The Prepar3d Forum

My monitor only supports 1080p - 50 or 60 Hz, my TV only 1080i - 25 or 30 Hz on its own, to get a good image. Now when I duplicate the screen I can suddenly set my TV to 1080p - 25 Hz!! And when I go back to my monitor it now also accepts the 1080p - 25 Hz!! I'm using both for more than a year but just today I discovered this, never saw this before. The very good thing is that P3D performs on this 1080p - 25Hz with heavy add-ons like on steroids. A boost in frames and from 33K feet high the ground textures start to crispen up far before I get to them. Only some tearing I see when I turn my view around quickly. So is this 1080p - 25 Hz in reality 1080i - 25…

Just a question, is there now an ai traffic software compatible with p3dv2 ? thanks

For the last day, I have spent many more hours than I should have testing the Water Effects parameter after installing FSX Global. I used both REX and AS 2012 to install water textures into FSX. Note that I had been consistently using "Water Effects=Low 2.x". From reading another post, it seems that after installing FSX Global, the water color appears different with water effects set to none, as compared when set to 2.x. I would expect the color to remain the same. When water effects are set to 2.x, I found the water color always looks the same regardless what colors were installed from REX or AS 2012? When water effects are set to none, I found the water c…

What does Annette Island look like to you with ORBX Global and Vector installed? Mine looks bad. Trees on the runway, elevated runway and weird artifacts to the side. I installed Alaska UTX to see if that made a difference, and it does not! I remember this area to be very beautiful before and I use it to take a short flight to Ketchikan. What's the secret to your Alaska looking good....real? Stan

Hi guys I try to install the product but when open the FTX GLOBAL VECTOR CONFIG TOOL after installation complete to applying the scenery, it give me ftx config stop working. I notice this problem occurs whith many people, so the only thing isto copy the vector manually. Could anyone help me cuz I try myself to copy FTX_VECTOR AND FTX_VECTOR _AEC to the library, but when I come to add the scenery in the addon scenery inside fsx it not add (cuz the to folders of vector is contain scenery folders and not contain texture folders, so that I cannot add it inthe library). Could anyone help me to copy ftx vector manually ?

So I downloaded 2.1 and I'm not exactly happy with it. I get blurries when I had none in 2.0 and the HDR in 2.1 is way to dark so I've been force to turn it off. Honestly I'm no better off then I was with FSX now. No HDR and blurries galore. I no longer have the 2.0 installer does anyone know I way to get a 2.0 installer?

I was checking my p3dv2.1 setup ( to keep it running smoothly ), and it came up with the message; Failed to laod texture:GEN3_LM.DDS Failed to load texture:black.dds Failed to load dds can somebody help me with this? you can check this by adding the following to your fsx.cfg [scenery] [sCENERY] // To show alerts or areas, set to = 1 // To hide alerts or areas, set to = 0 // Alert for missing textures ShowMissingTextureAlert=1 // Alert for missing objects MissingLibraryAlert=1 // Render Trigger areas as visible boxes ShowTriggers=1 Edit 20:24 found them in my p3d folders from flightbeam and P3d itself and by copying them in the main…

Hi All, Is there a way to get P3D to launch to the same screen as FSX does (did) instead of directly to the default flight? ie: So I can load flight plans, fuel, weather etc. PRIOR to flying? Thanks, Craig

Do these enhancement programs work with Prepar3d when it is run in DX10? Thanks.

I have ORBX Vector and Global on a brand new computer. When I put in ORBX PAKT, or even if I don't, I can't believe the terrain on Annette Island. Trees move along with the plane on the runway. The runway is elevated in space, and nothing looks right. I tried putting in UTX Alaska but that did not help at all. I've reinstalled PAKT and I'm at a loss. On my old computer I did not have the problem I'm describing. Everything else looks great in the world, although I haven't tried everything obviously. If I have a corrupt terrain file as someone has suggested to me, how do I check that, and how do I fix it. Vector and Global were saved on an external hard disk whe…

I like Orbx and I also like Navigraph for updating Aerosoft, PMDG, Project Magenta, and others Garmin 1000 like navigation systems. These firms are Navigraph clients and flight sim users pay Navigraph a small fee to update their systems. Orbx, on the other hand is at this time not a Navigraph client. Why? I keep asking myself. Of course all of the Orbx airports do not have FAA navigation plates but they all have airport layouts with runway designations and left/ right hand landing patterns. And Orbx really has a clunky way of providing their customers airport navigation charts by hiding them in their product .pdf files. Navigraph, on the other hand, FOR THEIR CL…

Hi I haven't been able to decide if I should purchase FTX Vector. I have been receiving mixed reviews. Some say it slows down FSX performance while others have praised on the enhancement of Coastlines. I guess my litmus test for coastline would be to see how it shapes Abu Dhabi island (near OMAA) or UAE coastline. The fsx default coastline for OMAA is inaccurate.by a very long margin. If any one who owns FTX Vector could get post a top-down screenshot of Abu Dhabi island coastline (near OMAA), I would highly appreciate it. Also has anyone had any FPS issues with FTX Vector ?

