The Prepar3d Forum

Hi all, I know that there is a new scenery for KCVG being worked on but I wonder if there is anything out right now. I have P3D V4.3 and I just downloaded a whole bunch of cargo AI flight plans and most of them go through KCVG. I never realized that I didn't have any scenery for the airport yet. I have seen a few freeware sceneries that say FSX only and I have a rule that I only add something that says it works for P3D. I think even a correct AFCAD would tie me over but those are all for FSX too. Thank you

I have a question for other users (like me ) who are using Radar Contact v4 with p3d. I find it still to be a reliable and accurate ATC addon for P3d. My question is how do other users handle short flights? For example, if I fly the route between CYVR an CYYJ, it is about a 30 minute flight, but the algorithm which vectors the aircraft for an ILS approach, takes almost as much distance as the original flight plan. Anyone found a solution? RC users only, please.

Hi all, I want to run V4 (installed) and V5 (not installed) side by side. Prior to the V5 install, I’d like to know if ORBX has the capability to share the V4 library I have created with V5. Anyone been successful doing this? Thanks, Mark

Guess I used it once to see one and now they all show as Internet Explorer files. It doesn't seem to cause any problems, but it sort of annoys me and I don't want any unintended consequences. Any ideas how to reverse this?

My simulator decides to freeze after 10 minutes of starting it up. For some reason it only happens at the Aerosoft Zurich scenery. I have not changed a thing or modified any files so I am completely lost. I apologize but I do not know where to find my log file. Thank you.

Hello Guys, I just got the MV King 350 and have 2 strange problems with it, need advice 🙂 1. after 30-45 min of flight, both horizons on left and right PFD stop working, they turn sharp left or right and up (like on a piston plane with suction system, when the vacuum pump fails) It happens on every flight after a time... but the stby horizon continues to work. 2. The Prop levers don't move with my hardware (CH Throttle quadrant) its set up via FSUIPC, it works on any other prop I have... additionally, I set it up via MVs own tool, but still dont move, I can only usw the prop levers with the mouse. Can someone help? Best …

I have been trying to tweak aiground.ini file to get longer take off run and longer landing distance. I wanted to know if some of you have been trying to change the values ? Have you been able to find the sweet spot? landing does not seem a problem. ( setting 35 for landingtargettime and 50 for brakescalar) it gives a nice landing distance ! When it comes to takeoff it is much more complicated. Depending on the settings planes can’t climb after lift off or they level off for 20 seconds at 400ft above the ground. In other case they even go down and crash. Or if I set the the thrustderate scalar to high the plane then is somehow very jerky during take off r…

do anyone have fil for fix door at FSPXAI MD-11, 777-200 300, A330-200 300, a380 FAIB 737- family, a320 family and Neo, AIG 757-200 300, AIG Bombardier CRJ and more

https://www.flightbeam.net/product-page/lfbo-for-prepar3d Flightbeam/Jetstream Design's LFBO is out, i've tried it and i cant say anything but wow, not only a reason to fly Beluga's and whatnot, its a well needed airport we were missing in europe.

Take a look at FSELITE coverage of the expo. So fat not a word about or from P3D. Have we been orphaned? https://fsexpo.fselite.net/ sherm

I have a GTX 1650Ti coupled with a Ryzen 5 4600h processor in my laptop and 8GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM (I plan to upgrade to dual-channel 16GB RAM soon). I have been running P3D v4.5 till now with good performance. I'm thinking of switching to P3D v5.2, but I'm not sure if it will run smoothly on my laptop. My laptop is slightly better than the "minimum requirements" for P3D v5 and is DX 12 compatible. Please advise me on whether I can P3D v5 smoothly or not, as I'm not able to find a clear answer.

I Installed beautiful freeware LTFM from Turkish Vatsim forum and while everything looks good, taxiways, buildings, scenery around (including birds), I am unable to get Jetways working.Tried to look but unable to find. If anyone has idea I would appreciate advice. GSX reports "no Jetway..." Thanks

so, i'll preface this by saying that I like this product enough that I purchased the PRO upgrade. This software presents a good education in the operation of the Dash 8 q400. My only complaint is the engine start up sounds are almost nonexistent, especially in external view. I have installed the sound immersion packages, but they are only for internal sounds. Does anyone know of a good sound package for this aircraft? I have heard these machines start many times and the default sounds don't do it justice.

All I can say is wow... I'm finally starting to understand my VRR capable monitor! P3D settings pretty much pinned, VSync On FPS Unlimited Viotek 49 ultrawide at 5120x1440 144hz but locked to 60hz refresh P3d in Fullscreen If I left the refresh at 120hz I got the G-Sync brightness flicker. By locking to 60hz I got all the fluidity I need even at KEWR with no flicker VSync is set to Fast in NVCP Honestly, I am in awe. Never seen P3D this smooth. I was exposed to this in the "other" sim but after some time in hospital this was my first chance to play with it in P3D and I am extremely pleased. The other sim didn't require the 60hz refresh loc…

Hi guys I haven't looked into this much before so i'm wondering if someone would kindly explain this to me. In my P3D V5 addons folder they all have an XML file to be in the sim, When i look at some of them i notice that some have a LAYER followed by a random number, One has 164 and another has just 4. I don't have 164 add-ons installed so how is it possible to be that high? Just one other thing, Why is it some have this layer in the XMl and some addons don't?

