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Hi, I'm currently training failures with the PMDG 737 NGXu. I'm programming an engine failure at Vr, which works fine. I'm getting a severe engine damage then. However at the same time the failure is activated the A/T disengages automatically and when I re activate the switch it deactivates itself immediately from alone again. In this video at 5:35 min it is not happening. Thank you very much! Best regards Andi

With my nonK 10900, I've removed the CPU power limits and have no issue hitting 5.1ghz turbo speed in CPU stress tests with good temps, but when running P3D I never go above 4.6ish Ghz, even during taxing situation, and my CPU usage with P3D is often under 50%. Does this seem normal? I'm running an RTX 3080 along side it. FPS seems about what I'd expect, but I'd likely get even better FPS if I was running 5.1 in P3D lol

Hi fellow simmers, I have tried to install LTBA from Taxi2Gate into P3D V4. I found a solution for the black autogen textures. The developer added some fixes for that. But I am left with one big show stopper. Black apron textures. Does anyone know how to fix this? I also have ORBX. I tried different scenery loading order in Lorby's tool but to no avail. https://imgur.com/iYab5Ch Thanks for the help! Peter

I have used both Active Sky and FS Global Real Weather over the last year. I've always had AS, but I bought FS Global Real Weather when it became available for P3dv5 a few months back. It's a really decent, and relatively accurate weather program and I like it very much. I tried it to see if AS was processor intensive on V5. It seems that AS is not, but I tried that theory anyway in my quest to get the best performance from V5. Today, FS Global Real Weather updated their software for V5.1. I just used it and I believe I had an excellent depiction of the rainy, foggy weather we have here in Pennsylvania. I also believe it played very nicely with EA. I could…

ORBx TrueEarth Ireland (all of it) - I am not optimistic that this will even be considered now ORBx Jersey (no news of either this or Guernsey in a long time; I have ES Guernsey and Isle of Man working in P3Dv4, so Jersey is the one that I need) EINN Shannon (if any developer can be bothered) EGHQ Newquay (this one actually is on the drawing board, but the release of MSFS has pushed it way down the list) EHRD Rotterdam (the Aerosoft P3Dv4 upgrade has apparently been abandoned) Anyone else want to chime in with their own personal rant list?

Hello ! I have P3D v4.5, and I would like to know if I have the latest update for version 4.5. How can I do that? I would also like to know if the upgrade to version 5 is paid when you have version 5. Thank you for your help!

Quoted from their forum "Update: We have managed to find a work around to the theme weather issue identified in the P3D v5.1 release version, and are finalizing internal testing in preparation for a public beta update release very soon. Thank you for your patience. Damian Clark" Update:  We have managed to find a work around to the theme weather issue identified in the P3D v5.1 release version, and are finalizing internal testing in preparation for a public beta update release very soon. Thank you for your patience. Damian Clark

Hi, I was wondering if anyone solved the mapping of the TM TCA Quadrant such as Reverse Thrust, Engine 1& 2 ON/OFF switches and the Engine Master Selector switch. I tried the Reverse Thrust by mapping "Throttle Decrease Rapidly", but after I release reverse thrust and get the engines out of idle, the will NOT come back to idle again. Thanks for help

As previewed some days ago over at AIG, I have been working some new stuff and today I have released the first tech demo of it. Basically it is an AI helicopter landing on an AI ship - nothing spectacular, but as far as I can remeber this is something we have not done yet. The demo can be downloaded over at the AIG Forum and some more images can be found on our homepage.

So I made the huge mistake of upgrading to 5.1 but only the client portion. Do you know if I can downgrade to 5.0 without having to do a full reinstall of v5? Thanks !

I've chopped and changed between 4.5 and 5.1 the past few weeks, but 5.1 colours and lighting are much better and noticeable when changing between the two. I think EA has great potential with some more tweaks. Those on 5.1 - do you have the same issue as me here? From the PMDG NGXu flight deck the haze/bloom is far greater than when not looking through the window. Not sure if that's a reflection thing or an EA thing, or indeed a PMDG thing? If only the darkness with altitude could be easily remedied! I've tried to no avail to re-create the colours etc in 4.5 using various pre-sets for Tomato Shade and so on and the only reason I do that is some of my airports -…

Hello everyone, recently I saw that Pacific Islands Simulation released a new installer for P3D v5 for some of their airports, for example Incheon (RKSI) in Seoul. I'm already interested in this specific airport for a while now but there was no version for v5 until now. On simMarket I also saw the same airport from a developer called Le Aero Design and it's on sale right now until 4th of October. Only from what I see on the pictures I'd rather tend to buy this one from PacIsland Sim but it is hard to say. I found a lot of material of that one on YouTube but for the Le Aero Design I only found those pictures from the shop and especially on picture 7 where you can…

I'm interested if anyone has made the jump from a 43" 16:9 to a 49" Super Ultra Wide 32:9. This is something I am considering and building a cockpit to support the view, so the loss of height is not an issue, as instruments will be running on Air Manager on a 15" separate monitor. I'm more interested in hearing about the immersion and whether the move across to such a drastically different viewing system actually works. Thanks fellas.

