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Nothing new but Im surpriced that this issue exists still (P3Dv4.5 ht2). It concerns shadows below clouds (if this option is ticked in settings) especially. In some angle with the same postion shadows are present and at some angles not. Similar topic was on LM Forum: https://prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=125862 Any idea how to solve it? Is it possible to do something with this without turn off shadows below clouds? 😉 This is not my video but I talk about this:

I run P3Dv4.5 with Orbx Global and Navgraph. I find when flying into EGCC that the gates and taxiways do not match the instructions given by the ATC. Reading about the update to P3Dv5 I note that it includes a scenery update. Now I am uncertain as to whether this update would solve my problem. What is the relationship between the P3D scenery and Orbx Global. Does Orbx Global dictate how the airport scenery is depicted overriding the P3D scenery? If that is so then I must either buy more up to date scenery for EGCC or hope that Orbx will update their scenery files. John

Got P3D v5 today and its an okay experience. (although there are a few issues like shadow textures appearing through buildings on sceneries like UK2000 and FlightBeam) However one problem I have is the default airport. I tried installing FlightBeam KSFO and it did install but i noticed a default airport over it. I tried removing ORBX completely, and it didn't work. I then remembered that v5 updated a lot of large default airports (KORD, KSEA, etc.) and KSFO was one of them. I would use Simple airport Scanner but it doesn't support P3D v5 so I'd have to check the AFCADs manually. Any idea of where the default KSFO AFCAD could be located?

Hi, short question, will P3DV5 be backwards compatible with P3DV4 Adons, who might not be able to use all the new features of P3DV5? I have 150 airports from 20 different vendors, plus 10 airplanes from 5 vendors, that will be a lot of research to find out if they all work and are compatible... Do you think that you have to reinstall everything or is an update function possible? Otherwise I would wait and see, because everything is going well with P3DV4 and I am satisfied, the biggest gap is rather Landclass Asia... Thanks Erik

I've been trying to activate Prepar3d v5 for about 6 hours now. It keeps saying the server cannot be reached. I hope I get it to activate before Prepar3d v6 comes out. No sleep tonight.

I have copied and pasted this from my post on the P3D Forums as I am far too lazy to type out a new post. Just to add that I did 'reset' the sound by pressing Q twice because of that annoying bug where sounds continue in the interior view from the outside view. I am just wondering could that be any cause to the application to hang and CTD? Crash to desktop after crash to desktop with P3D V4.2! After a full clean install of P3D V4.2 I am yet again plagued by an unknown CTD this time its to do with an application hang. Upon finals into Minneapolis after an event free flight from London Heathrow, just entering in some information into the fmc (PMDG …

Opted into Fastlane and managed to install approx. 80% of my owed Orbx scenery directly into the V5 folders. For the remaining I'm getting the following message within Orbx Central - Error:Library path does not exist. Still working through the list but currently the following aren't installing - LOWI/England /Southern Alaska/1S2/ Any idea?

Prior to deciding on purchase I have read every v5 post on Avsim, studied the screenshots and viewed all the videos posted on YouTube up to now. Accepting that the performance seems to be somewhat better, I find the visual appearance quite disappointing. Yes I know we all use add ons, but some basic features do not cut it. and the effect is more arcade game than serious flight simulator. I can see why the pre release shots were all done in a heavy haze. Land textures are what I expected, with an obvious need for replacement if any kind of realism is wanted. Some sea textures are so bad it's hard to understand why they are still being used. The 'bathroom window g…

Hello Guys, some info: Super Traffic Board is working out of the Box. I keep my P3Dv4 installed, installed v5 and SuperTrafficBoard recognizes P3Dv5 without doeing anything. Fantastic! Litttle Navmap is working out of the Box. The same like STB. Nothing to do. Great, Have Fun

Hello, so I took the leap and have only installed a few ORBX addons so far so I could test it out (OLC North America, Global, Socal region and a few Socal airports). ORBX installed SODE and now when I start up the sim I get a bunch of errors like this: I get a bunch for Imaginesim Atlanta and then a bunch for various MK Studios sceneries, neither of which I have installed in V5, only in V4. Any idea what information the sim might be reading and why?

