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I've read some posts that V5.4 has some xml coding issues https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/xmltools64-c-simvars-problem-in-p3dv5-4.457499/ What would have to be done if one wanted to revert from 5.4 to 5.3? I found this video interesting.

I'm looking for a separate/universal AP that'll work with most add-on aircraft. If you have one to recommend I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks in advance.

Hello guys. I was wondering what are the best settings in the FSUIPC traffic tab to prevent FSUIPC to delete AI traffic from the origin/destination airport (considering a flight plan is loaded in P3D). I have read the documentation a lot of times but couldn’t quite figure it out. Thanks Eduardo

Is there a Fokker 100 for P3Dv4 out there? Searched everywhere. Cannot seem to find any developer that has done this particular aircraft. Thanks.

Hi, new P3D user. All PMDG planes/fms panels etc look great but in Majestic Q400 the FMS is very poor and hard to read. Radios and PFDs fine. I saw this tutorial and his text is great! Before I place support request as a new user is (noob!) is there an easy fix or this? AM running mostly ultra on high end system with 4k high res textures/fxaa OFF ssaa on and 16x anisotropic. Nothing seems to make it better. Annoyingly IMGUR is failing to accept uploads of images so these are from my dropbox. Thanks! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/78msb459ilngu6q261sx4/Screenshot-2024-08-25-182800.png?rlkey=lpceeqw5ha218w5329k7zqdm4&st=jut…

Hey guys What addons are available for P3Dv6 natively? I know FSUIPC, Chaseplane and new Pilot Mesh 2024 is out there. Who else has P3Dv6 products? (I am hoping these developers are installing outside the sim). I am not looking for compatible products, but products which have installers built for v6? Thanks,

Hello, Loaded up the sim for the first time this week, and now noticed that none of my simconnect dependant addons are working. So far I've noticed that both chaseplane and V-pilot are unable to connect to the sim. From V-pilot i recieve the message, "...Please ensure flight is loaded". And chaseplane won't connect since it doesnt register the sim as running, in the bottom of the Chaseplane UI, it says "Start your simulator and load a flight to use Chaseplane". So I'm quite sure it's a Simconnect issue. I didnt use my computer for a week and now the sim is not working properly, I didn't change or alter anything, the problem just "spawned". The flight is …

Hi Folks, This morning I found in the Simmarket app that a new update (v2.2) for Perth, Australia has been made available. All sims (P3D, FSX, FS2004 & MSFS) appear to have an update with new gates, terrain and groundpoly textures. Refer to the change log for more update details in Simmarket. Cheers Mark

FYI I do not use Teams But yesterday flying .. all seams ok The picture stops , the aircraft stops .. CPU usage increasing some up to 100% Temp increasing ... I decided to stop the PC After restart in the Events I found that P3d was "blocked" by Teams P3d Stopped interacting and before Microsoft teams MOAppHang Fyi Have a nice day

It's good, although not as polished/easy-to-use as some addons with newer origins (PMDG, FSL, MJC...) but the system simulation is extensive (CBs, failures...) and the FM is good too. The looks aren't on par with the competition but the "meat" is there.

Having bought the PMDG 777 last week I’ve discovered today they’re using non-standard COM radios. As a consequence I cannot use the co-pilot in Radar Contact to acknowledge and contact various centres during flights. This is especially critical in long flights as I have no wish to stay in front on the computer. Is anyone who uses both the PMDG747 and RC4 able to confirm compatibility please? @IanHarrison, you spring to mind. 😉

Today I made a flight from Heathrow to Boston, USA. During my stay in London, I noticed that my fps did not exceed 30 and in some cases, 20. I have a 4060 8GB, Ryzen 5 5500 and 16GB RAM. Addons i have GSX Base ( no lvl2 ), Aerosoft Heathrow, Aerosoft A330, FlyTampa Boston, Flight1 Ultimate Traffic Live and Orbx FTX Global and Vector In-game settings: https://ibb.co/tKF2DRZ - DISPLAY https://ibb.co/nRJdNzq - WORLD https://ibb.co/GMVC562 - LIGHTING https://ibb.co/YNvZKbw - WEATHER Extra info: The low fps thing only happens on land, which makes me think it may be ftx global or utlive (high density). Even so, I think there has to be a…

I'm running the final version of P3D 4.5. I have found that (to my taste) the "sprite" type of effects are significantly overblown / exaggerated even at the medium setting, let alone the high setting. The exceptions are smoke from chimney where to my taste something between low and medium would look realistic but since medium looks too much to me I have settled for Low. On the other hand, when I turn the effects down to Low, I lose the effects of any waves washing to shorelines. I could either spend many hours going through every single effect I suppose and learning how to "turn them down" so that they look just a bit better than the current Low at Medium but I …

