Hi dwc94

The texture going to the sky or the grass is a symptom of a video card problem. Try these steps

1 - Check the website of your video card manufacturer and update the drivers

2 - Go to www.microsoft.com/directx, and see what version is current and check if you have this version installed in your computer

3 - Right click on the wallpaper (look for a place without icons)--> Properties--> Settings--> Advanced--> Open GL--> Compatibility Settings--> Force 16 bits--> Apply--> OK

4 - Set your video color depth at 24 or 32 bits ("true color")

5 - Go to the video driver setup on your PC (may be different for different versions of Windows and video card); for most, click on an empty part of the windows Desktop, click on Settings->Advanced->Troubleshoot). Back the accelerations slider to the left, one level each time and see if the problem dissapears

You will find several discussions about this in this forum--> perform a search with the words "sky + texture"

Patricia