The Prepar3d Forum

Road traffic is a known fps killer, but how much impact has it exactly? I tested it out with my setup - a vanilla install of Prepar3D v4.1. with medium high graphics settings. I used the avatar and placed him somewhere in downtown Tokyo. Weather and other AI traffic was turned off to isolate the fps impact from the cars as much as possible. Of course, Tokyo has extreme levels of road traffic, but nonetheless you get an idea of just how much of an impact this setting alone can have on the sim. The biggest surprise for me was how much impact just 5% road traffic had. At 50% road traffic this scenario lost about 50% of its fps, and the sweet spot for me seems to be 10%.

Does anyone use this? I was a user for quite some time and something got corrupted with my installation. Judging from the dev's forums hes passed away but some of the posts don't appear to seem legit to me. If the news is true than my condolences.

Has anyone installed just Terraflora( by Turbulent Designs) in their system? I've got a vanilla P3dv4 install and wonder if Terraflora, without ORBX, makes any difference.And if so, how much, in their opinion. tony

I am trying to register with P3D in order to learn as much as possible before installing the product... Yesterday and again today the same "fault" is preventing me from obtaining a successful outcome. Every time I fill in/out the form the same "error" comes up regarding my email address... You have provided an invalid answer to the question. Please note that you will need to enter a valid email address before your account is activated. You will receive an email at the address you provide that contains an account activation link. Obviously I am submitting my long established e-mail address (my ONLY address) ~~~ how is that NOT valid? …

I installed sky force yesterday and while the cloudstructures themselves are good, albeit some odd pancakes once in a while, I am getting serious lighting issues. i used ENVTEX but I restored the settings and only use it for water surfaces, Gras and airports now. The rest, including sky, clouds, sun +glare, is by sf3D. i also use PTA thopat preset. Here’s a video illustrating the problem: Kind regards

I would like to confess a sin I have as a simmer. I buy planes that do not fly. Or I don't fly them as much as I would like. Let me explain. I certainly like and enjoy any simulation that is accurate to the highest level. And certainly its a challenge to master a technology that is not fully automated like today's airliners. In this respect, flying an airliner like the Constellation and the DC-6 or the upcoming MD-82 is making our hobby so beautiful and exciting. On the other hand, I should admit that I always find more "easy" to pick a current flight and it is more immersive because we have data. We have flight numbers, flightplans and destinations. This is somehow …

How can I disable Sky textures in SF3D GUI if I want only to use ASCA Sky textures (full dynamics)?

Just looking for some feedback from anyone who has used either one of these in VR. I am considering getting a heavy. Things that are important to me are: 1) VR usability/practicality (possibly Pop up windows) 2) System documentation for learning the systems. 3) In sim performance 4) Control configurability If anyone has used either of these in VR, I would love to hear their experiences. I have pretty much used A2A GA, L049 and Texan and have started to flirt with the Majestic Q400 and have been very pleased with it. If there is a particular PMDG model I would be interested in that as well. I have a 6850K at 4.2 GHz and a 1080 for the vid…

I have a startup issue with P3Dv4 which I installed recently. When I finish a flight and plan the next flight, I mark it as a favourite and default then save it to a file I catalogued in my documents folder. I have checked and all my saved flights are in this folder. However, when I start Prep3D4 again I get a message saying that the flight cannot be found and the default P3D4 flight is loaded and started (some sort of military jet powered on and at the end of a runway). However, I can then select and load the saved flight I wanted. I checked the P3d CFG file where I thought the flights folder might be mentioned but no such luck, however the default flight is ment…

I remember from previous texture addons that most people ended up using specific sets because they simply were the best. Now I know it's early days yet but I'd already like to ask that if you find a specific set that you think really stands out, be it clouds, skies, sun/atmospherics, moon/phases, lighting/effects or sounds, please share it here! For now I have installed the number one sets of everything (apart from the sounds) because I find it too hard too choose (what else is new) but I am open for suggestions! BTW I also installed the 10 Day Cycle 01: take note that, as the interface says, you don't have to pick and install any seperate dawn, day or dusk sets…

Hello, I am writing this because I am on P3D V4.1 and it lags really badly. I don't know why. I uninstalled it because I was running out of space on my PC, but it was running smoothly back then. I recently reinstalled it because I have space for it. But now it runs so badly. I don't know what caused this, the only addons I have are PMDG 777 and FlyTampa Dubai. My PC Specs are: GPU: R9 380X OC 4GB CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 RAM: 8GB DDR4 Before you say it is my PC specs it is not because it was running fine before and my specs are in the range of the requirements. My friend has P3D v4.1 and he runs it smooth. His PC specs are: …

