The Prepar3d Forum

Hi all, I purchased and installed FSXcenery's addon airport scenery for KOAK (Oakland Metro) in P3d v4.3. I also have ORBX Northern California, Orbx Global and Vector installed. I set the Orbx bgl files to OFF that correspond to KOAK, but I've still got a minor issue....namely what appear to be two buildings situated across the taxiway just east of the FedEx ramp. I've tried uninstall and reinstall the addon scenery to no avail. I've contacted the developer and he thinks those are default buildings, but cannot offer any suggestions for getting rid of them other than the uninstall / reinstall that I tried. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciat…

...... So... here I was... flying all day... having fun.... suddenly, FTX Vector went on sale. I bought it. Took 3 hours to download but I had other things to do to keep me entertained while I waited. Next... came time to uninstall Flight1's GEX and UTX 2.1 USA. I used their official uninstallers. No problems. Rebooted. Vector installed. Set my settings. I am ready to go! Fire up P3D..... 'YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL ADD-ONS. CONTACT ADMINISTRATOR AND COMPLETE INSTALL WITH ADMIN RIGHTS' ............... huh? So.... I punched my wall.. because I am tired of stupid crap like this.... but... after I calmed down f…

Hey , Well this isnt really a big issue but im just wondering if there are ways to improve this . So the runway lights on flytampa corfu airport only show if im zoom in A LOT from a distance or if i get close. about a few miles. further than that and they are non existent. I believe this happens with every airport or at least with addon ones. its a pitty but i guess its not much of a problem. Its weird though because alll the orbx global lights are visible. its just the runway lights that arent. Any thoughts? thanks :)

Dear: I am looking for realistic modern airplanes for P3D v4. They don't have to be all glass cockpit or G1000. 1. Single engine piston: I have A2A Cessna 182T, V35 Bonanza, Piper Cherokee 180, Piper Comanche. Is there any Piper aircraft of that level with more modern autopilot with pitch/VS/IAS control and ALT Hold and a more modern throttle/prop/mixture quadrant? 2. Single engine turboprop like TBM 850 or Pilatus PC-12 or Cessna Grand Caravan: As realistic as Flight1 King Air B200 G1000, Majestic Dash 8 Q400 Pro. 3. Twin Turboprop: ATR 72-600 or Fokker 50 or SAAB 2000 : As realistic as Flight1 King Air B200 G1000, Majestic Dash 8 Q400 Pro, PMDG Jets…

Hi guys and a happy a new year, I have this strange annoying phenomena which i decided to to post and see if anyone had/have same any maybe how to solve it. I use PTA 2.63 (latest one), the photo below is of LOWI. and you can see the mountain cliff and the church, which are both defined as sim objects, are visible through the fog and low clouds. Now its not just about the is addon, i have seen this in other addon scenery as well. https://ibb.co/RPBLLWx Photo

Hi. I downloaded and installed the V4,4 update and it seems to have completely messed things up for me. I use a laptop when I travel and - even although it runs every other game I have with NO issues - DCS and a few Steam games - this latest update is throwing me. I used to get 25-30 fps with reasonable medium and high graphic settings on P3d V4.3 so I can1t understand what's causing these issues. Even adjusting the graphics all to low and starting off with the default start up scenario I cannot get more than 3 fps. However if I pause the sim its shoots up to the 70 fps mark - un-pause and it immediately drops down to 2 fps again! I have updated all my driv…

Happy new year everybody! (And happy birthday to me!) I've been having this texture mismatch ever since I got P3D v4. At first, I used Lukla FSX, but then, I updated it so the installer so it supports P3D v4. Still, the issue hasn't changed. This only happens at Lukla, and yes, I have ORBX (Global + Global vector) (i have other ORBX products, but they are all North America)

Hey guys. I've literally just reinstalled P3dv4 and all of the addons i have 1 by one . everything went nice and smooth until i saw something that i have never seen before. You can see it in the picture below. It is a weird line or gap sorta thing in the terrain. Its really odd. I tried unticking the orbx global and LC europe from the scenery library but it didnt change so its not them? There's nothing else i have in that area that could cause this and im not sure what to do. If anyone knows it would be helpful. thanks 🙂 The area is the country Cyprus https://imgur.com/a/9MFzkOp

You can't deny, regardless of any abnormalities the new PBR technology has brought the P3d world (hopefully to be addressed as we mature with the medium), at some angles and with the metal tweaked as best as a 15 year painting veteran can do, some shots take your breath away! At this angle, when taxiing off the runway and seeing that yellow centerline dancing on the fuse...it is a sight to behold! (PS - Eastern is in the pipeline too for fans of that great airline)

There is a statement called TERRAIN_SHADOWS_RECEIVE in the Prepar3d.cfg file (P3D v4), but there does not appear to be a checkbox associated with this in the setup menu. The reason I mention this is because I have been getting some strange rectangular patches on the terrain at sunrise. These are lighter than the rest of the terrain, and I remember having the same problem in Prepar3d v3. I switched them off in P3D v3, but switching them off in the P3D v4 setup menu does not appear to be an option. I will manually set this value to "0", and see if the issue is resolved.

