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Hello all... I've seen a few posts here about some sort of ghosting or "motionblur"-like effect some users get when panning the camera around. Upon close inspection, I am getting this issue too. Through my testing, it does not seem to be related to any monitor ghosting or refresh rate or anything like that. I can tell that because it shows up in static screenshots, and I haven't seen it in any other games (barring one exception, but that was due to Reshade, which I don't use anymore.) Here's the screenshots I took: In the first image, I was panning the camera towards the top-left, and you can see that there's a ghost image following the baggage ca…

Hello, Trying to run GSX after installing EIDW and just get an error saying COUATL has failed and in the error log get this message: couatl v4.0 (build 4475) panic log started on Wed Mar 3 20:06:58 2021 problem raised by engine or unspecified addon {'Airport': 'EIDW', 'User Pos': (53.42019170528212, -6.24973827973008, 75.6508 m, 1.88976 m, 336.4800109807401)} Does anyone know how to resolve this? Regards, Alex

Hi there, I’m sill dicey on using shader mods, and was wondering if anyone here can help. To make things for myself easier, or so I thought, I just purchased Envshade, installation went fine, but I’m not sure it’s effecting anything in P3dv5hf1. I was using it without EA on. im still reading the manual, but any beginner envshade tips would be greatly appreciated 😎. Cheers, Pete

I have been trying to use the scenery for v4 in v5. Everything works just just fine except the ground lighting. Have a look ( the problem is at night second link) https://ibb.co/rsByNnG https://ibb.co/NT22zkD Is there a workaround? thanks chris

I cannot get the rudder to work. It did and then stopped. I tried loading it to FSUIPC and same thing. It calibrates fine in windows.

Hey guys I was about to do a flight from YMML to OMDB. In P3d v4.5 hf3 I haven’t used ymml in a while thou I noticed my aircrafts don’t align properly at gate. Qw787 is the an afcad issue? Or gsx? notice in the drop down menu for gate selection there is no heavy gate and some gates numbers are missing . should I reinstall? Any help is appreciated. cheers mike

Hi everybody, this weekend I finally finished the RAF Brüggen scenery for P3Dv4.5 and v5.* Was a hard work about a couple of years to create this freeware, but I hope you will enjoy it.

https://imgur.com/ImzXKQy https://imgur.com/y6662Zw https://imgur.com/mKzTW9z Hello lately across some airports such as in Kingston Jamaica and Guam I have been experiencing some very abnormal elevation issues which seem to be unique to P3D V5. I have vector installed as well. I have provided images to the looks of the problem and below I will include pictures of the scenery order. Thanks and I hope someone helps me. https://imgur.com/BmmHy3w https://imgur.com/yMRKnNf https://imgur.com/xGCX1eG

A very weird problem has just started presenting itself and I cannot relate it to any change to my system. Briefly, I load my PMDG 744 at the stand or gate, makes no difference which or which airport, and using GSX and FS2crew go through all the steps to closing the doors and being pushed back. Once the tug is disconnected and I am cleared by the wing walker, I do the before taxi checks, then release the parking brakes. The plane then refuses to move, even on full power. The brakes are off, the chocks are removed. If I reload with another (stock) plane and then reload my 744, I have to go through all the setup again ,including FMC, which is a pain bu…

Just curious if anybody's heard anything about one or the other of these happening?

Hi. A quick request: can anyone who a) still has P3D v4 running, and b) has a copy of Makerwys 4.871 and c) has UK2000's EGLC installed send me their t5.csv (and t5.bin) after running Makerwys? I'm having the known problem with Pro-ATC/X where it fails to announce taxiways because of an incompatibility with the taxiway data output by Makerwys 5.x, and the current workaround is to run an older version of Makerwys against a v4 installation with the same scenery and overwrite the t5.csv and .bin files before importing the AIRAC. However, as I no longer have v4 installed and I actually can't re-install it (I use a monthly developer license and have stopped my 4.x su…

As per the above subject, before I migrate to P3D I want to know some things about P3D folders construction. That is, is it possible to use important (to me) folders and files of FSX within P3D, like bvcf.bgl, Traffic_xxx_.bgl, AFD files modified with ADEX, scenery\world\texture files ? In addition Digital Aviation F100-F70 and Level-D 767-300 ? Running win10, Intel core i7-2600, 8GB RAM, AMD Radeon R9 280.

