The Prepar3d Forum

As a new P3D user, I'm currently using EnvDir/EnvShade. There are a few things I'd like to improve: - darker daytime skies at extreme altitude - less bright stars - remove hard edges on fog in valleys Those for a start. Anyone know if one of the other shader progs does a better job on these things than my current EnvDir? Cheers

Hi, I would like to know whats the maximum FPS achievable on my laptop with following specs and add ons. My Laptop specs: Intel i7 [email protected] 6GB DDR3 RAM AMD R7 M265 (2GB VRAM) Screen resolution is 1366x768 @60Hz Add ons: Aerosoft London Heathrow. ORBX Global PMDG 777 As of now I get 18-22 fps if shadows , vegetation, autogen, is of. I have dynamic lighting on and Special effects set to high since PMDG lights don't work if they are even at medium. Volumetric Fog is on. Lens flare off. Detailed precipitation and windshield effects are also off. I tried overclocking GPU it gave a boost of 5 fps howeve…

All, i am using 4.5, i also use PTA shaders & ORBX global lights tool. Will these add-ons affect the new night lighting? I did a test flight & the night lights look the same as in 4.4. Thanks,

Hi I'm looking at the upgrade to v4.4, which I only learnt about yesterday! The instructions for ungrade is to first uninstall the current version I have on my machine : To install the Prepar3D v4.4 Client, you must first uninstall the previous Prepar3D v4.0/v4.1/v4.2/v4.3 Client through Programs and Features in Windows Control Panel. Do not deactivate your license when prompted. My worry is the amount of time it will take to uninstall all of my addons, then v4.3; then do all in reverse but with v4.4 install first. It's that what needs to be done - an entire 'clean up' then install with the new version? Gaz Spoiler

Over on Flightbeam Studios' forums there is a poll asking Flightbeam customers to vote on which region sees their artwork appear in next. Just look up 'Next Mega-Airport Poll' in the 'Current Development' / 'NewsFlightbeam Announcements' section if you are a previous customer to have your say in which part of the globe the developer turns its attention to.

Some time ago, a fix for 4.4 was posted that one adds to prepar3d.cfg that eliminates the reloading of an airport (i.e. blacking out) when one changes views. I have done a number of searches and can't find it. Does anybody remember what that add to the cfg file is? I am still getting this issue in v4.5. My apologies if this is an obvious answer, but I think I am having a senior moment.....I'll write it down this time :) Many thanks! P.

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had attempted to integrate the Flight1 G500/600 into the RealAir Turbine Duke V2, or another aircraft that isn't officially supported? I've done some googling myself but can't find much on adding it to aircraft. If anyone has any experience with this or could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated Thanks!

AI Companion is a very interesting utility that lets one view your AI fleet, summarized by airport and schedule BGL file. It also has a live mode that lists AI aircraft that are extent in the sim. It was developed by user koala of the AIG community. Read more about it here, as it's presently in beta: https://www.alpha-india.net/forums/index.php?topic=29651.0

Hello I have upgraded from V4.4 to 4.5, V4.4 was good. When I use V4.5 and start takeoff roll, as I leave the ground (rotate) I experience a 4 second screen freeze. Any ideas what may be causing this issue? V4.4 worked great. I have deleted the shaders folder and CFG file. I use ORBX Global and Europe LC Clive Alexander

Dear All, I got very dark textures of my aircraft and AI traffic during a night: . 1. I tried solve the problem using the reflection profiles. The result: I installed different profiles (R&D, default), as well as I tried P3D v4.3 and 4.4. I conducted clean instalation of Windows 10 64bit and P3D v4.5. Always the same problem. My P3D settings is copied from live-cocpits (dynamic lights is on). 2. I restored default shaders. Everything looked good. Than I used Tomatoshade, version 26, 27, 28... profiles from R&D, default bright and many others. Always the same result - completly black screen, no world, no scenery and no aircraft, …

Does any of you know if I can use the FSX model and the P3D V4 model in parallel in a FSX installation and in a P3D installation? Purchasing this aircraft lets you download a version for FSX, P3D 32bit and P3d 64bit. Thx, Karl

Hello, Just purchased this wonderful airport and while the buildings/custom ground textures look very well done, there are default ground textures bleeding through the custom ground textures under certain angles. I use ORBX Global and Vector as well. I tried to remove specific files from the VECTOR _OBJ as it was recommended, but it didn't solve the issue. Also, it's not FSPXAI issue as the ground bleeding happens even when AI is completely turn off. Hence, your help would be much appreciated. Thanks Dmitriy

Hello Everyone, I can’t get TrackIR working in Prepar3d v.4. I am wondering if there is a place in Prepar3d to enable TrackIR. Thank you

I have been having this problem for some time now. As I approach the clouds, They become imposed I guess that is what you would call it. They become separated by rings that are constantly moving as I fly through them. It looks horrible. I have played around with the monitor settings but I can't get rid of them. Thanks for any replies Doug M.

