The Prepar3d Forum

Since Orbx is having another sale, I'm very much inclined to give PNW a try. I have three major airports in the region, FlightSimStudios CYVR (purchased through Orbx) Drzewiecki KSEA (without the city) Flightbeam KPDX I'd just like to know whether there are any known major compatbility issues or if they blend well together, hear some general experiences, etc. Thanks a lot! Marius

Hello all. It seems the only stable sim continues to be 4.5 so I’m going to keep using it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to update default taxiway signs, airport textures etc.. I try to avoid using anything default but at times I need to for tours and vatsim events. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I keep reading about all the various responses to this new version of P3d. I read about EA quite a bit, and other positive and negative observances with this new version, but I need to say the ONE thing that is absolutely phenomenal about this sim. This new version has given me the ONLY thing I wanted after the past year of 5.1. That ONE thing is true STABILITY! I have flown it for the past few days since it's been out, and I am convinced that I got all my wishes. My wish was for the ability to fly without the VRAM exceeding its capabilities and crashing. My wish was to fly from point A to point B without excessive pauses or stutters. My wish was to not be on "p…

I have several aircraft that when choosing them for a flight ...I get the following message... _______________________ G:\P3Dv5.1\gauges\dsd_P3D_xml_sound_x64.dll Config file not found G:\P3Dv5.1/sound/Callout/sound.ini Using default G:\P3Dv5.1\gauges\dsd_P3D_xml_sound_x64.ini _____________________________________________ I don't know how to resolve this error. I'd appreciate any help in straightening this out. Thanks Skip D

Have just updated from 5.1 to 5.2 and the Primary Info text in top right hand corner is gone. Shift Z does not bring up aircraft flight performance. Is this a by product of the update or how do I turn this feature back on? RoyH

I just did a complete reinstall of Windows 10. I installed P3D 4.5 and the appropriate fsuipc module. Opened P3D to set up my controllers and the only option it see's is mouse in the drop down. The controllers ARE recognized in windows. Even fsuipc isn't connecting them to the sim. How would I fix this. Did topic search on google and my exact problem can't be found. Is the a P3d cfg entry to edit?. I had P3d v4 installed before this on my HDD and it DID recognize my controllers out of the box. Could it be a corrupted download? Help.

I use AIG for AI traffic, but since upgrading to 5.2, I've noticed default 'fake' airlines are also appearing (alongside the real world AIG AI). How do I get rid of just the fake P3D generated airlines? thanks

So, I must have messed something up when I uninstalled my FS Dreamteam products as I wanted to move them to another drive. My sim works fine, except none of my other scenery shows up. I am back to a magical speedy start when I launch P3D (v4+) which is not a good sign. Funny thing is they are there in the add-on folder, and in the sim when I look up the scenery. Except they are invisible when I fly, and this includes my FSLabs aircraft. Any insight or advice is truly appreciated, as I do not look forward to reinstalling 500GB+ and P3D again. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Hi all, Strange one, only have road traffic in third party addons. Say, Orbx England,Wales, Scotland, also close to third party airports etc. but move away from these and nothing ! Now, while I say nothing, if I enable Orbx Vectors I have road traffic everywhere so it seems to me that the native road vectors in V5.2 are somewhat awry . Maybe I'm miles off but has anybody else experienced this ?

With EA on: https://imgur.com/v59uxa7 With EA off: https://imgur.com/SR52Iu2 Why does EA give the moon (and sky) an orange glow at night?!

Hi all, Do dynamic lights have stronger impact on FPS in P3D 5.2 vs 4.5? I can run them fine in v4 but v5 I struggle, even with 2x MSAA or it turned off. I am pushing the card - it is a 980 ti at 4K. But does anyone else see dynamic lights having more of an impact in v5 vs v4? Cheers, Rudy

Is it even possible that ACTIVE SKY can affect EA? I really didn't think it could. However, with the new update to Active Sky today, I thought I'd just try to fly with EA once more. I turned if off previously because it creates such artificially looking checkerboard or waffle-like clouds in a continuous, monotonous pattern. But, I had a suspicion today that maybe, just maybe, Active Sky had the "capability" of affecting the clouds in EA. So, I fired up an A-320 and departed Allentown, Pa (KABE) and headed south to Charlotte, NC (KCLT), a flight of about 80-90 minutes. There was more than an adequate cloud covering the farther south I flew. I ascended to FL300 and…

