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FYI I installed Leipzig/Halle Airport and noticed it had elevation issues. I use Orbx Base, Europe LC and Vector for P3Dv5. When you load up on the default end of the airport your plane sinks into the ground. The instruction in the readme file did not help me because I didn't have FTX Europe installed. The FIX is located here if you need it.

I found that the key to avoiding copious out of memory errors and CTDs with the new FS Labs Concorde (unless you have 64GB of physical RAM) is something I've cast nary a second thought to for many years--a sufficiently large paging file. I tried probably 20 times to get the Concorde to load in P3D v5.4, while observing the working set memory allocation explode past 32GB and trigger CTD after friggin' CTD. Haven't ever seen this happen before in the 64-bit environment. Anyway, I had my page file size set pretty low (2048-4096 MB) as nothing has really challenged the VAS beyond the ample 32GB of RAM in the system. But alas, 32GB turns out to be insufficient to a…

Hey, Back years ago when I was into P3D, I remember FSFX Packages released a small, free effect addon called 'Make Thunderstorms Great Again'. It changed how the flashes from the lightning looked in the world, so they were less local and lit up like an actual lightning strike. Made a big difference. Unfortunately, the website is gone and I can't find it hosted anywhere else. Anyone have that addon they could share, know where it's hosted or know of an identical alternative? Thanks

when i fly high from the ground the ground markings show but when on the ground the markings dont show which really defeats the point of flying there and shows some weird google or something like it bummer i was going to do multipule long hauls from and to qatar.

Hi all, I use RDShade with 5.4 EA on at the moment, but actually revert to original shaders with the “ozone fix” to stop dawn/dusk looking too green at dusk/dawn/night (https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=144145). Basically I have two questions: Does ENVPLUS HDR night brightness give one the ability to get nice dark nights? Does ENVPLUS include the ozone fix so sunsets/sunrises aren’t too green? RDShade is good but doesn’t fix the ozone issue and also doesn’t give the ability to control much about night as far as I know. Any advice and experiences are welcome… cheers, Rudy

I'm unable to download P3D as I keep getting an issue on the website stating 'error establishing a database connection’. Is anyone else having this issue just now? Has been ongoing for around 24 hours with me.

I have watched a review of RSF https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=REX+Sky+Force+p3d+reviews#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:20d0d011,vid:xE6vTuerut0 and around five minutes in they show clouds looking nice at a distance but when you reach them they just fade away like flying through a portrait. Also when looking at the side you see clouds rotating around you. But when I made a test about this in P3D5.4 with default clouds I don't experience that. I can fly into a cloud for some time before coming out of it. And I don't recognise the turning clouds you see at 5:30 in the review. Although this review was with P3DV4 still I find it strange that a payware pr…

I am using OrbX in v6 and find the terrain textures a bit blurry. Has anyone any experience of installing GEX in v6 and whether it will improve this?

Hi All - I've spent 3 days trying to install the latest version of P3Dv6. I've followed instructions, run checksums, etc. but to no avail. The initial version of V6 and the small update installed perfectly, but not this latest version. I'm at my wits end with this...here's the latest failure log. Any help would be appreciated!! [0514:07E0][2023-08-13T18:20:57]i001: Burn v3.11.1.2318, Windows v10.0 (Build 19045: Service Pack 0), path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\{CDA15AC2-695B-44F5-AB90-9A3D46368925}\.cr\Setup_Prepar3D.exe [0514:07E0][2023-08-13T18:20:57]i000: Initializing string variable 'InstallFolder' to value '[ProgramFiles64Folder]Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v6' […

https://www.togaprojects.com/post/compatibility-update-more?postId=a8297ddd-7036-4487-85c8-a90a816abc22&utm_campaign=a67705ff-98b9-4ca2-b261-a675b72d2801&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=f13839f3-5494-4e92-be09-34817b99a5de&cid=54a7031d-2826-4e1c-a97e-e80e6ab901f4 sherm

After my report to LM of the day/night lighting difference of the scenarios, this is LM Rob McCarty's answer: "We are working to improve lighting conditions in these cases."

https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/topic/32791-07-june-2023-small-update-to-p3d-airbus-family/

So, after: .) having given P3Dv6 a go, finding that it performs poorly at times in my rig (specs in sig) and the FSLabs A319 and 320 aren't available for it, I gave up on v6 - glad I just bought a 1 month license... .) I recently ( this week ) found out that after all the "Concorde" for P3D v5 is about to be available !!! WOW !!! .) I can't wait any longer for the FSLabs airbuses, I simply don't have a viable alternative in ANY of the platforms, all taken into consideration, so.... I am seriously considering buying P3Dv5 and reinstalling: Orbx Global, Aerosoft Madeira X, FSLabs A319 / 20 and buying the SL versions too to get the additional feature…

Just a "heads up" :- //42 have released an update to CP Pro to cater for P3D v6.0.30.30926, it is ChaseplanePro V1.0.13 .

