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Problem with scenery when loading P3D

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:34:59 +0000

Message when loading flight

"P3D has detected non sequential layer within the scenery library list."

2026 Navigraph Survey Results for P3D

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:31:29 +0000

P3D sits at 1.5%. I wonder how many simmers that actually means. Of course that is based on how many entries they received and I don't think they list how many they got? Ooops, I see there were 42,000 respondents. That leaves 630 of us left in P3D! 😪

Alt doesn’t remove the menu bar

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:18:36 +0000

Strange problem that started last weekend so possibly connected to Windows update.

The title bar in v5 shows by default. To remove it I just press the ALT key. But it stays there. I have to right click the background and then select the option to hide it.

Anyone else seeing this?

Mapping two buttons to spoiler increments

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:03:32 +0000

I think this question sits better here than in a hardware forum since it is specific to Prepar3D and gamepads all have the same generic type of configuration (due to practical limitations I use a standard layout gamepad for Prepar3D since my cockpit setup is actually for race simming). It works absolutely fantastically for every aircraft I have (I have a different controller configuration file for each one) except for the one glider I have.

Like all gliders it has spoilers but they are at the "mercy" it seems of the Prepar3D controller configuration limitations. In other words, if you do not have a spare controller axis for the spoilers, so far as the default options are concerned, you can only either allocate a key (or button) to have them fully on and another for fully off (or otherwise use the mouse to move the spoiler lever).

That might be fine for airliners where you can happily use the mouse to arm them or set various positions because you are not hand flying, but in a glider you already have your hands completely full 100% of the time with stick and rudder and trying to use the mouse at the same time to set the perfect spoiler position really is practically impossible (yes, granted it would obviously be possible if I had dedicated flight simulation hardware but I don't see that happening while I am still able to race - one day I will get too old for it and then I will get the full hardware for flight simming only!).

So I was wondering does anyone know a way to have the spoilers behave the same sort of way the throttle might work (where you can have two buttons - one button increments the setting progressively increasing it and the other button increments the setting by progressively decreasing it. Obviously with a glider this is pretty much vital since the spoiler position is critical for controlling airspeed on the final approach and when landing. I have JoyToKey but there does not seem to be any way to create a virtual axis from two buttons or two keyboard keys (which is effectively what I need to do).

Has anyone successfully created a workable virtual axis from two buttons (or two keyboard keys would be fine as well - I can then use JoyToKey to map those keys to the two buttons). If I can create this virtual axis then that would solve the problem since then I can allocate this axis to the spoilers. Otherwise I would somehow need to "introduce" incremental functionality to the spoilers the same way it is done by default for things like the prop, throttle, mixture, etc.

Thanks

Super traffic board and fshud

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:39:31 +0000

This may be a silly question considering how old super traffic board is, but does anyone know is it is compatible with FSHUD?

I’m not able to ask on the super traffic board forums as I believe it has been shut down for a while now.

Help deleting custom Newquay scenery

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:30 +0000

In the avsim library there is a scenery for Newquay airport (EGHQ). It is a P3Dv4 scenery, but I wanted to try it out in P3Dv5.4. It did work in P3Dv5.4 but I didn't like it that much, so I uninstalled it. The scenery had SODE files for runway lights and some other things. Now after I uninstalled the scenery I went to the default Newquay airport and there are red X's where the custom SODE things was. Since I deleted the scenery why is there SODE red X's at the default scenery? How do I get rid of them?

Edit: The scenery filename is Newquay_Airport__EGHQ.zip

GSX sound pack by Aviationlads

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:02:11 +0000

Hey there,

I'm looking for the GSX 2.0 soundpack released in 2019 by Aviationlads. Unfortunately the link on their website is not working anymore but maybe someone in here still has it on his computer? 🙂

AIG Fruit Stand AI Models (777, A380)

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 04:23:07 +0000

Hello all,

I am trying to install AIG AI traffic. As a couple of models it relies on reside on flightsim.com (now offline for who knows how long), namely the Fruit Stand models, I cannot install.

I am wondering if anyone might have the aircraft folders they'd be kind enough to zip and share with me?

I believe they the Fruit Stand models are the A380 and 777 variants. For example, in my AIGAIM - OCI\SimObjects folder, there is the following placeholder folders to put a model in: AIGAIM_TFS_B777-300ER.

