The Prepar3d Forum

I run P3D on 2 monitors - main is a fairly new Asus 28 inch 4k capable of 30 Hz but runs at 60 using a display port connection. Second is a very old Asus 24 inch which only has DVI and isn't capable of 30 Hertz. I find that P3D is not as stable if you run different screens at different refresh rates. When looking for a new 24 inch monitor it isn't at all clear from the specs on Amazon if they are capable of 30 Hertz. I don't need audio, so just a good quality HDMI that can do 30 and 60 Hertz is what I'm looking for, any suggestions?

Hey guys! I use AIG-OCI, but I’m not sure if that’s material to this. Is it possible to make AI track SIDS and STARS yet? I remember before in v4 there was a software that claimed to do this, but is there anything out there in 2021 for v5? I’m still on HF1, so the HF2 compatibility stuff doesn’t apply to me yet. thank you! Amrick

Howdy! I have lately been tempted to buy the DC-8 for Prepar3D v4. But I can't decide whether I should buy the Just Flight or the Aerosoft DC-8. I have combined feelings for both dev's aircraft. The Aerosoft DC-8 doesn't have a fully functional cockpit with non-functional buttons. And the "button action" sounds seem to be "Ctrl+C -> Ctrl+V" from the Airbus. Maybe not a biggie for the most, but I consider it to have a great impact on the immersion. The textures are fabulous though! But not enough to convince me to buy their DC-8. I have read through the "Aerosoft DC-8 vs Just Flight DC-8" topic, where Aerosoft seemed to be far superior over Just Flight's …

Hey guys! I use AIG traffic. As with all P3D traffic, they brake way too hard on the runway after landing, and taxi at just barely a snail's pace to get off the runway. I have a couple questions for this: 1) How do I change the slow-down speed and speed up the taxi speed for AI traffic? 2) Is there a way for AI to differentiate a high-speed taxiway as opposed to a perpendicular taxiway? I know the main AIG folder says to not alter anything in their files, so maybe I should be asking them these questions instead. I would still love to hear any expertise here as well, as this has been a well-known problem since sliced bread. Thank you, …

Having fully retired at the end of last year I have been (finally) crawling nicely up the B737NGXu learning curve. Flying with a domestic only VA and have some significant hours logged these past six months. Like many of us, there are some landings I would rather not have anyone ever see, but it’s coming along. My thinking has been turning to my long term path of jetliner flying. I have significant resources put out in hardware, including 10 GoFlight modules that have finally been fine tuned and working quite well with both my 737NGXu and MSFS. Dozens of hours of learning and trial and error. I’m in the process of joining another well seasoned VA to begin expand…

Heys guys anyone using pascal reshade? could you please post some pics to compare with envshade? Is it better with just reshade or envshade preset he has? thanks mike

Very excited about this. http://majesticsoftware.com/forums/discussion/1158/majestic-softwares-visual-extension-pack-2021-beta-wip/p1?new=1&fbclid=IwAR3TIlxVk8LpEJPmwNugrGy0sb9_nYzEvB52LOUjO18jcB__0cbNj-kVj0M

Hey guys so im pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my textures like taxi ways poles etc is shimmering/jaggies quite bad. i have a samsung G5 monitor 34inch AA set to 16x and 4xssaa in sim and nvp settings only set to perform max performance . is it win 10?? or nvidia drivers? fsdramteam airports etc or p3d itself EA on VOL clouds off using ASCA ENTEX AND ENVSHADE 1080ti gpu thanks Mike

I just did the upgrade for P3Dv5.2. It worked initially, but after the second time running the program all graphics windows are completely dark with nothing rendered at all. Is there a fix for this or does the program not work on AMD GPUs?

Recently bought WF Scenery ZSPD and also updated the AFCAD with one from the AIG forum. It all works well, but P3D ATC is strange. On approach, you can 'preselect' any runway. On landing, you advise when you've vacated the runway, and I couldn't contact ground, to be assigned a gate. I've not come across this before. Is there something 'special' about ZSPD?

Hi I have recently been having a problem when loading a saved flight. I am placed on the ground at the nearest active runway, even if I was cruising at FL350!. I can click on my plane icon on the change poss. screen which works, or reload the flight again which always works ok. Not a big problem but I would love to know what's causing it. Any Ideas ?

