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After updating to version 4.5, I went to ORBX to update my existing products. I noticed at the bottom of the page these four items: Milviz MVAMS Orbx Object Flow TFDI RealLight TFDI RealGlass They are all free. I know nothing about any of these products. Are they nice enhancements to 4.5 or are they problematic?

For P3DV5, Has anyone tried the new Nvidia driver 446.14 that has been released? If so how is it or any issues? I believe it lays some ground work for the upcoming Windows 2004 release as well

Hi guys- I've been searching around and thought I'd come to the experts. I currently am running Prepar3d v4 and do not plan to upgrade to v5, like many of us waiting on MSFS2020. In the meantime I'd like a regional 170/195 to play around with. I have the PMDG 737, Q400, but looking for something in the jet category. I've looked at the CRJs, but looking more for the 175/190. I have a navigraph subscription, so being able to use the updated FMC is important. Does anyone have a thought which is the best overall for price, ease to fly, and able to use navigraph? Thanks

Run Orbx central to get the update - will search for the change log for both...

I already have EZdok V3 and use it in FSX SE. Still I consider getting ChasePlane mainly not to replace EZdok in FSX SE but to use it in P3D. Reason for that is that I use P3D V 2.5 and that leaves with the old version 1.18 of EZdok. I have heard that CP is easier to use and setup compared to EZdok which sounds interesting. I think I also read somewhere that EZdok is better to simulate the cockpit moving through air effects compared to CP. But does this apply the old 1.18 version ? The price for CP feels a little bit high but if it can save me time and less problems in setting up cameras it might be worth it. Also I might probably upgrade to P3D 5 later when I have upgr…

Where in P3D4.5 are the different custom graphics settings saved ?

After l loading Active Sky, Cloud Art and REX textures prior to loading P3D, all per the scenarios learned here from my fellow "much more knowledgable" pilots, I will often close down Active Sky and go to clear weather during a long cross country. My probably misguided logic is I have spent a small fortune in ORBX scenery software and if I find myself flying in my DC3 at 7500 feet with a 3000 foot ceiling I would rather enjoy the scenery than not during my LONG (around the world type) cross country flying. Do all the textures and cloud art data files that were loaded into P3D prior to loading and takeoff remain in my sim after closing Active Sky? I don't see any…

Hello, is it somehow possible to change the SODE Jetways textures of JustSim EDDL to the acutal new ones? Take a look at this link: https://www.austrianaviation.net/fileadmin/newsbilder/_airports/dusseldorf/DUS_Gangway_C_Jan_Gruber.jpg You don't see quite much of the Jetway but this was the only picture I found. Kind regards Tim

I have downloaded the latest version and know that v5 official is still a WIP, however a few ppl posted that it's mostly working, just only some of the pbr or lighting doesn't work at night which is okay by me. I would like to at least try it out while I wait for the official v5 version to be out. I am currently installing the online flight-plans, I have selected them all via checking 'multiselection' and then hitting the OCI-Bulk button and its doing its thing. Does anyone know how much space the complete package takes up? Lastly, I'm concerned about updates. Will I have to redownload all the flightplans, textures, sound files, etc that are newer than what I cu…

This has never happened before, but noticed it keeps on going off track every once in awhile. I have to manually disengage the autopilot, re-engage and turn on AP back on for it to get back on course. Does anyone know the cause of this? It's frustrating, especially when doing long haul flights.

Hi All, I'm looking for a weather programme (im using P3D4.5) that injects real world weather but with decent graphics for clouds etc, with simulated icing / windshear and / or turbulence? Here is my current setup using a free WXR programme and as you can see the clouds look very unrealistic: If anyone could recommend some software that'd be fantastic 🙂 Cheers, Alex

SLC from Lanilogic intruduced version 1.5. As per developer it should feature pretty new things and functions. Who is not familier with SLC it is kind of FsPassengers.

Hello, So I would like to create my own AI flight plans. I would like to take and add some GA planes to the smaller fields around my main base. I know you can use a program AIFlightplanner, and of course you can use UTL and the likes but I want a more targeted approach, where I can add AC to a select number of fields and not fill up a bunch of fields further away... I hope I am clear with what i am looking to do? Anyone got any idea's? Oh BTW this would be for P3Dv4 sim. Thanks Tom

I am encountering an odd issue in p3dv5. No matter what airport or aircraft I get stutters immediately after takeoff. My frames are smooth as can be on the ground, but once I am in the air I get microstutters every two seconds. Anyone else experiencing this? I do have Malwarebytes installed, however the program is shutdown when I am running the sim.

