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Hello, I have some issue with the night lightning with my p3d The lights are very weak from high altitudes and it's almost impossible to see them I tried to install a few night lightning add-ons in order to fix this problem but nothing helped Here is zoomed picture for an example: http://prntscr.com/ltjn5z This is an example for a road with its lightning, as you can see it's very weak and sparse. More over for this picture, most of the roads are "lightning –less" I think that the night lightning textures are corrupt and as a result that what is happening I will add my p3d settings (The HDR is unticked and I don’t want to …

Hello, After a period of observations, I'm planning to upgrade v4.3 -> v4.4 . I am aware of the need to delete prepar3d.cfg & the Shaders folder as part of the process, but have also read recommendations to backup up both scenery.cfg & dll.xml. For whatever reason, I see a few instances of these files in my environment, so hoping someone can point me to the 'official' location of these files. I see some in the Appdata folder structure, others in ProgramData, so just trying to nail down exactly which is the official/live location. Thanks for your help, Mike

I've noticed this issue at some major airports while using ASP4. A little research yielded that it could be some AI models. If this is true, I'd like a solid AI addon that works in p3d v4. I wish for nice models, good performance, that are control by the native atc. Currently researching UT Live. If it's not AI models, I'm hoping for a solution. It's not a big deal, but it's one of those things that I notice when landing at some big airports. Thanks. Jose

I know this is a tired topic, but having trawled through endless posts on this, there seems still to be no solution. I have the Hawker and when it first loads a pop up declares "loading navigraph database". It says it does this just the first time you use the aircraft. But it doesn't load anything. Research suggests checking all instances of dll.xml files have an entry for the Carenavigraph.dll file, which by default Carenado places in the P3d v4 root folder. There is also a x64 bit version of this .dll and I tried entering both in succession but no joy. I then took full ownership of the dll files and the Carenado Navigraph folder - no joy. Either way this is te…

At the moment i use three 27" HD Monitors with Nvidias Surround view and i'm thinking about throwing them in the bin and make a switch to one UHD TV screen. Have anyone experience with an similar display setting change? What should i look for TV, are there technical details on the screen i must take care to have a good picture? I sit around 1 metre in front of the screen, i guess i should not go beyond 42". Thx for your input.

Has anyone tried FDC Live Cockpit 2011 (for FSX and FS2004), sold by Aerosoft, in P3Dv2? Perhaps using the EMT?

Hi all, I just updated the p3d from 4.3 to 4.4. Prior to that, I saved the P3d cfg, scenery cfg and terrain cfg files before uninstalling the previous version. After installing the new version, i paste all the 3 cfg back to its original folders and I got a error message (guessing its due to not updating the FS Labs) but when load the sim, it just goes into a black screen but can hear the default f22 on the runway. Am i missing something or doing something wrong. Would appreciate feedback and assistance please. Thank you

I'll get straight to the point. Some of my planes are WAY too dark in the VC. (2D panel is fine) Well, I just got the QW BAe 146, and the gauges are WAY too dark. Prepar3D v4 QualityWings BAe/Avro 146 (not my picture) Prepar3D v4 QualityWings BAe/Avro 146 (my aircraft) Also, my PMDG 747 has dark gauges. I noticed this when I remember playing P3D v3 and the gauges are much darker than it used to be. Prepar3D v4 PMDG 747 (not my picture) Prepar3D v4 PMDG 747 (my aircraft) (PMDG 747 is subtle) But, the QW BAe is almost impossible to fly, and yes I do use TomatoShade, and I'm not too sure if it's because I don't hav…

Does anyone know how to fix the strange airport ground textures at night at FSDT airports and a few fly Tampa (mdw)? I am not sure if it is a v4 compatibly issue but I can only describe it as a ripple like zebra like black and white shimmer. I have this at FSDT IAH, MEM, DFW, YVR and LAS. I am not sure if I have it in CLT, JFK or LAX. Does anyone else have this and is there a way to fix? I also have this at fly Tampa midway. I run pta and have relatively normal sliders. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I get this error when starting up P3D4.4 initcontactpointsoffset

I have been trying to reach the scenery designer Shannon Landreth who has numerous P3d sceneries uploaded to the Avsim Library...Are you still around? Thanks! Steve in Kansas

Just found out the IRIS Pilatus PC-24 is out. Unfortunately I can't reach their website, it is down for me.

