The Prepar3d Forum

Indicated on their FB page, release planned for September... Looking good!

It has been a while since I have last checked but are there any good alternatives to UTL out there that have up to date / current liveries? UTL is outdated, and I don't have the time to manually update them. I was wondering if there is anything else out there that people would recommend. There was a free, manual solution that looked complicated to me that I don't recall the name. What I liked about UTL is you pretty much install it, play with the settings and you are all set. Thanks!

Does anyone use SimStarterNG v1.8.7 and knows if its compatible with P3dv4.5 latest version? I just posted on Aerosoft's site and awaiting their answer.Call me impatient 🙂Thanks.

Is it just me or could it be that there is shimmering in distance, especially on Autogen and Airports (also custom)? It seems to me everything non PBR is a little bit jaggier (like FSAA/SSAA/MSAA reduced in distance). Especially in VR (Reverb) it is good noticeable. Could you guys give some feedback? I have a 4K Monitor and even there is it noticeable. I tried with default shaders and with Envshade Shaders. Nothing worked to reduce it. But PBR and SSAA is a lot better. This is especially on NON PBR Objects. Regards Marcus NOTE: Installed all components!. Daytime-Flying, 4xSSAA or upwards; 4096x4096 Textures, High Res Textures, FSAA on or OFF, nothing seems to help. …

I had the pleasure of visiting FlyTampa Copenhagen Kastrup for the first time today (in P3D v3.4), and I was not disappointed. Those glass fronted terminal buildings with detailed interiors look stunning, and (just like with Amsterdam Schiphol) the framerates on my PC are very good considering the huge amount of detail being displayed (including all of the surrounding autogen), and the fact that I have 4x Sparse Grid SuperSampling enabled. I was disappointed with the framerate at first....until I realised that I still had the AFD file open in Airport Design Editor! Talking of the AFD file, I noticed that several of the Heavy gates (the ones with a parking radius of 3…

Can someone answer me the following questions with respect to the P3D v4 version of the CaptainSim 757...... Does it have a full manual save option? In other words, are all panel buttons/switches/settings retained when loading a saved scenario? Can fuel and payload be set with the FMS? Is the FMS fully functional? Am I able to build flightplans with direct FMS input (as opposed to importing from elsewhere)? Realistic sound effects (including thrust reversers)? Does the autopilot work properly? By this, I mean.....does it fly the plane reasonably accurately when compared to the magenta line (as opposed to only a vague connection like some pla…

This one caught my eye on a payware website, and I was gobsmacked to read that a Prepar3D v4.5 Professional Plus licence ($2300!) is required to use the weapons system governing droppable and fireable objects. What are your thoughts on this? I don't mean the LM licencing which I am sure that very few people on this forum actually qualify for (and I believe we are not permitted to discuss), but the fact that what is basically very much akin to the FSX version of the Virtavia B-1B (which I own and think is a fun model fit for entertainment) is suddenly elevated to this standard without apparently significant advances in the complexity of the aircraft per se, unless so…

I'm going out of my mind trying to get Tomatoshade to work. I forgot to back up original shaders and have paid the price! Tried everything: reinstalled Client Reinstalled Content all to no effect. please help The error I get are below Shader integrity invalid for PostProcess\HDR.hlsl Shader integrity invalid for GPUTerrain.fx Shader integrity invalid for General.fx

Hi Team, My PMDG 737 and Aerosoft A320 (especially aerosoft) have not been catching the flight plan. I have been aligning my IRS and in the last three days my aircraft just don't catch the flight path line. Any ideas

I just have to say that this is the most entertaining, and unbelievably accurate thing I've seen in 25yrs of flight simming! Been to Las Vegas several times, now I feel like I can visit without gambling!! It's Awesome. Mike

With my p3dv4 i had a nice airbus flight, after deleting cfg files, and after a fresh start everything went smooth, so i saved these settings. Now when restarting i get a strange phenomenon; i get a carroussel of views each second, outside views, cockpit view, again different ouside views...keeps on going, after restart pc and restart p3d, same story... any help ?

Hi, did anyone intercept any anticipations/leaks about a possible v4.6? Thanks.

