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I want to purchase Pilots mesh software. I read it is a good addition to P3D, but complicate installation and can cause rise of Airports elevation? Will you please advise? Thanks :smile:

So I've been busy and away from flightsim for awhile, and just got back and installed all of the new PMDG birds, as well as PTA, AS16+ASCA, and some scenery. I also had to update windows 10 to the creators update as well. Anyway I have not changed any settings in P3D or otherwise and I noticed the anti-aliasing seemed to be worse than it was before. Here are some pics, you can see there are perpendicular lines on the runway, and the shadows have quite a shimmery edge to them as well. The cheatline on the 777 is also way more jaggy than it used to be. Here are some comparison shots from before, if you zoom in, the cheatlines on the United paint scheme aren't nearly as jagg…

I have recently been having issues with ORBX Global Base. It was working perfectly until day before when I noticed there was a black texture issue surrounding the 3D lights. I have tried re-installing Global Base yet to no avail. If anyone has been experiencing the same issue or knows the solution please notify me. For more clarity, click here to show a screenshot of the issue (Dawn at Doha using Taxi2Gate OTHH). Regards, Mohammed

Hi Regardless what setting I have my Texture filtering at it makes no difference at all. I currently have it set at Trilinear, as having it at anything above makes no difference.I am wondering why that is? and if anyone else is having this issue also? My sim looks pretty good, but have notice the PMDG 737 is not very sharp in the cockpit and the edges in exterior view on the aircraft is also not sharp like I had it in FSX, saying that the P3D default aircraft look great. Would be grateful for any help

As per the title, the Alabeo Cessna C441 Conquest II is now V4 compatible, with a suitable installer available (which is updated on Just Flight incidentally if you bought it from there as I did). It's still as bonkers as it ever was with still a lot of stuff not fixed (thanks to the legendary crapness of Carenado/Alabeo when it comes to sorting stuff out), so if you have the FlySimWare one, you'll be waiting for that one to be V4 compatible instead, as I am am lol, but in the meantime, if you have the Alabeo one and want a C441 in P3D V4, it's (just about) better than nothing. So, it still has all the unintentionally comedic typos in the cockpit like it had from day …

I have recently been having issues with ORBX Global Base. It was working perfectly until day before when I noticed there was a black texture issue surrounding the 3D lights. I have tried re-installing Global Base yet to no avail. If anyone has been experiencing the same issue or knows the solution please notify me. For more clarity, click here to show a screenshot of the issue (Dawn at Doha using Taxi2Gate OTHH). Regards, Mohammed

Hi everyone i just installed Orbx FTX Global base pack in P3d v4 and it worked without any problems. i dif however see that somehow Orbx is in the main p3d directory but also in an Fsx directory that was created in "programfilesx86" . i was wondering if this is normal, i do not own fsx anymore so the folder has to be created by orbx or another add on ?! thanks Stephane

I am noticing some weird behavior in the payware or freeware aircraft in v4 with TIR, not sure how to even begin troubleshooting this. In some airports either on the taxiways or runways, when I look straight ahead, the dynamic lights are not illuminating however, when I turn my head all the way to the right, I can see in the corner of my eye that the lights are there, look back straight again and these are gone again. Is this an issue with the airports or something else? Is anyone noticing the same?

Hello guys, If i fly only in virtual cockpit (with or without VR) and i dont make any movie for youtube, the Immersion 737 "it's a must have" or not ? Thank you

I have bought a ton of ORBX products before they changed to the new "centralised" buying and downloading system last year. Since then I've had nothing but problems, like being limited to one download per day and every product I want to install is preceded by a large and lengthy download, despite having older versions from the FlightSimStore, which may just need a small patch or update. As a result I have stopped using and buying ORBX products. I do check on their forums every now and then to see if there has been any change, but nothing so far. I don't see too many complaints on the ORBX forum and whenever I post something to express my displeasure, my posts disappear int…

Hello I've been looking at this for some time now but it is quite a price tag. Anyone using this successfully with V4? cheers

Hi please someone to advise according the hat switch. Seems to have problem functions very slowly and I followed ezdok instructions. Can not solv this