Well, I installed the sim, no problem. Then I installed Orbx FTX Global, no problem. Also installed Orbx Norway and Pacific Northwest. It has been not so good since then. Tried to install FlyTampa Copenhagen V2, installed fine but then I went to check it out and it was all messed up. Look like a mixture of default buildings and maybe some FlyTampa. Tried to install Just Flight Traffic Global, which had a path for v5, and got tons of error messages once I opened up P3d v5. So far not so good. I hope as time goes on all of this stuff works okay because right now I am losing faith. Cheers, Pete

Could someone please share what their add-on.xml file looks like for Global Base. I want to compare it with what I have.

Running the normal Orbx stuff in V5, Global, Open LC, and Trees HD and some of my default airports like Van Nyas & Burbank look like this... Any ideas on how to correct this? https://imgur.com/a/keqe1i3

I was flying out of KPOU heading north over the river toward Albany, when I noticed that the river abruptly ended about 30 miles south of Albany! Can anybody else confirm this? I don't remember this in any other version of P3D. It looks like there might be a very thin stream that starts up again a few miles up, but that's not what used to be there and certainly not what is really there. I tried to report it on the P3D website, but I'm unable to register for some reason.

Hi, I am trying to install P3 v5 on my D drive which has 760gb free. My C drive has 5gb left. I am getting an error message during the installation saying that I have not enough space left. I do nor understand as I want to install P3 on my D drive. Can someone please help? Thanks Bernd Jablonka

I notice that on FSDT's website it says that the download is available for P3D 4/5. But just to be sure, has anyone here successfully installed and used it in their sim yet without any problems?

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I did look at the EZDok site but was unable to find anything regarding an update for v5. Does anyone have an insight- realizing it’s only been 24 hours since the release?

I know its been asked a lot in the past, but now the need is higher than ever. With developers one by one catching up and reporting their status for the upcoming P3Dv5 release, the only developer that I am worried about not seeing in p3Dv5 is Vertexsim. The DA62 was released around a year ago and a a short time after the developer went silent. This aircraft is immensely satisfying to fly and very well done, a tribute to the developer's skills. However if you hear us, please don't stay silent now. We need this aircraft to P3Dv5 and I hope Vertexsim will make a statement. Also, P3Dv5 installers of the previous RealAir aircraft would be greatly needed too.

Has anyone played with FFTF value already? Since I had my FFTF set to 0.05 in v4.5, my FPS measurements were kind "off". When I removed the FFTF value, I am seeing big FPS differences in favor of v5. However, "forgetting" to remove the FFTF value in v4.5, actually my v4.5 beats v5, at least in ORBX LOWI static. Well, fine, let's give v5 FFTF 0.05. However... no difference? And... I am seeing blurry textures in v5 (clean sim, without any addons). They load slow, as in if I fly low, a simple Mooney at top speed, after a while, textures below aircraft are blurry. They need significant time to load until sharp. Pausing the sim doesn't help. This is with un…

I don't understand how I install all their airports in V5. It says to install the flightbeam manager.exe into the route. So I install into prepar3dv5/flightbeam/Flightbeam-Manager. But run the program and it says startup aborted asking me to verify i put it in the right directory? Any ideas?

I wonder how they look like? Could anyone with v5 post a shot / vid with some areas with TCu or Cb, or even good Cumulus Congestus Thx!

Does anyone know if Flight 1 UTX v2 will be updated for P3d v5? Further, does anyone know if it needs to be? I have read some stuff that I have interpreted as UTX being redundant (i could be completely mistaken). Perhaps it is no longer needed in v5? I apologize if this has been answered, being a CPA and today being April 15th, I have had very little time to do anything other than tax returns over the past few months. Cheers, Pete

FSELITE running a v5 compatibility chart for Addons Anybody else doing this? xxd09

Any news? I can't find anything online, either here or on REX's site. I'm specifically trying to find out whether SkyForce and Environment Force work with v5. Thanks!