SirMike1983 3 Posted September 12, 2010 Has anyone else noticed that if you try to bring up your in-flight area map (M) in a scramble mission the whole game just crashes to desktop? I'll not be doing it again-- this is the second time in 2 tries it has happened. I've lost 4 kill claims to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Polovski 460 Posted September 12, 2010 Only happens sometimes to some people, maybe reduce the terrain slider 1 notch - usually video memory crunch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 12, 2010 It's a known thing, SirMike - but honestly: do you find time to look at a flight map in a scramble??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirMike1983 3 Posted September 13, 2010 It's a known thing, SirMike - but honestly: do you find time to look at a flight map in a scramble??? Usually after all the enemy attackers have been downed I visit the waypoints to "complete the objectives" as the CFS3 engine sets them out. I am often curious as to what kind of waypoints are set forth in a scramble by the game. That's when I check the map and it dumps me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Winder 32 Posted September 13, 2010 Usually after all the enemy attackers have been downed I visit the waypoints to "complete the objectives" as the CFS3 engine sets them out. I am often curious as to what kind of waypoints are set forth in a scramble by the game. That's when I check the map and it dumps me. Can you tell me your PC setup please - as Pol said its when the GPU runs out of mem sometimes. Has it always done this? - you are a long term user and the product has been out for a long time now - but I assume for you it started recently? WM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Polovski 460 Posted September 13, 2010 I think Olham is right, don't use the map it's pretty pointless in a scramble anyway. SirMike please turn down your terrain slider and try it again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 14, 2010 SirMike, to cure your curiosity: the waypoints in "scrambles" are just the triangles we fly for "circling" the field. So they really are unnecessary and don't guide you to any advantage - you won't miss anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirMike1983 3 Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) Intel Core 2 Quad 2.33 ghz 8gb ram Windows VIsta 64 SP 2 Nvidia GeForce 9500 GS card 2558mb total graphics mem 512mb dedicated video mem Terrain slider on "2", I get about 40-50 fps with my settings. It didn't do it on my old computer, and I don't recall it doing it when I was playing regularly when HITR first came out. I took a hiatus for a few months and came back to the game recently, and I've been getting it. I won't use the map in scramble from now on-- I assumed that visiting the waypoints and generating a "complete" caused the game to give me better odds on my kill claims. So I tried to follow the waypoints around on the map to try and better my odds on confirmations of claims that way. If that's not part of bettering my odds, I won't even bother. Edited September 14, 2010 by SirMike1983 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) SirMike, the "terrain detail" slider is on "3" on my system; the one that needs CPU power is "scenery detail" - that I have only on "2". Clouds "don't eat much". Neither does the effects quality. (My settings are 5, 3, 2, 5, 5 - I am running a 2,83 HHz CPU). Edited September 14, 2010 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