By the look of it, they are all start with AIGAIM_TFS...

I won't need all the repaints., but if anyone is able to zip and share these folders, you'd make at least me and one or two others I've seen asking recently very happy!

Any help would be much appreciated 🙂 🙂

Cheers,
Rudy

MK Studios Dublin 28R P3D5

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:56:33 +0000

Hi all,

Any update for MK EIDW RWY 28R?

MK seems not to be updating P3D anymore!

Thanks

QW787 query

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:26:28 +0000

Hi,

As I did not find anything relevant in user's manual : Is there a way to make TCAS & WXR TEST in QW787 ?

Thanks,

Sotiris

TFDI MD11 P3Dv5?

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:12:40 +0000

Hello,

I'm a little confused. I see that some people have the TFDI MD11 on P3Dv5.

When I try to buy it, I can only find versions for MSFS2020 or 2024.

What's going on?

Thanks and Regards,

Richard.

How to install older P3Dv4 Aerosoft scenery into P3Dv5+

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:37:19 +0000

I have a couple of Aerosoft sceneries that were made for P3Dv4 that were not updated for v5+, I would like to install them into P3Dv5+ (I have fixes for almost all of them so they will work in v5). Can someone explain the me step by step how to do that? When I try to install them into v5.4 the installer asks for the P3Dv4 path, and I don't have P3Dv4 anymore.

P3D and Onedrive Problem

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:25:56 +0000

Sometime ago I completely removed Onedrive from the registry so it didn't exist.

After the latest Windows upgrade Onedrive has returned as a hidden folder. and transferred most of my files to it. Result is P3d airplane config files are not installing in the folder in the c folder.

Chaseplane unusable since a few days

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:54:00 +0000

Don't ask what I changed, i don't know it.

After the startup from Chaseplane i can pan arount in the cockpit in a usable speed. After a few seconds moving around, the speed decreases rapidly and even begins to stutter. This way it is not possible to fly visual appraoches on runways. Also changing settings makes it work again and after a few moves, it becomes sluggish again.

I reinstalled Chaseplane from ORBX.

I reset all settings.

I don't have Windows Game Mode enabled.

I excluded both Chaseplane EXE files from AV Defender.

I googled and found only results of Problems from 2017 to 2020, which did not help me further.

Does anybody know what is causing this lag?

Dan

What do you think of Nvidia RTX Dynamic Vibrance?

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:00:29 +0000

I decided to try out Nvidia RTX Dynamic Vibrance to see what it would look like. I am not sure if I like it or not. I think it is because I am so used to what my sim looks like without Nvidia RTX Dynamic Vibrance on. Anyone else using RTX Dynamic Vibrance? How do you like it?

Here is a screenshot. What do you think? This is the default C-130 at Fly Tampa's Athens Greece scenery.

From what I read in order to use RTX Dynamic Vibrance you need to turn off the HRD and auto exposer setting within P3D. Also make sure you enable windows HDR but turn off auto HDR in your windows settings.

Aerosoft Airbus A330 Repaint

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:28:01 +0000

Hello pilots,
I'm looking for this great repaint for the Aerosoft A330 (P3D). Unfortunately, I don't have a Google Drive account and can't download it. Could someone please send me this repaint??? Thanks in advance.
PK-GPZ / Airbus A330-343 / Garuda Indonesia / Kembara Angkasa - 74th Anniversary c/s.
Best regards
Julio

Will this work?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:43:04 +0000

Will Flysimware's Learjet 35A and the Falcon 50; and, RealityXP GNS and GTN avionics work in P3Dv5.3?

I've read somewhere way back when, and I'm now under the impression that P3Dv5.3 has less issues and generally the better choice compared to P3Dv5.4. Is this true?

I plan to run just the two planes above primarily with Orbx sceneries I had from P3D v4.5.

EDIT: How do I obtain copies of Milviz's PC-6 and C-310? I bought these in years past and I was able to log-in to their forums but I don't see a link to download these two planes.

P3Dv5.3, press F9 = 30 fps, press F11 = 4 fps. Why?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:46:41 +0000

I'm running it on Windows 10, using an i7-8700k cpu, a 3060 ti gpu, and 32 gb of ram. Only one small payware airport and one payware GA aircraft. No other add-ons. What am I missing?

