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497.29 driver fixes. Fixed Issues in this Release [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: The game may crash to the desktop during gameplay. [3454519] [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: Purple/blue artifacts appear on ground textures in the game. [3454530] [Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop occurs when there is mouse movement. [3405920] Desktop may stutter after extended period when mouse cursor is moved. [3443235] In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [3405228] This is not fixed. NVIDIA - We just fixed this issue and it will be in our next Game Ready Driver in early Ja…

FFTF now updated to work with the latest HF.

Hi, I'm looking for GSX V2 jetways for this airport, and did not find until now. Does anybody have??? Thank's Yves from ELLX.

P3D....P3D v5.3 HF1(light fix) is simply stunning running performance, and as well, stunning, clear, crisp Orbx graphics...and A.I. What...what did the L.M. software engineers DO...to this version's coding that they did NOT do, in any other prior last two or three version .x's...?!!?!?!? I am not a software engineer, but...I do ponder, that these talented coding artists have not just climbed out from under a rock, within one version....so....I ask myself...WHY did we not have THIS SIM version....two or three (at least!) versions ago?!?!? What was the Epiphany with this version? (v5.3 HF1+1)... Folks, I just don't get it...that all along...barely a noticeab…

I recently updated to v5.3 of P3D - everything working fine...completed a tour of the Amazon region west to east with 22 plans created with LNM. 'Returning' to the UK I then noticed stutters in the sim and on checking forums discovered other flyers with the same issues but appear to be in/over more dense scenery areas (Amazon region pretty sparse!). Installed the full P3Dv5.3+HF1 to 'overcome' the stuttering issue which does seem to be resolved but now have a challenge with P3D not responding when loading a new flight plan via LNM! After installing the new P3D I did delete both p3d.cfg and scenery.cfg files which then rebuilt on first boot. Also ran the scenery …

Hi: I have been waiting for a response from the forum at MAIW but have not heard from anyone over there so I thought I would post here and hope someone can assist me...Will the scenery and aircraft at MAIW work in P3d Ver 5.3? They indicate function in Ver 4 but make no mention of any later versions...Thanks for any advice given!

Hi, I've recently purchased a RTX 3090 as an upgrade from my old 970GTX, which is obviously a pretty big jump. I've always kept my settings really reasonable because I prefer 60fps to 30fps. I'm using a screen that only supports 1080p, so I'm not even worried about 4k performance. I have a 8700k that is overclocked to a stable 5.0ghz, 32gb Ram, and I'm running P3D 4.5 (but will go to 5.3 shortly.) Most things I've sacrificed I've never really used, so I don't miss them: FXAA: Off AA: 4xMSAA Texture filtering: Anisotropic 2x Texture resolution: 1024x1024 Reflections: all off Shadows quality: Low Shadows draw distance: Low S…

This is the BEST P3D version my system has ever run! Full bore sim 737 approaches over major cities, and now the FPS just YAWNS...at all that's being flown over on Final Approach...simply amazing! I am so impressed with what L.M. has done with this latest (fixed and tweaked) version...just amazed....and so extremely pleased! Ses

Is there a way to spawn at a game without P3D thinking my aircraft has crashed ? This is a one of the most annoying thing ever. No matter what I do I cannot spawn at CYVR without P3D detecting a crash.

Hey, is there something I missed. Finished my upgrade (clean install) to 5.3 HF1 today and see, that my GPU is always at a 100% load. Does anybody know something? That wasnt the case in 5.2 for me :-/ Cheers Bernd

hi, i have noticed over my last few flights that when the autopilot is turned on its following the path nav, hdg, etc but in doing so is banking slightly right or left i have tried with putting no fwd cargo in but that dosent seem to do the trick any help would be much appreciated, Julius

Up until now, I have always had to lock my frame rate at 30 to 35 FPS to keep the LP0 utilization rate below 100% and free up CPU resources. The most effective way to this for me was setting the Max Frame Rate in NCP to 35 and setting the P3D Target Frame Rate to 120 FPS or Unlimited. To my amazement in v5.3, I now find that if I turn off the Max Frame Rate setting in NCP and set the P3D Target Frame Rate to Unlimited, LP0 utilization drops from 100% when it was locked at 35, to 50% to 60% at unlimited. I know this makes no sense, but this is what is happening for me. Can anyone else duplicate this? What is happening, is that if you lock your FPS at less th…

This service was pretty neat and I used it when Vertx DA62 addon was alive....it has the most potential but that is gone in my book for good Though I did get errors with some Orbx Sceneries when using FSaerodata Nonetheless, P3D loses here and I do hope someone acquires them and makes some good products for all of us. I am sure part of it is due to people flocking to MSFS and I sincerely hope LM does some big "defense industrial magic" for P3Dv6 or with the next 5.xx series.

