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Anyone knows whats in store for the next patch? i.e.assuming there is going to be a V2.3 anytime in the near future. I did not see a topic in LM forum about what they plan to do for the next release. Any ideas? Manny

I am really excited about the cloud shadows P3D offers, and I consider it my only motivation for owning P3D (currently I don't own it). Yet when in comes down that exact feature, I read this: a quote of Wesley Bard from this article And I get a sick feeling that it's FSX all over again, as in "someday hardware might be capable". Reading this, and reading people's other problems with this feature, puts me back in "wait and see" mode about owning P3D. Fortunately I am totally happy with FSX at the time (that is, if I ignore its lack of cloud shadows :().

Title says it all... can I have one copy of Orbx global installed that works on both P3D versions? And if so, how is that done?

Deleted v2.1 following the instructions from P3D, not a trace of it remained on my Hd. Full installation of v2.2, experienced CTD's. Managed to get P3D running and made the settings as per Robains settings and my FPS dropped down to 17. I haven't made any .CFG edits (didn't have any in v2.1) and I have not updated nVIdia drivers yet. Does anyone else have the same issue?

Thinking about getting, just want to know from other users first.

Thoroughly enjoying P3D v2.2, .... I'm having the issues that I think may of us are with fps tanking with clouds. I've seen several people post their settings here in topics that relate to fps and/or "blurries". I've also seen several comments about the effects of the clouds, but either missed the one I should have read or am just missing how to overcome this. First, my AF is set to 16X (no NI or other entries into the NV profiles). I see some that are less, maybe as low as 4X. What's the trade-off when you reduce AF so much? In Rob's settings, posted here in another topic, I see his AF is 4X, but he has Triple Buffering on (mine is off). Is there some …

Prepar3dv2.2 is here to stay! Today I finished installing, without any flaws, the rest of my FSX add-ons ( well, less the PMDGs... ) I have running without a glitch, as far as I was able to test: - A2A's C172 - RealAir Duke V2 ( including the configurator ) - Aerosoft DR-400 - Aerosoft Twin Otter - Carenado B1900d - Majestic Q-400 - Active Sky Next, which, IMO, works even smoother than in FSX... and! last but not least, ORBS FTX Global! The ride is smoother than ever, the graphics simply great! I did not activate the cloud shadows, but heck, I have a 1GB graphics board ! and an i5 2500 @ 3,2GHz ( no overclocking here )... so... what coul…

Hi all, I'm running Perpar3D and have installed Level D's 767. All good, works fine etc. I've run into some trouble though in trying to use other textures beyond the ones that have the "Level D" livery. They install fine but, when I select, say a United Airlines liveried aircraft, I still see the default "Level D" textures. Textures were installed with the livery manager. I've looked at the aircraft.cfg file and all looks well. I've had a look in the texture folder of the other liveries and often there are significantly more files there, either .bmp or .dds, but this doesn't seem to matter. I suspect that Prepar3D is failing to read the textures and is then referr…

Although the improvements made by LM to the ContentErrorLog file have been significant, there is still one problem that prevents me from eradicating the very last error in one of the xml gauges I'm using. I still get an error message that does not provide enough information to solve the problem: [error.0] error=Gauge/Script ErrorType: GaugeName: G1000pfd_KingAir350Error: Invalid variable (missing : - did you forget a macro?): 3 This gauge has 14662 lines of code, with the number 3 occurring 2287 times. A bit of context such as a line number or a few extra characters that surround the faulty character would have been nice. Frans

Hi I'm running P3D v2.2 and am very pleased by the performance overall. Normally 30-50 FPS that feel very smooth. But when I first flew over London a big FPS drop hit me, down to 12-18 FPS and a quite laggy. I tested it standing on London City runway, where standing still I get about 15 FPS. Tried many settings and most sliders haven't had a really big impact between min/max settings. On its own, only the "Scenery complexity" slider made a big difference, doubling the FPS to 32 when set from max to min. The weird part is, the system monitoring shows no real bottleneck: GPU (GTX 770 SC 2GB): Load at ~50%, low temp, not even running at 100% clock; Mem usage aro…

Hi guys, I recently bought FTX Global and still am amazed by the high quality and reality I got. Very satisfied with that. BUT, there's something that is bothering me a lot.. The loading time o FTX is not normal.. No matter if I chose a small airfield or a huge airport the loading time is something about 10mins.. Yes, 10 mins from when I hit Fly to when I get to the parking or gates.. So, do you guys have the same loading time or do you think is much a local problem??? My configuration is: i5 2.3ghz, 8GB Ram, 512MB video card; Thanks.

