The Prepar3d Forum

P3D V2 is an odd duck. In some situations it performs fabulously, in others it just, relatively, tanks--and the odd part is lowering sliders doesn't help much at all in some of these situations. Have you noticed this? I was parked at the gate at default KDEN in the CS Super MD-80 Pro, notoriously easy on frames. If you've flown out of there in FSX you know it's a ways out from downtown and there isn't a whole lot of autogen around the terminal either. Parked there near a jetway I'm see a very paltry 25 frames per second looking at nothing special--just the side of the terminal building at the gate w/ not much else visible. If I panned to the left window, frames went…

I've lost the night lights in P3Dv2. I've moved the scenery to my P3Dv2 folder and don't see the lights anymore. Is anyone else having this problem?

posted on LM forum as well, but not seen anyone else got . . . not seen this before. After initially OK, V2 has defaulted the sound devices to the system defaults - and will not let me save my specific optical out and usb headphone and mike for general sound, voice and voice input respectively. can't get ATC off the main speakers onto phones. Anybody else or is there a quick workaround? thanks, Mike

Hello all - I'd like to purchase a trans-Atlantic aircraft (Boeing or Airbus) add-on that works with P3D v2. I read that Aerosoft had auto-pilot issues and not sure how reliable that is. What are your preferences for this kind of aircraft, keeping in mind that I don't want to tinker with installation etc to make it work, I have the migration tool which hopefully will do the work. Thanks in advance.

I'm sure I've read about this but it's the first time it's happened to me. I open P3D2 and it appears in the taskbar and I get sound but I can't maximise the window and see anything. I seem to remember there's a workaround but I can't find it anywhere. HELP!

HI, At the Master compatibility List it's says that Taxi2Gate MMMX Extreme works if you install it with EMT, but it doesn't work for me. The are no terminal building. Anyone with this problem even with another add-on? Thanks

The Virtavia Sea King flies perfectly in P3D v2.0. This might be good news for other products in their range.

I am working on a post-process to fix the fisheye/stretching distortion that plague 3 monitor views. I already have satisfaction, but it does not stretch all the way across all three monitors, more like 1/2 of the side monitors, and it uses lazy math (it's a prototype). There is no noticeable affect on framerate. I am working on the correct math and filling all three monitors (my math ain't so good since I quit dealing drugs). I would like to see the strip on my base leg or even downwind, and not have the geometry distorted from what I'd see IRL. That and a readable scanable panel are my goals. Here is a quick summary of how to get what I have already fun…

Hello all - I'd like to purchase a trans-Atlantic aircraft (Boeing or Airbus) add-on that works with P3D v2. I read that Aerosoft had auto-pilot issues and not sure how up-to-date that is. What are your preferences for this kind of aircraft, keeping in mind that I don't want to tinker with installation etc to make it work, I have the migration tool which hopefully will do the work. Thanks in advance.

Hi, when I add scenery in the scenery library, it gives me the option to cache the scenery or use it direct. It also has a tick box at the bottom to cache the scenery? What effect do either of these choices have on the running of p3dv2. Thanks.

Hi all, I have a question; is there any difference between Prepar3d "pro plus" and "pro" beside the military training? I saw some screenshots that show pro plus is far more superior to pro in visual department is it true?

Just out of interest sake.

Hello everyone, I just installed p3dv2 and my CH products do not show up in the control setting section of P3d. All that is there is the mouse. My controls are the yoke, peddles and throttle quadrant. I have them pluged into the usb ports and I thought p3d would automatic pick them up? But no. I have the control manager and controls are calibrated through the manager. I downloaded and installed FSUIPC for v2.0 but the gui does not work. I heard other people speak of that in other threads. Latest drivers installed in all controls. Does anyone know the magic trick to import their controls into p3d? I have run out of ideas. P3D is a beautifull platform from what I can see on…

I've tried out adding some MSE photo scenery to P3DV2 and frankly it looks better in FSX to my old eyes. I think part of the problem is that P3DV2 LOD_Radius can't go beyond 6.5 and when flying in FSX, I'm almost always at 9.5. I have tried editing the Prepar3D.CFG and setting the LOD_Radius higher but LM seem to have capped the value at 6.5 regardless of what I enter manually. There most definitely is a LOD_Radius in affect for photo scenery under P3DV2 ... that processing seems unchanged. Anyone else come to the same conclusion? Rob

