The Prepar3d Forum

A while back Golden Age Simulations (GAS) had published a PT-22 trainer for FSX and also 29 Palms made a freeware scenery Phenick Field packaged with the PT-22. The airfield was a training field for the Pt-22 aircraft. The scenery (Phenick Field) has a field manager that when Installed pop a shortcut icon on the desktop and is used to add/remove items from the scenery. I have managed to convert some of the BGL's to P3D5.4 format however, the field manager at one time did function but not anymore. Wanted to ask if anyone here managed to convert the Phenick Field manager to work in P3D V5.4? It would also allow changes to seasons as well GAS is…

Hi folks, I am looking for some ideas of how to solve this issue. I recently tried a flight using the PMDG 777 in P3Dv5.3 HF2 and wanted to start my flight in Dublin in combination with trying out the latest version of FSHUD that performs simulated ATC. When I tried to tune into the Dublin Clearance Delivery frequency 122.985, I got the "run around" from FSHUD because it was trying to send/set a frequency the 777 didn't understand as I believe the 777 does not have the radio capabilities in the sim of using 8.33kHz frequencies (just the 25kHz spacing is available in the P3D version). It is also not possible to use the radio panel to manually set a 8.33kHz freque…

I have just moved from FSX to P3D v4.5. I purposely chose version v4.5 as I felt that my modest machine with only a midrange GPU would be happier with this version plus all the scenery I own is mainly for version 4. I can always acquire licences for later versions down the track. But I have run into one issue - and that is the mouse pointer never ever disappears when I am in virtual cockpit view. Ever. I was expecting similar behaviour to FSX in that if it was not being used it would simply disappear off the screen after a handful of seconds and re-appear when the mouse is next used. But it is there all the time no matter what. Yes, I can move the mouse to the bottom…

Take a look at this video. Can anyone explain why the clouds are flashing? It only happens at UK2000 Manchester Xtreme which is really odd. I asked the question at Hi-Fi thinking it might be a cloud glitch in ASP3D and the advice was to switch to v5.4. Well I did that and the problem remained. I've had to switch back to 5.3HF2 for another issue unrelated to this. It's not a show-stopper but it's something I'd like tp solve. Anyone got any thoughts why it's restricted to one airport?

So... I've been tracking and resolving an issue I noted in my P3D installs of 4.5 and 5.3, where had no trees rendered for a section of Orbx's Gold Coast City Scene. After raising the issue @ the Orbx forum for confirmation of anyone else having the issue (they were not), I used the groups function in P3D Addon Organiser to enable blocks of scenery to be disabled/enabled on a couple of clicks in order to perform a process of elimination. And the prob turned out to be with a Gibson PR scenery bgl right on the border of NSW and QLD coastline where disabling the affected tile resolved the issue. All good so far. Next was a tune and performance test in 4.5…

Finally it's here. The soundpack includes TWO versions of the engine sounds - "Immersive" and "Authentic". "Immersive" version represent a passenger cabin sound experience, closest to sitting near the JT8D engines. "Authentic" reproduces a sound experience from the flight deck, of course if you keep the engine volume slider at realistic levels (any values around 5-10, depending on your audio setup and Maddog X volume settings). For sound demonstration purposes, we kept the engine sound slider at 60. Features: Completely authentic JT8D-200 high definition sounds. Two versions of engine sounds included - customers practically get two soundpacks …

I have been experiencing a problem with v6 since day one. There is a terrain spike just east of downton Indianapolis,IN. I reported it to Lockhedd Martin But it is still there several patches/hotfixes later. I installed Freemesh 2.0 but no matter where I put the mesh in the scenery library, the problem persists. Adjusting the mesh slider makes no difference. What am I doing wrong?

Hello guys. I have a i9 with the RTX4090, and I used to get a very smooth performance with P3Dv4 using NCP set to half refresh rate. I finally bought a 30Hz capable monitor (BenQ PD3200U, suggested by Ray, a fantastic monitor I must say). So I restored NCP to factory settings, changed the monitor’s refresh rate to 30Hz, activated Vsynch + TB in P3D, and instead of having my FPS “locked” at 30, they are being limited to 18 FPS. When I fire P3D up, the FPS counter shows 18, and then it goes up to 100+, even tough the sim is only performing at 18 FPS. The monitor’s drivers are updated, windows recognizes the monitor , so I have no idea what could be keeping P3D from synching…

I’ve wanted the ORBX TrueEarth GB package for some time but was put off by the inclusion of The Netherlands. Nothing against that country of course but I have no need for the extra detail. I wrote to ORBX support asking if a package for just GB could be made available. Nick Cooper replied this morning advising it’s now available. At under 60GBP it’s a decent price too. https://orbxdirect.com/bundle/trueearth-great-britain-prepar3d-bundle

I have Zurich Airport from FSDT and Aerosoft Mega-Airport-Zurich v2. Which one to install? I guess Aerosoft's Zurich is newer and has more city details? Thanks, Dirk.

With "spring in the air" I thought I would fire up the MilViz Beaver and fly out of YSE down to W33 (Friday Harbor). First time this new year. There were a lot of things that did not work!!! I was unable to move the Prop lever, even though FSUIPC saw the lever and knew when it moved. The Starter switch does not work. Panel lights do not work. Did something break while I was away flying in the Southern Hemisphere? I tried a search the forums, but AVSIM said I could not execute, I think due to system load? I know MilViz is out of the Prepar3D commercial business, but last time I used the Beaver it was fine in P3D5.2. Thanks!

