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Hi Jason. Is your video driver up to date? -Julien > Full Name: Jason Warren > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: SELF > Package Version: IDV 2.9u2 > Operating System: WIN 7 > Hardware: ATI Radeon HD 4350 > Description of problem: Hi, > > I have been getting a lot of visual errors in the IDV. Mostly large > triangles when rendering certain fields. I read through the FAQ and found > the part that explains how to switch to the direct-x version of Java 3d to > eliminate these problems. I tried that by editing the line in the BAT file > according to the instructions in the file. But, the IDV will not start. It > gives an error that says "Could not initialize class > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D > " > > Please advise... > > Thank you. > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WHC-989322 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed