The Prepar3d Forum

Hi, I have FlyTampa StMaarten and Orbx Vector running on a P3Dv4.5. The problem I have is that I don't get the FlyTampa custom autogen everywhere. I suspect it has something to do with Vector. But in VECTOR AEC I cannot select TNCM StMaarten to disable it.

I bought this aircraft at the weekend, installed it and had a couple of flights yesterday. No problems. This morning I powered it up and it sat on the tarmac whilst I programmed some switches using GIT. All this time the main G1000 displays were illuminated. But when I powered the systems off prior to closing P3D there was a small countdown display shown in the space occupied by the standby ADI. I paid no attention to it but on loading P3D later and selecting the DA62 I can't get any displays to come on. I switch on both L & R alternators and then select the red Electrical Master Switch. The display remain dark. I read about the ground power option and …

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Has someone already tested if EA in 5.1 has now the capabiltiy of different weather regions? This was one major lack in the previous versions which prevented AktiveSky from the nice smoothing Weather transitions if you fly from A to B. If it´s not controlable in 5.1 yet, we have to wait even longer for having "real weather" with EA, than just the next hotfix.

2020 has been a mixed bag for me as far as flight simulation is concerned. My interest waxed and waned during the year, and I even reinstalled Assetto Corsa and my Logitech G27 wheel for a couple of months in early summer to add some variety. However, I quickly became bored of driving cars online that I had no interest in, so the wheel was eventually packed away again. Somewhat reluctantly, I dragged the PMDG birds out of the hangar again, and settled on conducting a series of flights around the UK in the Boeing 737-800w. After a few flights my enthusiasm started to come back, and now I am thoroughly enjoying what the Microsoft Flight Simulator boys have been singing abou…

Anyone else seen this with EA enabled ? Dawn above the clouds : Dawn below the clouds : Also you can see several objects appearing black. If I am correct this needs to be fixed by the addon developers ( Orbx and FT ) .. ?

Flipping through some old FS9 and FSX posts has gotten me feeling nostalgic over my old sims. One such aircraft I used to love was the SGA/HJG DC-9 family of models, especially flying Northwest colors in the -10/30/40/50 variants. While I know the payware Coolsky DC-9-30 is out there, and I'm an owner of the Maddog X, is there simply a freeware 64-bit model out there nowadays (v4.5 user here) for the rest of the classic variants? Doesn't matter if it has a VC, cockpit, sounds, etc. it simply would be nice to take a DC-9 classic out in a semi-modern sim. Thanks.

I can see aircraft in external view and hear engine sounds but VC gives black screen. Can someone confirm this is the case? Thanks

Just upgraded to v5.1 and it appears, at least for the moment, that it doesn't work with Flight1 GTN750. Did get an error message when starting the sim about an incompatible version. GTN750 does install in the panel but no power to device. Not finding anything on support pages about this.

Hi, I had a 'p3d has stopped working', followed a tutorial and deleted : C:\Users\TONY\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 C:\Users\TONY\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin Unfortunately I forgot to make a backup. The 'p3d has stopped working' is gone but my FlyTampa sceneries too. I mean they are not recognized by P3D anymore because all my FlyTampa sceneries are still in : E:\P3D Main\FlyTampa My Aerosoft, FlightBeam and OrbX sceneries are still OK. Do I need to reinstall all the FlyTampa sceneries?

Hi What can be done about the abysmal depiction of waterscape when cruising in the flightlevels and looking down? It looks worse than vanilla FSX at times. My setttings are one notch below maximum detail for water. Any advice is appreciated.

Any luck with this?

Hi, Without doubt this is a fantastic creation! Indeed, to date one of the most enjoyable and immersive aircraft I’ve flown....ever. A real work of art in almost every sense of the word. However, I do have one reservation and am hoping that there is a simple solution. I see numerous images on the net displaying this cockpit panel and, almost without exception, everything is pin sharp. Not so in my case as most of the text is fuzzy and hard to read unless I zoom in fairly close. Are all these images captured in 4K and could it be that the DA62 VC has been optimised for 4K? My monitor is 2K WQHD (2560 x 1440) I note there is provision to download no-mip…

Hello, I'm new to P3D starting with 5.0. I now updated with client only to 5.1 and frames drop from 60 to 30 with FSlabs, ORBX GER, ORBX EDDT. Reverted back to 5.0 and frames were coming back to life directly. Is there anything I have to consider when updating P3D besides uninstalling the client and install the new one? Appreciate your help.

