The Prepar3d Forum

I'm in the process of finalizing Real Air Citabria installation and I'm trying to reduce the GPS side. Unfortunately, my modification to the panel that were fine in FSX are not working in Prepar3D. Only the GPS 295 pop-up window if of interest for me for the moment. Any panel specialist had succeeded in doing so? Here is the default Real Air Aircraft section for the GPS. [Window01] size_mm=150,250 position=6 BACKGROUND_COLOR=16,16,16 VISIBLE=0 ident=GPS_PANEL gauge00=gps!gps,0,0,150,250 My modification working fine on FSX was. [Window01] size_mm=545,354 Window_size=0.166,0.43 position=2 BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 VISIBLE=0 ident=GPS_PANEL gauge00…

Hey guys, Has anyone been able to apply the 1/2 refresh rate in NI with a locked 30 FPS with success? I have tried along with all the different settings in V2 but still get the annoying stuttering I had in FSX before the 1/2 refresh rate fix. All I have heard about V2 is how smooth and stutter free the sim is. So far my experience with V2 is worse fps, worse stuttering, and far worse AA. This with a 2500k at 4.5 and a 670 gtx.

Does anyone know what causes these micro stutter? It happens randomly for me. I have my fps locked to 30fps in P3D, and sometimes when i pan around in the virtual cockpit, like when I look out the left side to view the scenery, I see it slightly stuttering. But when returning the view to look out the front, it goes away. I have tried readjusting my settings and have turned down and deactived a few things to see if that would fix the problem and its still there. Although the FPS shows a constant 29-30 FPS, I still see it stuttering. I have launched nvidia inspector while this is going on to see what the GPU usage is and it shows about 40-60% only. So it's not like my GPU i…

Hi all, I have been reading a lot of neg posts and a lot of pos post about Prepar3d. I received P3d v2 for C'mas, which I asked for. And installed in on my old win 7 32 bit os, and it was terrible to say the least. I then re-installed my 64 bit os and the difference was night & day. So, I would like to ask anyone who wants to take the time here to reply to this post simply by saying,,,,,,,,1), does P3d work fair, good, or great ,for you, and 2) what OS system you have on your computer,,,,,32 bit or 64 bit? exp; my P3d works, good and I have a 32 bit os my P3d works fair, and I'm have a 64 bit os I'm just wondering how P3d in running, and how, …

Hi- What's up with the full throttle flight start? I haven't been able to figure this one out yet. Mark

Here is the procedure for uninstalling ORBX products for doing a clean re install Go ahead and set FTXCentral to [Default] First you Browse to FSX\ORBX\FTX_NA folder Then Delete the 4 x PNW titled folders: FTX_NA_PNW05_SCENERY FTX_NA_PNW06_CVX FTX_NA_PNW07_MESH FTX_NA_PNW08_CUSTOM Now Browse to the FSX\ORBX\Scripts folder and Delete the scenerylib_NA_PNW Then run FTXconfigurator.exe Next Browse to FSX\Scenery\World\Scenery And then Delete all the "PNW" titled files in that folder. Josh

Suddenly, when I start P3D from the setup screen and Select Vehicle, the window where the aircaft list appears stays blank and freezes at Loading Vehicle. If I start the default flight the sim seems to run normally but if I go to the Select Vehicle screen the same thing happens. Any suggestions? Thanks

Hi All Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, I couldn't see it. What settings in UTX need modifying to get the best out of running both UTX and Global in conjunction with one another? The Global user guide mentions you can disable UTX lights but suggests that this is optional and not a necessity. Anyone have any thoughts on what to enable/disable in UTX when using Global? Thanks

Hi, I have FTX Global since a half month now, and today I just also installed ftx england, but now theres no Hybrid Mode in FTX Central Panel?? Anyone know how to fix?

there are so many choices regarding a payware mesh for FSX I'm a little lost on which one to purchase....? I plan on eventually upgrading to Vector and have UTX US and Europe for now. Right now I'm trying to decide on FSGenesis, FSGlobal 2010, FSGlobal Ultimate and FSGlobal for FTX.... I've also heard horror stories when installing a mesh regarding airport plateaus and spikes shooting off into space. I've also heard that many addons like MY City X and others have bad anomalies when installing a mesh. Finally I know that FS Global Ultimate appears to offer the best lod and is from 9-1 meters where FSGlobal is a 19m mesh. Ultimate is probably better …

Now that I have my scenery in place what is a good weather and ai traffic program?

