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I just purchased Fly Tampa Toronto for P3d V4. I have some Valleys (elevation) and different types of textures for the taxi ways. I am running Orbx Global, FTX and NA and yes i have run the configure tool for FTX to disable some scenery and I did click apply. I have also made sure the addon sceneries are at the top of the scenery library. Any ideas what is going on with my textures or suggestions? Pictures can be found at this post over at Fly Tampa http://www.flytampa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=10719&sid=c19a6720e7c19f9cf2223fb5559c7aab Thanks Darcy

I tried SimBuddy I would pay 1 one off fee, but not a subscription I fly with my VA and am one of these pilots who like to do a lot more you could say so I can fly with my VA and log my hours, but when I fly offline I would also like to log those hours Av just bought the A2A 250 for v4 and am going to fly it from A2A to my VA VFR club base. I could just teleport there but whats the fun in that. However, id like to look back over my fights to see how I did, etc So does anyone know any tools I could use offline to log my flights etc. that don't have a subscription fee?

I have been simming for 25 years now with all flavors of MSFS/P3D sims, thus I consider myself somewhat experienced. However, I nearly exclusively have been using GA so far. I would like to make a detour with big iron and thought a B737 might be a good start. Neither do I have time to study several 100 pages of Boeing manuals nor flip levers and switches for half an hour in the 1 or 2 hours left after work. Thus, I am looking for a version being easy to handle but sporting a realistic flight model, if something like this exists. Given my specifications, I think the PMDG version anyone is raving about being not proper. My setup is a bit special (hardware panel wi…

I'll post this over at the FSDreamteam forum if and when they approve my registration request but in the meantime here is my problem: I downloaded and installed their Charlotte (KCLT) airport scenery into both P3D v4 and v4. Worked ok in v4 the first time after installation but subsequent attempts resulted in right after the P3D splash screen showed, the screen turned black and I could go no further. Then tried in v3 and It worked ok. Back to v4 with no joy. Finally just deleted and reinstalled and had the same problem. Uninstalled again but had the same thing happen. Could not get into v4 at all. The last time I uninstalled I got a message saying not all of t…

Does anyone have this for their PMDG 777? I updated to the latest 1.2 version but upon engine startup, it seems like it fires up weird... the sound seems like it goes out and then goes back to normal. I'm not sure if this is how it should be in the real world?

Hello simmers, So you have read pages and pages of how to optimize your sim, you found the sweet spot of your system and finally you sit back and relax and enjoying the experience. Nevertheless after some hours/days of simming suddenly the nightmare comes back, stuttering, loss of fps, loss of smoothness and you wonder whats wrong. Then you start again all over the research to fight the battle of sim balance. If this sounds familiar to you there is a very simple trick that may work for you as it seems to work for me. When you experience loss of performance without reason (no tweak , no add on which can affect performance etc|), try to do the following: Go to the fami…

I just purchased Fly Tampa Toronto for P3d V4. I have some Valleys (elevation) and different types of textures for the taxi ways. I am running Orbx Global, FTX and NA and yes i have run the configure tool for FTX to disable some scenery and I did click apply. I have also made sure the addon sceneries are at the top of the scenery library. Any ideas what is going on with my textures or suggestions? Pictures can be found at this post over at Fly Tampa http://www.flytampa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=10719&sid=c19a6720e7c19f9cf2223fb5559c7aab Thanks Darcy

Hi Can't find out how to get rid of the nav flag on the HSI. All my other instruments are working fine,I just cannot figure out how to repair or how to get rid of the flag. I should add I'm using the gtn 750 also but as i'm new to that, I don't know if that is the cause and how to remedy the fix any help would be great thanks

I have installed the Duke B60 to P3Dv4 and found only the Panel lights working, but they seem a little bright compared to what I had in FSX-SE. In addition, the cockpit lights do nothing - to include no cabin lights. If I recall, the Panel lights were fairly dim and if you wanted bright lights, you'd hit the cockpit lights which controlled the cabin lights and the included the overhead in the cockpit. So, I think the current panel lights include the illumination of the cockpit lights without the cabin lights. I guess my question is, does anyone else see the same? And, is it possible to fix? Thanks!

I am using the default FSX B737-800 in P3DV4 and it works great. I had installed a Boeing callout file for FSX that would call out my landing heights. Problem is it will not work in the 64 bit environment of V4. I have done a Google search and searched these forums with no luck. Would anyone know if there is one available? Thanks in advance. Bob G.

So I've spent almost 2 days installing P3D on a fresh Windows install. Got all the OrbX stuff, Rex, Active Sky, ASCA, PTA, everything set up just right. And then I see my navigation lights on every single one of my planes, they seem to be ... blue? http://i.imgur.com/aEEQdPL.jpg No idea what causes it or what files need to be changed to fix it, so I have no idea where to turn. Has anyone experienced something similar and could tell me how to correct it?