I seemed like a good idea to disable KIAD, KCLT, KDEN, KMSP and KMCO when flying between KBOS and KBWI. It was easy to do, and the "Add-Ons" button is in conspicuously close proximity to the other option buttons on the save scenario screen, so why not? I thought that maybe the add-on selections were saved with the scenario, which would be nice. Maybe they are. I haven't read the manual. Well... I didn't notice a darn bit of difference in load times or performance. What I DID notice was that activating the sceneries I was using and deactivating the ones I wasn't on a per fight basis was making a mess of things after a few flights. Every time you start a flight, the sc…

Hello Everyone and a Happy New Year. I have been having this issue which is quite frustrating. I am using a selection of ORBX and UK2000 scenery. When I load into airports their are always trees in and around the airport which I know should not be their. I have attached an image of an example from Orbx EGHI Southampton. I get the same issue when I am using a uk2000 airport. https://drive.google.com/open?id=14MzqteEA1Rw17WGt_8Y4AYxeKwUEZXSB The ORBX products I have are listed below. Global Base Back Global openLC Europe Global Vector Global Trees HD Orbx Libraries EU England EU Norway Airports: LOWI …

Hi All Been away from flight sims for a couple of years but have recently installed P3DV4. Downloaded a couple of ATC add ons but have gone back to using Radar Contact and wondered how many people still used it on a regular basis. Regards Alan

Hi, I am still running FSX but I want to switch to P3D. Since P3D v4.4 has recently been released I will wait for v5, I have no time for flight simming anyway till summer. So waiting will not hurt, even if there will be no v5. This is my system at the moment. I am wondering what do I have to invest to run P3D optimally. Of course we don't know the requirements for v5, but referring P3D v4 should give a outline, I think. 8GB Corsair Vengeance schwarz PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24 be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER BQT E9-450W 80+Gold Enermax Cluster 12x12cm EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2048MB DDR5, PCI-Expr…

Hey guys, I don't know what to try anymore. I used to have my sim running awesome! And after updating to 4.4, I had about 2 flights with awesome, blurry free results. But now, the blurries are worse than ever. I tried everything, even a complete reinstall of everything on a new SSD (Christmas gift). I'm stumped. I've researched these forums and others and tried tweaks, GPU drivers, FFTF Dynamic, etc. Anybody know what might help me out? My .cfg has these entries: [GRAPHICS]MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=320000.000000 [TERRAIN]TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9 I am within GPU/CPU limits as you can see in my screenshot. And these have…

Hi All Quick question, is there a simple way of determining if an AI model or repaint is compatible with v 4.4? (Other than trying it) Thanks and Happy New Year to all Regards Alan

I was flying P3D v4.3, Win 7, in Europe this morning when I had the screen freeze with the 'Not enough RAM' message. I use Simstarter to cut back geographical loading & have Startup pared down & UTL dialed back. Are there any apps/pgms that can be run so that as I am flying I can pause the flight & check what pgms are using the RAM? Any suggestions for freeing up RAM? Thanks T45

How do I stop Prepar3d v4 from utilising the settings in Nvidia Inspector? Do I have to uninstall the utility, or is there a way to disable it? I have a persistent microstutter problem in P3D v4 at the moment (annoying as hell), and I want to get rid of it!

Here is my continuing tale of woe...My re installation of P3d seems to be running fine until it gets to the processing of "Microsoft Net Framework 4.7.2"...It hangs there for a while and then I get, "Error 0x800713ec Asia"...Upon asking for "more details" it tells me that I am being blocked from installing the Net Framework 4.7.2 because my computer says "there is a problem. Please fix the problem and try again"...What problem? This one really has me stumped...Thanks for your assistance!

Hello, I would like to know if anyone has used a method(if any) to limit FPS in VC to lets say 30 or 60 and let the fps outside be unlimited. Reason I ask is because I reset my computer and now I am getting over 60fps and its causing stutters. I have Vsync off, but I used to remember others saying that there was an external tool used to limit such fps. Any help would be appreciated!

For those lovers of the excellent airports from the artists at JetStream Designs, Paris-Orly International has been released for P3Dv4. It´s available at SimMarket. Cheers, Ed

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Hi, so i just installed FLAi on my sim and im just wondering if i should delete the old BVAi files. Thanks, Francis

Hi, I am having a problem whenever i tap my toe brakes on my CH rudder pedals or press PTT on my saitek. Everytime i step on the brakes or press the ptt it disengages the parking brake. i had the same problem on my dash 8 and found a fix for it. I tried the same entry (parking_brake_linked_to_toe_brakes = 0) on my pmdg 777 aircraft.cfg but it didnt work. i hope someone can help me. Thanks, Francis

Hi Prepar3d users I am considering move to Prepar3d after more than 10 years of using FSX and FSX:SE platforms, I consider this move becase, I want to try newer and better simulation with more immersion. But the hatch is, that I use gaming laptop Asus ROG Strix Scar II with following specs: Intel Core i7-8750H 6-Core / 2.2 - 4.1 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX1070 (8G GDDR5), 16GB DDR4(16GB*1), 256GB PCIE G3X2 M.2 SSD + 1TB 5400RPM 2.5’ Hybrid HDD (FireCuda 8GB Flash), 15.6" 144Hz 1920 x 1080 (Full HD), no ODD, AC Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, 3x Type A USB 3.1 Gen1 ,1x Type C USB 3.1, 1x HDMI, RGB backlit keys, Windows 10 H…