The Prepar3d Forum

Hi everyone, I finished upgrading to a new build i'm finally at a point with the build where I am now tuning my addons, the sim experience among other things. One thing I wanted to ask is should I add an affinty mask to my CFG or should I leave it as is. My other question is, does P3D add an affinity mask automatically, because I believe it doesn't correct? My New Build Gigabyte GA Z170X Mobo i7 6700K at 4.6 Ghz 16GB DDR4 RAM GTX 970 4GB < Brought over from my old build until I can get a new one. PNY 480GB SSD (Sim) 1TB WD 7200RPM (Windows) W10 64BIT H100i V2 Liquid Cooler So here is the reason for the question, at the moment I have most of my FSDT …

Hello! I recently have realised an Issue. That issue being the low FPS I get whilst above FL100, On the Ground I can get 30-50FPS depending on where I'm flying but In the sky it will be around 20-25 and jumping around. I run PTA, REX Soft Clouds, FTX Global and OpenLC, I also use URP 1.0 This is my system: i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz and a GTX 960 2G GPU Any help would be much appreciated. Jamie

Hi, I continue to experience difficulties in attempting to autoland the Aerosoft Airbus. The Aerosoft tutorial flight e-manual is not helpful enough for me in this regard. I am a novice pilot managing all phases of flight reasonably well except for the autoland. The airbus refuses to descend below the managed speed set i.e. 4000 feet. I have been successful on a small number (20%-25%) of occasions performing the autoland but how I achieved this I do not know! More importantly I can't understand why I fail to autoland on Cat3 equipped runways after following these "guidelines". Could it be a question of timing or possibly the order of events during this phase o…

Hi, Since i bought my 4K TV i am pretty happy with my setup using EZCA version 2 but using my hatswitch for orientation sometimes can be some annoying. For instance the orientation on approach when i want to look down on my PFD/ND the speed and flow on the hatswitch is sometimes difficult to achieve. (i know you can change the HAT-switch speed ) It seems like the "hat flow" in version 2 has some cinema effect to it. In EZCA Version 1 you could choose these effects in the hatswitch menu. I have seen alot of videos with trackIR and it seems pretty smooth and (precise if you know what i meen) Thanks Michael Moe 4K@25HZ

I had been on FSX, went exclusively to XPX/Linux for a couple of years, and now I have a couple of things I want to do that are only available on the FSX or P3D platform. My overall question is whether to upgrade from FSX to P3D. I run a higher-end machine, plain-jane Win7-64b and FSX/Accel, and the only add-on (at least initially) will be the airplane (Citation 550). Graphics is not a huge issue for me, as I will run in 720p resolution (big old TV). Is the improvement in function/functionality in P3D enough to justify the expenditure? The cost is less of an issue than the cost/benefit to the experience/stability. Minor nit...After the interface in XPX, I f…

Hi, I have a system of two pcs one server and one client. 1. server pc: with P3D 3.4 in all low settings and only airport CAD files 2. client Pc:always P3D 3.4 with the visual simulation with full airports setup. syncro via OpusFSI for the views and weather from server to client. Since i had FSX i used on server pc 6+1 monitors with 2xATI sapphire HD5870 6edition, card that allows me through the connectors via MiniDisplayPort to VGA to connect differents size of vga monitors (is an md80 cockpit with also miniVGA) without problems. I made several upgarde from FSX to P3D and now with the last 3.4. For Ati cards i mount the last avaialble for these cards 16.2.1 drivers …

Hi I have been flying the 777 pmdg for quite sometime and i am wanting to get back into flying the 737. I am a little confused with setting the course heading. Now for instance i was flying out of yssy to ymml 34R departure heading 335 At 500ft turn right intercept and track 075 to marub. Is 075 heading is what i should set in course select? Any advise is appreciated. I have been reading up on this a bit and still stumped on it Cheers Mike

