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After my improved VolumetricClouds.cfg for V5.1, which LM used as default in v5.1 HF1, I have worked on further improving the look of TrueSky within the limitations that we have. Sometimes this default VolumetricClouds.cfg file caused an issue by not rendering into the far distance. ASP3D at 34.000 ff For testing I used a custom preset (so no weather program) as then the grid look can be seen best for finding a fixes. Here my 5.1 version in 5.1 HF1 with a few changes to get the clouds rendering into the far distance back : Then one I made from scratch for 5.1 HF 1 : And a mix of the 5.1 and 5.1 HF1 version : …

I have a profile created for my FSlabs planes that I think got a little goofed up. How do I erase profile to start a new one, specifically for axis assignments? Ideally, I'd like to clear it, start from scratch and apply a few things to create a new one. Is this possible?

I am very happy with my setup...P3D V4.5...max clouds, good fps... I think this looks OK, but am curious as to whether there are any particular snow packages that might look even better. Thanks... Sherm https://imgur.com/a/MDCqyix

I have QW BAe 146 and RJ's for P3D v 4.5. I would like to know is the newly out Justflight BAe 146 Pro is better than the QW 146? I am focussing on system realism, specially autoflight and handling qualities. Regards, Haseen Ahmad.

Hello all , as anybody got this working in v5.1 HF ?, Loved flying into here in v4 😏

Just finished my v5 download and about to install. I have read the installation document but still have a question (or maybe confirmation) regarding the install but can't get to the P3D forum right now. Can v5 be installed outside of C:\Program Files (x86)? I installed v4 on my C drive in it's own directory outside of C:\Program Files (x86). Just wanting to confirm this is still acceptable. Thanks in advance...g

Morning, Im looking to map some cockpit click spots to control buttons on my controllers but not sure of a way to find out what the commands are behind the panel. Example, a fighter jet with some scrolls and special buttons. How to map them? Any ideas. Thanks Steve.

Goodday captains, Recently i got an issue with my Dynamic Reflection Maker coming with tomatoshade. As can be seen in the attached screenshot, the ''preview'' window of the DRM stays black/blank. No matter what I do it just stays like that. Things I have tried: Updated tomatoshade Restored Shaders Reinstalled P3D Client (let it repair) Wait half an hour Hoping somone knows what I can do to make it work again!

So, as happy as I've generally been with P3D overall, I'm finding that, generally, PBR is a no-go for me as it eats up all my VRAM. With sceneries I could still get away with it by simply lowering the texture resolution. However, am I right when I say that this does not appear to affect aircraft VCs at all? The Feelthere Embraer v3 gets me, sitting at a default airport with no texture modifications of any kind, up to 5GB of 7.1GB available VRAM used... That means the addon is unusable for me. The Aerosoft CRJ is a little lighter at 4GB used. I would love to get these values lower, but I'm unsure how. Any ideas? Also, somewhat unrelated, but it seems as though AA is n…

I'm curious for all those that are using Chaseplane with P3d, what do you like in terms of lighting settings within the sim and in the Chaseplane preferences. Do you make both values the same or have you found that there is a good mix of settings that you find make 5.1 look better? Just curious if there are any suggestions.

Every once in awhile flying the FSLabs with Chaseplane, ASP3D my view pops outside and the autopilot gets disconnected. I just got back to cockpit view and reengage autopilot. Anyone else seen this or know what could be causing it? Really weird happens quite often once per flight. I am wonder whether it is a chaseplane issue but it does disconnect the auto pilot in FSlabs as well. edit: cinnimatics is off. Thanks Darcy

It appears that I have lost aircraft reflections for some unknown reason. Using P3Dv4.5 HF3 and Aerosoft DC8-50. With vehicle reflection turned on, the aircraft (esp the Iberia livery) had a nice and shiny metallic look. Now the plane has a dull, matt look. Turning vehicle reflection on and off in the graphics-world section shows no difference. I am not using any shader program. Any ideas would be appreciated. Trevor

Just want to confirm. Is P3D v5.1 HF1 stable with WIN10 20H2?

Hi I use P3DV4.5 and brought Taxi2Gate TKPK St. Kitts & Nevis (Karibik). Officially its only for P3DV3, but I manage to install it, and the Airport looks fine, much better then default ... (I use ORBX Base & Vector & LC NA & SA) As other users wrote, they had problems with black autogene buildings around the airport. There are 2 Layers in the Scenery Library , the TKPK Airport Layer and below the TKPK Terrain layer. If I deactivate the TKPK Terrain layer, the ORBX Buildings "take over" around the airport , but I have some trees at the apron, where the planes are parking. Can I remove these Trees wits ADE (Airport Design Editor) …

MK-Studios has announced their plans for new airport scenery next year. If the map is to be believed, there will be a number of airports for P3D. https://fselite.net/news/mk-studios-announces-roadmap-for-2021/ @Christopher Low EICK is on the list!