Hello; the FS Elite site is down at the moment. I was wondering if the milviz turbo otter is compatible with p3d v5?

Is there any sense in getting P3Dv5, if you already have P3Dv4 and XP11 and not too happy with MSFS as it is right now? (Asobo seems to break more than they fix with MSFS updates nowadays, so I've gone from being super-impressed to stopped playing. The file folder structure is absurd and working with configuration files near impossible)

As the title says.....I was just amazed as I tested this. ALL Shadows turned on, draw distance at 1 notch from right, quality at medium....and still maintain 45 fps within VR at EDDF with lots of AI. Does someone knows what LM has changed that it is now possible to use Shadows with very low impact at performance? I use 10900k and RTX Titan but VRAM hardly increased with this settings. Before I had al shadow received boxes checked and only 2 or 3 cast boxes checked. Buildings SimObjects, Vegetation, Particles, no shadow flagged content where off, now set on too. This amazed me and just wanted to share with You all. Enjoy! Marcus

Hi I use Godzone Dunedin (NZDN and I always have changing ground textures. I was told by the Dev. to update from 4.4 to 4.5 which I did, but no success. Tried various things, like disabling ORBX NZ SI files with NZDN files but still no luck. I once had the same with WF Beijing and there I found a solution here on the forum to disable a ORBX traffic light file and it was solved. Anyone else getting this. Dev. not responding till now. Kind Regards Patrick

LM brings V5.0 with HF1 and HF2. HIFI releases a beta of ASP3D, but before it is ready LM releases V5.1. FSLABS keeps up with the bus, but what if LM drops 5.1 HF1? How will PMDG keep up? Aerosoft is silent. That's really tiring. One possible solution is to stay with what you have at some point. I jumped onto V5.0 too early. Chapeau! to all who stayed with v4.5 HF2, I'm tempted to shout. But then, FSLabs brings a new bus with so many fixes that needs V5, same with Aerosoft. New GPUs are either not available, too expensive ore broken by design. My plan was to run on a 3090 since some time already. And MSFS is not an option. It's not eas…

Hi, I have been watching Orbx/FTX Global Base vs default videos, and noticed that they really don't make much of a difference, same story for Tress HD and Buildings HD and even TerraFlora. I am confused, as Orbx Global is known as one of the must-have add-ons. How much of a difference does it make? Is it actually worth getting? Thank you.

So as the question indicates, in sim racing when calculating the correct FOV for monitors there is an actual equation around Monitor size, distance from vision etc etc. I was wondering if the zoom in P3D works the same way? For example, I am moving from a 32 inch monitor at 4096x2160 to a 49 inch ultrawide at 5140x1440. Would the Zoom or FOV in P3D need to be adjusted and if so does it get calculated in the same manner as FOV or am I completing mixing concepts right now? In Flightsim I have always gone off of more what "feels and looks right" so wondering if there is an actual equation to get it right like in sim racing. TY in advance!!

Is the FLy By WIre A320 mod working with these latest two updates? (Just wondering) Thanks, Hans

Hello everyone, Lately I've been trying to install some photoreal scenery (from italy photoreal) and airport scenery , the problem is that I'm constantly getting an error saying: scenery.cfg file error. Then I tried to install the same scenery that I was able to install without problems a few months ago. Now I get the scenery.cfg file error when I tried to install the same scenery. I read somewhere that the solution to this problem is to delete the scenery configuration file, but the downside to this is that you delete all your scenery (I honestly don't want to reinstall 60 sceneries) anyone knows how to fix this? Picture of the scenery.cfg file error: …

Hi gents , (KATL - KMIA), FSL A321 , P3dV5HF2) In short my FPS whent downhill after approach to 08R and stutter was introduced. What i found out was a reset of all shadows and dynamic lights cured everything. Not sure how and why. But KMIA CAN perform at 4K with FSL Michael Moe

Almost 800mph across the ground right now off Eastern Canada... I've seen 280/189 at points! Sun just set behind me, full moon rising as the sky turns from day to night...