All, After PFPX gave me a takeoff weight out of SFO as 457,222 LBS, I put that weight into UTOPIA, only for it to give me a PERFORMANCE LIMITED error... Here's my UTOPIA so far, This is part of the PFPX brief... Anyone got a clue what the issue is? EDIT: I restarted the program and it now magically works

I had a GTX 780 and did not have too bad of pauses, it was workable, but I upgraded to a GTX 1070 and of course a new P3D version came out in October at the same time. I've never been able to get the 1070 to similar performance as my 780. It seems smoother, but when I am turning into an area that has high number of buildings or autogen(?), I get a short stutter while turning and then almost like the buildings and objects pop in.. I have the usual Orbx base and LC. The specific area where I can almost see popping is in Orbx England over London when turning. I ended up removing England as I just about always get OOM around London (even though I've turned off various…

Can anyone tell me where the flight plan files are saved? (Plans created by the P3d Flight Planner.) I've looked around, and searched the forum, but didn't see that exact item. Thanks. Ron

For those that do not know -- there is a free cockpit builder suite called Jeehell FMGS (Flight Management & Guidance System) - it is for the A320 and works with FSX/P3D. These cockpit suites usually go for hundreds to thousands of dollars, but this one is *free*! And for that reason I have decided to switch my Boeing build to an Airbus build saving hundreds (if not thousands) in the process (Last I checked Prosim737 was 600 EURO and Project Majenta upwards of a thousand). I have a short video of the suite running prior to my landing at Brisbane.

Any Windows Insider members to share their first feedback on the upcoming Windows 10's Game mode with our favorite sim ? I know it's early and partially implemented in Windows 10 Build 15007 and reserved to Windows Insider, but any feedback are welcome. Want to know more of the Windows 10's Game Mode ? For e.g : https://mspoweruser.com/windows-10s-game-mode-shows-latest-insider-preview-release/ Want to know more of the Windows 10 Insider Preview ? : https://insider.windows.com/

I reinstalled my graphic drivers (NVIDIA) and p3d started crashing at the start citing NTDLL fatal error. I have tried variuos drivers since then with clean installs (and removed drivers with app). Repaired P3D and well as tried deveting stuff like P3D.cfg, dll.xml but nothing helped. Any suggestions come to mind?> Thank you Konstantin Solved. Reinstalled DX manually

I have a bit of a mystery.. for some reason at CYTZ, even when i set my scenery.cfg back to its "bare" state.. i have mini hills all over the runway. Clearly a terrain issue/elevation. I run with GEX + UTX and used to have vector enabled in scenery but now dont.. i tried reenabling vector and doing the elevation wizard.. no joy.. i tried to exclude cytz in the list too, it doesnt even show up in the list to be disabled in the first place (or enabled). I noticed i had two files in my scenery world scenery folder related to cytz.. i tried disabling them but no luck. At some point i installed a few different freewares for toronto, then flytampa toronto.. in any …

I'm not asking for any specific dates or time frames, I was just wondering if once the PMDG 747 v3 is released for FSX, would it be a significant wait for the P3D version? After a little bit of research (which is likely incorrect) I found that for the 777, the delay was about a month. I saw a YouTube comment stating that he heard a developer say that the FSX and P3D version would be released at the same time, but I don't truly believe it. The reason why I am asking is because I want to make the switch from FSX to P3D, I already have most of the PMDG addons for FSX and I don't want to wait a long time until I can get the 747 for P3D. If I just went ahead and got it right w…

Hi! Im currently using the Saitek X52 Pro joystick to my sim. But i cant seem to figure out the most optimal and best settings for the sensitivity. This is what im using now: But i doesnt feel realistic. Does anyone out there have the same joystick and found a good setting for it? Thanks

Folks, Where I may find default lclookup.bgl file? Recent ORBX Libs patch literally wiped out my newest P3D install with UTX for which I killed almost the entire weekend. If I merely download "Scenery" component of P3D, will it fix my problem? Just a word of warning for all with ANY Orbx products. Objectflow.dll works with Librbaries and even if you own their HD Trees it will mess up with your terrain.cfg and your lclookup.bgl file without providing you with the backup files. Extremely unethical!!! Thanks for your help!

