solve such an issue, but it makes sense now that I think about it.
In P3Dv4, are the shaders still located in c:\...appdata\local\lockheed... ?

Yes, exactly the same.

[Daube]

Thanks !

[roger-wilco-66]

That did it Mark! Many thanks indeed!

I should'a thought of that myself...

Glad it worked. This can happen when you change graphic settings. It's always good to erase the shader cache after that. I made a link to the cache so I can access quickly it without wandering through the folders ("now where was that located...").


Cheers,
Mark