Orbx is considering to add a control panel for FTX Vector: http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/72030-poll-should-orbx-add-a-vector-control-panel/ This way you can for instance disable all or some roads and things you don't want/need. I think this will really help those who stopped using Vector because of VAS problems: you will get far more control over it all now!

Everyone who has bought one, two, three or (all) four FTX AU regions through FSS, may download the new SP4 triple installer version for FREE!!! http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=1314 I bought two regions in the past (when they were released) and I will definitely download this complete package and finally have some FTX fun in P3D v2!!!

It's not 100% certain yet but Orbx has a poll online if people want options for Vector: http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/72030-poll-should-orbx-add-a-vector-control-panel/ The dev of Pilot's is willing to even add options for all kinds of roads. So make yourself heard and vote on that poll!

Rex textures. Default scenery. Any ideas to the cause? V2

Just saw that that the FTX AU installer has been updated at FSS: http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/71886-orbx-ftx-australia-sp4-download-for-p3d-v2-released/ Strange that it hasn't been noted on the ORBX release forum yet, but downloading anyway...!

I have been using an exe.xml file copied over from FSX to load SPAD (Saitek panel drivers) when P3D loads. It has always worked before, but now it doesn't. The file hasn't changed. It's still there in the same directory as the P3d.cfg file and SPAD.exe is in the same location. I tried adding another program to the exe file to see if it would launch and maybe this was just a SPAD issue No luck with that either. It seems that P3D just no longer reads the exe.xml file. Any ideas?

Recently downloaded and installed the latest FSGenesis Mesh for FSX. Nice product. However, FSGenesis states: "..These terrain files are also P3D-compatible, with manual configuration." Has anyone been successful in manual installation of mesh into P3D V2 yet?

Please Can someone show me how find the link @ the http://www.fly2pilots.com/cms/ to register the product as a new user.. Thanks Stefti

I've heard that FTX Global overrides some FSX non texture core files that can't be replaced in the event of an uninstall? Is there a guide as to what needs to be backed up in FSX prior to installing FTX Global? Thanks!

Now that I have my scenery in place what is a good weather and ai traffic program?

The new update has been released and this one also applies to the C172: it has the longest list of fixes. One fixed General item was this: "Corrected save file names for p3dv2" So... they are slowly beginning to support P32D v2...?! ^_^ EDIT Installed the update... The installer is P3D v2 ready! Nice!

Hi! I have decided, for the first time, to check the workload of my processors using the max settings possible without having OOM. And this was what I have found at the most demanding scenery I have installed (FSDream team KJFK V2): (BTW the focus is on the P3D2 window) I have read people having all CPU cores and threads at 100% and GPU’s at 99%. But not on my machine. If the readings are correct, my hardware can deliver much more to the simulation. Anyone with similar readings? My system specs are as follow: Software: Win 7 x 64 Ultimate fully updated (DX, C++, framework, etc.) All drivers fully updated (including BIOS) P3D2 …

I had my computer hooked up to my living room PC last week to play games on. Running with the traditional 1920x1080p res, I took notice of the frame rates I was getting. Even with the game running in windowed mode running at much smaller res, the FPS still seem to give me the same numbers as if I was in full screen 1920x1080p. So I made another observation recently, when I moved my computer back into my office and have it hooked up to my 30" monitor which is running at 2560x1600. I fired up P3D and notice my FPS was the same if not slightly better than when it was running on my TV at 1920x1080. I don't understand why but wouldn't it give me a lower FPS since I'm running a…

HI. can somebody please give me a complete and thorough uninstall guide of ORBX PNW everything associated with that scenery thanks, And also how to change ftx central to only have ftx global and Australia as I have global aus and pnw at the moment thanks for your help