Greeting! after 3 years of flight simming i'm enjoying my flight sim hardware and software which is right now: - P3D V3 - I7 4790K/GTX970 - Thrustmaster T16000M - TFRP Rudder Pedals - Many ORBX Sceneries (almost all of them...) - REX 4 TD + Softclouds - Active Sky Next - All A2A's planes i want (don't really need any other plane for now) I like flying GA slow with A2A's GA planes or fast with their Warbirds (most). I'm now asking myself if i should buy something more such: 1) AS16 (upgrade from ASN) 2) Ezdok v2 3) Flight1 GTN or other simulated GPS 4) MY TRAFFIC 6 (i have just ORBX NA traffic which is just for NA/GA) 5) or maybe a throttle (really…

Hi Guys, This comment below was from Beau at LM as to add a sort of explanation as to why VAS might of increased in V3.4 as they did change something that is undocumented in the changelog. Any time we update the sim, memory usage patterns may vary, and some re-tuning may be required. New features may require memory to implement. For example, as of 3.4, scenery models can now use visibility scripts to be more dynamic. These scripts shouldn't take up much memory, but we can't be sure how a feature like this might interact with add-on content. If an aircraft model with tons of visibility scripts was placed as a scenery model, it's memory footprint might be higher. We…

I have noticed lately that when I shut down P3dv3 (latest) that it crashes and this morning when I started up...that it crashes when loading. The only really new programs, which probably have nothing to do with it..I installed is FS2Crew Raas; Ngx Reboot and MCE. I think those auto launch in the background...probably nothing to do with this. but any way if anyone can glean anything from this. I have Windows 10x64; 16gigs memory; 3770K and Asus Strix 970 card. Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 1/16/2017 7:51:48 AM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: …

now my p3d is v3.4.18,I want old version like 3.3.5 or older version. how to change without uninstall game ?(lot things to install if uninstall all game ?

Hey guys, Hope all is well. Usually I do short haul flights (2-3 hours) on Prepar3d and I rarely have a crash or OOM. Yesterday I flew from MPTO to KSFO (7 hour flight) and I had low VAS usage throughout the flight. When I started descending over Los Angeles to reach San Francisco, my Prepar3d froze and then I got a message that it stopped responding. No OOM, no high VAS usage, just freezing and then closing after notifying that it stopped responding. I am using Prepar3d 3.3 with Active sky 2016 and ASCA, FTX Global, FSDT Los Angeles, Flight Beam KSFO HD. I was using Vpilot at the time with VATSIM. I got to pull the full crash log just to see if any of you can tak…

is there any good 767 addons for p3d v3.

Running P3Dv3.4. P3D is configured such that 99% of my aircraft 'Hot Start'. ie, when they are loaded onto the Active Runway via P3D Flight Set Up, the engines are idling & it only needs a few tweaks/settings peculiar to each aircraft to have them ready for take off. I have a couple of aircraft that at this stage only load up 'Cold' & so far I haven't been able to find any settings in their coding or menus to change that. I would like to get them into Hot Start mode but am not sure how to do that. I wondered if somewhere in Aircraft.cfg, or other files, there is some code that instructs the 'Hot Start' situation.? Anyone know if that is the case…

Ok, here we go. Yesterday I posted that I was disappointed with the shadows. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/427393-terrain-shadows-what-a-pity/ My main problem was that I like Buildings (Cast), Vegetation (Cast) and Terrain (Cast and Receive) shadows but that you really need the Ultra setting in order to not constantly see the edge of the shadow nearby (because there is a limit to how far in the distance you see shadows). Obviously the Ultra setting caused my GTX580 to almost give up. So after having a look on the LM forum and checking out the Help file after that, I found a solution that enables me to keep my shadow settings but instead of the fps dropping from 30 to 13 it…