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Hi, I'm in the process of setting up a new system. On my old rig, I was using REX Sky Force PTA presets and ENVTEX for additional textures. I use Active Sky for weather, and SF for clouds. When I set up the old system a few years ago, I set it and forgot it. I haven't tinkered with textures or shaders in quite a while. What is the gold standard cocktail for shaders/textures these days? I don't want to get too deep into tweaking things, but if I can get a nice look with newer products and not a ton of work, I'd be ok with purchasing something new. I know a lot of the work with Tomato Shade was done to apply reflections to aircraft w/o PBR, but now that PBR is ubi…

Is there any way to turn up the volume on the Air Traffic Control. I already have the volume set to 100% on the Options - General - Sound. I have the engine sound at 20% and Environment and cockpit at 99%. The only thing that's really loud is the engines. If it wasn't for the ATC text I wouldn't have any idea what is being said. I have seen a couple of other posts about this issue but no fixes that make any difference. Is there a sound adjustment for ATC in any of the cfg files?

Hi all, this is now the third full version release where those terrain reflections are just bugged like hell and resulting in reflections of nothing at the boarder of deep sea waters to shallow coastal waters: V3 had this bug, nothing was done about it. V4 had this bug and nothing was done about it and guess what? Correct, above screenshots are from V5. And most probably, nothing will be done about it. I know, not many use terrain reflections on, but if you offer it, it should at least be bug free finally, no? I know it might be related to the scenery developers, above shots are from MK Studios LEPA. Also the coastal water is loading in square patche…

Can someone, maybe even @Virtuali, kindly tell me why is that when I was flying a PMDG 74708i BA World Cargo plane last night, and I deliberately chose to go the UK2000 EGLL Cargo hangars upon landing, GSX (L1+L2) decides, 'no I'll take you to the Heavy gate' just as I shut down and was about to ask the GSX Menu to deboard. What sort of absurdity is this with GSX?

Hi All, Can anyone help me. I started rex SF as the weather engine and texture provider. However, it crashed everytime (all of a sudden, haven't been simming for some time.) No probs, I just reinstall it, however, the download manager gives me this error: https://pastebin.com/sZRfKFRa Any tips? vkr Victor

Anyone been able to get a truly unlimited visibility weather scenario in V5? I set the weather to clear skies and my visibility to unlimited, but, I still have a hazy covering the horizon. If I set the enhanced weather to on I get unlimited visibility, but, as soon as I turn it off, I get the hazy on the horizon again. Danny

Ever since I updated P3D v4.5 to HF3 my FPS have declined by approximately 10, where I used to consistently get 25 to 30 I am now getting 15 to 20. I have not added or changed anything from HF2 to HF3 or after. I am flying in the same area with my favorite aircraft the Carenado Beech Baron B58. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the Client. I tried deleting the Shaders. Has anyone else found this to be an issue? If there is no solution to this I am wondering if I can actually go back to HF2 - is that possible?

I'm having issues with the default scenery. Grass on the runway and black ground textures. https://imgur.com/a/wnp0FpE

Hi, I'm installing a bunch of scenery on a new system. SODE is already installed. I also have GSX2 installed. I'm not interested in editing any jetways at this time. I just want to get files in the correct locations so the scenery behaves properly. The scenery that is causing me to write this is Fsimstudio's CYEG. I install all of my addon scenery in a directory outside of P3DV4. In the scenery folder, I have the typical scenery and texture folders. I have the following: D:\Addon Scenery\FSIMSTUDIOS\SimMarket\CYEG\FSimStudios\FSimStudios_CYEG\SODE\12bPilot\SODE\SimObjects\FSimStudios_CYEG D:\Addon Scenery\FSIMSTUDIOS\SimMarket\CYEG\FSimStudios\FSimSt…

Are any of you who are running v5 seeing tremendous abnormalities at default airports? I just tried KFLL (Ft Lauderdale), and there are deep caverns on both sides of the runway. Newark has grass interspaced with asphalt all along the runway. The same is true for Jacksonville, Fla. I'm sure there are many more. Is there an elevation fix or other kind of fix in ORBX or somewhere in V5? Am I the only one seeing these abnormalities or do you see them too? I did do a whole reinstall of P3dv5 a few days ago because of Newark (KEWR). That did nothing! It's still the same. Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks, Stan

When asking questions or reporting issues, please identify your version of P3D. There is enough difference between v4. 4.5 , 4.5 HF3 and 5 to cause confusion. Thanx, Vic

Hey, Wanting to buy P3D but confused with all the different licenses. I just want the full edition of the sim to use at home. The academic license is obviously much cheaper but would that be restricted in what I can do on the sim? Cheers!