Hey guys just wanted to know im installing a new copy of windows 10 and just wanted to know how to uninstall p3d v4. i have no more activation keys left to use because i messed up and kept complexity reinstalling the whole sim. is there a way i can uninstall complete without another license key as i dont have any more uses left. many thanks.

Wondering if anyone has ran into this.. I've set exclusions to exclude my entire p3d SSD drive, etc.. despite this.. if eset nod32 is on.. one load time might be say 5 minutes, turn it off it becomes around 3min30 sec.. I cant figure out why the exclusions arent working unless there is another part of the AV that is causing this.. Has anyone else ran into this? Thanks in advance

This setting is water off a duck to an RTX 2080 - lol cheers bs

Hi, I used to fly the PMDG 777 on my P3Dv3.4 and recently i switched to v4.4. I just want to know if do i need to buy the 777 again or will it be free? Thanks, Francis

Hi, I flew out of EDDK yesterday in the PMDG747-8F towards Dubai and noticed that my system (I7-4770K@4,6 HT off, GTX1080TI) was struggling with FTX GES at low altitude (badly need FFTF to give me 0,40-0,50 above 5000feet , as i am running unlimited FPS) and came across the old value UseGlobalTerrainView=False in the P3D.CFG which i remember had =on so every cameras did not need to reload textures . didnt see much differents but anyone using it still ? As i climbed out i noticed textures was getting better , also in the distance as i have used Robs tweak for texture distance. Thanks Michael Moe

I've been having this problem, and it mostly happens on the PMDG 737, FsLabs A320, and A319. However, this only happens on certain positions of the camera. Also, the size of the slice can change depending on the position of my camera. The 2nd screenshot, is for some reason showing the gauge through the ground. It also doesn't matter what panel state, or airport I'm at. It's going to happen no matter what. I would like to fix this annoying bug -Aaron

I restored my Windows 10 PC due to an "svchost" running in the background (I believe it was a virus) and it REALLY lowered framerate for ANY game. So, framerate is fine, however, my GPU usage is way too high! it's at 99% to 100% at FlightBeam KSFO with the default F-22. Now, I can't show you my settings (i'm not at home at the time of this writing) but, I do have everything in the "World" settings maxed out besides "High resolution textures", "Water quality", "Special effects" and "Dynamic autogen". Keep in mind, I used these settings FOR MONTHS and CPU and GPU usage was around 50% to 60%. (CPU usage isn't a problem) however, my GPU is running way too much. …

Hi, I started experiencing this issue that when let's say I start descending and approach the airport the autogen doesn't load in. I just see blank ground textures. Sometimes the autogen (buildings and trees) loads in behind the aircraft but that's very seldom. I tried lowering my settings to a minimum without success and I experimented with default, ORBX and Turbulent Design autogen trees but nothing really worked. I'm reather reluctant to reinstalling the whole sim becuase it takes me about 2 days to reinstall everything. Any idea how to fix this problem? Greetings Alex

Hi, Anyone encountering similar problems? RealAir Lancair Legacy V2 (F1GTN: 750=OK, 650=OK) (All Load OK, otherwise problematic - P3D crashes when switching to another Legacy, Exits and Resets) Beech Duke Turbine V2 (F1GTN: 750=OK, 650=OK) (All Load OK, otherwise problematic - P3D crashes when switching to another Duke, Exits and Resets) New Installers: (Note: using original new installer installations rather than reinstall again with new installers) RASDukeTv2_FSX_P3D.exe (File version 2.10.21.0, File Size: 282,201 KB) RASLegacyV2_FSX_P3D.exe (File Version 2.10.21.0, File Size: 227,400 KB) …

Hi Folks, Chatted with Ricardo - he confirmed he is actively working on fixing the ground shadows at Key West - - - AND performing a PBR makeover for 4.4 - hopes to have some update for us in the next few weeks... As one of my favorite haunts - I'm pretty pleased and looking forward to the update... Regards, Scott

Are FSX photo' sceneries compatible and transferrable to P3Dv4.4 or can they be made compatible?

Greetings. I didn't find the necessary section on these producers therefore I will write here. Today I have bought GLJ25 and there was a problem. at virtual cockpit all image jumps and it is impossible to look. I have other planes which work perfectly. it is perhaps finite that my video card doesn't support this airplane. Somebody has thoughts about it? I am very upset with purchase (

Hi Folks. Does anybody know of a good freeware scenery for Duxford EGSU for P3Dv4 please Thank you John