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So I have been simming for many years. And I have collected a very large amount of scenery's over the years. I've noticed the more and more I add the longing it takes to load. Now this doesn't seem to impact in-sim performance any but my loads times are awfully high. I am using the great Lorby-si Tool to manage and install the old scenerys and keep things organized. So I guess my question is: Is it possible to enable and disable scenery's in large chunks or groups. For example if I know I am going to fly lets say KSFO to KIAD can I disable all other airport addons? Or just have them like North America and Europe? Anyway thanks for any help anyone can provide here.

After having gone without it for several months, I recently decided to reinstall FTX Vector. After doing so, I noticed some pretty serious issues: the terrain and autogen seemed to "blend in" with all of my airports; bits of grassy terrain would cover/replace parts of the taxiways and runways, and trees would pop up randomly all over the place. The tree issues could be countered by setting my autogen sliders to 'None' in settings, but I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the random bits of grass/towns which are making my P3D completely unusable. At first, I figured it was an issue with the airport elevations (which Vector is notorious for), but quickly discovered…

Anyone know of a good version of the 4 engine, DHC-7 for P3d V4.4?...Thanks!

Hi all, I want to disable some scenery that are not required for flights not out of that area. My scenery are all added via the add-on.xml file located in a folder I have generated inside the Prepar3d v4 Add-ons fiel in Documents. Is there a way to disable these through a program such as SceneryConfigEditor or do I have to change something else. Kind regards, Daniel

Hi All, I just purchased some scenaries meant for P3d V3 and installed on my V4.3 and now i cant seem to load the P3d. It remains on the Main UI .I have to end task in order for me to exit it. Any suggestions on what i can do to resolve this please. Really need urgent help pls! Thank you

Hi, I have a question regarding the P3D Academic Licence. I reached an activation limit due to a hardware replacement (MB + CPU) as I accidentially forgot to deactivate an account prior to HW replacement. I`ve already send an email to licensing@prepar3d yesterday but have yet to receive an answer. As I cannot expect getting an extra activation until monday (or even tuesday in Europe), I˙m actually thinking of buying another academic licence but wanted to ask about the refund policy ? Matej

I plan to install the SDK in order to work with ADE. I still use P3Dv4.3, but I just today downloaded the latest version of SDK. That does not pose a problem as P3D v4.4 is released. There is no other version of SDK interfering with olders versions of P3D? Furthermore, is there anything special that I have to pay attention to when I install SDK? Certain folders? Thanks,

Hi guys, My dll.xml is corrupted because of an addon scenery I tried to tweak and now I can't even open the file and look for the problem. What is the concenquences of deleting this file? Reinstall my addons, if so, which ones?

Recently bought Prepar3D V4.3 and cannot get my Thrustmaster TM16000M to perform correctly with it. It's not acting correctly either configuring thru P3D or FSUIPC. I've read a lot of posts on forums suggesting it could be the simconnect file and to delete it and install the new one. I have no idea where I'd locate it or where to download and install the new one. Though it give it a try as nothing else has worked. By the way it works great in FSX. Could someone walk me thru this process or point me in the right direction for help. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've had this new sim now going on 2 weeks and not been able to successfully complete a flight. Thanks

Hi everyone I am a real world pilot but having trouble with the new Vertx DA 62. Going through my pre takeoff checks and when ready push the throttles up. Accelerate to about 58kt and no further increase in speed despite showing full power on the G1000. Fuel pumps on, G1000 showing full power, T/O into the wind, brakes off - really not sure what the problem is, has anyone else seen a similar issue?

Hello When I downloaded P3Dv4.4 I also downloaded the Prepar3D_v4_SDK_Setup_4.4.16.27104 file. What is the correct way to install this SDK? Do I have to uninstall the previous one first? Regards Alvaro Escorcia

I have updated from v4.3 to v4.4 and suddenly the loading time for a scenery is extremely long.. I start the sim and it takes 1-2 minutes, I choose an airport and it takes opver 11 minutes to load. First it stops at 6% for 3-4 minutes and after that it loads very slow. I have deleted the shaders folder, deleted Prepar3D.cfg so the sim can rebuild them. Had no problems with v4.3 and I have NOT added any sceneries since my update to v4.4. I( have searched the web suggestions for a solution but nothing helps. Any suggestions apart from a clean install of v4.4 and reinstall opf all my add-ons? Jack the Swede in Spain

Hi All, I am running P3D v4.3 PRO on an iMAC i7, 32Gb, 4Gb NVIDIA, 128GbSSD/1Tb via Boot Camp (with Win10 on an external 240Gb SSD). With most settings between Low and Medium, everything runs smoothly and I get 60FPS. This however collapses to 20FPS- when in multi-screen. I have Left and Right views (through View Group on 2 separate monitors off my iMac) and this seems to be killing it - though I am unable to see this necessarily reflected in GPU and CPU stats. Is this performance drop normal and is there any solution to it? Would a similar setup on a PC yield higher performance in a 3-screen configuration? The most taxing settin…