Do I need to use nvidia inspector or something similar? Thank you.

P3D running...but not running

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:50:46 +0000

Brand new issue - Suggestions please.....

I have the same rig as I have used for a number of years with no issues. Running P3dV5.4 with no issues as of last Friday (Mar. 27th).

This morning I start up P3d and it loads the scenery (can see the progress bar) then no splash screen and then blank. It does not open the Scenario screen (my default). The strange thing is, Task Manager shows it is running, using 6.1% of the CPU and 441.6MB of memory. Task Manager shows it running in the 'lower' section - Background Processes - and not the 'upper' section - APPS.

The only changes made yesterday (no flying) was changing seasons on the LatinVFR for KMSY, KBWI and updated the AIG flight models.

I have tried clearing the cache, deleting the shaders and config files and that doesn't seem to matter.

Any thoughts? This one has me stumped

David Robinette

NBL1936

Seeking some old scenery library object packages

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:53:32 +0000

I downloaded an old scenery package for Greater Kankakee Airport KIKK which the readme advised needs various freeware object libraries to work correctly.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Library Files -

You may be able to save some search and download time by downloading and installing the following files. They are compilations of most of the scenery library objects by the various designers in the FS community. However, if you are still missing objects or textures, then refer to the individual library file list.

classic_libraries.zip by Wolfgang Gersch.................................flightsim.com
ez_1.zip by David Grindele...............................................flightsim.com
rwy12_1.zip by David Grindele............................................flightsim.com
loneys_ez_scenery.zip by the author........www.lfssd.net or flightsim.com or avsim.com

Individual Library File List –

parklrgs.zip by Sidney Schwartz
park_ss.zip or parking_ss.zip by Sidney Schwartz
default_terminals_ss.zip or deftrmss.zip by Sidney Schwartz
lens_ez_scenery.zip and lens_ez_scenery_textures.zip by Len Hickman
lts_ss_1.zip by Sidney Schwartz
warehouse_airplanes_*.zip compiled by Sidney Schwartz

I've been able to obtain the classic libraries by Wolfgang Gersch here on the AVSIM library but the others on flightsim.com are pending the website redevelopment. Would anybody be willing to share the remaining collection libraries with me please.

KIKK is featured in Charles Gulick's "Flying Flight Simulator" book.

Thanks

David

Guide for "double taxiway" runway departure

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:49:22 +0000

I have seen somewhere a guide that has instructions how to force AI to enter runway for departure from 2 taxiways simultaneously (see screenshot).
I can't find it anymore, if maybe someone can point.....

I have a working RKSI with this nice thing, but I cannot replicate it in Kuala Lumpur (((

KMCO Taxi2Gate Terminal C new ADE and SODE

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:21:58 +0000

ADE file including Terminal C (available here online separately @avsim)
I have added SODE jetways for Terminal C gates manually (non-GSX)
available upon request

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rEwokCrouQYukoVVetrDLSZA19RjuSZV/view?usp=sharing

The latest Nvidia graphic card driver

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:29:59 +0000

Just a heads up. With the latest Nvidia graphic card driver installed (595.97) you cannot turn the "Enable HDR lighting" option off in P3D. For those of us that use the RTX Dynamic Vibrance option the HDR option has to be turned off for it to work properly. I reverted back to the previous driver (595.79) and the HDR option can be turned off again.

Edit: Forgot to mention that in order to turn off HDR in P3D you have to open the P3D cfg file and change HRD=1 to HDR=0. With the newest driver even if you have HDR=0 it will still be on in the sim.

Had fun in the L1011 today - Next time: Inibuilds ;)

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:14:34 +0000

I did a rigorous flight test in the CS L1011 today in p3d live with Q&A, including the stall test, Power Assist, Hydraulics, alternate gear, DLC test, spoiler, engine relight, jettision and more!

Had fun and hope the Inibuilds L1011 lives up to the same high fidelity standard 🙂

Installing 2 LM p3d 6.11 in the same partition???

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:36:15 +0000

Hello,

I want to avoid a Dual boot...

So my question is : is it possible (allowed) to install 2 (two) LM P3D 6.11 in the same partition onto 2 different folders or ssd?

1 P3d with all my updates/mods and the other the default version.

Thanks in advance