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Just bought this airport from PKSIM. Positioning my PMDG 737 or 777 at a suitable gate using GSX menu results in "Bad Jetway Data". Looking at the SODE log I can't see any issues. Shown below. Anyone got any suggestions why GSX doesn't like it? Spoiler [12:36:15.685] INFO SODE.FSLOOP : - SimObject 'SODE_SPJC:WindSock_SPJC #1' [SPJC_SODE_Windsock_Slow]. ID: 485 [12:36:15.685] INFO SODE.FSLOOP : - SimObject 'SODE_SPJC:WindSock_SPJC #2' [SPJC_SODE_Windsock_Slow]. ID: 486 [12:36:15.685] INFO SODE.FSLOOP : - SimObject 'SODE_SPJC:SPJCFLAG' [SPJC_FLAG_PERU]. ID: 444 [12:36:15.685] INFO SODE.FSLOOP : - SimObject 'SODE_SPJC:Jetway 1…

A couple of weeks ago I bought YBCS Cairns on the ORBX site. I knew it was made a while ago as it was FSX compatible. But I didn’t expect static jetways. I expected default ones. SODE probably didn’t exist back then. I posted on the ORBX forum expressing disappointment. Fortunately Nick Cooper suggested there was a way of removing them requiring Model Converter X. Well I installed it but had a lot of trouble getting it to compile as it required the three FSX SDKs. After several hours I cracked it and those dreadful static jetways were history. I can’t share the file as it would breach the T&C. This morning I added custom GSX ones and here’s the res…

It's bee a while but you now what ? It's great ! So after getting comfortable with FS2020 and now 2024 I was having a bit of a clear-out and found my P3D folder .... God only knows what I spent on scenery and aircraft but some are pretty unique so I though lets have another go ! Spent yesterday installing on a spare 4Tb drive I had kicking around and it still looks great !

I'm late to the party but I'm currently using v5.4. Is v6 a worthy upgrade to v5?

I was admittedly very slow to the party on this one - 11 years infact (it just goes to show you can sim for many years and somehow magically through absolutely nothing but sheer luck - and ignorance - avoid the bugs that others find very quickly). I am talking about a well discussed issue that reared its head around 2015 and so far as I can tell, was never, ever resolved. You would fly, for example, from ORBX Concrete 3W5 to ORBX Darrington 1S2. A very short flight - lovely and scenic and just the thing if you only have half an hour to spare. You would then arrive at 1S2 and (to use the words of one of the respondents) it becomes a ghost town. No objects. No nothing. Mayb…

Hello all, I have two separate questions: Would I benefit from using FFTF Dynamic on my setup which is FPS unlocked in P3D, and VSynch @ 30Hz with Triple Buffering in P3D? Sometimes I get blurries after leaving a European airport for many hours of cruise over Orbx OpenLC Europe. I am wondering if this utility or any sort adjustment in my CFG could help? Secondly, has anyone any experience with Global Mesh 2024? It is not very specific on what level of detail it provides for various areas of the world. I see it improves upon the Alps somewhat, but I have always found overlying the "foothills" of the Himalayas in Afghanistan etc. a bit "soft" looking, ev…

I am experimenting with Nvidia Smooth Motion having finally acquired my first gaming monitor (nothing remotely fancy compared to what most people here use - just a humble Gigabyte G27QC). The smooth motion itself actually works perfectly - way better than I could even have imagined however it does seem to come at a cost of a minuscule additional amount of latency though on reflection the amount is so small I think it is more of a nocebo effect than anything of true significance. I did actually "claw back" most of the additional latency by reducing pre-rendered frames from 2 to 1. I'm thinking of using it permanently if I still like it after a couple of weeks testing …

Hello Is anyone using FSHUD with AIG ? I’m considering buying it, but I have some concerns: 1. How does the integration with AIG work ? Does FSHUD ignore AIG bgls and injects its own schedule into P3D ? 2. Does FSHUD provide good AI traffic management (separation and everything else) ? I’ve been using AIflow and AIground for a long time. Is FSHUD better ? thanks Eduardo

Hi, I have found the above tool very useful with handling AI traffic in P3Dv5 for quite some time. I believe I would not manage my sim's AI traffic without it. As it has some glitches, I 'd like to know whether there is any other newer tool like that. As far as I know, Peter van de Veen has long ago stopped the developing of that tool.

Happy Thanksgiving All.... I recently purchased KPHL from this developer,but have not yet received the product...nor even heard from them. I'v communiceted by E-Mail and on their forum. Has anybody had dealings with them,and should I just be patient ?? Thanks for any input Skip d

I re-installed AIG's Traffic Controller recently (latest version). When I tried to run the Traffic Controller, I got a message that it wanted to do an update. When I said OK, it said that it couldn't do the update if I had started Traffic Controller from P3D and asked me to shut it down. I ended up in a loop. I finally did so by disabling the Add-On menu item for the traffic controller. When I did the reinstall and update, my anti-virus reached out and grabbed an item named update.bat but otherwise seemed OK. When I sent back to the Add-Ons in P3D, AIG Traffic Controller was there but its menu item had been changed to c:\Windows\System 32. I could select it but not chang…

I recently had to reinstall my P3dv4 (long and boring story). Most things are now fine but this vexes me. At my starting airport there are plenty of AIG AI airplanes, and they show up during flight. I can hear them on the ATC radio. But when I land the airport is empty, no planes at all. Now comes the even weirder part, I close Traffic Controller, and then start it again and presto, all the AI aircraft are there. This never happened before. I must have done something with the Traffic Controller. I have updated AI Manager and saved. Same problem, I'm stumped. Could it be something with the Simobjects.cfg?