I just discovered there is a Lockheed Martin Folder in my Program Files (x86) folder with only Effects and Gauges in it. My main Lockheed Martin folder is in Program Files with all the appropriate categories under it. I am missing gauges in my default fsx planes for some time now and can't seem to solve the issue. Could this be the problem, and what would you do about this situation. Should I combine the gauges and effects into the one Lockheed Martin folder under Program Files, and delete the entry under the 86 folder? Confused about this. Stan

Hello everyone. Ever so slowly getting to grips with with flying. When I programme thr FMC to say fly from EGNX to EGCC I keep getting route discontinuity errors. I can set it to take off and it all looks ok but when I program the arrival it's not happy. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong. When I tried flying to LFPG it turned into a night mare. Can I delete the or fix them ? Cheers Ian.

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to create a hot key or shortcut to disable/enable AI traffic in prepard v4? Like most people with a moderate hardware setup, I get a bit of a FPS drop when I have AI traffic enabled, especially when approaching an airfield when all of the AI traffic at the airport populates. I really only enjoy AI traffic on the ground so it doesn't feel like I'm departing and arriving at empty airports. (not that I don't enjoy it in the air but I don't really NEED it) Currently I enable it to 50% - hold short of the runway and then open the options menu to bring it to 0% and then depart. Then when I land, after I vacate the runway I…

Hi, Is there somebody that can help me with UTL Live 1.23 FLight 1 Y bouth this for 43$ , Y mange to install it, and it starts up with P3v4, After a fue seconds its program errror , Client UTL error ,,,,,, Y read on the homepage waht to do, in the scenery cfg add a new line 10........ That wasent so difficult, But the next step y dont no if y get that right, Add text to the exe. xml file ...... Could same one please help me out , Explane and show how y shoud do Where to find the files, y dont realy now if y found the right exe. Xml file, Has same one manage to this changes, Has same one U…

Hi all! Just a heads up, we've announce KGPI Glacier Park International Airport. The Team You’re probably wondering who will be developing KGPI? Well, here’s the team: Russell Linn – Modelling, Ground Poly Russ White – Modelling, Vegetation Greg Jones – Modelling, Photoreal Imagery We’re very excited to start development on KGPI and we look forward to sharing updates with you though the development process! The full article and the reason we went with KGPI can be read here: https://www.turbulentdesigns.co.uk/turbulent-designs-kgpi-glacier-park-international-airport-announcement/ Thanks for your continued support! Russ

Don't care a bout the training. Do you get all the images, scenery, detailing in Academic as Professional. I'd really like not having to spend $200.

Have you tried the FSW Lear 35 or XP jets Lear 25? I think the lear25 doesn't fully work in v4 but I have the FSW working. Both have GTN support and both have good systems

Can someone who has REX4 T EE for p3d v4 check if new runway lights halo are showing up when you apply a change with the UI? I'm interested in knowing if I'm the only one who can not change the runway lights.

Hello, In FSX when an airport altitude was corrected the . bgl was placed in the Scenery WORLD scenery folder. Exanple UAAT.ADEP3.FV.ALT.BGL With the new organization of P3D V4 and the updates to new levels (from v4 to V42 ie) the content of the Scenery world scenery folder will be modified by the installation of the new contents. My question : where to install the Airport altitude .bgl to avoid the replacement by an upgrade. Thanks in advance

Hello team I seem to be running into a bit of a situation with blurriness on decent. I checked out this thread here to no avail. http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=125808 This only happens when on the decent no matter what aircraft I have installed. The autogen fails to load and all the textures are blurry and unreadable. i7 7700k 4.8ghz 1080ti 1950mhz boost clock 480GB PNY M.2 3GB/s ORBX Global, Vector, LC My Prepar3D Settings FPS are on unlimited and VSYNC/Triple buffering on. 60hz monitor 60FPS. The only tweak I use in the Prepar3d.CFG is Affinity Mask of 84. Without this my sim would stutter. Any thoughts? Ryan

Hi all, I am considering making the jump from FSX to P3d v4 and to make a very long explanation short, one of the things that has always confused me regarding addons is weather and environment texture addons. I find this to be exponentially true with taking the dive into prepar3d, so I'm looking to the community at large to clear some things up for me. Activesky 16 (AS4 for p3d v4) is JUST a weather generation engine correct? As in, it is simply in charge of injecting weather into the simulator, whether it be updated live weather or some static weather or your choosing? AS4 does not include any texture sets? For texture sets (i.e. clouds and sky textures) t…

So here's a new one for me. Taking off out of SFO headed to LAX, about 10 minutes after departure the sim just stops, loads gives me the loading screen, and then keeps going... I've never noticed that before. Running the usual ORBX stuff and the latest SFO HD v2. So far no other issues but I've never seen that happen before. Any ideas?

Currently this is what my sim looks like at 8x SSAA is there a way to improve this? The reason I run SSAA instead of MSAA is for the dynamic lighting. Is there some enhancements in Nvidia Inspector so improve this? http://i.imgur.com/McNHHhs.jpg GTX 1080ti i7 7700K at 4.8GHZ Ryan

Hello All, Question: If I have FTX Regional like Socal NoCal Etc, do I need LC Vector & Global, or the regional are the most detailed ones ? Tnx