This is the Kilimanjaro airport for P3Dv4: https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-simulation/flight-simulator-x-steam/sceneries/1261/kilimanjaro-airport-2015 iniBuilds has correction stuff to get this to work in P3Dv5, but I can't get it working. I'm going to need some help with this. I did the download and install and just told the installer to use P3Dv5 instead of P3Dv4 I installed the Dynamic Lighting library stuff from iniBuilds: https://forum.inibuilds.com/files/file/620-inibuilds-dynamic-lighting-effect-library/. https://forum.inibuilds.com/files/file/621-a…

"This is a maintenance update which fixes several issues identified since our last public release, mostly related with connectivity with GSX and some tweaks to the external lights (positions and light intensities). We also fixed the rain / snow effects showing through the Logo lights." ......... "On our little corner, we are looking forward to releasing the A320-X and A321-X Sharklets products in early 2021. A tremendous amount of work has been dedicated to putting together very comprehensive releases and we are receiving excellent feedback from our beta team on their progress. You will be getting more detailed views of what's to come soon, as we are coordinatin…

Hello, I have been spending quite a while trying to figure this out, but I just cannot seem to figure out why I keep seeing horrible jagged edges and blurries, especially in a normally-zoomed virtual cockpit view on any plane. I have spent hours trying to figure out how to get smooth edges and crisp textures but despite tinkering with shaders, NVIDIA inspector and control panel, and in-game settings, I cannot seem to get it to work. Here are a few screenshots of in-game and my P3D settings and NVIDIA settings. I have many addons as well as tomatoshade and reshade. Specs: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600XT GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB RAM: 32GB DDR4-32…

TttTtteT TheThis is the touch screen panel for the Carenado Seneca V G600 that I put together with Air Manager, Reality XP, and Saitek FIPs for the backup airspeed, attitude, and altitude indicators (on the left exterior of the panel, not shown): Most of the instruments for the Seneca V were already publicly available but I still had to set them up kinda sorta like the actual panel. Bad news is that not all the instruments work right. The TIT (Turbine Inlet Temperature), CHT (Cylinder Head Temperature) don't get any data or don't get the right values. This also varies with the simulator. Some work on P3Dv5.1, some on X-Plane, some not on either. I'…

Doing a clean install and downloaded my 3 Flightbeam airports. I had earlier downloaded the FBM and it was on my desktop. When I installed the first airport the installation program started FBM and it showed the airport I installed at the top. The next 2 airports didn't show up in FBM but seemed to install ok. I did a restart thinking they'd show up but I don't know if they did because I can't start FBM because it can't find the sceneries. I've tried moving FBM from the desktop to the root directory of P3D and also the root directory of the drive P3D is on, but no joy. FBM has to be running while the simulator is running so that it knows the scenery is actually mine …

Hi All, I hope you can forgive me for asking such a childish question, but I'm really frustrated over how to get into the the left seat of an aircraft, ReverbG2 on my head, ready for flight. I've come from a Valve Index, where I just donned the headset, chose VR then Steam, and off I went. I have buttons mapped thro' FSUIPC to adjust my eyepoint just right. At the moment I find myself six feet above the aircraft in going into VR, my buttons sometimes work, sometimes not, I have a cursor, sometimes not (I do know Win+Y can be pressed). Maybe I'm getting too old for this hobby. Could someone please list for me the correct sequence of moves in using Windows Mix…

i did a computer upgrade and reinstalled Win 10 and then P3D. I installed it on a dedicated SSD but when I selected the installation directory I must have been thinking of something else because the SSD the installation software didn't prepend Prepar3D to the install location so it was all installed in the root directory. I don't have any reactivations left so could reinstall, but that would take a few days, or leave it the way it is. It seems to work fine but I'm afraid it might drive me crazy because of my OCD with these kinds of things. Are there any potential issues with having P3D installed in the root directory other than looking messy?

I will be on final with AI behind me and suddenly the traffic just resets. Several minutes later that same traffic reappears on final. I have noticed traffic resets randomly after starting sim, or during final approach phases. I am using P3d5.1 + latest hotfix AIG traffic AS P3d (Latest Active Sky) Any help or ideas would be apprecited. Thank you!

I've just taken delivery of my reverb G2 and so did a windows update and graphics driver update. I now keep having an issue with p3D. When things are working as they should I'm seeing between 60 and 100 fps with my settings , however the sim has now started running at about 12 FPS and also having CTDs due to running out of VRAM. On pressing shift Z I noticed P3D reporting I was using 4.5 GB out of an available 6.0 GB vram, this is strange as i have a 1080TI with 11GB. When I checked the graphics settings the graphics card drop down menu was showing 4 graphics cards available, these were listed as 1080TI 0.0 , 1080TI 0.1, 1080TI 0.2 and 1080TI 0.3, to be clear I…

As I didn't get any response on my question in HiFi's forums, I hope that I will get an answer to my question here 🙂 The ASP3D manual states, that ASCA cloud textures, cloud models and sky textures are not compatible with P3D 5.1HF1's EA mode. In another thread I was told that ASP3D automatically disables ASCA's loading when P3D is using EA mode. However, everytime I start up P3D with EA mode enabled ASP3D spawns ASCA automatically as well. How can I prevent ASCA from being loaded on these kind of P3D startups? (Other than renaming the ASCA folder )Thanks,Hans