Hey, After having issues with the FSlabs in P3D v5.2 I decided to downgrade to v5.1 Where It did work. I uninstalled the 5.2 client and then downloaded the older one and installed It. (5.1.12.26.829) When loading into airports some textures don't seem to load properly. See this screenshot: https://prnt.sc/1dl9d5t I also get about a 1000 errors about effects and textures not loading in the content errors file. I tried uninstalling the P3D.cfg and shaders folder but that did not seem to help. In terms of visual add-ons I use: - REX sky force - Reshade Thanks! Yuval.

Every time the green message bar appears I get a slight stutter until it disappears. I know I can turn it off but I need the info. Anyone else seeing this and is there an adjustment?

Hello, Every time the green message line appears on the top of the screen to reflect informational items (ATIS, AS messages, PROATC messages, PMDG/FSlabs activation timings, GSX messages, FSLabs Tiller on/off...you name it) FPS is plummeting. Once green lines disappear, FPS goes back to normal. I have never seen anything like that in any prior P3D versions. Would appreciate your advices.

Hi, I am currently running 466.63 drivers with an old GTX1080TI EVGA FTW3 11GB card and P3Dv5.2HF1. As many other simmers in these forums has experienced the "device hang error" in some way , i have found out how to eliminate them on my systerm for time being AND increasing graphic settings. As you can read above my 1080TI comes OCéd from EVGA by default , If i use Nvidia inspector and reduce the MHZ by 70 and setting the temp to 68-72 its all gone for now. I have stressed testet this with flights up to 11 hours that normally would crash . Specially with cloud shadows enabled and AS+ EA. So you might want to try this out first if yo…

All of my airports and scenery are located in my Document folder on my C/ drive.....along with my OS. I just purchased a Samsung 1tb SSD. Can I move the document folder to this new E/ drive ? Thanks for any advice. Skip d

Hi, The weirdest thing has just happened. The fuel flow in the engines in all my turbo props (from whichever third party) stops soon after they are fired up. It could be 1 min, 30 secs, or 5 mins later. Pure jets and reciprocating engines are still fine. The last time I landed I whacked it into reverse thrust using a mapped key on my Saitek Pro X52. Since then I can't get any turbo prop going. Has anyone any ideas on how to identify where this issue would actually lay ? I've "repaired" all three .exe install files from Lockheed Martin and I'm wary of having to do a complete uninstall/ re-instrall. Thanks

Can anyone tell me witch settings the CPU uses and witch the GPU uses in P3Dv5.2

I am very happy with my overall p3d v5.2 hg1 settings. That includes EA, but not VC, which more often than not reduce coverage. However, in rain storms, I may often seen patches of blue sky. I have set maximum clouds in p3d along with maximum distance. I have activated AS for maximum cloud coverage and depiction, at least as I understand the settings.Envshade and envtex are also activated. Is there a way to correct this, for full cloud cover during heavy rain storms? thanks.. sherm

Hello guys. Has anyone been able to edit the T2G KMCO AFCAD in order to add taxi lights (blue and green lights) correctly aligned with the scenery ? I’ve been trying to do so with ADE but everything is misaligned … Thanks Eduardo

I have yet to download the version 4 SDK. Must it be on the same Drive with P3D or doesn't it matter? I would sort of like to try ADE to realism up a couple of small GA fields near me and I need the SDK for that. Thanks for any input Gary

I'm probably a bit late with this but I'm still on p3dv4.5 HF3 and are starting to want to explore V5, the question is will my V4 scenery be compatible with V5, Orbx, Fly Tampa, Aerosoft, UKScenery, FSDT, Flightbeam, PMDG, Quality Wings, FSLABS, or are they a re-purchase? I'm asking here because of the wealth of knowledge instead of each individual forum. Cheers in advance. Rod.

Guys. I've never bought anything from Milviz and don't follow their forums. But I am heavily interested in their pending ATR. What's the last we've heard from them? I'm just trying to gauge if this is a coming soon plane, or coming much later... thanks.

Hi, Did somebody test this one? Is the CPU bug corrected? Thank's Yves from ELLX

Hi, I'm hoping some more tech minded people can help me get my new GPU working properly in P3D. I have unlimited frames selected in both P3D and Nvidea control panel. I have high performance selected in both Windows and Nvidea control panel. Basically I have pretty much all my sliders maxed out, but only a small % of the GPU memory is being used, with a relatively low frame rate around 30. I would have expected the PC to use maybe 12 GB or more out of 24GB by increasing the frame rate from such a modest level when the GPU usage is so low. You can see from the attached image that the CPU does not seem to be causing a bottleneck, but it's like som…