So in preparation for an eventual move to v4, I have been gathering parts for a new build over the past several months. I finally have enough to get the new system up and running and naturally wanted to see if the money spent was worth it. Not going to bore with all the fine details, but i7 7700k, 16gb DDR4, but still using a GTX 770 4GB. Yeah, It will take a while to fund the GTX 1080ti. Ant any rate, even with an older graphics card, v3 is running beautifully with most sliders to the right. So last night I fired up a flight using ORBX So Cal and set off on a short hop from KTOA to KRAL. About half way there I start hearing ding...ding...ding. I'm checking CPU temp…

Hi all, I've posted to the P3D forums, asking the same question, but I decided I may as well ask here, seeing as many users are very experienced in the workings of this anyway. Basically, I want to use vegetation shadows, as they seem to add a lot of depth and "alive-ness" to the scene as you fly over it. However, I'm experiencing problems with jagged shadows, unless I'm looking directly down on them, as shown in this view: As you can see the veggie shadows are shimmering and jagged, even at low altitudes, until I bank to a much sharper angle, where I am looking much more directly down. At this point, the 4096 ground shadows defined in my .cfg lo…

Hello All, Just upgraded to P3d v4 - looks like a new era in flight simulation out there. New build is working great , however i noticed an issue. When Volumetric Fog is not selected in the Weather Tab, the skies completely grey up and visibility is reduced. Kind of like when in real life there is a forest fire and there is nothing but haze around. . However , the i turn the fog on , the blue sky and proper sky color return fine. IN version 3 , i did not have this issue. This is a completely vanilla install of P3d with no weather or environmental add-ons . Changing weather themes, visibility makes no difference. I generally fly with the fog off as i fe…

I see that Active Sky for P3D version 4 has released. No longer in beta. Also, there's an update for ASCA, if you're using that product. FYI

Virtual Avionics made a great solution using the FMC of the PDMG737 on your IPad. However this is not available for P3D v4. If or when it will be there is unknown. Please share if you have good experience with other CDU-solutions icw the 737 on your iPad.

Hey! I've tried everything including a full windows reinstall, rollbacked to a few Nvidia drivers, running 8SGAA both in Sim and through Nvidia inspector. Currently running 8SSAA in Sim and NI. 16x. I just can't get the shimmering to stop. Its like lines running on the screen left to right and in the night orbx ftx global night lights sparkle real badly. It looks terrible! I'm on the latest driver from. Nvidia. Gtx 1060 6GB 6600k 16GB ram and 1080p Is this a known issue? I've seen a few videos online and haven't seen such bad shimmering. Any ideas?

Hi guys, getting back into Prepar3d after a decent absence. In Version 4. Just installed MyTraffic6 and was wondering some suggestions for slider volume settings. I can get 60+ fps with graphics sliders very high without traffic. Bumped traffic up to 60% to try and add a little life but at big airports that drags things to a crawl...FPS- 9-20 FPS. Was wondering what you guys fly with for some balance. Thanks Jason

Gday guys One small problem with p3d v4, my sun has seemed to have gone on vacation, meaning it doesnt make an appearance in my sim now. I am using ENVTEX with PTA tool. Any help would be appreciated.

As title really :) Go get it! Link to release announcement here

Just received email. Here is the first batch of updated aircraft for make them usable in P3D version 4. PA22 TRI PACER FSX/P3D PA44 SEMINOLE FSX/P3D C400 CORVALIS TT FSX/P3D DA42 TWIN STAR FSX/P3D PA32 SARATOGA II TC FSX/P3D C207 SKYWAGON FSX/P3D DA40 FSX/P3D C195 BUSINESSLINER FSX/P3D

Hi All....here's a softball question. When running P3DV4 in Windows 10 and I switch to my Windows web browser, my mouse fails to scroll or click on any webpage hyperlinks. Can anyone help with resolving this issue? Let me know if you need more info on my set up. Many thanks, Russ Tillman

Hi, I've purchased a number of Carenado aircraft from The FlightSim Store that have now been updated for v4, however new serial numbers are required for these aircraft. I've lodged a support ticket a week ago requesting how to obtain new serial numbers but unfortunately no response as yet. Can someone who has been through this process with FSS let us know what needs to be done. Thanks for any assistance offered. Kind regards

I just noticed a few minutes ago using UT AI traffic live when I was on the line up for take off that my cockpit got really bright. I couldn't understand why and then I realized that it seems AI traffic models are also using dynamic lighting? Why would P3D do that? It seems to me that in it's own is a huge chunk of resources that are getting consumed unnecessarily. Has anyone else seen that?