The Prepar3d Forum

I seem to be getting really bad stutters with Chaseplane at the moment. In the cockpit view it's not to bad but the external views and also the replays especially are really terrible at the moment. This is anywhere and not just the usual fps heavy places like Heathrow. I'm running P3Dv4.5. Anyone else experiencing similar issues?

A while back I heard about and started using Flai models for AI traffic coupled with AIG flightplans. After watching a youtube video on how to install the flightplans, I spent a few hours doing so and they work great! However, the airline density slider in P3dv4 doesn't seem to affect the number of ai aircraft at all. Anything between 1-100 gives the same number of commercial airplanes. I have checked this at several airports including KSFO, KORD, KSEA, OMDB, EDDM, EGLL, etc. If I set the slider to 0, then it turns the traffic off. I don't mind the visuals because it's great to see the extensive amount of aircraft at gates, taxiing, taking off, landing, etc bu…

Finally in the next several months I will construct a new build and at that time finally transition to P3D. Looking through the help elements available here I obviously see the AVSIM Prepar3D Guide. The datestamp on it appears to be June 2017, which would easily pre-date some prime releases. Is the version 1.01 which is nearing two years old still the current guide? Should it not be updated?

Seems I had this issue before (long time ago)....something to do with the unc naming path, something. I have this network but I am using FSAerodata and scenery cfg which are shared acros the network. Any ideas. https://imgur.com/SwXCQny https://imgur.com/VVTLB2b https://imgur.com/lOMoywZ Thanks for any assistance, Bestest, BobM.

If I close ASP4 and just use the P3D weather settings manually, I can set up a fog layer which doesn't come right down to the ground, and has a max altitude. The results are good and the fog wraps around mountains etc very realistically. When I use ASP4 I seem to lose control of that type of fog. ASP4 says it works with volumetric fog, but I fail to see how I control that. Even when I set up manual fog in ASP4, there is no control of min/max altitude and if I add a cloud layer, the fog seems to go far too high in altitude. Quite unrealistic. I haven't found any settings to control this in P3D or ASP4. Should add that I also use PTA and RexSkyForce3D, but I'm not…

Hello, Firstly, sorry for my english, I don't know very well, but I hope you will understand my problem. I have a weird issue with this plane when raining. When I select from MVAMS default WX option I can't see de rain drops outside of the plane and can see the rain drops only on plane windows. To mention that I have installed the true glass feature which came with this plane. When I select from MVAMS only default option everything is working fine and I can see the rain drops on the windows and outside of the plane. I used same weather instance, exactly "Gray and rainy" from P3D default. My sim is P3D V4.4 so is no compatibility problem between radar version and…

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Hi Guys, Since a few days I've a big Problem with my FPS I think I've detcted the reason for my bad FPS... I think it's my AI Traffic If I have the Airline traffic density 0% I've 50-60FPS at Aerosoft Frankfurt with ORBX Vector and OpenLC, but when I increase to 1% i have only 1-2FPS. I have no Traffic-Pack like MyTraffic installed because I use the files from Alpha-India How can I solve this problem??? My Prepar3D is v4.4 Thanks for your help

Just released. Quote from Stefano. "SP1b351 adds PBR liveries to your MD-82 base pack in P3D v4.4, please read the attached documents for further instructions! Tomorrow Sunday the 23rd we will also release the MD-83 & MD-88 variants expansion for purchase in simMarket. You must first update your MD-82 base pack to SP1b351 before installing! Enjoy the Maddog, Merry Christmas and happy 2019!" Changelog 64bit >>>>[NEW] *AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS* - enhanced icing simulation, plus degrading aerodynamics and AS/GSX2 integration; - holdover times after de-icing; - added computation of A/I ON altitude (DESCENT FORECAST) for idle EPR …

I’m slowly migrating to P3D, but I currently don’t have any weather addons! I’ve learned that active sky is the best weather engine, but I want to know what addon would give me the best textures? Things like Sky Force 3D, Active Sky Cloud Art etc...which is the best? Thanks

Remember the great freeware group that released KPHL for FSX back a few years ago? I loved their freeware scenery and about a year ago it seemed they were almost finished with KDTW but what happened?? From their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sunskyjet their last post was from July of 2017.. and they posted night shots with the scenery, usually an implication that it's nearly done.. Maybe they stopped because of P3D V4? Anyone know?