I feel a bit silly posting this message, but I am unable to find Majestic software website. I contacted their support as I was having an issue with the Majestic Dash 8 Q400 P3Dv5 They have told me to Download/Install version 1.021 rev.2 dll fix from Support->User Area on their website. The problem is when I google Majestic Software I am onto a Kingdom Hall website. Can someone please direct me to the correct site Thank you

P3D v4.5 HF2, flying the FSL A320 (latest update) I've been experiencing something quite annoying, which is the loading of terrain and everything every few minutes. It is quite clear to me that some addon is changing the Level of Detail Radius setting within my own Profile (so that my Profile name changes to Custom when I get there to check it). Any ideas on how to fix this, or to prevent my Profile from being changed by God knows what? Thank you!

Hi all, I've been out of the flight simming loop for a little while but I've now got a bit more time to spend on our hobby. I've installed P3D 4.5 and my FPS aren't great, especially at some add on airports. It's been a while since I've upgraded my PC so would you recommend that I upgrade my CPU or GPU first? Currently installed: CPU: i7 6700k GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB SSD for p3d. I've got a socket 1151 mobo so would be limited to that. My top budget is around £300-£400. I play in 1920x1080 and my monitor refresh rate is 60. Thanks all, really appreciate your help with this one.

The problem I'm having is when using the dropdown menu in P3Dv5 is that everything works fine except the options menu. When any of these are selected, general, graphics, or controls it's CTD. I have uninstalled and reinstalled three times and it's still the same problem, I have checked the firewalls and uninstalled sceneries and a/c. I can load and change a/c and airports, make out flight plans and fly the a/c, but when any of the options are selected CTD. I have updated drivers, everything was working fine before the latest update and I'm out of ideas so any help and ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Question. The new 4.4 update? I paid for the v4 update do I need to pay again for 4.4 version??

Touch Portal is a nice app that let's you define buttons on a tablet or smart phone for controlling sim functions. It seems to work well with MSFS https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/589200-best-use-of-a-tablet-ever/ , but I have not been able to get it working with P3D4 or 5. Has anyone been able to do this, or can confirm it won't work for some reason? Thanks, Al

Hello, As we all now there are some issues with 5.1 version regarding the EA (dark VC with black outside textures, etc.). I would like not to roll back to the 5.0 version, instead I would like to wait patiently for hotfix and till that to use P3D with EA disabled. I would like to ask, what are your experience using different software for clouds, sky textures etc.? Everyone has own taste in this regard, but would like to hear your opinions and configuration you use. Personally I use the active sky as a weather engine and have ASCA and REX SkyForce. Is it necessary to use the shader software in 5.0 like Tomato Shade/PTA, etc.? Thank you in advance. B…

Hello! Just new to P3D 4.5 after FSX since release, so, naturally, many doubts. For the moment, the most important to me is the following: In Fsx I installed the Addons in the main folder, and the Effect, Textures and Scenery that "came" with the scenery, auto installed in the respective FSX folders. Now in P3D, I installed the Addons in a outside folder of the main P3D. When looking at the folder that resulted from scenery the installation, there are also the Textures and Scenery folders, but sometimes thera are also Effects inside the main addon folder. I use Lorby´s Addon Installer but not sure if I have to manually add the effects to the main effect folder. …

Hello: Both of the above titles are on sale at simmarket. Was just looking for some feedback please prior to purchase. I know WF Scenery has a version of VHHH and MK Studios has a version of EFHK. Just not sure if I should pull out the credit card. Thanks.

Hello: I have all of the above. Can someone please direct me to where I can find info. to config all 3 to work together. Thank you.

I feel P3D with EA + Active Sky is a currently a broken simulator because. Inaccurate cloud depiction in OVC conditions, where you have a grey/white ribbon on the horizon anytime you are below ca 5.000ft AGL Abysmal cloud depiction from above (a.k.a waffles) Active Sky sudden re-draw of cloud scapes like it is 2004 all over again Pitch black PBR exteriors / cockpits which need to be fixed by all 3rd party devs (yay) See-through simulator objects at airports (buldings, bushes, trees) when approaching the airport in IMC conditions. You really don't need instruments anymore just follow the shrubbery So what we have here is a huge step bac…

I'm not sure what was changed under the hood with this driver, but it gave me up to .5 gb back in vram. What ever issues some of us had with the previous release have obviously been addressed and performance improved!!