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Hello everyone does anyone know if it's available and if so where I can download it from.

Hi guys, been away for a couple weeks and am excited that 4.1 is finally out. I'm also scared to update as I've spent months tweaking, installing scenery, traffic and planes. I'm nervous that updating will screw up my setup. Are there certain things i should backup or copy? If so what folders or files? Im aware that active sky, FSUIPC, chase plane, PTA etc all need to be updated. Is there anything else I should be on the lookout to update? I haven't seen much about needing to update sceneries...or am I wrong about this? any guidance would be greatly appreciated before I take the plunge, screw it up and make for a pain staking week…

Hi, I am wondering of this one if we do not update the content. Do you think "incompatible AI models" causes problems or CTD ? Mike

Release Notes The Prepar3D v4.1 release brings many exciting changes and enhancements to the platform. The following list of updates has been categorized based on the installer required. The Client installer is required for Prepar3D v4.1, however the Content, Scenery, and SDK installers are optional. You must first have Prepar3D v4 installed to utilize the Client only installer. To install the Prepar3D v4.1 Client, you must first uninstall the Prepar3D v4.0 Client via Programs and Features in Windows Control Panel. The Prepar3D v4.1 Client update will require you to reactivate your product, however if you have an internet connection it will be automatic. For…

I operate the Tornado F3 Mission Simulator fitted with Oculus Rift and P3D. I've been building scenarios for visitors to fly against, mostly Cold war profiles. I've been recording flights with the add on models and then flying the F3 against the recorded profile. I came across AI Tracker X and thought it worth trying it out to see if I could add formations of intruders simply. It's early days but it seems to do exactly what I need. I've loaded some typical Soviet profiles as flight plans and had a pair of Blackjacks run at the UK from Stavanger in trail formation. Departing from the same airfield it's disconcerting for a "Cold War Warrior" to watch a pair of Tu-160s …

For those interested, here's the announcement http://forum.flyinside-fsx.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6084&sid=57a8c569d25f04a6badfd8a430eb09de

Released by Orbx a new version of Orbx_ObjectFlow_x64.dll. This is the link to the replacement procedures and the download of new Orbx_ObjectFlow_x64.dll. : http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/139863-problems-with-ctds/ Orbx_ObjectFlow_x64.dll should also be replaced in C: \ Documents and Settings \ User \ Appdata \ Local \ Orbx \ FTXCentral \ v3.2.2.3 (Latest version of FTX Central).

I think I will put Xplane11 on the back burner for a while. Today I spent a good eight hours with the update and it worked very well. Very fluid, maybe more so than before. I flew long flight from Napa to Santa Ana in the 337 and the autopilot held the course wonderfully until I took over once over the metro area. Skirted around some traffic before I landed, very immersive. Flew under VFR, my favorite type of flying. John

I've had this issue since the days of FSX and in every version of p3d. I always blamed the addons, tweaks or the hardware. Now I finally had the chance to rebuild everything from scratch. Completely new hardware, clean install of Windows 10, latest drivers and a clean install of p3d v4.1 without addons or tweaks. So I started up a night flight just to realise that the issue is still there :( Basically the runway lights don't appear until they're pretty much right in front of the a/c. It's like the LOD radius for the runway lights is extremely small. On approach just before touchdown you can litteraly see the approach lights and runway lights show up one by one in f…

I just updated to 4.1, Latest PTA and I use Envtex. Before 4.1 I never had what looks like a circular ground shadow around the aircraft in exterior view. As I move around the aircraft I see the shadow move around the ground. Almost like if a spot light was shining down on top of the aircraft towards the ground. I have attached a pic that shows the edge of the shadow which moves as I pan around. Its not cloud shadows. Not sure if its a PTA or Envtex issue. Didn't have this before upgrading. I am using the latest ini file that Matt provided with PTA 2.60. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Hello again everyone. This time a quick test in v4.1. No frame loss observed with 4xmsaa.

Trying to find a good setting for reflections and so far I can't say I've found a good setting. If I have dynamic reflections disabled this is what it looks like, in this case at Aerosoft Bergen. Although it looks pretty cool it looks a bit too much like a well polished mirror to be fully realistic IMO. If I enable dynamic reflections using the low setting the result is this. Now I don't see any reflections at all which again isn't very realistic. I also tried increasing the dynamic reflections setting all the way to the right but couldn't see any difference other than my FPS dropping. Also I'm not sure how the dynamic reflection setting works wit…

Question for you all. I installed 4.1 by downloading and running the full install. I was thinking I would have to re install and update all of my addons. After running the exe, I load up P3d and everything is still there. All of my add on airports and planes are still there. I checked and it said 4.1. I did the asca and AS16 updates but nothing else. It even appears that Orbx is running even though I didn't update. Same with black marble. Could this be right? Or did I do something wrong? I was going to install the pta update but thought I'd check first. Thanks

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Hi simfriends Yes sure the top of the interrest now is problems with install of v4.1. But I'm a little dispite by less interrest for a new level in our's sims... The Synthetic vision system. The first one I discovered this system was on falcon-jets in the real world... Directly was hopping to have it in mine sim. Sure the system is on a less powered engine in our sim. ..172 Carenado. But in reality never do a flight as I doing it in La Palma on sim... Sure is very exciting to try... You are fully in white clouds and very near the montain and you try to climb near the rocks whithout visibility... With a less powered machine, a real challenge to do…

P3D crashes when these Saitek panels are installed and powered. Does not crash with panels off

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Hi simmers, Just upgraded to 4.1 and noticed i had =80 instead of =30 by default. I recall texture scenery load was a little better but what about now ? Thanks Michael Moe

Just checked my account at Simtweaks and version 2.60 was available for download. No official word from Matt yet, so proceed with caution. Officially released now! Release Notes from the Simtweaks website: https://www.simtweaks.com/release

Another big cargo hub for the freight haulers! Regards

Other than the mandatory client, when does one have to update scenery and content as well? I have a new installation with just a few aircraft add ons. The rest is still default p3dv4. thanks tony

I have AI package, and costum, sun, moon, and sky/star.dat file... will upgrading to P3D 4.1 overwrite any of these files? I'm nervous because I'm not sure what files it will overwrite. Because I have a fair amount of customized files and I can't remember what they all are. Also concerned with it overwriting my keybinds, p3d.cfg file, etc.

Hi, is it possible to make a backup of my current Saitek X55 bindings in P3D, I intermittently lose them for no apparent reason. Its quite a pain to have to reprogram them all in again. Thank you for any help you can give me. Barry

Hello! I'm trying to install IVAP v2 on P3D v4.1 and I found my SimObjects.cfg file this way: https://ibb.co/k1Ckow If I insert the Entry 10, the file format will be corrupted, because inside P3D the aircraft selection becomes blank. See the inserted entry how looks like: https://ibb.co/eXrgvb And all my CFG files looks like this. Thanks in advance!

Can any of the devs comment as to what the SDK enhancements would make possible now that wasn't possible before.