New Orbiter Beta Released (r.13, Mar 7, 2015)

[jarmonik]

I am also seeing some artifacts like in the screen shots above. They do appear at level 14 and above. Level 13 seems to be rendering fine.

I am not able to download the new texture pack from above.


There is also a small issue with GrpahicsClient::RenderWndProc() it is still often called after receiving a call clbkDestroyRenderWindow(). So, the window handle passed to RenderWndProc() is no longer valid. This is not a new issue. It exists in 2010-P1 as well.

 

[martins]

I am not able to download the new texture pack from above.

What's the problem? I just tried, and it seems to download ok.

There is also a small issue with GrpahicsClient::RenderWndProc() it is still often called after receiving a call clbkDestroyRenderWindow(). So, the window handle passed to RenderWndProc() is no longer valid. This is not a new issue. It exists in 2010-P1 as well.

Ok, noted. I'll look into it.

 

[jarmonik]

What's the problem? I just tried, and it seems to download ok.

It's only downloading 0.5Mb and then it hangs-up and gives an unidentified network error later on.

 

[martins]

It's only downloading 0.5Mb and then it hangs-up and gives an unidentified network error later on.

Does anybody else get this? Maybe too many people trying to download the highres patch at the moment and overloading Doug's server? Although I've tried twice without problems.

 

[jarmonik]

It's downloading now.. No... Failed at 148Mb / 149Mb

 

[gattispilot]

I think I might be doing this wrong.

I get:
Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://orbiter-forum.com/orbiter.'

 

[SolarLiner]

It's downloading now.. No... Failed at 148Mb / 149Mb

Using a download accelerator (I use Free Download Manager), I had to stop and resume the download in order to finish it. It happens to both the Hi and Lo res files.

Installing the LoRes does nothing; re-installing the HiRes over the LoRes does nothing either.
In both cases I have the same artifacts appearing.

 

[martins]

Installing the LoRes does nothing; re-installing the HiRes over the LoRes does nothing either.
In both cases I have the same artifacts appearing.

Damn, then maybe my tile packager script is missing some levels.

Can you try the following: rename your current Textures/Earth directory (don't throw it away!), then unpack both the EarthLo and EarthHi_10_08 packages, and see what that does. If the artefacts go away, then it would seem there are some leftover tiles that haven't been included in either package. Otherwise, I'm somehow picking up outdated tiles in the packager.

 

[martins]

I think I might be doing this wrong.

I get:
Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://orbiter-forum.com/orbiter.'

I think you might. The repository seems up and running. What SVN client are you using?

 

[gattispilot]

I think you might. The repository seems up and running. What SVN client are you using?[/QUOTE
tortoise SVN

 

[martins]

Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://orbiter-forum.com/orbiter.'

There isn't a dot at the end of your URL by any chance?

 

[jarmonik]

I got the package. No change.

It would seems the land and coast-line tiles are rendering properly for all levels. However, high resolution >13 ocean tiles are the problem.

 

[gattispilot]

Downloaded and ran in regular graphics. I opened a delta glider scenario it opened and then ctd. Running Windows 8.1

I get this error in the log:

**** Orbiter.log
000000.000: Build Dec 20 2014 [v.141220]
000000.000: Timer precision: 6.83947e-007 sec
000000.000: Found 0 joystick(s)
000000.000: Devices enumerated: 6
000000.000: Devices accepted: 5
000000.000: [ ] RGB Emulation (SW)
000000.000: [ ] Direct3D HAL (HW)
000000.000: [x] Direct3D T&L HAL (HW)
000000.000: [ ] Direct3D HAL (AMD Radeon HD 8330) (HW)
000000.000: [x] Direct3D T&L HAL (AMD Radeon HD 8330) (HW)
000000.000: Module AtlantisConfig.dll .... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module AtmConfig.dll ......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module DGConfigurator.dll .... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: 
000000.000: **** Creating simulation session
000000.000: DirectDraw interface OK
000000.000: Direct3D interface OK
000000.000: Graphics: Viewport: Window 1914 x 1051 x 32
000000.000: Graphics: Hardware T&L capability: Yes
000000.000: Graphics: Z-buffer depth: 32 bit
000000.000: Graphics: Active lights supported: 8
000000.000: Loading 15382 records from star database
000000.000: ---------------------------------------------------------------
000000.000: >>> ERROR: DDraw error DDERR_BLTFASTCANTCLIP
000000.000: >>> [OrbiterGraphics::clbkBlt | .\OGraphics.cpp | 1595]
000000.000: ---------------------------------------------------------------
000000.000: Module Sun.dll ............... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(E) Sun: Precision 1e-006, Terms 554/6634
000000.000: Module Mercury.dll ........... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Mercury: Precision 1e-005, Terms 167/7123
000000.000: Module Venus.dll ............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module VenusAtm2006.dll ...... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Venus: Precision 1e-005, Terms 79/1710
000000.000: Module Earth.dll ............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module EarthAtmJ71G.dll ...... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Earth: Precision 1e-008, Terms 2564/2564
000000.000: Module Moon.dll .............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
ELP82: Precision 1e-005, Terms 116/829
000000.000: Module Mars.dll .............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module MarsAtm2006.dll ....... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Mars: Precision 1e-005, Terms 405/6400
000000.000: Module Phobos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Deimos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Galsat.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Jupiter.dll ........... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Jupiter: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1624/3625
000000.000: Module Io.dll ................ [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Europa.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Ganymede.dll .......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Callisto.dll .......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Satsat.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module Saturn.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Saturn: Precision 1e-006, Terms 2904/6365
000000.000: Module Mimas.dll ............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Mimas: Terms 113
000000.000: Module Enceladus.dll ......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Enceladus: Terms 33
000000.000: Module Tethys.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Tethys: Terms 101
000000.000: Module Dione.dll ............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Dione: Terms 59
000000.000: Module Rhea.dll .............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Rhea: Terms 68
000000.000: Module Titan.dll ............. [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Titan: Terms 100
000000.000: Module Iapetus.dll ........... [Build 141220, API 141220]
SATSAT Iapetus: Terms 605
000000.000: Module Uranus.dll ............ [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Uranus: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1827/5269
000000.000: Module Miranda.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Ariel.dll ............. [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Umbriel.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Titania.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Oberon.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
000000.000: Module Neptune.dll ........... [Build 141220, API 141220]
VSOP87(B) Neptune: Precision 1e-006, Terms 391/2024
000000.000: Finished initialising world
000000.000: Module DeltaGlider.dll ....... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module LuaInline.dll ......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Module ShuttleA.dll .......... [Build 141220, API 141220]
000000.000: Finished initialising status
000000.000: Finished initialising camera
000000.000: Finished setting up render state
000000.000: Finished initialising panels

 

[NextBigLeap]

I seem to have some transparency issues as well There's also a problem with the HUD in D9 client I would just like to add how happy and impressed I am with 2015 beta, thanks Martin :tiphat:

 

[jarmonik]

It looks like a high resolution ocean tiles do exist but the texture is incorrect.

 

[martins]

Ok, I think I know what's going on now. These high-resolution pure water textures should actually not be present at all. They are leftovers from the old highres Florida textures. Since these textures are no longer present in the new distribution, they never get overwritten.

One way to fix this would be to delete all directories Textures\Earth\Surf\xx and Textures\Earth\Mask\xx with xx >= 14, and then unpack EarthHi_10_08.zip again. Unfortunately this will also remove a few high-res textures from surface bases at other regions, but those will need to be redone anyway, so no big loss.

Edit: Actually, levels 11-13 may also be affected. Pure water tiles should only be present up to level 10. I may need to figure out a way to remove these obsolete tiles without the need to reinstall all texture packs from scratch.

 

[SolarLiner]

Ok, I think I know what's going on now. These high-resolution pure water textures should actually not be present at all. They are leftovers from the old highres Florida textures. Since these textures are no longer present in the new distribution, they never get overwritten.

One way to fix this would be to delete all directories Textures\Earth\Surf\xx and Textures\Earth\Mask\xx with xx >= 14, and then unpack EarthHi_10_08.zip again. Unfortunately this will also remove a few high-res textures from surface bases at other regions, but those will need to be redone anyway, so no big loss.

I was about to say that the "remove Earth textures then re-extract Lo and Hi res" manipulation is indeed working, but it seems that culprits have been found already.

That might be intentional, but clouds textures are not included in any of the two textures package.
BUt, the main thing is that ...
IT WORKS! :woohoo:

 

[martins]

That might be intentional, but clouds textures are not included in any of the two textures package.

It is. The cloud textures are in a separate package. They haven't changed since the previous beta.

 

[gattispilot]

HAs anyone experienced this. Running in d3d9. When I open a delta glider scenario and apply hover. The hover rating is great and then I get a gradually increase but can see the ship.

 

[DaveS]

Gave R9 a try and so far everything is good here. Only two observations:

• Runways still aren't entirely smooth and flat. There's still some bouncing during take-off rolls and landings.
• Atmospheric fog is really dense, too dense I think.