Ships disappearing and reappearing

[radioempty]

I just got back to using Orbiter after replacing my broken computer, and now I've stumbled upon my first issue. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card, if that'll help.

I've noticed that any ship I'm piloting and viewing externally will disappear, then reappear, at random. There's no particular event that occurs when it happens, it just happens. I'm not sure what it is, and I've toyed around a bit with my video settings but it still occurs.

Has anyone experienced this issue before, and what should I do to go about fixing it?

 

[Quick_Nick]

Usually, downloading some system dlls(not part of Orbiter) will fix a problem like this. I'm afraid I can't really help with specifically how to fix this, I just wanted to reassure you that there is probably a fairly simple way that may not directly invlove Orbiter.

 

[levans]

I've noticed that any ship I'm piloting and viewing externally will disappear, then reappear, at random. There's no particular event that occurs when it happens, it just happens. I'm not sure what it is, and I've toyed around a bit with my video settings but it still occurs.

I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but my experience is that the first time I try to use external view in any Orbiter session, I find that my ship is not visible. The camera slew keys seem to indicate that I ought to be looking at my ship (i.e. it ought to lie in the view frustum). The fix (for me) is to use the view controls to select another vehicle (say ISS), then select the ship again. This has always caused my ship to appear in the external view and so far I've found that I can then change views in the session without getting back to the original condition. I've been almost exclusively using the Vanguard XR5 since starting with Orbiter, so it's also possible that the non-appearance of the ship depends somewhat on the type (or perhaps more likely the size) of the ship.

 

[thomasantony]

I just got back to using Orbiter after replacing my broken computer, and now I've stumbled upon my first issue. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card, if that'll help.

I've noticed that any ship I'm piloting and viewing externally will disappear, then reappear, at random. There's no particular event that occurs when it happens, it just happens. I'm not sure what it is, and I've toyed around a bit with my video settings but it still occurs.

Has anyone experienced this issue before, and what should I do to go about fixing it?

You sure you aren't somewhere near the Bermuda Triangle thingy?:rofl: