The Prepar3d Forum

Hi guys, don't throw with stones...I know that the scenery is not yet compatible with v5 but did any of you guys manage to get it "work" with v5? PS: I will go for anew PC build next month and therefore not afraid braking the sim 🤪

i quote a post that i found on this forum... is it really this poor situation with RWY lights ? The strange fact is that we did some tests and the result is rather weird: with default airports, no RWY light issues, only with payware as LFMN, KJFK, EHAM, EDDF, EGKK, EBBR...it is as the sim does not detect the approach of my airbus, or it does, but way too late... it detects AS Airbus better then FSLabs airbus. Very annoying to have no lighting in approach...also poor comment here under where it states that nobody seems to care about this ? The good old runway light popping bug again... The answer is no, there is not. The runway/taxi lights draw an…

I've recently installed FSDT KJFK v2 into p3d v4.5 hotfix 3, and it seems to have problems. All default traffic and AI aircraft (JF Traffic Global) are in wrong positions. Traffic appears next to runway 31L lol. Also, other objects like jetways are totally bugged. This seems to only occur at JFK. I have KLAX installed and doesn't show any problems. ORBX regional scenery is inserted below addon scenary. I have reinstalled the scenery and nothing happened, same thing. https://imgur.com/82Gy8pO https://imgur.com/a/FHHwA6P

Can someone explain to me Minimum and Maximum Cloud Draw Distance settings? I never know how these setting work (or what they do in the sim). Should the numbers be the same or different? Right now they are both at 90.

I can’t get GSX to work with flytampa OMDB. I have downloaded the GSX config files from inibuilds, followed the readme Instructions, excluded the bgl in fsdt control center but it hasn’t worked there is no jetway showing up. any idea ?

Hi, I have been using X-Plane since 2018 and recently gotten into P3D. Until now I only used default camera, but then I decided to give Chaseplane a try as it was recommended by everyone. Sadly I am really unhappy with it and ended up uninstalling after just a few hours of experimenting. Similar to most games around, both X-Plane and MSFS use right mouse button to pan around, same story for default P3D v5 camera. As right mouse button is more or less standard, I am really used to it and the only option offered by Chaseplane, middle mouse button, is extremely discomfortable. I also tried old FSX style (space bar), which was similarly discomfortable. I did a lot o…

I use Prepar 3d v5 and captain sim 767 ii, But I press the test button, I still get the color test on the display but no aural warning, In the case of PMDG 777, activate WXR in the EFIS Panel first and then press Test, an audible no aural warning, but in the case of Captain sim 767, there is no warning sound whether the procedure is wrong. https://imgur.com/a/1um0I8b

Greetings! I am trying to solve a problem I have encountered. It appears that my stuttering source comes from the AIG traffic that I am using for P3dv5.HF2. What I noticed today (tried to take a screenshot but couldn't catch the right moment) is that when ever a specific aircraft is taxing in this case it was a 757 in UAL livery, the beacon and the splash on the ground under the aircraft glowed in a whitish gray. This did not occur with an UAL A320 that was holding next to it. As soon as this aircraft started moving and the movement lights were on the sim started doing "long stutters'. When I departed the airport the stutters were gone. When I arrived a…

Has anyone here manage to get it working? It's being reported that its fully compatible on fselite's site, but for some reason mine isn't showing up. I had it installed previously in P3D v4 via add-on.xml and tried to bring that over but no go.

I tried asking Majestic to provide support but all I was told that it is essentially now my problem (they just won't fix it!) to figure out how to get the ownership / modify rights to their '.ini' file that allows their old and not updated control panel to make changes to some of the basic flight controls' configurations (throttle and props detents / tiller operation) and to other items like cold and dark / ready for taxing / ready for take off. I created a copy of that '.ini' file, at their request, within the 'ini' folder, but the new 'ini.txt' file created won't take the changes made in that control panel, unlike what Majestic is telling me. My '.ini' file is located…

I want to add the BA code into the GSX KJFK profile so that at T7 only BA logos appear on jetways. I've tried BAW but it doesn't work...anyone have any idea?

Hi all, I posted a few days ago about some scenery textures appearing black and was advised to change my prepar3d.cfg MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE to around 32000.000000, which I've done. I've just completed an approach into SimWings EGLL (in PMDG 777) and for the first time I was getting stutters on approach, landing and taxi. Initially during the approach they were once every five to eight seconds, but once on the ground they were every one to two seconds. It didn't feel like a FPS loss as between stutters the sim was smooth, it felt like it was attempting to load textures further out and that was causing the stutter (correct me if you think I'm wrong). Is the…

I have been using AutoStar for years in FSX and P3Dv4 and enjoyed the beautiful and perfect night skies produced. Now, I have gone to P3Dv5 . and would like to know if AutoStar is compatible. Thanks and regards.

Any idea how to fix this? The dynamic lighting check is enabled, however if it like their KATL I can only solve it using an Ini dynamic profile, however they have none for TBPB. Thanks!

I have been looking back at my Carenado/Alabeo purchases in the last 3 years to see if any have been brought through to P3D v5, [ideally P3D v5 HF2], by them. There don't seem to be many. For example, the Alabeo C421 C Golden Eagle only goes to v4. Have they abandoned P3D? Has anyone got any C/A v4 aircraft into v5 HF2? T45

Hey guys, does anyone know how I can get in contact with the author of the AI Flow and AI Ground program? I know his name as it is listed on AVSIM but I do not know his user name in the forums. Any help would be appreciated. Or maybe he’ll see this post idk haha

Im curious for those that are creating new ortho using the new ortho4xp p3d tool.. (or converting old dds files to bmps and doing the conversions).. How are you grouping the resultant bgl files that are produced. They are produced in subfolders of the orthophotos folder.. under the zl label of say "ZL17" for a given tile.. so this means that for scenery.cfg a new entry is needed for every single tile (and to be able to make it so if you need to re-render a tile it takes less time to reprocess what was already done).. If you are doing say 8TB worth of bgl files in hundreds of tiles, this means the scenery.cfg file will have hundreds of new line items (yes yo…

I have been running a cockpit with 5 displays: two on an RTX 3060 (main display and one MIP display) and a GTX 1070 (three cockpit displays). Everything running great until one day, I forgot to turn on one of the screens before loading P3Dv5. The main screen loaded into one of the cockpit displays. I closed P3D and turned on the screen that was off and reloaded P3D. My frame rates dropped to between 4-8 after this mishap (from 30). For the last three days I can’t get the frame rates above about 8fps without closing all of the undocked windows making up the cockpit displays. If I load everything on the main screen, I lose about half of my frame rates with each new wi…

I am trying to set up Rex Sky Force for P3D v4 & v5 to inject live weather into P3D v5.2 HF1. When I am working through the P3D Scenario Setup options, at the 'Weather Conditions' drop down menu, Rex Sky Force does not show up as one of the options. There are several Orbx options & various storm settings, but no Rex. Should Rex be in that option list? If so, how do I get it to show up? Thanks T45

For those familiar or interested there is a feature of the P3D program called SIM Director that can be used for scenario development and scenery manipulation. The program worked in V4.5 but has been broken since V5 arrived. It appeared to work again with V5.1 HF1 but this appears to have been a fudge used to get it to work but failed to address the underlying problem which is this: A filter and switch was applied to Sim Director for it to basically ignore any object that was not a proper sim model or stock scenery object (such as autogen objects). The switch or filter was placed in the controls for sim director which were in the applications settings GUI. Doing this …

Hello, recently I found RealTurb and now I'm quite interested in it. I heard it few times before but never knew what it is exactly. On my research I also found the add-on Accu-Feel and I'm a bit confused right now. I know that Accu-Feel has some other features like advanced sounds (tire squeal on touchdown, etc) but in terms of physics in-flight has it the same functions as RealTurb? Are these two add-ons compareable or did I missunderstand something? So because I'm thinking of buying one of these add-ons I'd have a few questions: 1) Is Accu-Feel limited by specific plane models or does it work with all (FSLabs, PMDG, QW, etc)? 2) Is there a complete bundle…

I installed some Realturb products, and found that they were causing a lot of stuttering to my P3D. Is this a known issue, and if so, is there anyway to fix it? Thanks

Currently using P3d V4.5 in it's latest (and I suppose last, update!)...Just returning to it after several years and would like to begin updating scenery...Many of the sceneries on the Orbx site, both free and paid, say that the Global Base add-on is necessary while others say the same thing about Regions (PNW etc.)...Do I actually need both? Will there be a big difference with both and do they ever interfere with each other? At present, my installation is "virgin" with no addons and I intend to use only Orbx products...Any advice will be most welcome! Thank you. Steve in Kansas

What are current thoughts on FeelThere's new EJets? They seem quite expensive, even with the discount applied. Any major bugs that prevent basic flight operation? What is the format of the flight plans? Can externally generated flight plans - e.g. SimBrief - be loaded into the FMC? Do the new EJets signal a comeback of FeelThere? Edit: They seem to have recycled the old FS manual for the new jets.

Hello, I've owned T2G Munich for almost a year now. It worked perfect in V4, but when I switched to P3D v5, it stopped working. Default textures are bleeding through everywhere. I know that there isn't a official compatible version for V5, but I've many other sceneries with out one that works perfect with V5. it would be nice to be able to keep T2G Munich instead of the new scenery, so any help is gladly appreciated:-) I have the following order in the scenery library: EDDM-LC-ELV EDDM EDDM-TERRAIN