Hi all, I needed help here for AA effect for p3D v1.4, which I turned on the AA at P3D V1.4 but doesn't see that AA effect, any clue to fix this problem ? B/Regards...Alex Ooi Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This question may belong on the FSDT forums, but thought I would try here first. P3v2.1 with Hotfix 1 applied, Win 8.0, 64 bit After installing the FSDT KLAX, I'm seeing very high intensity with airport environment lighting, This includes runway, taxiway and other lighting. At night the lights are blindingly bright. Could this be a setting in my GPU? (I use NI, so I may have done something weird there). I have also installed the FSDT KORD, which appears normal by comparison, as do all of the default airports. Thanks for any suggestions, Bruce.

All; I've downloaded and installed my Academic version of P3D_2 and tried to install the patch off the download page. I keep getting a "windows Installer" error pop-up window saying " the upgrade patch cannot be installed by the windows installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, etc, etc." P3D_v2 is installed in the default C:\Programs files (x86) as default by the installation. Any ideas?? Rob

I have had FSX installed many years on my system, but I have never adjusted properly staying mostly with FS2004. This time, assuming that P3D2.0 is still long-long way to go to reach a reliable shape and form, I decided to go ahead and make proper set-up for FSX. First thing that badly surprised my was FPS effect that UTX has on the sim even with autogen at 0%. Am I correct in my assuption that FTX Base+Vectors are comtemporary replacements of UTX/GEX, meaning ground textures, roads, night lighting etc, and if I purchase it, my FPS would improve drastically comparing with UTX/GEX combo? Thanks Dmitriy

Many of the roads in urban ORBX areas go through houses and buildings. Is there a fix for that or just the way it is?

I currently use UTX Europe which I'm very happy with, however I fly to a few places outside of its coverage area. So I'm thinking of picking up ORBX Vector with the intention of running it alongside UTX so that when I'm in a UTX Coverage area I see UTX and when I stray outside of it I see ORBX Vector. Presumably this is ok, and will work as long as UTX is placed higher than ORBX Vector in the scenery library? I can't seem to find a straight answer on the Orbx forums so hopefully there will be someone here whose requirements are like mine and can tell me how it will work (or not) The user comments seem pretty unanimous that UTX is better than ORBX within …

I would like to mock up some performance tables that would correlate Prop RPM / Manifold Pressure to True Airspeed and Fuel Burn, for specific altitudes. The one variable I am having trouble with is Fuel Burn (gallons/hour). Is there any variable I could invoke (.cfg file) that would provide fuel burn to be displayed in the red text in P3D v2.1? Thanks, Bruce.

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Previous to hot fix I had a few errors in the ErrorContentLog. After the Hot fix dll's I have 1000 errors?

As far as I know, PMDG is working on to release some aircrafts for P3Dv2 in Q1 2014. Now two weeks left but I have not seen any news. I am very longing for flying NGX in this sim!! Have anyone heared of any news? At the same time I am a bit feared what is going to happen on the VAS. Maybe I need to fly it with all vegitation off :ph34r:. I do not have any addon airports. it may be even tougher for those who have many addon airports installed.

Hi there! guys i have a problem with my prepar3d's terrain. here is the picture: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1hun6&s=8 can someone help to fix this crap problem? :( thank you. Mammad

I have P3d V2.1 installed. FSUIPC4 installed and registered and EzDok 1.17 P3dBeta installed. It seems like Ezca is running. If I switch my vuew to anywhere else, and then click on"pilot" in the ezca console it will switch my view. Fine. If I try to move about with the assigned keys.. nothing happens. If I try to move about with keys assigned in P3D (the num keys wich i havent changed yet) I get the snapping effect like P3D is moving the view and Ezca is snapping it back to where it should be. If I try to use the HAT on my stick, or any of the "assigned" buttons (which are 'cleared' in p3d) on the stick. Nothing happens. Any idea whats going on?

Does P3DV2 have HDR to the effect of XP10? By that I mean, for instance, in XP10 as I pull into a gate at night, the aircraft gets illuminated by the apron lights. In contrast with FSX where the "lights" and "lighting" are just baked in textures. Thanks