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Are the Orbx freeware airport packs compatible with P3D? Do I need to use the EMT for install?

Got a new computer the other day (see My PC profile). After all these years of being in flightsimming and just getting by and on the cheap (funny, now that Im retired, kids are grown and I have absolutely no debt - for which I say a big "Thanks" to the universe every day, it's tougher for me to make myself spend money), I broke down and bought a decent custom-built computer. I tell you, at a time in my life (Im 62) and after 32 years in the newspaper business, few things hit me with awe and wonder anymore. At the top of that short list, of course, will always be my beautiful granddaughters and grandson. And sometimes, the things that do move me leave me kinda feeling …

Anyone have any idea why my aircraft have a grainy type appearance? This only happened after I updated to the latest nvidia drivers.

With the release of Prepar3D v2.0 coming out Monday and assuming (a terribly naive assumption, I know) that it's configurable via menu-options alone, how many of you would miss the hours of tweaking and prodding your systems and FSX itself for hours on end? I ask this because over the years, many of you have written with great pride and enthusiasm on the constant efforts to get FSX to run as efficiently as possible. The sheer amount of knowledge in computers (memory, CPU, GPU over-clocking, BIOS, modifying config files etc) an FSX simmer amassed with FSX was pretty remarkable. Surely, it had become a part of FSX flight-simming whether one wanted it or not. So, wo…

Pushed it a bit but was realistically hoping it would not fail From KPHL (Sunskyjet) to FSDreamTeam's KJFK with Aerosoft's Manhattan X; AXE; JFTraffic360 at 35% screen resolution was (3 DELLS) = 3150x1680 eyefinity HD7970 3G videocard FTX Global and Vector (update ASN with REX4 (4096 graphics) cloud shadows draw to 20km (100km and max density in settings) terrain shadows 20 km veg and bild dense fps a constant 16 on final after landing.... VRAM maxed at 2.7G (400 for win-7.64 etc.) RAM usage maxed for P3D got to just above 3.2G before calling the OOM flag but was able to continue to the ramp That was a whopping 5.5G max usage for…

For those of you who need to be convinced what cloud shadow does/look like... FPS were "OK" for me. But when I turn on the terrain shadowcasting - medium setting -, it drops below the twenties. I took this with Nvidia ShadowPlay, discovered yesterday that ShadowPlay can finally snap Prepar3d v2. Hope it's fine that I post this here and not in the Video forum. It is ment for demonstration purpose. Regards, Vital

Changes made in the Real Air config panel will not save in P3D.

I installed Capt Sim 767 with the Migration tool and I have many problems with Clickpoints for example can't set speeds or Heading. Can't turn on AP...Does anyone else have this problem. I have P3D 2.2 installed from the Patch. Stepped up from the Hotfix. If someone has this working from the clean install. That would help me identify the problem.

Greetings, just installed P3D v 2.2 hours ago, downloaded the latest Active Sky Next and ran the setup. Specifically this one: Full Version / Trial version B5210, size 116MB directly from the HiFi website. Windows 7 is on C-drive. FSx is installed on its own D-drive. P3D is installed on its own E-drive. ASN works perfectly with FSX. However ASN comes up with the following error when I load up P3D: ASN cannot control ambient weather parameters correctly, thus it cannot function properly at this point and will shut down. Please make sure you have proper rights/ownership of the program files (x86) folder and have trusted/excluded ASN from your securiy soft…

Why have simmers been moving from FSX to Prepar3d ? What are the pros and cons ? I have been pretty satisfied with the performance of FSX. So, is it for me ? Is FSX that broke ? Reading from the Forums it appears P3d still has several bugs which cause some to go back to what worked, ie, FSX. I'd like to hear from convincing arguments for the switch . Thanks Jack

Hey Guys Absolutely loving the 2.2. Works leaps better than fsx and now I am just waiting on the PMDG to put their stuff on. I am currently using 2700k OC'ed to 4.8Ghz with GTX680. All my flights are IFR and mostly from One Airport to Another. I only use 1 monitor with most sliders on max except No Cloud Shadows, Lens Flare and Low Water settings. Currently I get decent 15-20 FPS with UT2 and ASN. Will I receive a good increase if I upgrade the GPU to GTX Titan ? Thanks!

