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My sim was operating without problems until today. On opening the splash screen shows and then crashes within about 10 seconds. It will not even try until I restart the computer, but I get the same problem every time. I have disabled my sound card, reloaded a new Klite codec, removed My Traffic 6 add on. I did get a crash from within the sim on loading an aircraft after installing MT6, but the sim opened. I ran the P3d repair tool, which said it performed a successful repair, but the problem persisted. The only thing I haven't tried is unplugging all my USB plugs, but I'm unsure what will happen if I do that. Would reinstalling the client do any good? Any other ideas?

For the most part I am enjoying V4 when I dont get a CTD. After a flight anywhere from 2 to 6 hours with PMDG I will click on a knob or a gauge or use the keyboard to change views and it CTDS and leaves no error in Event viewer or APP Crash. Does anyone have an idea what is going on? Thanks Randy

The Lear 45 is in the SimObject/Airplane directory but not shown as an aircraft that can be selected. Does anyone know why? How do you get it to show up in the list of aircraft? Best regards, Jim

Hi all, I have bitten the bullet and bought V4. I have been using a combination of ASN and REX Texture Direct and Soft Clouds which seemed to work well in V3.4.. However, I have been out of he loop with the likes of Envitex, as well as the newer AS16 & Cloud Art. A few Q's: - Is Envitex like the much improved version of REX? - Does REX still compare with Cloud Art or not at all? Any help, screenshots or advice would be excellent! WS

Anyone know what the options are right now? Cheers. I am aware of this: http://indiafoxtecho.blogspot.ca/

I am using version 3. When I am at the airports every few minutes the scenery will bounce and so will the planes and the ground vehicles. It looks like an earthquake. Is there a fix for this?

Hi not sure if this is really the correct place to ask this ,but hopefully someone may know the answer Firstly I have the paid version of fsuipc for both p3dv3 and for p3dv4 so v4for p3dv3 and v5 for p3dv4 hope that makes sense. I have absolutely no issues with p3dv3 and fsuipc works fine. My problem is with p3dv4 and fsuipc 5 in that when trying to setup my buttons and switches on my saitek x55 quadrant fsuipc does not see any of them. Fsuipc can see anything on my x55 stick but thats it. P3dv4 will let me calibrate my stick and that they are seperate but fsuipc does not any ideas on a fix?

Has anyone had this issue with oceans in p3d v4? At a distance the sim doesnt render the ocean but instead its just a grey block.

Hi, Has anybody got FSGlobal 2010 working in P3DV4? Regards

I use a lot of AFCADS (particularly those by Ray Smith) in both FSX and P3D v3. For P3D v3 I use ADE to recompile them so I can see taxiways, etc. Will AFCADs work in P3D v4 using the same methods, i.e., placing the .bgl file in an Addon Scenery/Scenery folder and the obj.bgl file (if necessary) in the Scenery/Global/Scenery folder. I'm just wondering if this will screw up V4. Thanks. Dan Cole

I have noticed recently that topics discussing how various hardware may or may not affect P3D are being moved to some hardware forum? I disagree with this. I look in the P3D forum for information on the best hardware/drivers to use with simming and would never see something like that buried in a hardware forum. I understand that there can be close calls but if the thread is discussing impact on P3D it should be left in the P3D forum! Thanks Terry

Hey guys Wanting your opinions please My current specs Asus vi extreme mobo I7 4790k not oc 2x titans superclocked 6gb first version. In sli 2 x samsung 840 pro 256gb 1 for os 1 for p3d 850w corsair psu H110 water cou cooler 16 gb 2x 8gb 888 24 1600mhz mushkin redline ram Would this be ok for p3d v4?? Thanks Mike

It looks like Pete Dowson has released the newest version of MakeRunways compatible with P3D v4. http://forum.simflight.com/topic/66136-useful-additional-programs/

https://www.facebook.com/notes/qualitywings-simulations/qualitywings-status-update-2q2017/10154723845129639/ I cannot believe this. But I will be the first one to buy it :-)

Installers updated in stores. Reworked ground textures - colors now matching more P3D and ORBX ground color scheme - Reworked large areas of autogen, especially around all airports - Ensured full compatibility with NY Airports X v2 (exclusion zones, ground alpha layers etc). - Updated installer for better handling of missing registry keys - P3Dv4 compatibility

With the system I have should I even bother buying P3D V4? Any advice welcome.Thank you Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz 40 °C Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-25) Motherboard Alienware 046MHW (CPU 1) 52 °C Graphics ASUS VE278 (1920x1080@60Hz) 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (NVIDIA)

Anyone know of CFB Cold Lake scenery that will work with P3D? Cheers brothers.

Hi Simmers, Can someone point me to where I might gain a full explanation and understanding of the last two entries in each scenery area in the scenery.cfg file? I see Active= and the Required= entries in every entry yet the true / false component seems to hold no logic with the area I am flying. I Fly almost totally over east coast Oz and yet my cfg file has entries for places like Berlin that are True for both entries whilst the are I fly over shows Required=False. I am no IT whizz and that is aptly confirmed I guess by my question. Appreciate any help.

Don't know if this is a 980Ti thing only but just like in V3 I'm finding that setting the water slider to Ultra causes the P-State to drop from P0 to P2. The only way to get it back up to P0 is to select a setting lower than Ultra then re-start the sim. In V3 I just had to lower the setting and a restart was not required. Anyone else seeing this. gb.

See videos showing the same wave effect in both p3d3 and p3d4... v3 https://youtu.be/7-DYkYDNtFE v4 https://youtu.be/bYi_7z-7O1c Is anyone else see their surf effects vertical? You can see in the videos that in v3 its normal, just weird in v4... This is Earth Simulation Scilly Isles. The scenery contains not custom effects for waves/surf, so I'm assuming the effects seen here are default. Thanks K

Get out of town! I don't believe it! But Its true! LOL. Go the email informing today. I haven't downloaded it yet. To busy But this is great news after hearing earlier reports that this is one we would lose. This Makes the V4 purchase even more exciting. Role on the weekend

I have identified a problem with two effects included in this scenery which do not appear to be P3D4 compliant. It's fixed by simply adding Ground Decal=1 to the particle sections of the following effects added by that scenery as follows: ES-Largewaves.fx fx_PilingWaves.fx Waves are now all where they should be! Cheers K

With the unofficial forums now made read only, VoxATC and other developers should really try to get their acts together if they plan to sell their products, by giving us a way to form a forum in their own website. Hopefully issues will continue to be address and solved some how.

I'm seeing such a mix of notes on p3d v4.. that i'm not sure what to do.. i'm getting the sense its best to wait, as many things are broke or not working (IE: carenado aircraft etc), while others work fine.. First off, i'm assuming p3d v4 must be installed from scratch, to a new folder location (i assume i cant install to say my "M" drive, then move to "V" on my ssd later, not without the whole path needing changed, unlike XP11 which is modular).. On old sceneries and i have a ton, can those just be "copied" over, or linked over perhaps, once the base p3d V4 install is in place? Whats the best route to take here based on the weeks or so of experience to this po…

Are they at some point going to update for P3D, so we can have tower view and everything else we have come to enjoyed?