I notice the “Landing Lights Illuminate Ground” option is no longer available in the Options || Display Menu. It used to be a check box below “Dynamic Lights”, which I do have checked. The reason I ask is, for some payware aircraft, namely Carenado, the Exterior lights all work fine, but the landing lights do not illuminate the ground when in Pilot view. I may be wrong, but I thought that was the function of the “Landing Lights Illuminate Ground” option. Anyway, hope everyone has a Great Holiday Season! Regards, Tom

Hi everyone, LHSimulations Budapest v2 just got released including the new terminal building and some awesome improvements. Also for those of us that had v1 you get a generous 50 per cent off the v2 product. I think it's a bargain and it's lovely to see Budapest up to date finally. Go and get it here and don't forget to insert your serial number to the coupon section of the webshop so you get half the price OFF: https://lhsimulations.com/webshop/main.php?action=Termekreszletes_mutat&Id=5

Hello, Suddenly I have a strange issue with P3dV4.5hf3 that I have never had before. Twice now while using FSL airbus aircraft the screen goes black. Its back to the loading screen and when finished loading its at some other airport around the world. First time was taxiing at KDFW and p3d auto reloaded me to an airport in Germany. Second, getting ready to depart KABQ for KDEN in the A319 and screen goes black and loads me up at KSFO runway 28R. I have never had such an issue until recently. Any ideas? Thanks

Hi All, Enjoying 5.3 so far and have started to use autogen which is something I couldn't do due to poor FPS in previous versions. That said, it appears that the autogen doesn't disappear with altitude...well, some of it doesn't anyway. Here I am at 25,000 feet and looking down I get spatterings of ugly bright green trees. All looks OK on the ground, but is there a way to stop autogen being drawn once you get over a certain height? Chers,

Hey guys,I’ll keep it short and sweet. Trying to find a copy of the Sim Skunk Works Harrier for P3DV4 but it seems it’s non existent. They’re website seems to be utterly useless, just shows links of where to buy their products but the only thing available is for P3DV5 and requirements say V5 or newer only. And oddly enough it’s available for free from sim market. Did they go under? I found it for P3DV4 on sim market but instead of “add to cart” option it just says click to be notified when it’s available. Went to their website and I’ve tried EVERY single link they provide including orbx and nothing. I’ve literally been scouring the web for two weeks now trying to find the…

Chaseplane is now updated for 5.3 HF1 +LF

Please, If anyone with deeper knowledge could comment on my thoughts about AffinityMask usage in P3Dv5.3 using a 12900K processor. [JobScheduler] AffinityMask=16777215 P3DCoreAffinityMask=16733525 MainThreadScheduler=0 RenderThreadScheduler=2 FrameWorkerThreadScheduler=4 As far as I understood, the first entry "AffinityMask" is defined by the CPU itself and only depends on BIOS settings (HT ON or OFF). The second entry "P3DCoreAffinityMask" defines the Core usage in P3D. This line is where the adjustments should be made. I have currently set this to 16733525 which corresponds to the second calculation line (see below). That means that P3D uses every …

Any news on a new LIRF , as far as Iam aware it's the only major capitol city in Europe that doesn't have an recent update , come on guys 🤓

Just had my flight to VHHH on QW789, when approaching 25L, I got a windshear without warning at about 300', went around, no big deal But for the 2nd landing on 25C. this time it caught me on 20feet, no time for correction, got a very hard landing on -1600fpm, ouch. After shutdown, I went to both aviaWorx Approach Report and ACMI file to see what happened, I noticed on ACMI record, the wind shear is brutal, more than 20kts speed lose within a single datapoint (I think it's about 10Hz of data), it goes down, and back after few seconds. I'm sure it's wind while there it's not recorded in data, because on avia App rep, it shows I have landed on wind 074/21kts , wh…

Hello, recently i've been getting some strange rudder issues. It's really hard to describe the problem but sometimes the rudder just stutters to the left and locks itself. It behaves odd. It happens in all planes, and I'm 99%sure that it's not a problem within the simulator. I think it's because of some strange setting or calibration with my Joystick. I'm using T.flight PS3 joystick. What's special about this joystick is that it got two Z-axis, one on the joystick, the classic twist motion, and then there is also a Z-axis on the joystick. I've tried resetting the calibration, but to no luck. Any ideas? WIlhelm

Pretty extensive Fix-List. Quote: The Prepar3D v5.3 Hotfix 1 (5.3.15.28130) is now available and can be downloaded immediately from the Purchased Downloads section of the website. The Prepar3D v5.3 Hotfix 1 contains resolutions for high priority issues identified after the Prepar3D v5.3 release. The Client and Scenery installers are required for the fixes present in Prepar3D v5.3 Hotfix 1. Therefore, the Content and SDK installers are optional. Each fix listed below is categorized per installer. Please note, you must first have Prepar3D v5 installed to utilize any of the standalone installers (Client, Content, and Scenery). The Prepar3D v5.3 Hotfix 1 u…

Source: https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/154537-08dec21-a-quick-round-of-updates-on-various-topics-across-pmdg-p3d-msfs-dc-6-737 I cannot help but feel disregarded by PMDG. From the comment above, it appears to be the case that they already have my money, I'm now just a cost to them (as another 3rd party developer might say). I bought the -200 expansion pack based upon the notion that we may have been given a significant update round about now (as suggested at release). To me, the lack of any images to showcase the work undertaken (if any), gives the impression that P3D users can be taken for granted. Prioritis…