Hello everyone, On P3d V5 HF1, I noticed an inconsistency between the weather injected by AS beta 3 and the local default ATIS of the airport. Winds are differents and the problem is the AI respect the winds annonced by the ATIS for the active runway. I'm clear though that the actual weather in the sim is indeed the one annonced my AS. I hope I'm clear. Where does the ATIS and AI read their weather if it's not the one injected ? Does anyone have noticed the same behaviour ? Thanks Souheil Al-Mallah

Hello People, I have this api.dll crash, always in the same area about 120nm from KMIA direct to CYUL, in the pmdg 747 , here is the report, tried default settings, with or without ea enabled, same results; anybody have an idea ? Version=1 EventType=APPCRASH EventTime=132353251000978632 ReportType=2 Consent=1 UploadTime=132353251008251059 ReportStatus=268435456 ReportIdentifier=faa705e2-8a3d-4986-a958-003163d6a56e IntegratorReportIdentifier=3fddf111-0a97-4db7-9264-8cda1b835325 Wow64Host=34404 NsAppName=Prepar3D.exe OriginalFilename=Prepar3D.exe AppSessionGuid=00001734-0001-004a-ddac-1c738e36d601 TargetAppId=W:0000efb4704e4eb0138f…

Hi Just wonder if anyone knows what’s wrong with my P3D v5.? I have seen a number of similar threads but nothing like this exactly, P3D v5 HF1 had been working amazingly well until yesterday, then suddenly, without warning, and having made no changes that I know of, I cannot load the sim unless I select clear skies. I have AS P3D and ASCA installed which has been working fine for a week or two. It is the same problem whether I enable AS or not. I’m running on Win10 pro 1909, on an i5 4690k @4.4GHz (stable overclock) GTX 1080 ti, 32Gb RAM. When I load the sim, it gets to 74% ‘loading worldwide weather’ then CTD with kernelbase.dll error. I have done a numbe…

I did a clean install of everything this morning. I can't get ORBX to work at all. I have Base, OpenLC NA and Europe. My sim looks like the default scenery. This is my scenery.cfg [General] Title=Prepar3D Scenery Description=Prepar3D Scenery Areas Data Clean_on_Exit=TRUE [Area.001] Title=Default Terrain Local=Scenery\World Layer=1 Active=TRUE Required=TRUE [Area.002] Title=Default Scenery Local=Scenery\BASE Layer=2 Active=TRUE Required=TRUE [Area.003] Title=0000 Base Local=Scenery\0000 Layer=3 Active=TRUE Required=FALSE [Area.004] Title=0001 Base Local=Scenery\0001 Layer=4 Active=TRUE Required=F…

I have Cathay Pacific, Cathay Pacific Cargo, Cathay Dragon flight plans installed with 1%-99% traffic range set in AIG. But whenever I launch into the airport, I hardly have any planes. My Traffic Slider is set to 50% in Prepar3D. At other airports like KIAH, KSFO, KSEA, I get plenty of planes. VHHH is suppose to be the hub for Cathay Pacific, which means there should be a lot parked at the gates. I only see Quantus, American Airlines, Cathay Cargo, Ethiad and thats it. Any ideas?

Hi everyone, Mid flight everything works fine, getting around 60 fps in cockpit view flying pmdg and 130 on external. But in some big airports like JFK, I'm getting 14-21 fps with 20-40% of CPU and GPU use. Do anyone have a solution, can't get good performance on heavy airports. thanks. Specifications: I9-9900K 3.6Ghz Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero GeForce RTX2080 TI 64GB RAM

For some reason, I can no longer load scenery into the Library. It initially is listed in the library, but after leaving the library, it disappears. When i return to the Library, the scenery is not listed. I have tried using different directories, Addon Scenery and so on with the proper sub-directories etc. Any advice would sure be appreciated Thanks!!

Hi everyone, I had ton uninstall and reinstall P3D v4 and then, I reinstalled GSX. However, I have the Couatl crash message. I tried everything. Uninstalled and reinstalled GSX, deleted UTlive and everything, but nothing works. Before the reiinstallation of P3D, everything worked perfectly fine. I try to solve this issue since 10 am... I have to precise that I have this problem only with LFMN. What can I do? Thank you so much. Ps: here is the Couatl.err content : couatl v3.2 (build 4336) panic log started on Sun May 31 13:28:11 2020 problem raised by engine or unspecified addon {'Airport': 'LFMN', 'User Pos': (43.6591859380202…

I have a 49" CRG9. I usually do 2/3 of the screen as cockpit and the other 1/3 of the screen for external, wings views, etc. For some reason in V5, chaseplane does not work in the undocked window. Anyone else experience this issue?

Version 20191021 (aka technical update 8.0.0) of the Rex/Milviz weather radar has been released. Changes include P3Dv4.5 HF2 compatibility, addition of ground mapping, and some refinements to beam control.

The textures on the front (edited) of airport terminal buildings are probably the most important textures at an entire airport, simply because you will be looking directly at them from close range whenever you are parked at a gate. That being the case, it surprises me that some textures are not as clear as I would have expected. Take ORBx LOWI Innsbruck as an example. As a complete package, this scenery product is outstanding. However, I was rather surprised to note the "blurry reflection" texture that has been painted on the exterior of the terminal building at ground level. Now, I appreciate that reflections in the real world can be blurry depending on the type of glass…