The Prepar3d Forum

It's definitely not FSX in terms of predicting how it will perform. In some situations it seems to hold up and exceed FSX for sure, and in others it's surprisingly unable to do well. What I find is that basic sim slider, autogen, mesh, even LOD, don't have as big an impact as they might in FSX. And for new DX10/11 effects, w/ the Titan I have on board those feature hardly adversely affect performance either. To illustrate, I took off from KSBA Rwy 07 in the RA T Duke at sunrise w/ FTXG, autogen Dense, vegetation Normal, and all of the DX effects maxed, except Shadow Quality which I had set at Very High, or one notch left of Ultra, and see around 43 fps. By the time …

When using FTX Global on it's own you have the option of turning them off but now that I installed NRM they are always on. Is there a way to turn them off? I don't see the difference on my machine so I would rather not lose the FPS. I can uncheck the box but after you hit apply it checks the box automatically. Why is the check box there for the lights if you cannot uncheck it?

Can someone please explain how to do this. I have P3D V2. Thanks in advance to all who reply. Bill

Is it possible to set my mouse wheel to zoom in and out? If so how would you go about it? I checked in the mouse setup in P3D but can't find anything on zoom. Thanks in advance to all who reply. Bill

Not sure if it is working for v2 too : http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/54998-how-to-get-aerosoft-products-working-in-prepar3d/ Anyone tried the Mega Airports like Frankfurt, Munich , Budapest etc ?

I just downloaded the installer but haven't run it yet because I wasn't sure if I should be disabling Estonia first, or if I should leave it enabled as if the installer wasn't designed for P3DV2. Anyone know for sure yet what to do on something like this? Thanks in advance!

I'm following instructions here. "A Guide For Installing Orbx Scenery Into Prepar3D v2!". But I can't locate the Prepar3d V1 installer. Can someone please send me the link where I can get this. Also, Anyone out there used this procedure and confirm it works. Thanks in advance to all who reply. Bill

In my new install of P3D 2.0, FTX Global and Norway landclass (no airports etc. yet) I again noticed what I noticed earlier on already: that clouds are very heavy on the system. And quite a bit out of proportion, I think. I just finished a flight in Norway where fps wouldn't drop below 30. It was rock solid from start to finish. When I landed fps and parked fps was around 33. Great. Then I decided to change the weather a little: I had the default theme enabled which I think is fair weather. I have clouds distance at 80 (which is medium) and density at maximum. I ONLY changed the cloud coverage to overcast while standing still on my parking spot and fps immediately dro…

I'm almost exclusively a GA flyer, but I think I'd like to try out some heavies. I need some recommendations. What are the best P3D v2 compatible options?

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

I've just installed the Coolsky MD80 SP2 in P3D V2. Flying is smooth, with the exception of small stutters every 10 -15 seconds. Not a game killer, but still, on approach... Not very much info on the net, about this particular plane + p3d v2, so I turn to the ultimate oracle. :lol: Rotating the external spot view seems to make the stuttering worse. It's almost as if the plane can't keep up (?) Anybody experiencing the same thing? Thanks in advance.

Hi community, I'm finding at the moment that on first launching the sim, if I attempt to load a flight outside of the default (any aircraft at Edwards AFB) I get a "Black screen of death", but the audio commentary continues. If I allow this flight to load, I can then go on to change my aircraft, location, etc without any issues. Same goes for when I try to set up a flight using the flight planner. Has anybody else seen this issue? Many thanks, AJ.

Hi community, If the Aerosim 747-400 and 747-400D are extracted to a blank folder and copied over to P3D, there are no issues at all. Performance, take off, and visuals are all good. Thanks, AJ.