Good day all... Im looking at flying to a tropical destination tonight in the 747, I’m looking for something that has available scenery. I’m thinking along the lines of Cacun, Cuba etc... any suggestions along with scenery? Thanks

After installing HOTFIX 1 and reconfiguring REX Sky Force 3D, I performed a test flight between LEBL and LEMD. The SAT indicated a thunderstorm line on this stretch and there were considerable differences in the visualization of clouds between the WEATHER Motor of SF3D and ASP4 on P3D v4.1. At about 20,000 WM feet of SF3D showed a compact cloudy body without cumulonimbus while ASP4, on the same stretch, it displayed impressive cumulonimbus that reached about 30,000 feet and a more real cloudiness to a storm line using the HD textures of the clouds installed by REX SF3D.

I am not sure what is going on or why it is happening all of a sudden, but my VC panel disappears as well as all outside graphics just after takeoff. I first noticed it with PMDG 737, but then I tried with default aircraft and it happened too. The panel just simply disappears and all other views are not visible except for the 2D Panel texture. I have not changed anything since my last successful flight before the holidays, the only addition is REX SF 3D. I have deleted my .cfg and shader files also just to see. Everything works fine on the ground, just once airborne, they vanish. Honestly, I am getting tired of having more issues than I fix. More of my time is spent troub…

HOTFIX 1 for Rex Sky Force 3D can be downloaded from the REX website.

Hi! I've come up with an update for the google earth sky textures :). https://www.dropbox.com/s/afn6z01d72gt8rx/GE_Sky_Textures_v2.zip?dl=0

Hi everyone, It seems my lighting in P3D at night is wrong. It seems to me that the terrain is far to visible for night, It seems quite unrealistic. This image is without any PTA / Shader adjustments. Does anyone know of a way to tweak / change the lighting at night in P3D V4 so it looks better and darker? Just kinda trying to get that realistic night look. Thank you.

Hello, I have a problem with PMDG 737 NGX in P3D. In 3 hour of usage, usually after wiev change, there comes a night lightning bug. Some switches are bright and other not. Any ideas how to solve this problem? You can see this in the picture I've linked. Thanks in advance :)

I use P3D v4.1 and when I fly the ground look very bad. Images : https://ibb.co/ckL1SG this my sim settings. http://prntscr.com/hwcdhr http://prntscr.com/hwcdpy http://prntscr.com/hwcdus http://prntscr.com/hwcdzg Thank You, Inbar Green

I have read numerous comments about locking frame rates to 1/2 of your monitor refresh rate - this won't work for 144hz @ 2k obviously, and I was curious what others with this setup might be finding for optimal graphics card settings? For me, using Nvidia Inspector to turn on Triple Buffering and V-Sync seems to yield 30-40 frames unless/until I hit a metro area or a lot of bad weather. This is with my Ryzen 1600x CPU and an EVGA 1080 card. I have frames locked at 40 (sort of a random selection, admittedly), and the rest of my settings are in the attached screenshots. I will say this - everything is pretty smooth. While I'd like a bit of improvement in the metro areas or …

I had no problem with the validation of the program after installation but then I had problems with Weather engine that after about 15 minutes freezes P3D v4.1 reported to "string reading error". I decided to reinstall Sky Force but if during the installation phase validated the serial key then launched the program did not validate it. I sent an email to REX support, which today answered me saying that I had reset the key but the program followed not to validate it. I sent a new email attaching the contents of the Sky Force LOG and I await their response.

In case anyone has Rex Skyforce, it appears the Hotfix should be released pretty soon. https://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/announcement/31-rex-sky-force-3d-hotfix-1-read-me-first-document/

If I remember correctly AS16 was released about mid-year in 2016 and it seems to me that this year might be the battle of the weather engines. REX is presumably releasing Weather Force /Air Force/ Wind Force/Rain Force (I'm still confused) weather engine soon to replace the new Sky Force weather engine (which isn't the real weather engine). Jokes aside.. Presumably HiFi will be releasing a new (AS18)? Does anyone have any scoop?

I am using imaginesim klga and have noticed the localizer on 31 and 22 are off about 1-2 two the right. Anyone else experiencing this?

I really need your help or ideas. My FPS vary from the mid teens to the mid 20s with no action just standing still at a runway for example, same while flying. I have the newest drivers, deleted the shaders and cfg and let it rebuild. I have an I7, 32 gb ram, 980ti. Very frustrating. Thanks Bernd