Hello everyone. After asking here, in October I moved to P3D4 from FSX-SE, and I liked how smooth and stable was the sim, in comparison with FSX. Now, I've seen lots of people reporting even better performance in P3D5 (at least with Enhanced Atmospherics OFF). I think I may make work P3D5 in my laptop (specs in signature, but the weakest link is a GTX1050 with only 2 GB VRAM), but I'd like to know if it's worth. In other words, what can I earn by moving to P3D5 as of now? For reference, I wouldn't use any addon airports, just default, AFCADs and AI 100% but limited to 70 planes. Planes, well: PMDG 777, TFDi 717, Aerosoft Airbus, QW 787 are the heaviest I have. I…

Hey, I'm trying to make livery for pmdg 777 but I don't understand how to get rid of fuselage outlines. I read the paintkit manual but I didn't find way to remove the outlines.

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Hi! I have been having dreadful fps in p3d and i think i know why. The cpu usage is at about 9% whilst the gpu is at 99-100. Anyone know why this could be? Specs: 3080, 5900x, 32 gb ram 3600 cl 18

Hi, Is there a way to extend the runway lights draw distance in P3Dv5? In the settings or by tweaking the cfg file? thanks

I am currently running PDv5 HF2. When exiting anything in the menu bar, the sim slows to between .6 and 2.0 fps. It has to be restarted to get fps back. I have reinstalled the sim and it has made no difference. I don't remember this behavior in previous versions. I have asked about this over at the P3D forums, but have received no reply. Has anyone else experienced this?

Is there a way to tweak how bright the moon is in v5? It lights up the ground almost like daylight, its a bit ridiculous. This is with EA on.

Having revived my interest in fs via FSX on steam I looked at the offerings and decided to give p3d a try. It may not be as ‘pretty’ as MS FS 2020 but its clear purpose is to be a simulator first and entertainment (important as that may be) second. I run a TUF gaming PC with Ryzen 7 , 16GB of RAM and RSX GPU but the P3D keeps falling over on startup. I have asked for a refund. Any ideas ast why it wont run ? Have I done something daft ? Thanks

I know this topic has been covered before, but it was a while back. Therefore, I will appreciate the latest "consensus" concerning the .cfg tweak for getting earlier night lighting. I find the default airport/runway/scenery lighting to start too late automatically. I want them to start earlier... Thanks in advance!

What's everybody think about this one? I've never purchased a True Earth product mainly because I either wasn't interested in the geographic area or because i had performance concerns (California). But I fly to Florida often. Are these products nice with airliner type flying? That's exclusively what I do in P3D. https://fselite.net/news/orbx-introduces-trueearth-us-florida-for-prepar3d-v4-4/

https://ibb.co/18cjG2Z Any ideas? thanks.

Hi everyone! I recently purchased Openlc aurope and when i loaded in for the first time my 3d night lighting looked like this: https://imgur.com/a/ke8GcSq If you look in the distance the contrast of the lights are waaaay to high, it almost looks bloody red in some places. And the highway lights are cutoff in the middle. Anyone know any fix to this?

I have a rather new problem, that the menu of P3D5.1 is not visible, though I didn't hide it with the ALT key. If I press ALT, it doesn't bring up the menu anymore. I have to reduce the window to a smaller size, then the menu comes back. I can enlarge the window to max again and the menu stays. I think I got this strange behavior some time after HF1 and therefore think, it is rather something with Windows or the App configuration and not a P3D5.1 HF1 problem. Does someone know how fix this? Regards Dan