As I was getting ready to do another flight, I decided to buy a scenery and install it. FPS was great at mid 40's and smooth throughout the various time cycles. I was satisfied and ready to start another flight. But I thought it might be a good idea to restart my PC as it was on the whole night for a previous flight. Then and there, I restarted. Loaded up my addons, and started up P3D. I load up into the same scenery, same aircraft, same gate, but my game is horribly laggy at a MAX 22FPS. Do keep in mind, I didn't change any settings inside or out of P3D. I continued to fly while barely reaching 50 FPS in the air whereas before, I would easily reach Mid 60's to high …

Hi, Just landed at YMML and have a slight issue deplanning my passengers. I've run the FTX automatic configuation tool and still have this issue. The issue also occurs both with and without FTX Australia installed.The airport is P3D default scenary. Have also looked at various other airports (YSSY, KJFK, KLAX, OMDB), but only YMML seems to have the issue. Any ideas? Have installed: P3D v4.4.16.27077 FTX Global Base Pack, openLC North America, Global Vector, Australia GSX and GSX Level 2 Added screenshot of the problem:

Surprised not to see a post about it. They've announced it yesterday on their FB page, it looks awesome too. Didn't see anything on their website yet so you'll have to check their FB for screenshots. Looks like they're close to release too.

is there a way to soften the edges of clouds and fog as seen in valleys and around hill tops? It kinda removes the immersion factor at a stroke. An example can be seen here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/L5hfjeysMd9QtTf67

I have heard it happening to others but this is the first time I’ve had an issue like this. My P3D won’t load past the first screen before the home screen. I hadn’t cracked my sim open in about a week so there’s no way a corrupt file could have happened just sitting idle for seven days. I restarted my computer, but still the same. Any ideas? Also I know the question is coming but I am posting here and not on the P3D forums because I currently have two open tickets with them from last month that have still not been answered so I figured I’d get a faster response here. Thanks

I wonder if i can indulge a few people to check something out for me. I have been running P3D4 since Jan (switched from FSX). I run sli 980s and have 3 27 inch monitors on an overclocked 4790K. Up until recently I haven't had any complaints about FPS. I managed to finally find what was causing random ndtll.dll faults. So now that I have sorted that out recently I've found that i have a lot of stutters and it seemed to be jerky when landing, especially at night that I didn't experience before (something has changed somewhere). I've played with a lot of the settings including disabling HDR. I get the FPS quite high. Right now when I'm sitting with FSDT PHOG on the run…

Hello, With my almost new P3D, last version, I have a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick, and its hat switch can looks in all directions. I then installed A2A Cessna 172. I started my tests to know it, and from the cockpit or outside view, the hat switch worked without problems. When opening P3D yesterday, the hat switch only allows me to look a little up and forward, not down, not right or left, while it is well set as "View (pan)". The control of its setting in the system shows that this hat switch works normally in all directions. I tested with a native plane (the Maulé), same problem. I tested with 2 other joysticks (another Logitech Extreme, and Hotas),…

It seems that somehow my Rex skyforce 3D clouds somehow merged with HDEv2 clouds, even tough i deleted HDE v2, there still seems to be textures of it left, image related: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/388130385365827586/569986679109058590/unknown.png Also, at the lowest settings of Rex3d the FPS is horrible for some reason, at the lowest texture res!

2 Saitek quadrants. 1 plugs into yoke with a USB and operates properly. The second plugs into the yoke with a round pin plug (ps2 type connector?) Windows 10 can see it but P3D cannot. I see numerous complaints on this issue but no solutions. I use P3D v.4. Any chance an update might solve it? Regardless do you think that I should update from v.4? Which version is most stable in your opinion. Thanks for your thoughts, Eric

I still have P3dv3 on a separate drive and would like to replace it with v4.5 (leaving my v4.3 on its own drive). Can I do this in the usual way: Uninstall old Client, install new Client, etc? Neal H

Hi guys i have P3D V4.3 , i installed tomato shade and i want to desinstall, i saw that you can unistall but you can restore the shaders The problem is that i cant restore the shaders what should i do?

I searched my system...and nothing comes up in the list?!?

Hello recently ive been flting in p3d and noticed when i hover over a control in the cockpit the mouse cursor get really tiny and lags my screen and looses fps. It also happens when i hit the space bar and look around using the mouse. Anyone have a solution to this ? Thank You

I've posted this at the P3D Forum and have received no response. I'm hoping someone here can help me! :) When I start P3D on a client PC, I receive, "Failed to locate multichannel configuration file: :".Path is correct. Filename is correct. I confirmed file sharing works. Which multichannel configuration file can it not find? The local one or the remote (Host) one?One the Host PC, P3D seems to work okay, but when I close P3D, I receive "Multichannel autostart failed. Please make sure the file is a valid configuration."I used the configuration files from Multichannel section in the SDK and changed the few fields as directed.How do I fix this?Thanks.