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Purchased and downloaded this afternoon but the install fails giving an error message. The main install file + 2 bin files are stored in one file on the drive when the install fails. Tried downloading again with the same results. If I am missing something obvious I'd be grateful if someone would point me in the right direction. Thanks. Dave

So when I open my P3D it does not show any aircraft in the thumbnail and the location is set to November 17 and when I go to change the airport it crashes and wont let me select. If I try to click fly without changing anything it also crashes. Steps I have tried. Full reinstall of the entire sim. I uninstalled every component and deleted every file connected with the sim and I reinstalled and the same thing happened. If you can help please let me know thanks.

Hi I'm having a bit of a baffling issue here. I've been using UK2000 scenery for Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham etc, and they were previously fine. I've been mainly flying US airports recently, so I'm not sure exactly when this issue has occurred, but the lights/placement of everything seems to be a few metres out. For example if I just load a default aircraft and put it on the active runway, it will be offset to the left hand side, and runway lights/papis etc all shifted too. I've been trying to debug it, I understand it's likely a problem with clashing AFD/AFCAD files, but I'm not sure exactly where to look. I recently had to reinstall SODE (I had another …

Until PMDG fix the MCP Lighting I have made this mod. Enjoy! All info here https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/topic/23557-pmdg-737-800ngxu-bw-mcp-light-mod/

Does anyone know of a CYYJ (Victoria) that works well in P3dV4.5 HF2? Thank you.

I have a question about the add-on.xml method. Is it possible to have more than one scenery sections in an add-on.xml file. If yes is it possible to give them a specific order (priority?) I'm asking because I have downloaded "Hawaii Photoreal". It contains five folders each including a scenery folder. I want to combine all of them in one add-on.xml

Hi Everyone I have slowly added a few GA aircraft to my hangar recently which has been fun, since I mainly fly PMDG, Majestic etc level aircraft. I know flying tubes is pretty taxing on systems Through these areas but how do you find frames and performance for things like the Alabeo C421 and Virtex DA62 type aircraft? If these fly ok through these areas, without much stuttering and pauses - I would seriously consider picking up some like NCA and KTVL, KMRY etc. No willing to ask on ORBx site as I want unbiased opinions.

Hi, hope someone with a better brain can help with this one! I have had this issue for months and have posted in the ORBX forum but still not yet resolved. I have tried every trick I can think of, installing, reinstalling, flushing shaders, verifying files, turning ENVTEX off, turning it on, checking frozen surfaces etc. I ONLY have this issue here at PAVD and nowhere else at any other other location including Orbx scenery location. I am using ORBX global, vector, Openlc North America, South Alaska region and the PAVD airport. Also using chaseplane and PTA though others use same without issue. Would really appreciate any ideas! Above is a video of w…

Hi I have been using the pmdg ngx in vr for months and I was able to open a fmc 2d panel in vr and could move and program the fmc no problem at all, I have reinstallled p3d and the ngx and now when I open the fmc 2d panel in vr I can’t move the fmc and a lot of the key input buttons are not working, this is also the case in the newly installed ngxu, I can’t remember if I made any changes in some settings for the fmc pop up to work in vr in the past, please any vr users using the ngx can provide any help, I have posted in the vr and pmdg forum for help also. than you,jim

Justflight released their outstanding PA-38 Tomahawk. Very nice little plane, supports PBR in P3Dv4.4 and higher. Locks really very nice! Big issue for me: i don't find the avionics master switch, my radios are staying dark. Any help much appreciated, thanks!

Hello. Currently pulling my hair out trying to figure out what is wrong with my sim. I just reset my windows and installed Prepar3d. No Addons, completely up to date PC. I am trying to get by binds set up and for some reason I am getting the stupidest issues. If I set my parking brake, half a second later it gets unset. If I move my flaps down a tick, it immediately gets put back up. I have NO CLUE what is causing this. Using search engines is useless as ever so I come here to ask for help. PLEASE help. Thanks, Andrew

Hi all- I've been looking at this because of the discount. I've also followed some of the comments that it's hard to learn, but not really. A bit of a mix. Anyway, does this aircraft have a ready to fly profile built in? I find it helpful when purchasing a complex aircraft. Thanks, Mark

Hi All. I currently run at 60hz 4k with unlimited game FPS limit, VSYNC on, TB on. 1. If I were to change my monitor to 30hz which is possible and use an external limited like nvidia inspector to cap at 30hz, does that mean you actually see a performance improvement since processor doesn't have to work as hard? Or does it just literally prevent any FPS over 30 and get more smooth performance. I'm really struggling to put this question into words. But I'm wondering if limiting the FPS just benefits the system by preventing spikes and dips which we perceive as a studder, or if limiting actually runs the machine slower allowing better performance for other tasks.…

moved to Screenshot forum ... sorry https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/567818-the-new-stuttgart-airport/