Hi all, I've recently upgraded my DIY A320 homecockpit with a new PC, but I am really struggling to get a smooth framerate without frequent pauses. The pauses last for a second or two and seem to be related to photoreal scenery loading. The suggested Jobscheduler settings in this post for the 13900 seem to improve things, but they still leave me with pauses. In task manager, I observe the following: all CPU cores seem to be working at 85% or higher, and the core temps fluctuate between 85°c and 100°c. Meanwhile, the 4090 rarely goes above 15%. I am also a bit confused about how and where to set the display options for eg framerate and Vsync: Windows displa…

Hi everyone! I noticed that both AC Scenery and Prealsoft are offering discounts on SimMarket and therefore thought it wise to check what other people's experience are with their addons for P3dv5. Does anyone prefer one over the other or? Do they mix well with Orbx scenery? Or maybe none of their sceneries are worth the money? All input is good input but if you have specific input on AC Scenery's Athens, Antalya and Istanbul or Prealsoft's Istanbul and Geneva scenery that would be much appreciated 🙂 Thank you in advance!

Go get her! The Prepar3D v6.0 Patch 3 contains the following changes: All fixes and updates from previous patches. Rendering system performance improvements. Slight reduction to cloud scatter to make bottom of clouds less dark. Fixed texture UV wrapping issues at sloped airports. Various model texture fixes including the Piper, Tornado, CRJ 700, Ohio Class Sub, commercial airliners, countermeasures, ground vehicles, water helipads, and shacks. Fixed various autogen textures that were too dark. Fixed various water elevation issues. Fixed issue preventing custom weather themes from saving correctly. Fixed iss…

Hi ther, I'm working on DD KSEA. I want to change the marshaller by SafeDock as in reality. That works well. Now, I would like not to see anymore the marshallers. How can I delet them? I searched on GSX help ans did not find how to delete, only to move. Thanks from ELLX Yves

I have this very good scenery for Ramon (LLER) in Israel. The scenery can be found here LLER – Eilat Ramon Airport – VDG (vdgsim.com) The scenery works in P3D v5.4 except the default buildings show up. I found a exclude file from here Prepar3D v5 Scenery Compatibility Files – iniBuilds which does get rid of the default buildings, but it also removes the runway and taxiway signs, edge lights, and markings. So this is no good to use. I also found a fix here FTXDes: Project LLER but I can't download the file. The file is no longer available. Can someone help me out? I tried to do it myself, but I don't know what I am doing.

Hello Everyone, I have prepared a little sample app that changes the Active Runways (TakeOff, Approach and Landing) for default ATC and sets some other non blocking features. You just need to download the zip file and copy the folder to your P3D Documents\addons folders. Works with P3D v4 and v5. https://www.dropbox.com/s/as0zp2owmug1xdp/ATCAPI.zip?dl=0 The config.xml XMLfile lets you configure ICAO and the active runway Departure and Landing names and approaches, and a set of non blocking parameters for AIs in airport taxi operations. If you are not going to set active runways, just take out all <Airport> </Airport> elements, and …

Looks like a release is not too far away now, some news here: https://fselite.net/content/fslabs-concorde-release-candidate-now-with-testers/

Well, I installed P3Dv6, as well as HiFi's Active Sky P3Dv6, played around with it for a couple days, and have decided to uninstall it and go back to P3Sv5. Reasons? Well, several, but the main overall reason is that it's just not that impressive and IMO is barely better than P3Dv5. The v6 clouds were a bit better, but about the same as P3Dv5 clouds on the Ultra setting. The atmosphere was also about the same as EA - I noticed very little difference. The scenery is the same. The Antialiasing was no better than v5 using 4xSGAA, and the TXAA caused annoying shimmering effects. Performance was about the same. The only thing I really liked about it was…

Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue ? Setting up the EFB using navigraph. I get a CTD. It has happened twice now. Mike

Hi, I have recently reinstalled the EGKK V4 Xtreme scenery. However when I download from SimMarket, it does not install the UK2000 common library as it did before. This means that I have no SODE jetways or VDGS. How can I download the common library again and fix this problem? Or is something else meaning I just see big Red X’s instead of SODE jetways or VDGS Or does anyone else know what the problem is?

I've had p3d for about a week now, I spent most of this week installing various addons. After finally getting into a flight I was unable to taxi around. I was flying the quality wings 787 and the aircraft wouldn't move unless I put the throttle to TOGA. I made sure the parking brakes and chocks where removed, I also checked the 'Position freeze' control and that wasn't the problem. I then tested other aircraft and found the same problem. In addition I checked my rudder pedal control and calibration and that also wasn't the problem. I noticed other people managed to fix this problem but they don't specify how. Does anyone else know and easy fix to this that doesn't i…