Hardware F4 program controls not showing and freezing Orbiter

[Balladeer]

Hey folks. I finally got around to installing Orbiter again after getting a new pc earlier this year. (Core i5, 4 gig ram, GTX 270, Windows 7 64bit)

For some reason it appears as though when I select 32bit color in the video options, while in game when I hit F4 to bring up the program controls, the game freezes and I can't see the F4 control box in the upper left. When I try hitting F1 I hear the music start up again. When I alt tab out and go back in it unfreezes and becoms playable again albiet with some initial graphical glitches. However when I set it to 16bit, that problem clears up.

Does anyone know what the problem is? My addons that I installed were just a few basic ones:

-multistage
-spacecraft 3
-Dan Steph DGIV, MMU 2.0, UCGO, Orbiter sound
-earth level 10
-moon level 10
-visual enhancement 3
-high res KSC

Seems to be more of a technical related issue. Thanks for any help.

 

[Hielor]

Hey folks. I finally got around to installing Orbiter again after getting a new pc earlier this year. (Core i5, 4 gig ram, GTX 270, Windows 7 64bit)

For some reason it appears as though when I select 32bit color in the video options, while in game when I hit F4 to bring up the program controls, the game freezes and I can't see the F4 control box in the upper left. When I try hitting F1 I hear the music start up again. When I alt tab out and go back in it unfreezes and becoms playable again albiet with some initial graphical glitches. However when I set it to 16bit, that problem clears up.

Does anyone know what the problem is? My addons that I installed were just a few basic ones:

-multistage
-spacecraft 3
-Dan Steph DGIV, MMU 2.0, UCGO, Orbiter sound
-earth level 10
-moon level 10
-visual enhancement 3
-high res KSC

Seems to be more of a technical related issue. Thanks for any help.

There's a known issue with OrbiterSound on Vista/Win7 where playing music can cause Orbiter to freeze. I reported it to Dan awhile back but he never noticed or didn't care.

 

[Balladeer]

Well I'm still having the same problem even in Orbiter 2010. And I don't have Dan Steph sound added yet. And once again it works right when I select 16bit in the video options. Obviously I don't want to run in 16bit. Yet when I select 32bit all is well until I press F4. It freezes. I then hit alt tab and go back in. The F4 program control window then shows but the game doesn't show as its all white. I then exit out of the F4 program controls and the game returns to as normal. This will obviously make things such as adding stuff using the editor impossible as I can't see anything.

Perhaps this has something to do with my 64bit OS? I tried running in windows xp service pack 3 compatability to no avail. Is anyone else running windows 7 64bit having this issue?

 

[Hielor]

Well I'm still having the same problem even in Orbiter 2010. And I don't have Dan Steph sound added yet. And once again it works right when I select 16bit in the video options. Obviously I don't want to run in 16bit. Yet when I select 32bit all is well until I press F4. It freezes. I then hit alt tab and go back in. The F4 program control window then shows but the game doesn't show as its all white. I then exit out of the F4 program controls and the game returns to as normal. This will obviously make things such as adding stuff using the editor impossible as I can't see anything.

Perhaps this has something to do with my 64bit OS? I tried running in windows xp service pack 3 compatability to no avail. Is anyone else running windows 7 64bit having this issue?

It works fine for me in Win7 64-bit.

Do you have the most up-to-date drivers for your graphics card?

The alt-tab behavior is expected and unrelated: Orbiter has never handled alt-tabbing gracefully.

Can you also try running in windowed mode instead, if you're running full screen (or vice versa)?

 

[Balladeer]

I tried running in windowed mode and that allowed me to press F4 without it freezing. Why when I run full screen would it freeze up on me when I press F4? What would cause this behavior?

Thanks for the help. At least windowed mode still uses most of the screen save for the little bar at the top of the screen. Does Windowed mode still use 32bit though?

 

[Hielor]

I tried running in windowed mode and that allowed me to press F4 without it freezing. Why when I run full screen would it freeze up on me when I press F4? What would cause this behavior?

Thanks for the help. At least windowed mode still uses most of the screen save for the little bar at the top of the screen. Does Windowed mode still use 32bit though?

Assuming that your desktop itself is using 32-bit color, then yes, it does.