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Hi all, I just found out that when I disable FlyTampa Schiphol the default Schiphol has (AG) houses all over the place. Before FT Schiphol I used AS Schiphol ( librray path set to Schiphol that I had installed already. So not inmstalled into V4 ) What I tried : - put back the default terrain.cfg file - disabled Orbx Vector and Orbx LC - checked the default Schiphol bgl , but that one was untouched So I am wondering why they appear and how to get rid of those buildings ; read : how do I get it to work lik eit should without having to make exclude bgl files.. Thanks, Gerard

Need to start training in a SIAI-Marchetti !!! Got a Aircombat present for my brthday, to dogfight in a real one! :smile:

I read a post on this forum about a free open source project called OpenShade, hosted on the GitHub site. Apparently this post has been removed. Is there something fishy about this ?

Hi all, I was fairly active on Avsim a couple of years back and made a few videos for YouTube. Before long, real life got in the way and I decided to take a break. I was last on Prepar3D V2.4 (I believe) and the constant tweaking and VAS problems were getting me down. I vowed to return when either P3D was 64-Bit or PMDG released the 747 v3. So, here I am! :) (after having picked up both!) I spent a good part of the weekend reinstalling everything and I've got to say I was surprised at how much stuff was available in P3Dv4 as a free upgrade from my purchased P3D v2(!) addons. I've got an eye on the FSLabs A320X and I'll be jumping on that and the Aeros…

So I finally updated to P3D V4 and I have a major recurring problem. The problem started when I updated to P3D v3 not too long ago. What happens is that I have major shakes when I am following an ai plane. These are not stutters or even mico stutters. It looks like someone has literally picked up the computer and shook it like a snow globe. I thought that it might have been just a problem with P3D V3 but was annoyed when it started with P3D V4. I am only using P3D V4 add ons. I have checked with ORBX, Ultimate Traffic live, active sky, and super traffic board and they are all updated to work. I really don't know what to do next and I am hoping someone has this exact probl…

Just found out the oddest thing. When I go to the graphics options the texture resolution is lowered a step everytime!!! I noticed just now when I was trying some settings that the box for texture resolution was totally empty so I set it to 1024. After clicking OK, flying a while and going back to the option screen the resolution was 512. When I flew once more and came back again it was 258 and the next time it was empty! So EVERYTIME I go to the option screen the texture resolution setting is lowered one step! And another curious thing was that whenever I load a saved preset for the grahics options the anisotropic filtering goes from 16 to 8! How the heck can I…

I have both a laptop and desktop running P3Dv4. I installed on both ORBX base, vectors and openLC however the order in the scenery file is different for these installs. On the laptop the openLC in on top (layers around 150). On the desktop openLC is at the bottom (layers 5 etc ..) Which one is correct ? Where is openLC supposed to sit ?

Hi at some time has come about in P3D4 to my many payware scenerys double airtowers (i see visually also default towers). It was not before but I don`t know exactly when did it happen and what caused it. It occurs in many payware scenery addons from different productions and anywhere in world (so it's not a specific region or specific product). Also in P3D4 I use very many different programs like GSX, MyTraffic, Chaseplane, GTN750... and so on. Can anyone imagine which may have caused that anomaly? regards eke

I am using the latest Pro-ATC X with P3D v4 but I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly. But during the descent phase, is when I am having some trouble. I end up missing the runway and my plane turns too much and misses the GS capture. I don't have problems when flying manually without using Pro ATC, so I think there's some errors on my part. What mode on the MCP do you guys usually use when flying with ATC? I never really flown this way much, I usually fly offline without ATC. I notice that Pro ATC tells me to start my descent much earlier than where the green T/D is on my display. I also notice that P-ATC doesn't tell me to slow down until I'm about 10nm from the …

PFC yoke In prepar 3D works, but very low sensitivity, need to move it a lot to get the ailerons to move. Elevator is fine, just roll. Sensitivity is at 100% in game. Can it be adjusted like to 150% in the CFG file? If yes , which file?

I finally got around to downloading the new KORD runways that are in the file library but am having trouble getting them into v4. Are the instructions different inv3 vs. v4? I selected it in the scenery library but nothing changes. Do I need to change its priority or something? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I have some problem when starting FTX, saying that I have to send the ftxc3.log to the staff. Can you help me please ? Thanks. Alex [2016-12-01_11-51-36- 3.0.2.2] - System.NullReferenceException: La référence d'objet n'est pas définie à une instance d'un objet. à Orbx.FTXCentral.Services.LoginService.<Login>d__21.MoveNext() --- Fin de la trace de la pile à partir de l'emplacement précédent au niveau duquel l'exception a été levée --- à System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) à System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) …

Just noticed this when I did a flight to VHHH. There's no runway lighting, but I do see other runway lights such as the blue lights. But the actual runway where you approach, isn't there. (Such as the lead in lights and the centerline and the border lights on either side of the runway are off) Anyone else get this as well?