Hello Guys! Hope y’all doing good. Well unfortunately due to some problems with apparently some corrupted files with Windows I have to reinstall every single thing from scratch. But before reinstalling I was just wondering the correct order in the scenery library, so I can have everything in its place, specially for: -FsGlobal 2018 -ORBX Base, Vector, Open LC North America and Lights -Turbulent Designs Trees. Thank you in advance for your kind help, Best Regards, Rafa!

I noticed there were a number of threads on this issue last year and earlier this year, both on Avsim and LM's forums. But to my mind there were never conclusive nor even authoritative answers to what were the causes. Some said it was setting AM, too high settings, it's an Orbx problem, etc. I noticed on the LM forum that no one claiming to be an official LM representative answered what was the problem. (On the A2A forum if you post a problem, someone from A2A responds typically within hours.) I was not really having the problem until I installed v4.4, and now I have it big time. I have tried most of the unofficial solutions,and nothing seems to fix the problem. I am thin…

I already have X-Plane 11 but I just can't get used to it. I miss FSX and P3D is like fsx improved. Should I switch to P3D?

Hi, on fsx:se I downloaded activesky next to use in vatsim to simulate real world weather and winds etc. But now I have upgraded to p3d and I want to have active sky there too so I can simulate real winds and weather. I’ve found as16 but that seems to only work with p3d v3. Please help! What weather engine to use for p3d v4 so I can get real world weather and winds? Thank you

Well, this weekend with power outage and some data corruption happened on my SSD (I had Crucial's Momentum Cache enabled...I do get insane speeds), something funny happened to my P3Dv4 Installation. I tried to fix it, but in the end I had to uninstall everything. Anyway, I decided to reinstall my newly bought Q400 64 Bit license, and during installation it points to Prepar3d V4 directory but on the top it also. Point it to any location you want...and that is exactly what I did. Used Lorby's Tool for a quick installation of SimObjects and Effects Directory and Viola. The plane works great. Now only if Orbx and other guys will follow suit with installing o…

Hi guys. I was performing a go around after 2hrs flight with the pmdg 737 ngx and then it stopped working. I've had the same issue in FSX several times with the same aircraft but with different hardware(I have built completely new PC). Any solutions? Many thanks. https://imgur.com/Zsy7Cyt

Hello, please how to export OFP flight plan to FSLabs 319,320 from PFPX? thanks Geo

Arno's Autogen Configuration Merger worked quiet well in 4.1 to 4.3. In 4.4 some issues appeared Now with 4.5 the issues are still there : ACM running : - 4 out of 5 times no AG trees in True Earth Netherlands - With ACM running I have AG trees/buildings at Skiathos. With ACM not running none. - Sometimes ACM seems not run correctly as then no trees/buildings at Skiathos. Just after a restart where before it worked. - FranceVFR has autogen - clean p3d.cfg file . clean terrain.cfg file. As V4 is capable of handling multiple Autogen folders I as wondering how to manually implement that . Hopefully there is an expert a…

Bought this scenery bout a month ago and the performance is terrible. I have all the options from the configurator that have a moderate or worse performance hit selected to OFF and it doesn't help. No matter what airplane I'm flying, the Fps or low 20s to mid teens. Stutters like crazy too. I'm running P3d V4.4 Orbx global base pack and only use NA LC 8700k at 5ghz Rtx 2080ti 16 GB of RAM Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have recently noticed that the waves coming ashore are vertical - like water spouts - not nice horizontal waves. These are of Orbx's Nainaimo water aerodrome but I have the same results on any body of water. Any ideas as to what would cause this and more importantly how to fix this effect? Is this caused by PTA? Thanks Kevin

How can I get P3dV4 to recognize droppable object add on? I installed the At Droppable Object as per the instructions but it doesn’t show up as an add on in P3d.