I noticed that the P3Dv2.2 AI default aircraft are taxiing / taking off with their starboard cargo doors open. Anyone else seeing this? https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmy3vxhha3mdkys/P3Dv2-2-AI-cargo-doors.JPG

I know this isn't supported by Orbx but its a temp fix for those who cant wait for the installers come out .I copied the Objectflow.DLL from 11S and changed the name match the one at OG39 and replaced the old OG39.dll and boom all the buildings and trees appeared. I'm going to test at some other airports after I get back from class. Hope this helps

Guys, Thinking about moving forward with the upgrade to windows 8. I found this thread where the reviews are mixed, but it was on a much older version of P3d: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/389229-prepar3d-and-windows-8/page-3 Any updates? How many of you are using Windows 8?

Hi, I know that there have been several topics on the installation of the Majestic Q400 into Prepar3d v2.2 but even though I checked (hopefully) all of them, and can still not get it to work in P3D2. I can install the Majestic into Prepar3d and can load the aircraft for a flight. But right after startup the plane starts to bounce and wouldn't settle down. The artificial horizon is turned sideways and when I try to move the yoke nothing happens. I have installed 1.008 and all the hotfixes up to 1.0083. If anyone has a clue what could be wrong, I would highly appreciate any tips. Thanks in advance!

I've not tried it out yet, I'm still setting it up the way I like it, is there any change at all from FSX's ATC?

Hello all, I've been following all the updates on P3D and have P3D v2.2 installed with Orbx Global and a couple of other third party addons (Justflight's Traffic X and Aerosoft's Mega Airport Brussels X) imported using the EMT. I am also using REX I seem to get widely fluctuating fps (and stutters) and inconsistency: one day it will be in the forties or fifties and today for example, the sim was in the single digits when sitting on the active runway at EGCC. I also experience crackling sounds which seem to be in sync with the stuttering and I have tried to reduce the quality of hardware acceleration in Windows 7. Within P3D, I've tried a number of the configur…

Hi everyone, As my introduction mentioned, I'm new to prepar3D and would like to know a few questions before I decide to purchase. 1) How to I choose which license I need to purchase the software? 2) I have already purchased Rex environment OD , Rex 4HD textures, Opus, AS 2012 n upgraded to ASN, do I need to repurchase the same addons for prepar or can I use the same one. 3) Purchased the PMDG 777 n NGX, can I use them on prepar as well. 4) Do I need to install Prepar over FSX or its an installation on its on? You advise n feedback is greatly appreciated please. Thank you

Yesterday I was trying some approaches into Queenstown NZ (NZQN), runway 05, and was consistently getting a "building collision" message. It occurs over the last building just short of the runway threshold. When the screen pauses at the time of the collision, it is clear that nothing is remotely near my aircraft. (I have Orbx Global installed and Vector-- but I've since de-selected everything in Vector for performance reasons). I was wondering if anyone could do a quick test and verify. Finally, if confirmed, what is the best way to report this so that it might get fixed down the road. thanks-

Hi everyone! I'm having problem with menu bar resolution. I bought prepar3d yesterday and I've been installing addons. In the morning I launched prepar3d and suddenly menu bar resolution got lower, altough display resolution is set to 1680x1050 (which is my monitors resolution). And I just can't fix it. Tried deleting prepar3d.cfg, even reinstalling prepar3d and deleting everything related to it. Another strange thing I noticed is that no matter what display resolution I set it will always remain the same, 1680x1050 for airplane textures etc, but lower resolution for menu bar. This is screenshot from fresh install of prepar3d and as you can see menu bar resolution is …

Is there any interest in putting together an unofficial P3D guide for the menu/configuration section? Maybe it could be a "sticky" on this forum. Even as a long time user, I don't think I can claim to fully understand all the configuration options... and individual questions get asked over and over.

I've posted this over in the P3D Forum, hopefully it helps for those having issues with lots of clouds and cloud shadows enabled: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=6607 Cheers, Rob.

Hello, I've imported an fsx plane into p3d. I was wondering if there is a way to avoid the 2d cockpit panel to load ? Regards

After the 4th time of having to clear and reinstall P3D I have decided that Captain Sim will not be invited anymore. I started eliminating the different planes until I was down to the 727 which you would think would and should work fairly well, but it does not. Just when I think I can spend more time actually flying the sim, I would run into the "Prepar3D cannot find saved acft" followed by Prepar3D crashing to desktop. When I run the event viewer it shows that CS made a call and a change to one of my files. Enough! So Aerosoft and Majestic have both been rock solid. Unless I see a patch or a upgrade to any of CS products they can stay on FSX until the day i can…

I have FSDT KDFW and KLAX installed in v2.2 (using the latest installers). I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this issue or not, but my runway and taxiway lights are way too bright. I don't remember having this problem in v1.4. Any way to fix this? I checked FSDT forums but didn't see anything in my search. Todd