So, I recently bought a new system, I forgot to reinstall QW 787 until a few weeks ago, I never realized how nice it is. I've been having a lot of fun with it lately!! Every knob and switch has the description of its function. I'm getting too old for my PMDG jets. It's just easier for me, and the quality is there. If you enter your flight plan correctly in the FMC, you also get Announcements from the captain, plus Announcements from the flight attendants!! I never realized this, but you must get the green "flight plan successful" from the FMC. Pretty cool!! Mike

In P3Dv5 my moon is set at 6072. ???

Hey people, does somebody know why the green light is much bigger then the red one? The whole right side of the aircraft is green in the night.. Does somebody know how to change it? Picture below here https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/9175/rb77ilaw_png.htm

Hi all, Last week, my Windows 11 update was indicating that 24H2 update was available. Naturally, I did this update and all was good. First flight I did was on PMDG 777 and no issues there. However, firing up Aerosoft A3XX Professional, it just CTD upon loading.. Further investigation into Aerosoft and P3D forum suggests Windows 11 24H2 update ruins some XML files. This seems to cause some issues. Trying to get Aerosoft to investigate is a roadblock. They are quoting to me that A3xx professional was built for Windows 10... So good luck and **** you pretty much. https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/178450-p3d-54-and-windows-11-24h2-aerosoft…

I would like to switch to P3D v6, but I have about 50 sceneries to migrate. A first attempt a year ago failed. With the help of ChatGPT, I have now found a viable solution involving an intermediate step with a P3Dv5 dummy. However, I now have a question about installing OrbX products. P3D v6 has an improved MESH and LANDCLASS architecture, and it is recommended to only install Global-BASE and possibly VECTORS and mesh files (for certain sceneries). What has been the experience with OrbX and P3Dv6?

I'm still using the last of the Version 4 variants of P3D (I am very happy with it and do not wish to move to a newer version). Over the last couple of weeks I decided to experiment with the Nvidia Deep Learning DSR resolution. I am very happy with the visual results except that the font which displays on top of the AI aircraft (showing tail number, etc) is now a very "thin" looking font (so the "opposite" of bold) even though it is easily large enough for me to clearly read the information. All the other on-screen fonts (including the ATC panel, etc) appear absolutely perfect. Is there some file or setting I can change somewhere that defines what type of font is use…

I have some really nice external camera views on my smaller GA aircraft - it is often a camera that sits out just behind and above the wing - it provides a really great alternative external view to just the simple spot type of view. But is annoying the heck out of me though is that I cannot - no matter what I try - eliminate the significant z-fighting that occurs to scenery ahead of the camera when using this specific type of view. Reading all the Prepar3D documentation on the subject, I have tried every possible iteration of camera types and clip plane overrides in order to resolve the issue but it simply does not work. The only thing that does "work" is to change t…

Hi, As you know TFDI have been working on a major texture update for the MD-11 MSFS2020 and making the current version MSFS2024 compatible that finally released yesterday. In looking through the changelog of v1.1.3 there are also some fixes for P3D included in this update: The list below is what I generated out of the official change log just for P3D. FIXED - [P3D] Center gear compression animation FIXED - [P3D] Nose gear door animation on freighter FIXED - [P3D] ECON texture and emissive map mismatch FIXED - [P3D] Breaker texture and emissive map mismatch FIXED - [P3D] RH wing light orientation FIXED …

https://fselite.net/content/29palms-shop-closing-by-31st-march-2026/ Just in case any of you still have sceneries directly through them, you need to download them soon or you will lose access!

I found a freeware scenery for Pamplona Spain (LEPP). It was made for P3D v3, and I got it to work in P3 v5.4 (I needed to delete the default buildings). I am having some problems with the SODE stuff for this airport. There was red X's floating over the dynamic flags and dynamic windsocks, I got those fixed, but there is a red X in the scenery that I can't get rid of. If you are on runway 33 the X is next to the runway about down the runway. Can anyone figure it out? Here is a link to the scenery Noain | simzaleak for a P3D v3 scenery it is a pretty good scenery!

Does anyone have the inibuilds dynamic lighting file for BDO Aviation Liege scenery? For some reason I cannot download it.

Hey guys, I am facing some issues with P3D v5.4 on Windows 11 Pro after reinstalling it: First of all, when I reinstalled the sim, I didn't format the dedicated SSD; I have uninstalled and manually cleaned any leftovers of files and folders, as well as registries. When I reinstalled it, I started noticing some weird stutterings especially with FSLabs (any aircraft of the A320 family, base and sharklets version), especially during cruise, making almost impossible to let the sim run during cruise phase. Other add-on aircraft perform well, but I notice occasional stutters at any part of the flight, and some "general slowness" (…