I have GSX and when I installed in the new P3D I noticed the FSDT add on manager has a section with all the known P3D tweaks, including affinity mask, etc. Is there a known way to disable this? I dont want to run any tweaks in ny system. Has anybody experienced it? I will also ask in the fsdt forum. Sent from my Mobile thing

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Just a general question for setting up weather. When I go into Advanced Weather, and click on the Clouds tab, the base altitude always has a value of something like -1461 regardless of the airport that I select. Just wondering if this is normal or if I am doing something wrong.

Well i have ftx Global and vector and right now i have a pretty mediocre system and lots of add-ons and my system cant handle it, I want to know how to uninstall Ftx vector(but keep Global)?? i cant seem to find a way!! Anyone please help me if possible.

I just purchased Jetstream Designs' KLIT (Little Rock, AR, USA). For anyone who is a fan of regional airports, this is a must buy, and it looks great in P3Dv2.2. It's the perfect airport for GA, Corporate, 737, Q400, and CRJ flights. The developer has really done a nice job with this airport. Airport buildings and static aircraft are very well done. You also get custom buildings in the town of Little Rock, making this scenery a great deal. Lastly, the developer is very customer friendly. He is kindly going to work on adjusting the photoreal coloration and shading to better match surrounding FTX Global textures (for those who use FTX Global), which I thought is abo…

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

I'm experiencing p3d crash after clicking "start flight " in VAFS. I tried several times start different flights, but every time p3d is crashing . I didn't have this problem with version 2.1 Does anyone have similar problem. Is thee any tweaks -perhaps in fsupic? Thanks

I have a question regarding the installation of non-Prepar3d v2 compliant add-ons: What is the real "danger" of installing non-Prepar3d v2 compliant add-ons into Prepar3d v2.2? I know that they might give you poor performance, missing objects and VAS problems but is there any additional impact apart from this? Let's say you install a purely FSX compatible airport. Can this affect the performance of the system even when you fly outside of the area of that airport? Or can it give you any other problems? What about incompatible *.bgl or *.fx files? Can they be disabled for better performance? I'm asking because with Prepar3d v2.2 I would like to move even more away from …

Just curious what others are seeing. Running a 3770 @4.7 with GTX780. Was using MSI Afterburner to check temps and noticed that my GPU % rarely got over 40%. I also used Kombustor to bench the card and it ran along at 99% with no issue so I know the card is ok. I was under the impression that P3D2.2 put some good loads on the GPU - 40% isn't even breaking a sweat. Am I misunderstanding something? Vic

This is a living list of the known compatibility or issues with add-ons running in Prepar3D V2, based on community input. Please post your results in this thread--once reviewed and incorporated, posts will be hidden or deleted to keep things tidy. If any special procedures or utilities were used, please specify how the add-on was installed and enabled in P3D. If there are limitations when installed in P3D, please list them. If there is a P3D V2-native version, or the FSX version is supported in P3D by the add-on maker, please tell us that. This list is for P3D Version 2.0 ONLY--do not post issues related to compatibility with versions prior to V2. **Note -- Entrie…

Greetings, Is anyone here running triple monitor in surround via Nvidia with a GTX780 or similar in P3D 2.2? If yes, whats the performance like in comparison to FSX in DX10 mode? I know there were some posts beginning this year, but since then and with the release of 2.2, nothing new has been posted. I also believe to have read that LM was working on better performance with multi-monitor setups. Thank you. Best regards, Rene

Greetings, I enquired at Aerosoft about what their plans are to create installers for their products into P3D. The reply is this: even though LM told they would have fixed the lights issue it does still not work. Until they have fixed this issue we will not start testing. And then this post also just a few minutes ago: http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/76531-runway-lights-inoperative-in-p3dv2/?p=574659 Does anyone here know of the plans from LM to rectify the lights issue and a tentative schedule as to when this will be done? Hope I am not asking too much here ^_^ Best regards,

I am running Prepar3d 2.2. I have Orbx global and vector. At stock airports, my runway lights are floating well above the runways. They are lined up as they should be, just well above the runway. Did not have his issues before 2.2 The taxiway lights are fine. Any ideas? Thanks Mark

Having a problem where the transition from dusk to night lasts way too long. I've narrowed down the issue to REX Texture sky themes. It seems that the REX dawn/dusk sky themes somehow alter the transition to night. For example in Houston, the sunset will last until past midnight! Can someone else confirm this please with P3D v 2.2. Thanks!