I've just moved to P3D v4 from an FSX-SE install. However, as I transition I'm keeping FSX installed, especially since some scenery misses some files it does install in FSX so it helps in moving it over. The trouble is that both P3D and FSX are now installed on a single 512 GB SSD, so space is fast running out as I install stuff into P3D. I already see no reason to keep my Orbx regions installed in FSX, since these are already installed and working in P3D -- and they take up about 80 GB of space. My question is: how can I correctly remove these from FSX? I assume that if I just delete the relevant scenery entries and folders for the sceneries, that FTX Central might …

I'm wondering what happened with the rest of the Carenado updates for v4... On their website the last update message is from July 11th. Nothing since then that I'm aware of, other than the Phenom 300. Does anyone have any insight into this? Russ

Greetings When deleting and re-installing P3D's client, what effect does that have on add-ons? Do I need to reinstall any of them; either aircraft or scenery? Thank you.

Good evening all Does anyone here have JustSim's Barcelona installed for P3D V4? I have just purchased it and can't for the life of me get any night lights showing at the airport. I don't have any taxiway lights or runway lights. I have a few lights at the terminal buildings but that's pretty much it. I have followed the advice about SODE as it relies on that for some lighting but i can't think of anything else to try.

So I moved my FSX from my HDD to my SSD, and then I opened up FTX Central to double check everything was in order. I found out that I kept receiving messages saying it could not find a sceneryconfig under C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/FSX, when my FSX is installed under my D: drive! Then when trying to enter the settings it would give me two fatal error's, then the program would crash. After uninstalling and deleting everything with ORBX in its name, I decided to reinstall the program. I then found out that I could download the scenery, and when the download finished, it would say that it couldn't complete the download and asked me to retry. I done this a few times with the sa…

Ok, so I have been out of the P3D loop for almost a year and now I am back with P3D v4. Unfortunately my beloved Aerosoft Airbus won't work with v4 so I am looking for a new 'study' airliner (mainly for shorter flights). I thought about PMDG's NGX but I have the feeling it is too old: outdated VC graphics and so on. I flew that plane back in 2012 but I am not sure if Iam willing to rebuy it. Unfortunately all other well known study planes are way too expensive (777, Airbus). So... what is THE study plane to have right now that won't cost a fortune but that is still complete? Or aren't there any? I like glass more than old gauges btw.

I'm a long time user of most of these products with the exception of EnvTex.. i've heard and seen good things from EnvTex.. My preference with p3dv3 was to use Rex Texture Direct for the ground/water and use ASCA + AS16 for the sky/clouds.. Now with p3dv4 at hand and fully installed.. i'm debating which route to take. Its my understanding that Rex Texture direct should work with a patch any day now (i assume this means install the old installer then patch it?).. and I have installed the beta for aspd and asca.. though i'm not clear on the aspd and asca if i need to purchase anything to keep them installed (IE: do they expire).. i had purchased the AS licens…

Anyone out there that can comment. I bought PTA, I think its working because the night clouds have been adjusted to get rid of the bright white effect. I also clicked on the popcorn clouds adjustment. Under a fair weather theme, I am getting unrealistic popcorny clouds, drives me nuts as I never see this in reality. Does anyone know how to get rid of this look?

Anyone run into this problem. I am having graphic layer issues where the graphics are not showing text in gauges. Below is the Flysimware LJ35 and the chronometer, Altimeters, and Altitude Preselector are all missing the text (red circles.) I have the same problem on the AS CRJ700/900 where the chronometer and Transponder are missing text (chronometer shown below.) I am running W10 Pro 1703 nVidia Drivers 385.41 on GTX1070FE (I've tried rolling back drivers.) I have also cleared the shaders, reloaded Reshade, reset everything in PTA and tried nearly every graphics setting in P3DV4. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the client. This seems to have started 2 week…

Hi guys, I recently purchased P3D V4 and FTX Global. Unfortunately my textures look pretty bad in short distance. Only directly under the aircraft the textures are fine, as you can see in Picture 2. You can even see the point, at which point the textures are becoming blurry again I already tried limiting my FPS, changing the LOD Radius but without success. Picture 1: Picture 2: Thanks for your help System Specs: i5-4600k @4,0GhZ 8GB RAM GTX 970 4GB

Decided to fly out of Houston (IAH) to San Antonio (SAT) tonight. Took off in Jet Blue A320 at 19:30 hours in driving rain and wind. Severe thunderstorms. We're talking serious Rock and Roll here. Using Active Sky for P3d v4 and only climbed at 1600 fps to avoid a stall. Rain continued to 13,000 ft and visibility NEVER cleared all the way to KSAT. Turbulence was evident all the way ( and I haven't even downloaded EZdok for this sim yet). There were some patches of clouds off in the distrance at 21,000 feet. I only flew to 25,000 before descending. NO visibility until I hit the runway at KSAT. Weather program stated 0.6 for visibility at San Antonio. What a ri…