The Prepar3d Forum

I have just noticed something about the shadows in P3D v3.3.5. The shadow of a light post was draped across the front of the main terminal building at EGPD Aberdeen as I pushed back from the gate this afternoon, and I noted that it slowly changed position as I moved away from the building. Has anyone else noticed that effect? Since the Sun is (effectively) a static light source over the average duration of a pushback, shadows should also be static. So what is happening here?

Just a quick question for the masses. I just moved to P3dv3 with a fresh install. I did a few test flights, everything worked fine. I then installed MT 6.0a for VATSIM model matching. Now p3d crashes everytime i start it. I deleted and uninstalled MT but p3d still crashes. any ideas? EDIT It seems to be an issue causing an ntdll eror because now im getting them in FS9 and ive had no issues for years...

Hello, I remember back in P3D V3 i was always told that disabling airports and scenery that i wasn't flying too or using would help performance and save a LOT of VAS. Obviously with V4 the worry of VAS isn't there, Would the sim still perform better turning off airports that are not being used? For example if i was flying from Spain to London Heathrow and i have Gatwick, Stansted, Luton payware scenery active i'd imagine it would be quite hard on the CPU / GPU. Just something i thought about but wasn't too sure if that would make a difference with V4.

Good morning all, I am trying to open a dmp file that P3dv4 generated last night(5 hours in) I have googled until my fingers bled, I have followed the general debugging guide at LM to a certain extent. I have tried bluescreenview and winDBG to open the dmp file with not much success. This is the fault in event viewer I have tried uploading the .dmp to the OSR dmp reader, but it states the file size is too big ( 64mb) WinDBG does manage to open the file but its all symbols (This is my symbol source path (.sympath srv*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols)) I could upload the dmp file somewhere if anyone would l…

Hi all, Has anyone got VoxATC working in V4? I downloaded the demo last night and it seems to work in all default aircraft but my A2A aircraft weren't detected, and they don't have that panel in the menu. I then manually copied the panel entries into the panel.cfg file but it still didn't show up. I was wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that the A2A planes are in the Addons folder and not in the SimObjects folder. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Cheers!

All I can say is WOW!

Can p3d support realistic flights to and from space in space shuttles at the same level as for eg AS A320? Are there any addons available or in development that can make it possible in future?

I am really enjoying flying GA aircraft in rural areas in V4. The performance is spectacular. In these scenarios I have nearly everything yanked up to max and with my display refresh rate set to 30hz the experience is silky smooth and the immersion is out of this world. Not so great with Tube liners especially on approach to big addon airports and I just couldn't be bothered with the tuning. I tried it but just cant get the satisfaction I'm getting from low and slow. Now the only thing I am really missing is all those fantastic ORBX Airports I've collected over the years. Now I realize once they are installed I will have to dial back my setting quite a bit but well s…

Hi! After adjusting settings under Visibility to increase vis on my 5 clients, I've determined the server isn't "talking" to the client(s). Changes I make show up quickly on the server cmptr but no changes on the clients. They remain looking like there's maybe 30 miles or so, upper and lower. At and above (approx) 130 or 150, I have to look down to see any ground. Weather forecasts are clear. One issue is "Clear Skies" won't save on the clients. It goes straight to User Defined. I even changed UD to clear and a million. The same poor vis remains displayed. I've tried both "Weather Themes: Clear Skies" and "ActiveSky weather theme" on the server. No dice. On…

Flight 1 has announced that the update (v. 1.10) of GEP3D for 64-bit v.4 is now available for download from Flight 1. With this update, we can find out just what Nick Needham has been up to for several months. Rich

Hello guys. So i just have a question, when i fly i play with a controller, is it possible to use the p3d controls in fsx, like can i put the controls into fsx? Emir

I recently installed orbx innsbruck and WOW what a detalied scener! Very impressed. But i get very blurry and slow loading ground textures. And like 15 fps. Is it caused by the scenery, my hardware? My cpu isn't the strongest (i5 4460). Generally I get quite smooth frame rates and sharp textures. So, the scenery fualtes or do I need to upgrade my cpu. My rig I5 4460 Gtx 1060 6gb 525GB ssd, With P3D 3.4 1TB hdd Edit: I deleted FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.01 from the .cfg but still blurry. Not as much as before

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Hello noob question but i can't tell if i'm being stupid or i cant find my Scenery.cfg in > D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 any help please ? Thanks, Cameron.

