The Prepar3d Forum

The TOGA website has a news announcement today this has been released. Don't see it on any vendor sites yet. Guess it is a PTA sort of shaders mod program but it all does the modifications behind the scene and seems dynamic based on environmental conditions (weather, time of day, etc.). Really interested to see how this pans out and others thoughts on it.

I can DL version 1.05 from my account and aerosoft have it on their "compatible" list but it's not labeled as a Professional version. Hows the performance with v4.? With the new LOD (9) I use it could be amazing, So what's it like guys? Do I install or not? I am hoping for a yes!

Anybody flying the FSLA320X finding that after installing the Flightbeam KDEN v2 P3Dv4 that their Bus now ceases to work? Or is it just me? Because I had 4-5 flights in the FSLA320X, then couple of days ago updated my KDEN to v2 and ever since, no Bus. Load it an airport, and zilch. No switches, et al works to even get it powered up. Even uninstalling/ re-installing and opting for GPU Panel State, still leaves a dead aircraft.

Hi all. Was in Croatia this summer for my holidays. We were on an AUA A321 into Split landing Runway 23. I remember the approach being pretty steep. I tried to recreate it in the FSL A320X and wow, it's a tough one. Basically the Croatian equivalent of the hardcore LOWI circling approach! I flew it 4 or 5 times and even though I managed to land, I definitely would have been relieved of my stripes after each one! Has anyone tried it? Any tips? It also got me thinking... Any challenging airliner visual approaches you fine people of AVSIM would recommend?

I just bought a brand new 4K Samsung 28' monitor today in hopes of getting some buttery smooth frames at a higher resolution... My PC Specs, i7 6700 4.0, and Nvidia 1080, 32gigs DDR4 memory, liquid cooling etc. the good stuff :) I had some problems with micro stutters, and I heard that a 4k 30hz refresh rate monitor would make P3D Beautiful and smooth. Unfortunately, total opposite case for me... I load up the default F-22, at add on scenery KSEA... I have Vsync, and Triple buffering on. Smooth for a few seconds 30fps, then I switch views to spot plane and my frames hit 5fps OR LOWER, and they stay that way... So i turn off Vsync a triple b…

GSX crashes everytime I request any services. It works till I request any service. Any idea why. I have tried every method of reinstlling and have reisntalled the addon manager and ran the live update Here is the error log couatl v3.2 (build 3852) panic log started on Thu Oct 26 15:25:46 2017 problem raised by engine or unspecified addon {'User Pos': (30.499336607832557, -86.51128737596294, 28.9229 m, 2.40588 m, 192.17779584991519)} Error: exception UNRECOGNIZED_ID in call Text param #3 '258' {2:, } {'User Pos': (30.499336607832557, -86.51128737596294, 28.9229 m, 2.40588 m, 192.17779584991519)} Error: exception UNRECOGNIZED_ID in call Text param #…

P3d v4.1. Upon flying into Flightbeam KSFO and FSDT KMEM at night using the Dynamic Lighting the ground texture around the runways and taxiways turned black near touchdown. It remained black. I reloaded the scenario at KSFO and it was fine. I reloaded the scenario at KMEM without HDR and it was fine. I have my settings modestly set for my outfit and only use MT6 and Active Sky. I was surprised at this and wonder if anyone has seen this and what may have caused it. I will add that I turned HDR off and on while flying while doing some testing. It kind of looked like a memory issue from the old days.

Hi guys, Very quick question for those that have installed the orbx aus ai aircraft. Any idea where the flightplans are stored? been trying to find them but so fatr unable to Thanks

Since QW aren't developing a 787 for P3d could we possibly use the Estonia Migration tool to get it working in P3D v3. Someone tried that with the CS 767 and it worked quite well, here is a link to his video: Part 1: It functions fully and there is no issue/ bug from what I can see. Here is one from the CS forums explaining how their aircraft can run in P3D v3: There are two ways to get Captain Sim aircraft to work in P3D. 1. Copy EVERYTHING related to the CS aircraft into its same location in P3D (i.e. FSX\Captain_Sim\XXX to P3D\Captain_Sim\XXX). Then you need to copy the Captain Sim entry in the DLL.xml for FSX, and p…

Matt Davies Has posted a Video on PTA and ENVSHADE. Its 15 mins long but you do need to watch it. =Listen to it All I will say is am glad I bought PTA and I wish him well. Now go to youtube look it up as I cannot link it as its for Adults. It's sickening.