Well, I just made the switch to P3Dv6, and must say that I'm impressed. Performance is very good, better than v5. I'm using volumetric clouds for the first time and really like them. Also using DLSS anti-aliasing which works well. I got all the ORBX scenery packages, FTX Global, FTX openLC, Trees, and HD Buildings, working with the addon xml method using Lorby's Addon Organizer. I already had them installed in an external library. With volumetric clouds, shadow quality, water detail, cubemap and planar reflections, level of detail radius, tesselation factor, 10m terrain mesh, and autogen/scenery draw distance on High, and autogen vegetation and scenery c…

Hello! I'm a new member here at avsim as well as to the aircraft merge community. Recently I saw the TDS A350, and it is indeed a beautiful aircraft. With that being said, it was the reason I've tried to have it merged with the TR A330 (the Hawaiian pack from rikooo) with ISG gauges. I can say that it works perfectly except for one thing, it's trim. It's so unstable when reaching cruising altitude to cruising phase and some part of the descent phase. The aircraft goes up and down like a ship going through some waves. Is there any resolve to this problem? Any suggestions, answers and tips would be highly appreciated. Sean Guerrero …

There was a freeware scenery of Jan Cuypers, who passed away in 2021. His website is down and wayback machine can not deliver the files. I'm looking for EBOS-EBNH_FSX_2017.zip. Maybe somebody still has this file on the drive, then please contact me over pm. Any other suggestions for a decent Oostend scenery are also welcome. Dan

I have this really odd problem that every flight I do I experience a crash to desktop when descending. Sometimes it's around FL240, sometimes FL180, sometimes lower. This happens even over open water, when there is no add-on scenery visible (for instance just now, flying London-Antigua, starting descent from FL380, totally over the Atlantic, and CTD at around FL220). I have ORBX Vector and ORBX Global installed, and often use payware add-on airports. But I find it hard to believe that EVERY payware airport causes the crash, and ORBX Vector and Global should not be the issue when flying over open water. Where can I look for issues? What could it be that tri…

Hello, This might be more a PDMG issue then a P3D, but wanted to post it on here and try my luck in trying to resolve this problem. I'm running P3D 5.3 and was running version 4.5 previously and had the same problem. With the Boeing Yoke I can't get a response to the Y and X axis with the PDMG B777 aircraft. When I try it on other aircrafts that came with P3D, like the F22, Mooney, or other classic Lockheed Martin planes the Yoke works fine. If anyone can help out, it would be much appreciated. Nam

Hi all, Does anyone have any information on this A380 for P3D? I found it on Simmarket (inactive product) and I had never heard of it before so thought I would check if anyone has any information. Looks quite good if it is an upcoming product (considering the otherwise dead market for P3D developers) 🙂 https://secure.simmarket.com/skyforge-simulations-skyforge-airbus-a380-p3dv4-6.phtml Thanks in advance!

Good day, Using P3DV5, thinking about trying Carenado Synthetic Vision System (SVS). Does it work well in P3DV5? I have the "Carenado_P3Dv5_Patch" and all my Carenado G1000 aircraft work ok. Regards John C.

I'm running ASP3D for v5 with P3D v5.3HF2. When I use the program to check for weather at an airport it shows the runways in use at the bottom of the Conditions window. For LPPT it's still showing 03/21 instead of 02/20. I raised a ticket with Hi-Fi and the reply was that ASP3D doesn't use the Navigraph data that I subscribe to despite it being a sub-folder inside my ASP3D installation. But why not? And as it's clearly reading data for the airport where is it getting this info from? I've searched through the ASP3D structure but can't find any data relating to runways for airports. Could others check LPPT please and report the runways in use especially if yo…

Hello. I´m trying to set up some crosswind runways in SBVT in P3D, and I´m not sure if I´m doing it right. The runways are 02-20 and 06-24. When the winds are coming from the south/southwest, runway 20 is used for takeoff and 24 for landing. So I set up the crosswind runways as it follows: https://www.img91.com/en/l5QhayAJsvHPfcO As for the patterns settings, I did the following: Runway 06 - CLOSED for both takeoff and landing Runway 24 - CLOSED for takeoff and OPEN for landing Runway 02 - CLOSED for both takeoff and landing Runway 20 - OPEN for takeoff and CLOSED for landing However, when I fire up P3D, traffic still lands on runway 20,…

Can anyone tell me how to remove autogen trees from the middle of runway at Corn Island (MNCI) just of the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua? This is a default airport using either default or photo scenery. Turning down the autogen to low doesn't do it and turning it off makes the island look scalped. Advice will be appreciated as long as you don't tell me to just buy a chain saw😂

Hi, Following my latest reinstall of P3D 5.3 all is working well except for my TM Dual Throttles. My TM Flightstick works as always. Both are setup via FSUIPC with P3D controllers disabled as I've always had them. In the cockpit the stick can be seen to move the yoke as expected, but the TM throttles have little or no control of the cockpit throttles' movement, while the aircraft runs wild. Buttons work ok, so the device is not invisible. I've hooked up an old Ch Throttle as a test. Given it's limitations, It works as expected. I've never needed any driver software, but installed the TM drivers now. They didn't help. Any help will be much appreciated!

How do I get better lighting effects with v6.1.11 & Active Sky? The banding looks very unrealistic.

I see ORBX is now supporting DCS. Looks like P3D is in the bin for future products and updates, they don`t have time.

Just confirming that some scenery objects in P3DV5 and maybe also in P3DV6 are not showing transparency where they should. A good example would be the bridge trusses in Memphis, TN. Anybody else having the same issue? John C.