I just bought a TrackIR and going to use it with FSLabs / PMDG. I can't figure out a good mix of settings that aren't super sensitive, especially when "rolling" or "yawing" my head. Someone said there are profiles out there that you can download as well as some profiles within the software itself but I can't figure out how to apply them. Can anyone point me in the right direction or send me a profile that would be realistic to a jetliner? Thanks1

I'm currently using the CH FlightSim Yoke and it's served me well. I like the way I have my buttons and switches programmed. But the beast is very old and seems to be failing - the aileron axis is spiking and I can't tame the fluctuations even with FSUIPC calibration. I'm inclined to purchase another yoke just like the one I have, but wonder if there's some unanimity (big word!) on another yoke that has the same number of buttons or switches but is "better".

Hello all, I'm writing this one today because i'm quite stumped as to why my simulator is performing so poorly. I have never had this problem before in my time of flight simulation from FSX to P3DV4.5... I have tried loading different aircraft shedding different graphics, addons, weather, etc, and i'm not sure what else to do. Please let me know if I can send you any log files and I have listed my PC specs below. [Added] I have also tried clearing shaders, .cfg's, and changing my settings but there is no improvement. Thank You [SPECS] Windows 10 i7-4790K @4.00GHz ASUS ROG GTX1070-8GB 32GB Ram ASUS Z97 Motherboard …

https://imgur.com/a/Loj9RvM Tried the 777 too and it has no issues P3D V4.5 + Tomato + ORBX I5-9400F/RTX2060/16DDR4 No issues during daytime, only during the night

This is for those "Tuners" out there, those who like to tune to maximise look and performance of P3D. So... I've found no matter the sim (having come from FSX) I'm always looking for ways to improve performance, smoothness and the general look and feel and unfortunately have found not all go hand in hand. There was a thread recently where the topic was around the sharpening filter in the latest NVidia drivers, with further mention of low latency settings and also the utilisation of a lower screen resolution for P3D, with up scaling to bring the lower resolution to std. desktop size. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/561461-nvidia-image-sharpening/page/6/ …

Hello everyone! While I was on approach with the PMDG777 I noticed that on the last waypoints before the runway the speed was too high, at about 210kts 10-20nm away from the airport. So I changed them to 180kts to give me time to decelerate and deploy flaps. On one of the final waypoints it was automatically reduced to 170 but that was already too close to the runway. VNAV only gives me manual control of IAS knob when I'm on app mode and on this particular runway I intercepted the glideslope 10nm away from the runway at 170kts with flaps 15. It immediately gave me a NO AUTOLAND message on the eicas as I tried to reduce the speed to 139kts and deploy flaps 30. I switc…

Hi everyone, I seem to be having some issues with grainy / noisy textures happening at Aerosoft (SimWings) Mega Airport Professional EGLL. I seem to remember having a similar issue in the past with a different scenery and there was a fix for this, but I can't remember what the fix was. I've attached an image of the issue in hopes someone might have an answer. https://imgur.com/ljLuXHA Does anyone have any idea how to solve this? I'm using P3D V4.5, and the scenery is updated (to my knowledge) fully - feel free to ask me anything surrounding settings / config and I'll be happy to provide further information. Regards, Yorkie

I have had a big problem with P3D. Currently, no keyboard command is working. It started with the fact that shft-2,3,4 etc ended up being used a lot for A2A aircraft. If in P3D in the menu I choose Vehicle / Instrument panel then the quick selections are there and can also be opened but not with shft-X. Now neither shft-z nor pause P works, no keyboard command works. There are no conflicting rules in P3D options / controls. I have tried to remove the references in P3D before using FSUIPC. Nothing works. I use Chaseplane and there are no conflicts. I also have AS installed but have a hard time thinking it would affect this. I have a hard time understanding which addon coul…

Hello , I'm suddenly unable to use any of my keyboard commands , pause, view in and out, any of the commands set up up B = brakes etc. It just happened and for the life of me I can't get them to work. Any help greatly appreciated please. Paul

When i try taking off the plane goes in circles on the ground and i have no nose steering. Any ideas?

Are there any users of the P3Dv4 version of ORBx EGPH Edinburgh around here? If so, I would be interested to know your thoughts regarding this airport package. I have just purchased and installed it, and my first impression is one of disappointment. I run P3Dv4 at 1024x1024 texture resolution, but that does not stop my PC from rendering good quality textures at airports like FlyTampa Amsterdam Schiphol. However, some of the textures at this airport look rather low resolution to me (parts of some buildings, stand number support structures, walkways etc). In fact, the covered walkways are being rendered as opaque (rather than transparent like they are in the UK2000 Xt…