Few days with a new Oculus Rift, I'm appreciating the VR in P3d4.1 but at night the sky textures become ugly, it is impossible to take screenshots because the visual difference between the headset and the monitor (generally darker than the headset). The sky in VR appears "rasterized" above the horizon, this happens to the terrain also, but you cannot feel it so bad because it is not uniform compared to the sky. Flying in the daytime at the moment is the only possibility without seeing those horrible textures. At last, let me express my thought about the Oculus Rift and flight sims: we have to wait for a better resolution, now you can appreciate how better the world appear…

Thought I had upgraded my PC to about best available. Just tried a flight from John Wayne to San Luis Obispo in California. Flying the Mooney, with Orbx SoCal, Active Sky [clear weather] and PTA, Expected a few shudders and jumps over LAX but continued all the way over the mountains. Guess I just can't handle SoCal, and better stay in the East USA. I don't have a cooler. Maybe I should? Sliders are not all the way to the right.

I was wondering if there are any add-ons for multi that would work with the 717. FScrew said they aren't doing a 717 version.

I seem to remember a post somewhere that is an inter active list of FSX and new aircraft that work in P3D v4.1, but didn't record the address. Does anyone know of this post or where this list lives? I am specifically looking for float planes like the Beaver, Otter, Twin Otter, etc. I have the OZ Goose and it does work well. Thanks

Which one do you prefer for shorter flights and why? I'm assuming the A320 is much more automated than the 737... probably even more automated than a 777 or 787 as well...

I was just curious... How do all of the VR people that fly airline flights (FSL, PMDG, Majestic, etc) do it since a lot of it requires key presses, entry into an FMC, throttle control, etc.? When I fly, I am constantly writing notes from ATC, pressing keys on my keyboard, monitoring controls. I'd think with VR I'd be constantly taking off the mask to do things outside of the VR... Wouldn't that defeat the propose?

Hi, Anyone in here use AuitoStarX with V4? I've ben using it for a few days now, but I can't seem to get rid of the comet image that appears in the sky. I've taken the tick out of the show comet box then run make stars. I've even tried renaming any files I can find it's directory with comet in their names to .old. Whatever I do, I get a glorious amount of stars, but always the comet appears. Maybe it's an omen! :) Graham

I've had the sim for more than a month now, and installed the update a couple of weeks ago It's been the most stable program I have ever owned. I've had P3D online for probably over 100 hours now, in all types of Carenado and default aircraft, and except for starting the program with the Malibu Mirage I've not had a single crash. Occasionally my mouse will lose focus, so I just hold down the Alt key for a few seconds and all is fine. I just downloaded the updated Carenado 550 and it works very well, very good performance and an excellent autopilot, which holds IAS by pitch. I've been flying it for several hours today. Lately I have had problems with Xplane, eve…

How do you assign a button or key for Top Down View in v4.1. I don't see a Top Down View selection option in the Key/Button list in the Control Section. P3D v3 has that selection which I used a lot. Comes in handy for taxing around an airport. Jim

Hi, I currently use REX texture direct with soft clouds enhanced edition, Orbx Global, Vector, Europe LC, Active Sky Cloud art and Active sky along with PTA and THOPAT setting. I've disabled REX textures for clouds as I understand ASCA does this for me but its on for everything else, tarmac, taxiway etc - I think I've understood that right as ASCA should over rule REX as the cloud texture drawer as its better at it? I've seen the news from THOPAT and its optimised for Envtex and I'm wondering if this product is basically the same as REX? Therefore is there any benefit to having both REX and Envtex? Including the questions above, how would you configur…

I use to use an amazing tool called PDF Kneeboard to have all my PDF charts, flightplans readily available from within my sim, however that addon no longer works with the new 64bit P3D v4 and I was wondering if there's something else out there that would work? This is one app I'll miss a lot, wish the author would update it to work with P3D v4.

I've learned in the past how all these "simple" upgrades can go. I'm very happy with how things run with 4.0HF1. What's the big difference in 4.1 and is it worth the change over? Thanks, JR

I saw the line on the Prepar3d website is this the extent to airports in P3D? Or are these just the only ones with the "high detail", and the rest of world's airports are still in the sim but just with less detail? And a side question, has anyone figured out if any of the ATC addons work in P3D? Mainly Radar Contact?

I have an answer to a question I posted a while ago (see link below) but which is locked by now because it seemed that what I wanted wasn't possible. However, Steve Halpern himself posted a satisfying solution for me on the Flight1 UTL forum. So hence this part 2. If you also want to get rid of that Flight1 folder in the root of your C drive, simply copy the .lic file (or files) straight into the Windows folder: UTL will find the license there and you can remove the entire Flight1 folder. For someone who likes his drives organized and clean this is a fine solution to the 'problem' and I thought it was worth a new topic because I know there are others who also don't …

I've been breaking my head for the past 3 hours or so on this. But I can't figure out why my panel(made for Just Flight HS-748) won't show up or even be accessible via the SHIFT +3 command. But if i select the "Panel Manager", only clicking on GPS it enables it, for me to use. It was working on P3D v4, but somehow it is not on the V4.1. I figured that I would see if it needed any updates for the v4.1 and maybe port it over to the BAC 1-11 (Maybe even the DC-8's), that's where I found the problem. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance! Here's a screenshot showing in more detail what I mean Here are the settings for the panel.cfg …