Hello noob question but i cant find my Scenery.cfg in > D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 any help please ? Thanks, Cameron.

Hey all! I seem to have an issue with FPS in Prepar3D V4. Issue: With Vsync on, Triple buffering and unlimited FPS it is hard to maintain a steady 60FPS. It jumps from 115-25 at times and is stuttering uncontrollably. My goal: I want to stay at 30FPS, but when I lock the frames it is not smooth and stuttering badly, enough to give me a headache. My rig: i7 7700k 4.8ghz 16GB 3200Mhz 1080ti 11GB Should I buy a monitor that can support 30Hz? If so what do you recommend? Is there a way I can force my 1080p monitor to 30Hz? Thanks, Ryan Settings Picture

Hello fellow simmers , I have a recomendation to make for those willing to upgrade based on my own experience. If you own a I7 2XXX you may consider if its worth going for a skylake or babylake or a new gpu. Well, i had recently this dilemma i had an i7 2600 coupled with a Gtx 780 and after a lot of research i decided to upgrade my gpu intead of the cpu And i bought a gtx 1070. Well i think i made the right choice, big improvement on fps and smoothness, and the I72600 still cope very well and do not bottleneck the gtx1070. Why buying a cpu that according to tests beats the i7 sandybridge only by 10 % and with also the heating problems the 7700k exhibits (see the l…

From their Facebook Page: KSFO-HD owners are in for a treat. KSFO-HD v2 is coming soon. A short list of major new features: - Exclusively uses Flightbeam Manager (no Addon Manager/Couatl required) - Massive framerate performance improvements - Dynamic Lighting (P3D v4) - New, stable volumetric Floodlight glows (P3D) - SODE Jetways (including functional dual jetways) - Major ground texture improvements, including specularity Of course, this update is completely free.Check back soon for more details, including release date.

Given the very complex add ons that have already been converted to V4, I'm pretty amazed that we're still waiting for our precious and much loved Orbx payware airports to be compatible. Yes I am aware of JV's forum post on July 11 concerning the final beta testing of the new Objectflow, yet here we are with even the Flight 1 750 and 650 converted and still not a single payware conversion, save for the two recent new airports. While I appreciate that things can take time, I'd have put money on Orbx being one of the Day One companies to have converted everything to V4. Yet here we are two months into V4 and still no legacy airports converted. It's surprising …

I am loving P3Dv4. For me its like a new simulator compared with the previous versions. Just out of curiosity, where and what do you topically fly the virtual sky? I am a tubeliner guy. My favorites are the PMDG 737 & 747, FSL A320, TFDI 717 and Q400. Since I was born & raised in Australia I probably spend 40% of my virtual flying downunder. As I have lived in Canada half my life I probably spend another 40% flying in North America. And that remaining 20% I spend flying in Western EU. As I have no desire to visit Africa, South America, Most of Asia or the middle east I very rarely find any interest in flying these regions. Except for Japan. …

A nice gift by MilViz. Thank you!

Hello, When I start P3D V3.4 (3.4.18.19475), the standard flight comes with the Starfigther and KVBS. It works joystick and all add oN`s listed under the menu item Add On, such as. GSX, IVAO, EZDOK, or the like. As soon as I select an add on airport, all the included joystick, all add-ons are no longer accessible and the joystick is deactivated. In this state Active Sky also does not find the simulator .. "Waiting forSimulator" Who can help ? GSX EZDOK 2 FSUIPC (4.964)

I know that FTX full regions come with their own mesh, and even some openLC has its own mesh like South America. So for those who have 3rd party mesh like FS Pilots Global Ultimate NG, how would that work when 2 mesh products are used simultaneously? Does one cancel another out?

Take a look at this, I use ezdok 2.0 for my camera controls. Everytime I hold middle mouse and pan the view the cloud shadows draw/disappear at the same time? Any ideas?

Hello pilots I have a strange problem. I fly p3dv4 online via the IVAO network but have the problem when getting to close to an other online plane (IVAO player) p3d crashes to desktop (menus.dll error). This happens all the time. (a reboot of P3d and or PC does not fix this). Situation: I see the online plane (in this case from a friend of mine), no problem at all but as soon as I get in the near neighborhood of his plane (for example when on departure line up behind) my p3dv4 crashes to windows 10 desktop. I reinstalled the MTL files no solution. I uninstalled IVAP and did a fresh install of IVAP (latest version) and downloaded the MTL files again no solution…