I downloaded the latest Simlink update from Navigraph yesterday. It installed and recognised P3DV5. However, when I load Chart Cloud in Chrome Browser it says 'Simulator not recognised.' Has any one else had this problem or been successful since the update please. Dean

Hey Guys,Finally decided to upgrade my system. It’ll have the below specs:CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 4.4GHZ CPU 6 CORESGPU: GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition 6GB GDDR6HD: Silicon Power M2 512GB SSDRAM: 16GB DDR4 Adata XPG Gammix D10 Just wondering what kind of performance you’d expect from this system for p3d with OrbX / NGX etc?Cheers,Alex

Hi captains, Just decided to move to P3D from FSX and just wonder a few things that maybe y’all can help. I set my P3D on normal setting and yet FPS and stutter still there. here is my spec - 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8750H 2.20 – 4.10 GHz, 9 MB SmartCache- 32GB DDR4 2666Mhz- 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD- Intel UHD Graphics 630, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5- 15.6-inch Full HD IPS LED Backlit, Refresh Rate 144Hz- Windows 10 Home 64Bit and since I’m struggling to put URL on this photo I’ll just type my setting DISPLAY Image and Texture FXAA Off AA 4xMSAA Anisotropic 16x 1024x1024 Full Screen Setting 1920x1080x32 Fra…

It has been a while since I went down this road for a fix, but has anything been released and updated to get rid of all of the outdated liveries that are still in UTL? I know that there are some ways to fix this but it (at the time) was a very manual and seemingly long process. I figured I would check to see if there were any updates. I am pretty sure "Ted" and "Song" have been long out of business but I still see those, as well as others in UTL. Thanks

Honestly I can't wait to see the back-end of this issue I use ASP4, SkyForce and EF. My clouds, for some time now, are displaying in a grid like formation. Blocks of clouds instead of random overcast. Has anyone ever come across this issue? I have had it happen before but not sure what the issue actually is? If anyone can shed light on it or let me know if you have the same issue, that would be great. I'll have to take it up with REX and Hifi, but i thought Id just leave it for now seeing that V5 is imminent. I'd still like to know what's causing it though, and hope i don't have a re-occurance of it with V5. I'm thinking it may be to do with the SF /EF com…

loads in perfectly, and with using Texture Direct, after you set your P3D v4 to the main, root folder of P3D v5, you can (after you set them up) inject 4096 lower cloud sets and 2048 mid to high. The result ( I have already done this, with the sim set to 4096 Textures) is absolutely stunning in TrueSky enabled. The Texture Direct allows for full 4096 Cloud Texture Sets... I have a sky full of very dense 4096 cloud cover, and my vRAM load in is 5.4/6.7 and 30 FPS set to 30 FPS locked. Take a look on your Desktop...for I'll bet you that you have both programs. REX Texture Direct REX Stand Alone SOFT CLOUDS. No more, little cotton balls...:

I no longer have a default 4.5 to check KBUR but in V5 the aiport is practically devoid of buildings. In 4.5 I had a long row of gates along rwy 8-26. In v5 there is one small structure. Anyone seeing anything different. I have Orbx NCA,SCA and PNW installed. Vic

Hi all Re: P3D V5 Has anyone with a 1080Ti applied any graphics settings to the NvidiaCP and if they have been beneficial for you would you mind sharing they settings profile is? I'm getting some shimmering at airports even with 2 x SSAA. I used NCP quite successfully in the past but can't remember the settings I applied (or at least which settings made the most difference) thanks Erich

Just wandering if this is the normal amount of space P3dv5 should take up? P3d academic is 68.2 Client is 402 mb P3dv5 content is 14.2 Scenery is 30.7 I just wanted to make sure this is normal? I thought I read somewhere it only took like 26 GB. Thanks for your possible insight Best Regards Pat

I just reloaded P3d and set up my FSUIPC... I have a couple of issues...Track IR now doesnt work and when I quit out of the game and re enter it picks up with me in the air from the previous session? Restarted and then did a full shutdown.. Any help would be great

With PTA not being developed for v4 I'm looking for a way to disable the HDR luminance adaptation effect manually. I found a guide to the lighting settings in P3D and at the bottom it says the eye adaptation rate can be modified. I can't find the entry in my v3 cfg so I assume I have to add the line myself. If this is indeed the case, what do I put after the =? Will setting this to zero turn the effect off? http://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv3/LearningCenter/settings/display/lighting_settings.html

Hi all, Ultimate Ground Control X now is supporting Prepar3d version 5 as well.

Hello, I have lost the information in my assignments ... I cannot to right or left on the ground and in flight. Recommendations? Thanks in advance