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A very informative interview of Adam Breed, Program Manager of Prepar3D: https://www.aviationtoday.com/2018/07/15/prepar3d-creating-pilots-lockheed-martin/?fbclid=IwAR27htpvBgJEUymGpkj3wzm18Lerym12Gu-tF6Hx_mQoov47duYGKnI8Iwc

Hi, As I did with my T2G scenery, I went though my older LatinVFR stuff in FSX to see if it worked in V4. Latin America is looking pretty bare right now and sice these are small airports with probably limited market potential, I am guess they will probably not be updated any time in the near future. The most recent installers were downloaded from Simmarket with any updates or patches. Installers were pointed to a temporary location, files were copied into my addon scenery folder (outside v4) and scenery were added using Addon Organizer. I just did a quick look in slew to see if the airport looked like it did kn FSX. If it looked good during the day, I checked it…

Hi again all, I have 2 freeware aircraft, both likely from FSX or older, in P3Dv3. They have both worked previously, but now are exhibiting strange behavior: the CV580 will only reach about 60 knots, and is very slow to build up to that speed. the TC690B will start on the runway, and if any throttle has been indicated, it will pivot back onto it's tail. Dropping the throttle will bring the nose back down (with a satisfying "sproing" as it hits), but the AC will not move after that, in any direction. These both flew 6 months ago, and I am unaware of any updates that have been done (the system was powered off). Other AC on that system fly normally…

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Hi all, Took a search, but missed anything conclusive. Have a couple questions: - throttle sensitivity seems to be inconsistent, is this simply an issue with the P3D engine and turboprops? 90% of the power control seems to be in the last 25% of the throttle range. Sensitivity seems to be ok I suppose, but it's all lumped together at the end - elevator trim - I have a model I am required to use, but it always seems nose heavy. Is increasing the value for elevator_trim_limit the most efficient way to change that? I will be trialing some values next time I am at the sim. - fuel cut-off and engine auto-start: the behavior of these seems inconsistent. …

All my addons in the Prepar3d Addons folder - with default sim loads super fast. OMG. Gonna install Orbx and see what happens. Stay tuned

Is the Aerosoft CRJ any good? I know it wasn't very good on release but has Aerosoft made it better? Thanks!

Hi there, I really dislike the lights in P3D. Back in my FSX-days, you could change the lights (i.e. "halo") via freee replacement textures or REX etc. This doesn't seem to be possible in P3D. But for me, the lights (especially RWY lights) are way to white / "whiteish". I would prefere a more amber or yellowish look, since that looks more realistic for me. Is there a way to change the lights / color in P3D (free- or payware, PTA etc.) to look more like this (real image)? BG Stu

Straight forward question! I wonder if I can get an answer. I asked over on the P3D forum too. I think it might be important for anyone planning a new system right now with the intention that will be that for 5 years except for perhaps a GPU Upgrade in the middle. Right now I an running an i7 4770k at 4.8ghz. It owes me nothing but since I switched to VR i am struggling to get over 30fps with setting I can live with. I see that LM have certainly put the other cores to use with cores 3 and 4 also at 100% or close to it. Core 2 seems to hover between low usage and about 50% So we all know that FSX/P3D is limited by the main thread so the faster the core that …

I have just built a new PC and decided I should try P3D again after using X-Plane for awhile. I was going to update to 4.4, but Control Panel does not recognize the program and I do not have the original installer. Can anyone help?

Will someone please share the code (or a link to it) to add the Flight 1 GTN750 to [vcockpit06]. Thank you

Hey Guys. I have a Problem. I don't get MakeRwys and the ORBX FTX VECTOR Configuration Tool to work anymore. What MakeRwys shows: This Programm is run as Administrator. Also the ORBX FTX VECTOR Configuration Tool does not seem to see any Airports anymore. Yesterday everything was fine. Nothing changed on my Config in that time. BTW P3D starts just fine. U guys have any Idea?

hi guys i have p3dv4.4 plus tomatoshade and Ultimate traffic live installed but at night the ai aircraft at stands or gates under any light such as a flood light and dynamic lighting in the airport. you would think you could be able to see the aircrafts livery uner the light but i just have pitch black aircraft under bright light. really bugging me. anyone else have this problem or is this a tomatoshade or p3d4.4 pbr thing thanks

hi guys, i have purchased Logitech quadrant few days ago. BUT The flap moves when the throttle is operated because it is too small. anyone could you please recommend BEST kit 737 for quadrant?