Recently upgraded to P3Dv5. Everything went fine with the exception of the Majestic Q400. I have no less than six to eight hours into getting my favorite aircraft up and functioning in V5. Before I rub my neck and write a check to get a pro to get the aircraft functioning I thought I would ensure there are pilots out there flying the Q400 in P3Dv5.2. I have given up on Majestic support. Although brilliant dev’s and most likely very nice guys, IMHO they are simply burned out in the support area. They cite the changes LM have made as being the issues and have simply walked away from the issue. Thanks!

A few people have asked if there is a Grumman Albatross available for P3DV5. Yes there is it is the old FSX Virtavia HU-16. The model is still available from SimMarket and a couple of other sellers as an FSX model but I had no problems installing it into P3DV5 (Using an earlier FSX Installation). Typical Virtavia, nice model, good graphics and very realistic but lacking a lot of functionality in the VC area (but it has popups for some stuff like the radios etc.) Flies well, sound is good and good on water and on land. Here are couple of screens from my installation in P3D. and the VC

So yesterday I flying from Kpdx to Koth online and offline and had a very odd situation. I use p3dv5 and the scenery was way off . I was landing on koth r23 but the scenery did not show a runway, there were hills on the airport and only one taxiway. Taxi lights were way up in the air . The controller was not impressed when I flew the approach to the taxiway rather than a non existent runway. What a mess ! I tried to repair the p3dv5 scenery after the flight but the environment was still messed up on startup . Does anyone have any thoughts on how to repair this. I don't think this is a online thing but rather a p3dv5 thing... thoughts on how to fix it . BTW running the …

Good evening, I've been trying to think of a good way to describe what it going on. I've had it happen in a number of different sceneries from different authors (ORBX, Aerosoft, etc). It seems that certain parts of the scenery (usually segments of runway or the apron) can be seen through buildings. I have a number of screen shots below. They are all from the same airport with the a/c parked at the same sport. I'm just panning around the a/c. You'll notice that the apron can be seen through the hangar door and the roof. These images are from P3D v4.5 at ORBX's Bella Coola (CYBD). Any thoughts as to what may be causing this? I don't see it at all airports. I'…

Hi Folks, Another upcoming P3D release from Flightbeam, This time in Europe! The preliminary screenshots of the beta version LFBO look very promising. Most likely another purchase for me! 👍 Read more here: https://www.flightbeam.net/post/lfbo-dev-update-screenshots Cheers

My first flight with these Studio drivers in P3D v5.2HF1 from LOWI to EDDK. Absolutely no issues and after parking I paused the sim for over 15 mins and all was well. Maybe it needs the aircraft to be airborne for this error to be generated. Anyway, just wanted to report with newer drivers. TdrDelay=0 was retained in the Registry of course. DirectX Shader files were retained from previous flights but cleared out after shutting down P3D. I’m using this topic as a log so I can report back after each flight.

Hi guys.. I'm trying to install the above GPWS gauge in P3Dv5.2. I've already installed the "dsd_p3d_xml_x64.dll" file into my gauges folder along with the "RCB GPWS5" folder....and added the proper gauge files to the "vc01 cockpit" in the panel.cfg. Not getting callouts whatsoever. I know I'm doing something wrong,but have been trying for weeks to figure it out...no luck. If anybody has it 'up and running' could you please inform me how you got it working. OR...maybe anothe set of altitude 'Callouts' that will work for any aircraft ?? Thanks for any help Skip d

I made a flight to Apex Airpark with VR and P3D 5.2. I have the Orbx region here. When approaching the airport it seemed like the runway was on a plateau with planes below this plateau. Getting even closer I saw double runways. One higher at the right and one to the left. Close to touch down on the left one the plane crashed. Another issue earlier in the flight among mountains. Part of the clouds disappeared depending to where I looked horizontally. Any suggestions ?

Hello guys, does anyone know something about this view issue in my screenshot (Reflection) ? https://ibb.co/wr83HfF When I move the view angle the reflection and "line" moves too. Is this a chaseplane issue? When you take an outside view this issue does not appear Greetings.

Hi I've been experiencing a very annoying performance problem with my simulator. Basically, with any aircraft and scenery, it starts with 100% of GPU usage and peak performance. However, the GPU usage slowly starts to decrease, causing massive FPS drops and lagging, making the whole thing almost "unflyable". Test with the Majestic Q400: With default scenery, the initial FPS in the VC is 20~25 FPS, but it quickly decreases until it reaches 5 FPS or even lower. Note: The problem started around a week ago, and I've never seen such issue before. What could be causing this issue? Is there any settings I can change to make it stop acting this way…