I just purchased P3D for 1st time, at V2. Unable to launch P3D due to rendering engine error message indicating I either don't have DirectX 11 video card or drivers not current. Is anyone using P3D V2 with NVidia GT555M DELL L702X? I have posted in the LM P3D hardware forum, but, I am curious if anyone has had success with same hardware, or, if anyone else has same issue. I made sure I have the latest drivers, and there is no second video adapter to be found on this laptop to confuse the p3D renderer. I even tested with no external monitor connected. Dxdiag indicates I have DirectX 11 and only the nVidia GT555M Display adapter is detected. Thanks, in advance. S…

This is an odd play so soon but I thought I'd post this as it seems one developer is very confident in this new platform. FSX and P3D v2 are close enough in technology to where I thought it would be a year at least before any developer would take this route. http://www.simflight.com/2013/12/08/razbam-metroliner-development-news/

I decided to fly the mission civil air patrol, and I noticed that the (engine alternate air) switch had no effect in the 3d cockpit of my maule. It would turn/move but had no effect. I had to switch to 2d mode to get it to function properly. Is anyone else having this issue? Is this a known issue? Thanks

As most of the videos that have been shown are short clips to demonstrate specific things, I posted a longer video of just normal "low and slow" flying (in ORBX Southern Alaska). It's a trip through the mountain passes between Valdez and Gulkana, staying down low down in the valleys, beneath the cloud coverage. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/428677-p3dv2-scud-running-amdist-alaskas-chugach-mountains/

We all know and hate that camera bug in FSX - when you turn your aircraft while in the VC, the viewpoint shifts with it and doesn't correct itself back into the position you had it in before. Has this gone in P3D v2?

Has anyone found a way to be rid of the stutters I get great FPS but it stutters like crazy. I have Vsync and tripple buffer enabled but it doesn't help. I love the sim but the stutters are killing me. Thanks David

I finally installed my new EVGA 780Ti and moved Windows 7 to an SSD and installed P3Dv2 on another SSD. I installed FTXG, Rex Essential Plus Overdrive, FSUIPC, Ultimate Airport Environment X, and A2A Feel there and they are all working fine. I don't have MyTraffic up and going yet. All of my FSX aircraft were moved over and work fine as well. All I can say, is that FSX is gone for me. I uninstalled it before when X-Plane 10 came out but ended up going back and doing a complete re-install. I won't be doing that this time. Yes, it was great for many years and the work that has been done on DX10 is wonderful and I appreciate that work. But, despite some bugs here…

Thinking about spending my $200 for P3Dv2. And I'm serious. However, I'm a user that has great textures, great weather, no CTD's, no BSOD's, and have never had an OOM, even at the end of a 16 hr flight. Computer is smooth, and I can even play Splinter Cell Blacklist while FSX is taking my T7 to Singapore in the background. My traffic is good, my autogen is excellent (yes, it occasionally pops). I'm running DX10 across 3 25" monitors, and my Aivlasoft is on my 4th monitor, a 1280 X 1020 19" dinosaur. In the words of Turbo B, the lead from the old hip-hop group Snap!, "don't believe the hype is a sequel." So... convince me to part with $200. Everything I'v…

Can anyone recommend a way to do a complete uninstall of P3D V2.0 and leave no trace behind.?

...the new autogen system. Okay, it's not perfect because when you fly at a regular altitude you can clearly see where the autogen stops, but at least it doesn't pop up anymore. And well, seeing all that autogen rock steady during an approach is just awesome. Look at this: you can see each and every tree in the fields in the far away distance! And it's all there as if it has been all there all the time! Just like it is in real life. No popup at ALL! It's almost too good to be true. Specially for a low and slow GA flyer, of course. (Click on the screenshot for the fullscreen one.) I noticed btw that the 'cone of autogen' isn't influenced at all by the lod of radiu…

I purchased FTX Global last night and since downloading and installing I have had nothing but trouble. I am really disappointed with this addon so far, not only is the installation process not easy - but when it has installed correctly (as it says) my FSX scenery is turned over on its back and this effect comes through: Please note, this is on a FRESH new install of FSX, not running DX10. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am literally pulling my hair out with this!!

Hi, I have Prepar3D versions 1.4 and 2.0 installed. Both we're running fine - version 2.0 without FSUIPC and version 1.4 with a previously registered version of FSUIPC. Now, I have installed FSUIPC version 4.923 and it appeared to install correctly in the modules folder of both installations of Prepar3D. The registration key was accepted by the installer. However, the following issues have been noted: 1. The log files indicate that registration has only been applied to Prepar3D 1,4 2. When I attempt to access FSUIPC from the Addons menu option from within the running 1.4 the screen goes black and recovery becomes impossible. Alt + Tab is unhelpful. Prepar…