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I no longer have FSX, but I vaguely remember that if I picked an aircraft, any aircraft from my list of aircrafts, the sim would go back to the picked aircraft after an aircraft crash. In p3d, the sim always goes back to the default aircraft, that is, the aircraft that is saved as the default aircraft. At this point, I need to go to the aircraft menu and locate the aircraft again. Am I missing something? Is there a way for P3d to remember my aircraft other than my having to save it as part of the start up? tc

Anyone using lucas cavatoni reshade ? what lighting options are ticked in p3d settings? thanks mike

Something has changed in my P3Dv4.5 setup. When I want to slew (Y keyboard) fine tune my position at a gate or anywhere else - a relatively small move - as soon as I hit the key the aircraft goes wild. Moves very fast and won't stop until I repress the key. This is for all aircraft, for all positions. I have set the slew sensitivity in P3D. I do have the registered version of FSUIPC installed. Thoughts? Thank you.

Can anyone point me to a download for The OZX Grumman Goose HD Redux that will work in P3Dv5? I have searched but can't find it. Thanks

I recently upgraded my system. I have GTX1070 and GTX560. I need to undock one 2d popup from the PMDG777 to 4th monitor connected to the 560. The 1070 is running the sim. The moment I move this undocked window to this 4th monitor, the fps will go down to 2. It will return to 50 when I close this window or move it back to other monitor. Also if I run P3D in a windowed mode from the GTX560 monitor the fps is ok until I undock s window and move it to a monitor driven by the GTX1070. The issue is clearly running one undocked window thru another GPU. Its got nothing do with lack of power. I had this issue years ago but Im dying to remember how to fix it. Any suggest…

'nuff said.

I recall in the past I could hear in great detail rain hitting the airplane when in the VC. But in V5 I'm really not experiencing this much. Anybody else?

Is there any way to change the flight number of an aircraft without resetting the entire vehicle? For example, my outbound leg is BAW2022 and my return is BAW2023. I can't figure out how to change it without everything (vehicle, GSX etc.) resetting? Cheers

Hello all, Unfortunately, I'm having a problem with my MKStudios Dublin, it appears to be colliding with the default. I've tried re-downloading the installer multiple times, as well as installing in different locations. I only run ORBX Global, no other ORBX products, and the installer appeared to work fine and deactivate some BGL's. The scenery is at the top of my library, and I've even tried loading in with ORBX disabled, but no luck. I also have Lisbon installed, and it works fine, I don't have this problem with any other sceneries. I had it installed fine when I had P3D on my C drive, but this arose when I tried to install it on my D Drive after a clean P3D…

I have just finished installing and setting up my P3Dv5. To me, far more superior than v4.5, both Aesthetically & Performance wise. Anyway, while checking things out I've noticed that all the Default airports have what looks to be (not sure how to explain it) "glossy" or "shiny aprons, taxiways and runways. The clouds appear to be reflecting on these "glossy" surfaces. Back in the FSX days that type of texture was used to depict wet surfaces. But in P3Dv5 I had asP3D & Asca running with sunny clear weather. Maybe it's just my setup, I'm not sure. Maybe LM has a reason for this? I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this. Note: a good example is Def…

I posted this issue in the ORBX forums on July 8th and still no reply from an ORBX admin so I guess I’ll seek help here. At night, my ORBX airports have very dim runways which makes it difficult to land. I can’t actually see the runway edge lights until I’m on a 1 mile final which I know for a fact isn’t realistic at all because at my job I’m always jumpseating and normally on a clear night we can see the runway 8-10 miles out sometimes further. The actual light fixtures at ORBX airports are realistic just very dim. Is there any way I can make them brighter? I know about the light tool that comes with ORBX global but that’s for street lights etc. I just need to find a way…

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Have a controller with 20 channels but P3Dv5 only lets me use 7 of them...I remember seeing some software a long time ago that let you use more buttons and switches with your sim...but cannot remember the name.

Hello, do you have a way of keeping track where you have your airport addons installed? Like an interactive map?

For my CPU I notice that I get around 68-85 but it usually sits in the 70's. and my GPU is 73-75. Is this bad?

Is there am addon airport for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi for v5? Thanks

Hi Fellas, First off, as seen by the title, Im encountering Max GPU loads. At first, I thought the tweaks I have been using were the main factors, but after resetting my P3D config file to its default settings, there were no changes in load usage. I've read many topics about people utilizing only 50 - 70% of their GPU while having better settings than my default, and im thinking to myself "How in the heck?" I checked my task manager and it shows that P3D is using nearly all of my load on my GPU. What I noticed in task manager is that only 3.4GB/11GB of GPU Memory is being used when P3D is open. May this be the factor? GPU USAGE Specs: AMD Ryzen 2700X …

I'm afraid I may be the only person in this community who did not realize P3Dv5 latest version will give you a chance to recover from exceeding VRAM limits. Also, I never watched Game of Thrones. I never noticed it because I rarely get the error but read about the feature on LM's description. I tried it out yesterday by maxing everything (7.1 VRam available). If you trip the VRAM circuit breaker it now offers a Retry Button, lowers graphic settings then resets the scenario. Much preferable than a crash to desktop. Bob

I use the Y key to relocate the aircraft on the ramp. I press the Y key and press the left, right, forward and backward key's. It works fine in v4.5 but not in v 5.2. Is there a different key for v5.2? Thanks

Have X52 Pro Joystick/Throttle, have used the programming software since FSX. Was using it without problems in Prepar3d V5. Have a few joystick buttons programmed directly for actions in EZCA, the remaining buttons are programmed using the joystick software to perform keystrokes. Have FSUIPC installed, only joystick function through it is the slider for the spoilers. Was working fine, installed FS2Crew and RAAS this morning, now buttons programmed as keystrokes no longer work. Buttons programmed directly into EZCA work, for example trigger = next view, throttle works, hat to pan, but specific button presses programmed for key presses no longer work, for example this butto…

So in any given aircraft the vc shaders flash a darker black when I move the camera around. You can imagine how unbearable this is in the PMDG 737. If I move my head from main view to overhead basically every shader in sight flashes. Im using PTA but no one else has reported problems like this before. Even stranger is that orbx central also has this shadow lag. Which makes me think this is down to nvidia driver. Any help is massively appreciated this is in many ways ruining the sim 😞

As the title says when I move my camera around in sim, objects that are receiving shadows flicker. As well as the flight displays (PFD, ECAM ect) edges flicker. I'm almost certain this is down to PTA, does anyone know any resolutions to this quite annoying problem? Thank you!

Never had this happen in my old computer, but with my new build, this pops up every time I launch P3D v5. How can I fix this problem to get rid of this warning?

Hello simmers; I'm running P3D V4 on a GTX 1050ti 4GB, an intel i5 6600k @3.5 Ghz and 8GB of RAM (Yes, I should upgrade it). I want to know if I will notice any improvement in performance if I upgrade to P3D V5. Thoughts?

Hello, been using P4AO for some time now, and currently have all my sceneries in external folder. So basically, I have Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons and I have, in my case, E:\P3DAddons. Latter containing the files, and former only the add-on.xml files. References in add-on.xml files are absolute paths, like E:\P3DAddons\... So, if at some point later I would want to move that folder somewhere else, be it different drive or even folder, how would I go about this? One thing comes to mind, are system variables. Like %APPDATA%; I could create variable %FSDATA% for E:\P3DAddons. Would that work? Or any other suggestions how to handle this?