Dear forum, after spending some hours resolving my problem without any sucess - I will try to describe it in this forum hoping anybody else had the same issue and maybe a solution. The problem I have is that after flying at night all my AI-Aircraft are highlighted in black at several airports. What I already did: Modification of everything in the options menü with respect to lighting installation of v4.3 client no sucess / re-installation of v4.4. client no success use various PTA tweaks no success the problem can be ascertained at some airports only (in my case KLAX, KCLT, KFJK - FS Dreamteam or ZSPD Image Sim maybe there are further). A…

Can anyone recommend good airports in Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, or India please for GA planes, as there seems to be a lack of them for P3D v4 Thanks 🙂 Nathan

I have to apologize for the somewhat misleading title, as my question is a bit compounded to be summarized with a few words. So here's the thing. As I've tried several ACARS clients that are available, I've found no one that suits my needs. Most of these are centered around PAX operations, and I want to get going with cargo ops. So instead of trying to misconfiguring one ACARS client into pretending it does a half-hearted job at cargo flights, I've decided to bite the bullet and build one myself. Now what I've figured out so far is how to connect to the sim and read events and all that jazz. What I haven't figured out is how read aircraft systems data that is PMDG…

Hi, im flying with 2d panels and multimonitors and every time i open and undock one a reshade welcome message pops up and freezes the 2d panel when i move it through my multimonitor setup. I´ve tried uninstalling it but the message still ops up. Any way of getting rid of this annoying thing?? Im using tomatoshade so i dont think i need reshade at all and even if i need it im just fed up of this. I would love to use reshade without this message but...

Hello, i have recently installed P3Dv4 and am having a problem with my yoke (GF-Pro yoke system 737). whenever i turn the yoke to the left, it also causes the view to pan left. any idea why this is happening and how i can eliminate? thanks in advance

Hello all, Came accross this content and it seems to work on my system for v3 installers to be used and installed into v4 versions, any thoughts? Copied into a text editor and saved with .bat ending, placed into your P3D root install folder.... Spoiler @set @x=0; /* @echo off if "%1"=="" cscript.exe //nologo //e:jscript "%~f0"& Exit chdir /d "%~dp0" :m0 Echo. Echo Choose a command: Echo. Echo 1 - Install Fix P3Dv4 P3Dv3 Echo 2 - Delete Fix Echo 0 - exit echo. Set /p choice="Your choice:" if not defined choice goto m0 if "%choice%"=="1" goto m1 if "%choice%"==…

I started a post on this a week ago but have found nothing to remedy it, I had V4.2 installed coming from an original V4.0 install with only updating the client\content sections on my way to V4.3, when on V4.2 I had an issue with the default NZAA at which everytime I loaded to that airport I would get a freeze and CTD, I never used to, being unable to cure it I went ahead and used the Delete Generated files in the P3D root folder, it all seemed to go ok, except rebuilding the scenery.cfg file, it came back with a scenery error for a few cities, Rockhampton, SanDiego, Kennedy Space Centre and Orlando and would I like to unload them? now they appeared in the new scenery.cfg…

Hello @ll, with the latest Lorby freeware it is possible to attach simobjects anywhere on your aircraft. And with P3D V4.2 it is even possible to attach them inside of the VC model. So for the first time in the history of this platform it is possible to have a co pilot / first officer in every aircraft that you fly. But - the Avatars aren't suitable for this, because of their built-in animations. Once the aircraft starts rolling, they start running, and when you are airborne, they go into the "falling" animation. So I am looking for (equally freeware) static Avatars that are sitting down. For example like the one that is shown looking out of a passenger win…

If anyone out there has tried to use Dietmar Loleit's HUDCA (HUD) in P3Dv4 they will likely have been disappointed. It seems the config file loader is a compiled gauge and doesn't work under P3Dv4. The good news is that the HUD itself is an XML gauge and does work! All you have to do is stuff the mandatory Lvars with values instead of defining them in the ini file and it will work as normal! You can do this in a short Lua script. Below I provide an example in LINDA, which is how I've done it. These values are for the Twin Otter, so your values may be different. ipc.writeLvar("L:Decision_High", 300) ipc.writeLvar("L:TO_V1", 63) ipc.writeLvar("L:TO_Rotate", 63) ipc.writ…

Just getting into VR with my new Rift and wondering if I should be able to be able to see 2D pop ups (like the default GPS or ATC) inside the HMD? Did some searching and thought I saw that it should work but I’m not having any luck.. Thanks

Some first PBR shots of the VC (82). These uploaded pictures reduce the quality; looks better in the SIm. Frame rate loss...none at all; in fact there is a gain due to the use of the NEW 'in house lighting system'. Not available 'Yet' still in testing, but thought some shots would be good. Bump and Wear mapping still needs to be applied, which will happen going forward.There will be more appearing over the next few days, I'm sure from other team members. P3D V4.4 + Only.Hope you all like https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgNHBpDQYrskg4AXBf4hG9QelaYArQ https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgNHBpDQYrskg4AYMoqfh7Y6qYD9HQ https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgNHBpDQYrskg4AZtzAE1gGh4ilGEg https://1drv.m…