No atmosphere per default

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I experienced that the plugin sometimes does not start with the atmosphere
per default as described in the api-docs. I tried it on several systems and
saw random on/off plugins.

I tried getAtmosphereVisibility() and it is always on, as described. I
tried a toogle "init -> off -> on" as workaround and it seems to work.

I use the current plugin version on Win XP with different ATI cards. I
tried it with FF 3.x and IE 7

Patrick

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pbreuck...@googlemail.com on 16 Feb 2009 at 9:12

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Patrick,

Any chance these machines were resorting to OpenGL due to failure to detect 
DirectX
with 3D acceleration?

Any information you can give us about the machines would help us test 
internally.

Thanks!
- Roman

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2009 at 6:35

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I tested on this machines:

System 1: OS: Windows XP SP 2, GFX: ATI Radeon 2400 Series, Driver date: 
2008/12/01,
Version: 8.561.0.0
System 2: OS: Windows XP SP 3, GFX: ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, Driver date:
2008/10/28 Version: 8.552.0.0 (update to 2009/02/03-8.582.0.0 no effect)

(I checked on an imac with the nvidia and a notebook with nvidia mobile, both 
work fine)

With your hint of DirectX detection, I played with the RenderingApi key in the
windows registry, without any deterministic behavior. (I don't now if it is 
still
recognized).

Original comment by pbreuck...@googlemail.com on 3 Mar 2009 at 8:44

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After changing RenderingApi, you should also kill all instances of the plugin 
by running

taskkill /f /im geplugin.exe

Though from the looks of the video cards, DirectX should be supported. Did you 
try
updating video card drivers? I'll also check with the engineers to see if 
there's any
atmosphere setting in the registry that could be causing this.

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2009 at 7:06

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Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 22 May 2009 at 1:50

• Added labels: Component-Plugin

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I can't reproduce this behavior in the latest version of the plugin, so I'm 
going to close this report. Please provide feedback if you are still 
experiencing this issue.

Original comment by bcke...@google.com on 25 Feb 2011 at 1:43

• Changed state: NotRepeatable
• Added labels: Internal-1495975