I flew from Amsterdam into Heathrow yesterday using UT LIve for the first time. As I locked on to the ILS for 27R around 15 miles out I noticed the sim stuttering quite badly. I put it down to too high UT Live settings. Today I setup a test 'slew' from London City westward to Heathrow at a fixed height of 500ft and 160kts to emaulate a normal aircraft's speed. With UT LIve disabled I was still getting this stutter / pause and discovered they occurred every 12-13 seconds and last around 1 second. Regular as clockwork. I reduced Scenery complexity from Very Dense down to Sparce but the problem persisted. I installed the latest Nvidia drivers, rebooted but the prob…

Hi I hope this is the right forum for this question. If not feel free to move it :) I have recently created a photoscenery for The Channel islands (Jersey, Guersey and Alderney). I used Ortho4xp the P3d edition and the result is simply amazing in sharp 0.5 (zone level 18). I use a free autogen covering all of UK from CIX VFR club and UK2000 Guernsey and Jersey. Now to the problem, the shorelines. I think what Ortho4XP haa done is correct in terms of masking but default P3d has a different opinion :) of how the island should look and therefor I see default scenery sticking out in bays etc. This is easy to fix by using Orbx Vector that corrects the islands. But a…

Hello, i am using 3 LCD TV Screens via nVidia Surrounding and P3Dv4 ( fresh installed p3dv4.3 and updated to 4.4). My System is a I7 8700k at 4.2, 16 gb Ram and a 1080Ti mini. All works fine, good frames with DL on and so on. But i have one Problem left. During Night Time i have very terrible looking clouds ( not the issue with the too bright clouds, these is fixed by PTA). The Clouds re looking like a very bad png: You must zoom in a very lot ( around 200-250% ) to see the Problem. It is only in the Night Times. During the Day i have a very nice crisp looking picture. I hope anyone can help here, because i post the problem…

Hi pilots, I am stuck with an issue with the Carenado and Alabeo aircrafts and need your help. I can't say exactly when did the problem start because within 2 months I have upgraded my computer components, reinstalled Win10 and made a fresh P3D install for the V4.4. And I essentially fly heavies so I've just discovered it now. The problem is very weird: With ALL the Carenado and Alabeo aircrafts I have in my hangar, I am getting 4 or 5 fps!! No problem at all with the stock AC11 Commander from Carenado or with any other aircrafts. I have uninstalled/ cleaned the registry/reinstalled the products to no avail. It can be an issue with my GPU, with Wind…

I thought I'd upload a short video showing the wing flex effect on the newly released Vertx Diamond DA-62. The effect was set to maximum in the aircraft's options panel.

I love flying, but things can become seemingly redundant sometimes. I just purchased "Tapini" from Orbx and also installed Holgers "free" mesh for that area (also found at Orbx). I've had the most fun trying to get around in that area, like leaving TAP and looking for FINE. The valleys between the mountains are quite deep and can be pretty narrow and the little village "strips" can be quite a chore to get to on the first try. (they are half way down the Mt. slopes and the strips themselves are sloped). I do pretty well with the Baron that I slipped into 4.4 (didn't want to trust keeping my DA62 in pristine shape) and the default Maul is just a little flaky. I tried the T…

Could someone recommend (in their opinion!) the best and most compatible DC-3/C-47 for P3d V4.4? Thanks!

Hi guys, I am trying to improve the look and shape of the Colorado Mountain Ranges to look as close to their real world counterparts as they can. My question is, will FTX Vector help with this? I already have Global, and OpenLC. Are there any other addons that help with mountain ranges?

Hi, I am unable to select any vehicles as no vehicles appear! I am able to load the Prepar3D Default Scenario, including the Raptor F22. I am able to load other supplied Scenarios with their corresponding a/c. My Prepar3D v4\Simobjects\Airplanes, etc. folders are all fully populated and yet... I wait... and I wait...and yet nothing deigns to appear. I have just updated to v4.4 (Client, Content and Scenery) and all seems well bar this one notable exception. This is a strange one to be sure. Any ideas, anyone? Never come across this before. Regards, Mike

Hi, I only have Prepar3d v4 for a few weeks, but I have the following problem. Sometimes the wind makes strange jumps every second (e.g., from 221 to 231 degrees and back). These shifts will cause the speed tape very erratic and jump around every second. I am using Active Sky as a weather generator, but I notice these jumps also if Active Sky is not loaded. I made a short video (Active Sky was active in this video), I hope someone has a solution to fix this. https://youtu.be/OrsWvhRrsfk

Hello all, I've been having issues lately with blurry ground textures upon descent and arrival into my destination. I've been using the FSLabs A320 almost exclusively and didn't remember the problem before but I've been doing some longer flights lately. I think my system is decent but my specs are i7-7700k, 32 GB ram, GTX 1080, m.2 SSD. I'm using the normal add-ons... Orbx, Active Sky+Cloud Art. Now I'm curious if this is a VRAM issue or something else? I know there is a lot more knowledge than I have around this forum and would appreciate any feedback. I've taken pictures to show what I mean: Before/After Photos Thanks, Dan

As some of you that got access to their site could see, the development page on their forums suggests, that the 88 and 83 variants would possibly release this weekend. YEEZ! https://www.flythemaddog.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10608-fly-the-maddog-x-development-update/ i'll quote what Stefano says:(posted last sunday) "Probably next weekend, we will release the MD-83 & MD-88 variants. The testing stage is almost completed and we succesfully managed to include also PBR for the external models into the release, making Fly the Maddog X one of the first add-ons supporting the recent v4.4 P3D update in its full potential. The "variants" pack includes th…