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I am trying to install my majestic q400 but when I click next upon entering the order number and my details the installer lags for a couple of mins then stops responding

Hello guys. I am looking for a specific aircraft. I will list below: Twin Prop Engines >170 KTS Cruise Anti-Ice capability >800 nmi Range Study Level/ or close enough. Even just a Paint kit available. Let me know what you come up with! Thanks! Andrew

Long-awaited update for the A320-X and A319-X (P3D v4.5) is now live.

By deleting then installing using the component installer, does 4.5 delete or otherwise overwrite the formerly "stock" Carenado A36 Bonanza.

Hi all, As I do not find a solution myself, I am asking now the community. I always experienced kind of slow loading textures in P3D, in most of the case an increasment of texture_bandwith_mult in the config solved it. Since the update to v4.1 however, the textures load even more slowly than before when changing the view. Looking around in the VC is not that much affected, but for example when looking back to the airport I just left or when going to the external view, it takes considerably longer for the textures to load compared to v4 and earlier versions. I already increased the texture_bandwith_mult value further (from 160 to 400), but in contrast to earlier versi…

I made a fresh install of P3D in my rig, started it to try the new scenery and night lighting - liked it ! - and then, without even searching the forums for any notes on compatibility, I proceeded directo to install my two only scenery add-ons ever for P3D - Orbx FTX Global and Aerosoft Madeira LPMA. Both installs were flawless, a first flight from LPCS to LPPT felt great, and I did feel the night looked different ( ? ) in the villages and cities although it was painted by that good old chap ORBX FTX Global. Does it mean even FTX Global get's "enhanced" by the updates in 4.5 ? Overall excellent performance - from what I recall, even better than the last time I f…

Hi guys, just curious if an affinity mask would be recommended for an 8700k with hyper threading on p3dv4.4, thanks!

I have 4.3 installed right now with addons. I want to do a clean install of 4.5. What’s the best way of doing this and should I uninstall all of my addons and reinstall them? What’s the best way to uninstall addons? Control panel?

Guys, A hotfix for the Oculus Rift has CTD problems has been released by Lockheed Martin engineers. To download pelase follow these steps: https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=133181 Regards,

Anyone else having CTD when loading Milviz aircraft?

Last night I was doing a KLAX/ZSPD filght with the PMDG 747-800. About 6 hours in the PC and P3dv4.5 crashed. The below is my AppCrash report. It logged 6 errors before it CTD. Any ideas how to fix this. It happened under P3dv4.4 as well recently. Thanks Randall Smith Version=1 EventType=WindowsWcpStoreCorruption EventTime=131994458764446067 ReportType=1 Consent=1 UploadTime=131994458768502067 ReportIdentifier=0726d6f8-5c36-11e9-8512-2c4d544ed578 Response.BucketId=2116719330 Response.BucketTable=515412878 Response.type=4 Sig[0].Name=OsVersion Sig[0].Value=6.1.7601 Sig[1].Name=Type Sig[1].Value=Missing…

EDIT - Now Solved - see bottom post Unless I all but take off ALL Anti Aliasing, my FPS drops to 10 or 15 FPS from 200 (!!!) ..... when in or going towards cloud. I have an i7 7700 and a 1080 GTX. No slouch. Pan away from the cloud - 200 fps in the Twotter….. pan towards he cloud or in the VC - less than 25 fps..... I have cloud textures at lowest possible size and only 3 layers. This program is a joke, and you need to start from scratch. Simply unusable..... I hate to think what it's like with all the settings jazzed up. Immediate uninstall for me.

Just curious if there is a website where we can all let the developers know our most wanted airports? Maybe it can be done here on avsim? But itd be great I'd think for both us simmers and the developers so they know where to focus on? If anything like that exists I'd love to add my 2 cents. Thanks for any info. Tony@PVD Edit to add: mods I placed this in the P3D forum, because I'm specifically looking for P3D developers/airports.

I've noticed that at night planes with PBR don't seem to be reflecting anything. I've tried setting my dynamic reflections to ultra but no change. Is this a known bug? With tomatoshade at airports that don't have dynamic lighting, the airplane still reflects light from the "lit" buildings so it doesn't look silly being totally pitch black.