Out of nowhere, I have a lot of 3rd party AFCADS (mainly those from Ray Smith and Robert Catherall) where all Generic Buildings and default Terminal buildings are no longer appearing within P3Dv4. I haven't made any changes to my sim recently and in fact had a fully functioning KSEA three days ago, and now it's missing all the buildings as seen in the images below. After removing all 3rd party AFCADS even the default P3D airport is missing all buildings/terminals (Default PANC was just the aprons, taxiways, runways and jetbridges). All .MDL files that are part of the compiled AFCAD show (jetway files, barriers, stairs, and buildings that are part of the model library…

I just did a new build. 9900K, RTX 2080ti, 32gb ddr3200 etc etc. It is a nice improvement over my 6700k build but still falls way short of being able to handle P3D and all of the add ons. Flew EDDF - EHAM yesterday. I have mega airport 2.0 EDDF and Fly Tampa EHAM. Plus orbx TE NL. everything was great until the arrival. blurries and ultimately a CTD about 25 miles from EHAM. what a shame.

Hi guys... I figured that if I wanted to get a correct answer to my question,the this forum would be the logical choice since there is a huge wealth of helpful info available. And just about every problem I've had since FS9 thru P3Dv4.5 I've been able to pick from among all the helpful suggestions....with one or more being the correct solution. Anyway....I just bought Ernie Alston's ISG1 set of gauges;dowloaded the ISG.64zip. Extracting it reveals isg187_x64. when this is opened I get isg1.gau. Now I'm scratching my head...Where the heck does this go??? There's no "Read Me" file....and I'm stumped !!! So I figure if I register …

Seem to be off loading stuff at quite a rate

Does anyone know if it’s possible to add a right mouse click function to my Hotas? There doesn’t seem to be a keyboard entry for a mouse click. Regards!

Hi, I have seen in several Cessna 172 startup youtube videos that the fuel pump switch is shortly turned on and that the mixture control lever is then pushed in. Shortly after that the fuel pump is however switched off before the engine start is performed. Can somebody please explain to me in more detail why the fuel pump switch needs only to be activated once before start and is then not used any more. Thanks! Best regards Andi

Xavi ‘Cartaya Files’ posted something on his facebook page about a FlyTampa EHAM update soon. Has that been announced somewhere?

Just bought. Nice scenery during the day, but if i goto night time with landing lights on the runway looks shimmery/gravel effect going on. Is there a way to fix that?

Revisiting the Virtavia C-17 following a recent update by Virtavia and also retrofitting the cockpits with ISG Simavionics gauges from Ernie Alston so that a Smiths FMC can be used, I encountered a reference in the panel.cfg file to C17_BND.dll which does not appear to be native to Virtavia (strenuous denials of it having ever been used by Virtavia for the C-17 by Phil of Virtavia support. Very responsive by the way is Virtavia support). The following extract shows the use of C17_BND.dll under the [Vcockpit01] heading in the panel.cfg file of the retrofitted example given on the ISG Simavionics website (this is not how it appears having installed the Virtavia product): …

Apologize if this has been covered before but - every time I launch P3D Windows defender quarantines EZCA. I was have to hit allow and restart p3d, but is there a way to permanently white list? This is getting frustrating lol.

I want to be able to inject a percentage of something failing when I'm flight simming. I know there is a random failure(s) within x amount of seconds but that only goes to 600 seconds if I recall which is only 10 minutes. I don't know how to program but I'm wondering what would be the easiest language to learn to do something like this? I'm considering maybe LUA with FSUIPC? (I have the registered version) this would be for P3d v4.5 Thanks, as any help would be appreciated.

Hello... By one side: ActiveSky, SkyForce, ASCA…. and on another side: reshade, environment force, PTA, and tomatoshade…. Could someone recommend the best combination? I have all this stuff on my pc but dont know what can work with what. Im looking for realism...not for frames. thanks, really, for the help. 🙂 Abraham.

Yes, I know that JustSim does not have the best reputation, but they are the only ones to offer EDDL for P3Dv4. In principal, I like their product but the scenery suffers from z-fighting: default runway and taxiway textures flicker through depending on view angle. I have already tried to de-activate all EDDL modules of ORBX-GEN without success. The JustSim-forum is of no help, nor do they reply to my email. Who can help? Michael