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@dave2013 "Yes, his screenshots are quite nice, but realize that in some of them he is certainly using highly detailed payware scenery. These are not pics of vanilla P3D. His signature states: "Orbx Global, Vector and more". I would add "lots more". Dave" From: Biggest differences and gains between v4 and v5? - The Prepar3d Forum - The AVSIM Community ---- That's the thing. We'll all be guessing unless Rogen himself create a version specific compilation of what he used and document his personal best-of P3D version. A How To Guide or 'official' PDF guide of sorts which includes names and versions of software and hardware he used to create his personal…

After a visit from a friend last week who was interested in buying the PMDG737 for P3Dv5 we visited the PMDG site looking for that aircraft. No P3D products were visible so I asked the question on their forum. One suggested it has been temporarily removed so those looking to buy the MSFS 777 wouldn’t buy the wrong version. Replies from Mathijs Kok haven’t been helpful and he’s now locked the topic without answering my questions. I’ve written to Robert Randazzo for help. https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/pmdg-737-ngxu-for-prepar3d-v4/309819-pmdg737-ngxu-for-p3dv5-no-longer-on-sale#post314275

I recently bouight the WInwing FCU1 for the A3XX series, whoch says it is compatible with P3Dv5. Their Winapp software has a feature that tells you when the software recognizes P3D launching, but it apparently doesn't recognize P3D launching and doesn;t seem to be compatible yet. I have put a ticket in their support, which is in China and answers are a bit cryptic. It seems to say that their software engineers are still working on it. Information, youtube, etc for the FCU1 and P3D5 is non-existant as yet. I am wondering if anyone has any different experience with it. In that vein, I'm not sure what the plan with FlightSim Labs products is with this unit. In P3D…

Hi all, I've a question regarding changing the direction of smoke effects in P3Dv4. Is it possible to make engine smoke on ai aircraft go directly backwards rather than into the air stream. As you can see it looks a bit unreal & look better if it goes straight backwards. This is the same for every single smoke effect in the game, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this already but worth an ask I reckon. Dan,

I recently found a site that has a bunch of freeware sailplane gliders, I've read in the learning center that birds are supposed to fly around the thermals when the option to view thermals is set to "Natural" but I'm not seeing any birds flying in them at all. I first loaded a flight with the thermals option set to schematic so I can see where they are, then I switched it back to Natural but no birds to be seen anywhere even though there were thermals all around me. I also noticed in the learning center it mentions there's animals roaming around the landscape but in the three years that I've been using P3Dv5, I've never seen one, ever. Why am I not seeing birds…

For those interested there is a new KPVD over on simmarket for sale p3d v5 and v6.

Hi Guys, I have a few pieces of hardware, but am mainly concerned with a CP Flight 737MCPEL and connecting it to Prepar3D via Prosim. I'm having issues with everything connected to Prosim, bit figured if I get the MCP resolved, the other things will fix themselves too! So, I am running Prepard3D V5, I am running Prosim in evaluation mode (as for now I am looking to test the hardware) and I have an un-registered version of FSUIIPC. The hardware seems to run fine - for example, I can make adjustments on the MCP and all that kind of thing. However, when running Prepar3D with Prosim and FSUIIPC - it doesn't seem to be 'seeing' what I am doing on the MCP…

Hey all, It's a known compatibility issue that the QW787 has issues in v6, the most notable one being that the displays are only visible during nighttime. I'm usually really good at finding workarounds by editing config files and shaders, but this one has me completely stumped. I feel like I've tried everything from editing the panel.cfg file to even throwing the internal model into MCX to try and edit the texture but no luck. Has anyone found a workaround to get the displays working in the daytime?

Hey y'all, I just built a PC for the first time! Check it out here. Its a new PC, so I want to make sure I have everything installed correctly and that all my addons place nice with each other. My settings are mostly maxed out, so I'm wondering why I am seeing square patches of land that are either taking a while to render or rendering as water! Here are some screenshots I took on my approach to Nashville. I also added a shot of ImagineSim's KLGA when water quality is set to ultra, if anyone can help explain why LaGuardia turns into a seaport, please help! It is nice to have boats on the taxiway :3 https://imgur.com/a/pY28E48 Thanks all!

I wanted to try out some different autogen textures for P3Dv5 just for the fun of it to see how they look, I have the Orbx textures and the textures by RDPresets but I like to change things up and give P3D a different look from time to time. I've been looking at textures like these here by GEX: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/7309/fsx-team-gex-enhanced-autogen-world-scenery/ https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/7333/fsx-team-gex-enhanced-major-metro-autogen-part-22/ Or these enhanced FSX autogen textures here: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/17854/fsx-genreloaded-autogen-buildings/ But I was reading that in P3…

Hi everyone... Just recently I've noticed in my P3Dv5.4 (Win 10) that whenever I switch screens (Spot view-Airport view;Airport view-FMC view; etc,etc) that I must use the mouse left-click to allow the next view to appear. Needless to say...this becomes tedious !! I'm sure I've neglected to do something important...but I can't figure what it is... Any help will be appreciated.Thanks Skip d