The Prepar3d Forum

Quite a simple question (hopefully). Currently have a 580 but thinking of upgrading to a 770 - 780 is a bit too expensive for me at the moment. Performance on the 580 is pretty good, is the 770 a better card? It may be a newer card but I'll be going from an x80 series to an x70 series which in theory is a backward step. Any thoughts? It's for P3D2 purely, nothing else.

When I downloaded the Southern Alaska Region , I noticed when I went to Google Earth, Orbx had automatically showed the border of that region. When I downloaded another region, Google did not show that region. My question is ; How can I manually show the other region? Thanks

Is there any way to lighten the water in P3D? Pretty dark unless receiving a reflection at dawn/dusk. Thanks, Mark

Since the announcement of MS's Fail yesterday, a lot of people will look into P3D. I wanted to ask if there's any chance that a re-write of weather and improved ATC is possible in the future?

Subject line says it all, now go get it: http://www.fstramp.com/ Thanks to Simflight.com for the heads up!

I am using the patched version of 2.2 and I'm trying to avoid the wholesale reinstall of everything as some have said this didn't improve perf for them. I do plan on a whole cleanup--reformat, total new install minus FSX which is installed along w/ P3D on my single SSD now, but I'm trying to hold off a little longer if possible. Never sure what stuff I have to reinstall and what stuff I don't for this scenario. At one of the medium gates at KSMF, current date, pre-dusk, seeing 22 fps up to 28 fps taxiing, then stays in the very low 20's taking off south and stays around the low 20 to mid 20s. I'm using FTXG, mesh, NCA, and weather/clouds very very light. Changin…

I know Mr. Pete Dawson has been on Holiday but I wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing a CTD when trying to connect external applications to P3D V2.2 using the current release of wideclient? If I try to Connect Flight Sim Commander, Air Hauler, or Flight Sim Keeper via wideclient P3d will CTD. I also do not seem to be able to connect to Squakbox anymore so my online flying is temporarily suspended. I believe Pete said that with each new version FSUIPC will probably need to be tweaked so perhaps this is already a known issue? Thanks,

I have a GTX760 for my virtual cockpit view but I would like to use a second card for two smaller monitors displaying instruments ONLY (no virtual cockpit). Just wondering if it also needs to be a DX11 compatable card in P3Dv2 as I have a spare Nvidia GT210 I could use. I realise this particular card is not DX11 compatable.

With the sale on at PC Aviator, was wondering if FS Captain is worth purchasing ? Cheers WT

that's all I have to say, now go shopping :Peace:

Is REX4 compatible with v2.2?

The Throttle, Prop and Mix axes are asigned no problem, but there are 9 switches and when I try to asign a function, and move the switch prepar 3D doesnt recognize it.

Hi All, No matter how I've changed settings in controls so far the "brake" message is continually on and the brakes are continually on. I've tried everything I know and used the settings I've used in FSX in the past but can't seem to get the brakes to release. Any help would be appreciated. Maybe I'm overlooking something. Thanks in advance.

Having tested the revamped flight recorder system, I was quite impressed. The playback is fluid - much like FSRecorder - and doesn't jerk around like the older FSX recorder system. Is there a way to remove the playback box during playback though ?

HI all Is anyone using additional addons to enhance the colour/light environment in P3D ? Sometimes the colours appear slightly muted and flat, and I think Jeroen raised the point previosuly about light intensity (real sunlight environment). Just wondering what others are doing? Cheers eric

I was using P3D 2.2 latest version over the past few days - including today - without issue, and just exited P3D after completing a flight. I have not installed any addons since Sunday Morning. Current addons are Airbusx, GSX, various FSDT Sceneries, ASNEXT, Megascenery Earth, FSUIPC 4.929, all installed and tested without incident Saturday and Sunday. Starting a few minutes ago - Upon restart of P3D, I get immediate CTD during initialization. I decided to then try loading P3D as an administrator, and it started without incident. I never had to start it as an administrator before. Now, it CTDs every time I start it, unless I start it as an administrator. …

A long time ago I got something - I forget what it was at the moment but it's pretty popular - that destroyed the ridiculous road-laden texture tiles in FSX and added real roads. Shortly thereafter I got something else that added night lighting. Quite a frame hit, so I didn't use it much, but it worked. One of the biggies at the time, around 2006, maybe Ultimate Terrain or something. Anyway, I can't believe the idiotic practice of using tiles that have pretty little drawings of roads on them has survived, but IMO it's an amateur move by LM. For all they've done right, they've gone and clowned up the ground. So - as the subject says, I'd like to obliterate any …

I'm sure I have just missed this somewhere... Installed P3D v2.2 from scratch, including removing all of the files in C:\users.... Installed new beta NV driver today, very nice. Overall, I am very happy, other than the sun shining on the VC panel when the aircraft was at certain attitudes (depending on where the sun was too, of course). I had this in v2.1, and while I have awesome cloud shadows, having the dynamic sun shine on the VC would just make it perfect.. HDR Lighting is ON In Lighting: Object-Type Cast Receive Internal vehicle Yes Yes External Vehicle …

I went ahead and bought 2.2 last night, and even without any addons installed it is pretty awesome! However, in some VCs (like in Carenado/Alabeo aircraft) there are lots of shimmers and jaggies on the gauges... I can force SGSSAA throught NI but the performance impact is pretty major, especially on my 660 Ti. Is everyone just using the built in multisampling?

Just some quick info/video on 2.2 Beta 2. I've reported a few minor issues to Wes ... please note I don't call these bugs because they could be issues specific to my environment/PC (3rd party add-ons, video drivers, etc.). Here is video I made using latest build -- I'm using some rather "extreme" graphics settings (tree lovers unit): My display settings are here: http://www.robainscough.com/Prepar3D_Settings_2.html pay close attention to the Shadow Map Count and Draw distance. Add-Ons used: Orbx PNW Orbx NCA Orbx Vector 1.1 Orbx FTX Global PILOT's FS Global 2010 Ultimate FTX Edition REX 4 Texture Direct (clouds at 4096/2048) AccuFeel FSUIPC …

Guys, I am asking this because one of my friends is having downgraded performance with P3D despite having a GTX 680 .. So any card below 780 won't do?

Hi guys, I've recently been on a learning experience by trying out X-Plane 10. It was a fun experience, but at the end of the day I'm a low and slow kind of guy and Orbx's sceneries are just too good to give up. One thing I enjoyed immensely about XP10 though was the absolutely stutter free flight, no blurries, and nothing popping into view or reloading in view. This at the very least gives a better sense of flying. So back to P3Dv2. I mostly have everything running fine, apart from 2 problems: 1. Blurries. Ground textures seem to lag behind even @ slow speeds of roughly 120 - 140kts. Changing view exacerbates the problem. Are there any tweaks to help relieve …

Hi, I've included and installed to P3DV2.2 several FSX addon airports (freeware and payware) and while the majority is well-suited they all have one strange error - none AI aircraft not located the terminals gates but located on somewhere away on the parking lots.Also ATC doesn`t guide me to terminal gates but also anywhere in the parking lot. In FSX these same scenery (terminal gates) are all filled with planes. What is the ATC difference between FSX and P3DV2? Whether it`s possible to change it?

Hi all Has anyone had problems with activating the full 2.2 version. I completely uninstalled v2.1 and removed all traces of 2.1. I've also run 2.2 as administrator which it's suggesting I do with no luck. Have I missed a trick? I've not seen anyone else having this problem. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Greetings everyone, what about FSINN and IVAP for online flights...are you getting them to work in P3D 2.2? If yes, how? Best regards,