Hi everyone I am having a problem with my GF-MCP crashing as soon as I touch any dial on the unit I get a message saying FSX -Module Data Bridge has stopped working I have other GoFlight modules that are working fine until I touch the GF-MCP and then they are inoperable I am using the latest software from Pete Dowson and GoFlight Any idea Thanks in advance Paul

What is the correct syntax for installing the CS 727 Sound gauge in P3dv2 DLL>XML, I no longer have FSX XML to copy it form Thanks cathy

Hi, I'm hoping some kind soul will be in a position to help me with this one. I have purchased and installed (into Prepar3D v1.4) the wonderfully detailed Isle Of Man scenery from Earth Simulations. This is a huge download (>10GB) managed by their ESI Product Management Software, but despite my sub par download speeds, courtesy of British Telecom, it completed successfully after about 14 hours! Perhaps not surprisingly I discovered a couple of coastline anomalies which appear to be missing or corrupt bgls. I contacted Earth Simulations and received a very prompt reply requesting a top down view oriented at 360 degrees to help identify the missing bgls…

I had to reinstall my P3D v2. ORBX FTXGlobal installed fine and shnoes up in the SXcenery Area List, but when I try to install other sceneries they do not install. I open P3D, go to World/Scenery Library. Click Add Area. Browse, Go to P3D/Addon Scenery, find the scenery I want to install (the library contains scenery/testure) click Ok and it shows up in the Directory and Scenery area title. click OK but the scenery is NOT added to the list of Scenery Areas. Whats wrong?

This site has a really nice viewing/posting system, especially with the new update. But I've noticed a large number of multiple posts, and I think I know the cause. It seems to happen when I edit my original post immediately after posting it. I know this is off topic for this forum, but I wonder if it might help the monitors with that workload if there was a locked post mentioning this until there is a fix. I realize this will probably get moved/deleted.

I have included instructions on how to use this software I discovered over at Rise of Flight Forums. This is basically SweetFX with a GUI. Feel free to use my preset.txt file http://sdrv.ms/18BjhQ1

If I was to splash out on this upgrade from my 660Ti, would the 780 do or do I needs to push for the Ti? The price differential is significant. I'm running an i7 @ 4.0

Hi, I am going to install a new video card and I remembered someone stating that you needed to blow away some shader folders. Doe anyone know the validity of this, and if so, are the folderslocated in the main installation folder for p3d or in the appdata folders? Also, do I delete just the contents of these folder(s)? I remember fsx had a shader entry in the cfg and you could just change the value and it would rebuild the shader cache, but I saw no similar entry in the p3d cfg. Thanks Biob

HI All P3DV2 lovers, Reading recently some of the P3D advice on V2, the suggestion is to disable SLI as one would be worse off with it enabled. When I get home from work I'll get a chance to investigate my nvidia settings, but what comes to mind this second is I think because I use 2 X 680s with 3 30in monitors and NI surround giving me a resolution of 6044X1080 it is not possible to disable SLI. Anyone shed some light on this for me and how I can use V2 with the image spanned across 3 monitors without SLI? thanks IM

A few questions , some of them may have already been answered. Which version ? I ask this as 200$ is around 14k in Indian Rupees and thats very expensive , So should I stick to the lower priced version and would they be same as the 200 ? MEMBERS CAN IGNORE THIS QUESTION AS I THINK IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED BUT I HAVE LOST THAT POST. BUT WOULD APPRECIATE IF THEY CAN ANSWER IT AGAIN. FSX Scenery ? Will I be able to use NL2000 (FSX Version) directly or I need a convert ? Vatsim ? I fly only on Vatsim , so is FSInn compatible with P3d V2 ? One important question - my sig rig in which the CPU has changed to FX 6300 and everything else is…

I can attest to the fact that HT does work with P3d2, although for me, there was no discernible benefit. Note my hardware setup. My PC is a hand me down from when it was solely for video editing. The computer is not designed for running P3d2 and I don't suggest anybody try to hand build such a workstation, as you will probably get much better performance with a newer high-end single CPU mobo. My PC has 2 hexacore Xeon CPUs, for a total of 12 physical cores and 24 logical cores with HT on. With HT off, the default CFG file will allow P3d2 to run on 11 cores, as it sets an affinity mask to allow the OS and other apps to run on Core 0. If I add the AM entry to the CFG file,…