I've tried searching up the internet just to get this fixed. Or maybe, just make it a bit better. Jagged lines & textures are inevitable in 1080p monitors like mine, but, I believe there's a way to make it look a bit better. The ground textures, taxiway linings, edges of buildings, static objects, aircrafts, everything looks jaggy but the one that really gets me is the jagged linings on aircraft wings & fuselage. Especially the FSLabs Airbus, Aerosoft A330, PMDG 777, 747, I've tried a few MSAA & AA combinations but they don't seem to help ;( I also did play around with Nvidia application settings, but no help. Around the leading edge:- linings…

I'm not at all pleased with the look of the sun and the sun reflection on water in P3Dv5. I was hoping HF1 would improve things but that was not the case. I'm using Envtex/Envshade with EA off. I've tried all of the sun options in Envtex but no matter which Envtex sun option I choose it always looks the same - a round, white circle. As for the sun reflection on water, its just a bright, white stripe. Anyone have any suggestions on a fix? Thanks, Lloyd

Appreciate if someone can point me to a good source for airliners. Google brings up TOGA but seems the preset links there get you to a dead end broken link. Thanks!

I'm suffering with the *realistic* tiller system of FSLabs. It's only because I'm a average mouse yoke user. It's unknown as to why FSLabs does not support autorudder. It's a burning issue for people out there, like me, who solely uses mouse yoke for flying for some reason. I know we can use the MCDU to activate sticky tiller disco button but then you have to steer using the keyboard, which is unbelievably difficult. Is there any other way to steer the aircraft on ground using mouse & keyboard? If so, that would be really helpful. Thanks!

True Sky disabled ( see at 0:30 in the vid on the left window )

Having an issue with the sky texture. When flying at high altitude there is a perfect circle separating the sky, in realityt this circle looks more like a band around the sky. Appreciate any feedbackif this has a solution. https://mega.nz/file/jioAQaIa#ZrEZzDyjDtUwoX6wtynD4v3AzEzwCbeHcPztI9ESLjk

Is anyone else finding that precipitation doesn't appear synchronised between TS and RG equipped aircraft please?

[EDIT: Well, if this could get moved to the P3D forum...], I'm interested in subject profiles not just for CS, but there's one for the Flight1 DC-9, too. (This reminds me of all the hours put into the old A2A external lights.) I'd ask on the CS forum, but it's not very active anymore--except for the MSFS2020 777 😉 There were some threads here, but I didn't find any links and only a couple of files in the library. The official FS Labs forum is full of dead links.

My P3D v 5.2 keeps crashing. First it was the DXGI crash with FSL A321. I updated Windows and Drivers, also turned off the HTML menu but still crashing although for a different reason now (unknown). I have only every updated the component installers but want to try a complete reinstall, just not sure how to go about it and keep all of my addons intact. Any advice on this?

Fb video of problem (v5 group) as seen in the link videos, the problem is next; grass and some default trees and 3d grass blinking through the rain. Problem exists on multiple airports. Besides mesh, some other airports objects blink through rain aswell. What could be the problem? i did full reinstall upon updating also deleted p3d.cfg and cleared shaders. thanks for help

hey folks, usually i´am not one of these people who spread rumors, but this is what i found today accidently by reading the P3D Learningcenter... Prepar3D v5.2 Hotfix 1 Client Fixes and Improvements Added configuration option to use HTML5 Menu and Information Text, defaulted to off. Improved performance of autogen building and scenery objects. Fixed crash on AMD cards with particle shadows enabled. Fixed issues with HTML5 Menus and Information Text causing black screens and stutters when opening. Fixed issue where changing Volumetric Cloud settings would not update graphics profile name in settings. Screen is now blacked out whe…

I read on Ezdok forum that we have to wait until June 25th for an update for P3D52 ( 2 weeks away ) . Can anyone tell if it works in any way, shape or form ? If it doesn't work is there anyone able to make it work? 2 weeks is a loooong time to wait .... or maybe I go to Chaseplane - does that work yet ? Thanks for any help...

Hi,Unfortunately I have problems with V5.2 againIt happens to me that P3D just gets stuck and crashes at some point.Event Viewer only says: Application HangOtherwise nothing, no DLL or anything else.The first time, shortly after landing in EGGL ... Now EDDP - LLBG shortly before descent, it just got stuck ... I waited a few more minuteswhether maybe comes back ... But there was nothing left to do.Unfortunately, very annoying, because I have no idea where the problem is now. Because nothing is in the event viewer.Do you have any tips on where to start looking?