F1RS - Black sky after Garage in Free Practice

Well, the problem is pretty described in the subject. System: P200, Matrox Mystique, Monster 3D, 32 MB RAM, Patch 1.09. Full 110% season, 1st race in Melbourne, 1st free practice. When I go into the garage after a lap, the sky is black. Also while I drive the this first lap before I go into the garage the sky is just blue no clouds no light effects. Does anyone else know the problem and possibly the solution? Thanks in advance, HK.

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>Well, the problem is pretty described in the subject. >System: > P200, Matrox Mystique, Monster 3D, 32 MB RAM, Patch 1.09. >Full 110% season, 1st race in Melbourne, 1st free practice. When I go >into the garage after a lap, the sky is black. Also while I drive the >this first lap before I go into the garage the sky is just blue no >clouds no light effects. >Does anyone else know the problem and possibly the solution?

I think I know the problem. Is this a saved game that you loaded? I know you said it was the first practice. But I have only seen the black sky after loading a saved race. I would qualify one day and race the next... FWIW, I have only gotten the black sky twice, and have done 25% races (practice qual and race) on every track. So for me it wasn't that huge of an issue. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

The black sky problem is well known, and has been fixed with patch 1.09. Are you running a save game from a previous version? Have you applied any hacks to F1RS, e.g. DriverX? Certainly, 1.09 fixed the very irritating black sky problem for me and most other people.

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>>Well, the problem is pretty described in the subject. >>System: >> P200, Matrox Mystique, Monster 3D, 32 MB RAM, Patch 1.09. >>Full 110% season, 1st race in Melbourne, 1st free practice. When I go >>into the garage after a lap, the sky is black. Also while I drive the >>this first lap before I go into the garage the sky is just blue no >>clouds no light effects. >>Does anyone else know the problem and possibly the solution? >I think I know the problem. Is this a saved game that you loaded? >I know you said it was the first practice. But I have only seen the >black sky after loading a saved race. I would qualify one day >and race the next... FWIW, I have only gotten the black sky >twice, and have done 25% races (practice qual and race) >on every track. So for me it wasn't that huge of an issue. >-- >Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>Thanks in advance, HK.

>The black sky problem is well known, and has been fixed with patch 1.09. Are >you running a save game from a previous version? Have you applied any hacks >to F1RS, e.g. DriverX? >Certainly, 1.09 fixed the very irritating black sky problem for me and most >other people. Well as I'm sure you know, the person I was replying to had version 1.09. So I am not so sure "fixed" means fixed :- ) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>>Well, the problem is pretty described in the subject. >>>System: >>> P200, Matrox Mystique, Monster 3D, 32 MB RAM, Patch 1.09. >>>Full 110% season, 1st race in Melbourne, 1st free practice. When I go >>>into the garage after a lap, the sky is black. Also while I drive the >>>this first lap before I go into the garage the sky is just blue no >>>clouds no light effects. >>>Does anyone else know the problem and possibly the solution? >>I think I know the problem. Is this a saved game that you loaded? >>I know you said it was the first practice. But I have only seen the >>black sky after loading a saved race. I would qualify one day >>and race the next... FWIW, I have only gotten the black sky >>twice, and have done 25% races (practice qual and race) >>on every track. So for me it wasn't that huge of an issue. >>-- >>Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>>Thanks in advance, HK.

On 19 May 1998 08:30:30 EDT, "Greg Cisko"

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>>The black sky problem is well known, and has been fixed with patch 1.09. >Are >>you running a save game from a previous version? Have you applied any hacks >>to F1RS, e.g. DriverX? >>Certainly, 1.09 fixed the very irritating black sky problem for me and most >>other people. >Well as I'm sure you know, the person I was replying to had version >1.09. So I am not so sure "fixed" means fixed :- )

1. I applied the R.A.Y.S.-Editor and the F1RS-Editor. 2. I patched several times the night the problem arised, therefore I cannot remember whether the loaded game was from the 1.05 version or the 1.09 version. 3. I started a new season, saved it, reloaded it: no problem. Well, it seems to work for now. I will call for help if the problem arises again. Thanks for the replies. HK

That's what I had hoped. I'm sure the black sky would have come from a previous version save game. Let me know if you get the problem again, a I beta tested 1.09 for Ubi on the black sky problem! Remove nospam to email me. good luck! >On 19 May 1998 08:30:30 EDT, "Greg Cisko"