>>> Initial install of the video cards had me a bit disappointed in the
>views.....blurry and loss of detail..but then under the
>advice of the
>Matrox support forum I did a REinstall of FS2002 after the
>video card
>installation. <<
>
>That's one very handy tip. Did you uninstall FS2002 first
>or just re-install over the top of the existing version?
It's a tip that can only be confirmed by experiment. And given the state of tech support on FS issues in the Matrox forum, one I very much doubt they've done...
Personally, whenever I make substantive changes to FS (including a new version of Pete's FSUIPC) I just delete the FS2002.cfg file and force the sim to make a new one - considerably quicker restoring settings and assignments than completing a reinstall.
However, I am open to persusasion if anybody can tell me of improvements wrought by reinstalling after hardware upgrades...
I have heard this on several occasions, but have never yet seen any benefit for myself. Sounds like mythology masquerading as wisdom through repetition.
I spent some time looking at file sizes and arrangements after re-installing a bog-standard FS2002Pro installation like-for-like when I installed a GF3 Ti200 card on my uncles system.
There was absolutely no difference in file sizes or `shapes` I could discern (granted, with only an hours inspection).
The only active elements of FS2002 installations are .exe executables, derived from .cfg configuration files and .dll applications. I dont see what could be `picked up` or altered by the installation routine that can't also be picked up by forcing a new .cfg file..?
Is there any documentation on this? Perhaps some application lurking on the installation CD's that we should know about?
Simon Evans
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