Hi, So as my SSD is arriving, I am moving my P3D directory onto said SSD meaning I'll be uninstalling and reinstalling it on the new drive. The reason is to start fresh and have a new slate of P3D to tweak and configure. But before I do, what folders should I absolutely back up before tweaking to save me the hassle of reinstalling the client/content/scenery when something goes wrong? Also since I'll be reinstalling P3D as a whole, what Add-ons are okay with uninstalling and reinstalling without messing up the licenses? The reason of reinstalling the add-ons is to reorganize using the XML method. My Add-Ons: PMDG Aircrafts 737/747/777 Chaseplane …

Hey folks, Just thought I share a little discovery. I was giving some thought to if I I could further improve P3D and it's already smooth 30hz-30fps vsync'd operation and that got me thinking about smooth motion functions of TV's to bring 24 fps up to 60 fps for smooth playback and if there were any similar options for applying to P3D. As it turns out games do not lend well to such motion interpolation due to the way they output frames, but I decided to take a good look through all the options in the NVidia inspector anyway. And found "SILK Smoothness" which although it doesn't bring the fps up to 60 fps, it certainly trims the rough edges off P3D, so …

Hello I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers the other day, and shortly after started getting some error messages in P3D which appeared to be graphics related. I was going to roll-back, but with the release of 4.5, could anyone tell me if theyare getting good results with the most recent drivers (417.xx from memory?). I intend on doing a full re-install but want to have correct stable drivers in place first. thanks Ian

This could be major good news for users with Orbx scenery.. Certain locations in Orbx land had very noticeable loading pauses in V4.4. One of those was at the piano keys on R16R at Van Nuys.. Guess what... just installed V4.5. Client and the pause is gone

Hi all, lets try this again. I am still trying to program my buttons thru FSUIPC to disconnect AP or AT. I was told by Dowson that maybe its under "custome control" at top of his button list. I go there and get a little box that wants either those 5 numbers I think are offsets or a hex number?? So I looked at Project M offisets and see this 67591 that says AP Master or on, and I enter that in the little box and hit OK and it shows up on the top box on the right that is for button "PUSH" and hit OK. But nothing works. I go back to the button box and its now back to where I had another AP Master on under PUSH button. Does anyone know why the FSUIPC is not tal…

Hi, when there is few people in the tower on vatsim i need to fly offline. But i want the same experience with atc and such, does it exist an addon for p3d v4 where you can actually talk to the atc instead of typing it in? Thanks in advance! Philip

Here is the link to the update thread. https://www.simforums.com/forums/f1-gtn-gns-p3d-v4-5-support_topic61447.html Greg

Hello, please for advise about p3d and active sky p3d4. My Active SKy is at live weather setting. When I open P3D on the left corner, the weather is at Fair weather setting. Is that correct? Or do I need to change it for the live weather to be active in the simulator? Any advise should be appreciated. Geo

what are the best settings in the control panel to get the best performance in p3d v4 thanks.

Hey Everyone, I have a new install of P3D and thought I would do some testing with FRAPS to see how sliders and certain add-ons affect performance in a clean P3D install. I created a recorded flight from KAPA out over central Denver. Went to about 10k feet then back down to 7k. In Denver this only about 2k-5k feet above the ground. Test flight was about 4 minutes long. I am not trying to make any hard claims with this but I think it could be a good baseline to understand how sliders affect your overall performance in P3D. This had nothing to do with FPS as a whole, I am well aware of the 30/30. I am not complaining about performance. Simply trying to establis…

So far............. ASP4 - Yes (needs update to latest beta) REX SF3D - Yes Black Marble (all) - Yes UK2000 Airports for P3D v4 - Yes Aerosoft Airbus Pro - Yes PMDG 737NG - Yes UT Live - Yes Chaseplane - Yes (works, but a couple of items to be updated) FS2Crew Reboot - Yes GSX Level 2 - Yes AI Lights Reborn - Yes ProATC X - Yes