The Prepar3d Forum

I'm not sure if this is a version thing, but it seems i no longer have the simobjectpaths in the prepar3d.cfg.. there of course is simobjects.cfg.. is this basically the same thing? is it ok to put the entries back in the prepar3d.cfg for compatibility for older programs (things like ultimate traffic 2 etc)? Though I think the simobjects.cfg is basically the replacement and that any relevant 3rd party compatible addons that were in the [main] section before should go there (and no need to have them under main anymore)? Do I have this right? Just double checking

I was wondering if anyone was aware of a Gyroplane addon for P3D. Xplane has one that is pretty well modeled, but especially as Gyroplane flying is low and slow, I do not find it enjoyable flying over the blank canvas of the Xplane world. Rob A., I believe you are located in the Bay Area, PM me if you want to go for a gyro flight sometime. Jim

I just came across this video on youtube, not sure how wake turbolance is simulated in the sim or through a 3rd party plug in such as Active Sky, but this is pretty amazing and realistic. Does anyone know who this is achieved? I wonder if this would work if you fly behind AI aircrafts?

I am using P3D v3.4, and there is a thread about it, but using every method, trying one, reverting back, trying the next, reverting back, times 25 already I never can even get it to show up in P3D, and the only thing I can think of is that I am doing the path part wrong in the .xml. I will attempt to show exactly what I have done: Manual installation: -------------------- Create a directory and extract the file "RecorderFSX.dll" into it. Then open the file "dll.xml", which is located in "Documents and Settings\[uSER]\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX" and add the following entry before "</SimBase.Document>": <Launch.Addon> <Name>FS Recor…

Hi folks, While the P3D guide has been out recently, and I have read that (as well as Elaine's thread), I had done some stuff to my P3D install before reading all that good stuff... I was on 3.2, and upgraded to 3.3 (had done the tweak with PTA or whatever while on 3.2). I don't have anything wrong per se that stood out, but: 1) I know I must have done *something* wrong (or not done something) because I have more than one P3D folder at different places: In C:\Users\Walter\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin I have Prepar3D and Prepar3d v3 In Documents I have> Prepar3d v3 Files, Prepar3D v3 Add-ons, and Prepar3D v2 Files (v2????? I though this f…

I just bought a TrackIR and have been trying to configure it but having a very difficult time getting it setup exactly the way I want. Is there a p3d profile that I can download anywhere and use as a starting point? I am finding the movements to be a bit too fast and not smooth enough... The deadzone set for the default center view is a bit too much. I want it to move as soon as I move my head away from the center, but there's a short delay before it does that. I want to minimize that deadzone so that it will react to my head movements much quicker... I have tried messing with the smoothing settings under EZDok > TrackIR, but that doesn't really make things be…

Good evening, I've been doing some research with regard to nvidia and p3d. What I'm wondering is should I have both nvidia inspector and the nvidia control panel Installed or should I be only using one of these programs? Thanks

Every time I land the Flight Replica's Super Cub it crashes PD3V3.4. I get an error message that states "the creation failed-check to see if you have a sound file." Here is the app crash report. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Prepar3D.exe Application Version: 3.4.9.18400 Application Timestamp: 57d9b14e Fault Module Name: GaugeSound.DLL Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 3eb140e0 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00001725 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: LCID: 1033 Read our privacy statement online: http://go.microsoft.c…

Hello all, I remember seeing a thread here not long ago regarding issues with Orbx Dubrovnik LDDU. I purchased it yesterday and my planes always spawn underneath the surface. I wanted to use vector's elevation correction to ignore LDDU but it does not appear in the list in the vector interface. I tried searching on this forum and I cannot for the life of me find the thread I recently read. I found something similar on the Orbx forum but there was no solution as yet. Anyone have a solution as to how to add missing airports to vector - hoping this will solve my spawning issues. THANKS!

Hi. I noticed on some airports that in the daytime, and in a distance fences and stuff get a strange effect. Kinda looks like when you lose the tv-signal (like this: http://i.imgur.com/7cqf4rS.jpg ) Is it possible to change som settings to get rid of it? I took a screenshot and marked it with black circles. its kinda hard to see a on picture though. Hope someone can help!

Hi fellas, Have I missed something? Flight1 has GNS units, also for Prepar3D http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=f1gns By the look of it they look a lot like the Reality XP units. Is this a new release?

I have a strange issue, i think.. I followed the guide on here to install MyTrafficX in P3D, now at version 3.4.9.. I made sure i renamed the traffic bgl file in the world scenery folder to .bak to turn it off.. I set traffic at 27% and 19% respectively.. If i'm at KSEA sitting there, i see nothing.. I also set aircraft at the airport to medium.. However, if i open STB, i do see maybe 15-20 airplanes loaded.. i can even double click them and see the spot view on whereever they are.. i just dont see them from my own view i guess.. unsure.. Not sure what i may be missing.. hoping someone has ran into this and fixed it before.. Thanks in advance

I found something interesting (to me) yesterday regarding ground texture blurries in v3.4, which were never a problem for me in earlier versions. Any view of the ground from flight levels was not good and I found that I could refresh textures (I assigned Ctrl+K to this in P3D) would sharpen the image for a few minutes. I played with config settings and reset most display and terrain settings to default, went down this trail for a couple of days repeating the last 30 min of a flight looking for improvements to no avail. Until I spotted a thread regarding affinity mask and blurries. I've been running my quad core 6700K with HT off and affinity mask = 14 for most of this …

FYI, LM have a ticket open for possible VAS issues in P3D v3.4 and I've been working with them on it. I believe I have found one possible source of the excessive VAS usage, please try changing the following entry in your Prepar3D.cfg: [sIM] OPTIMIZE_PARTS=0 The default value is 1, set the value to 0. Important that you delete your Shaders folder (i.e. C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Shaders) after making this changes. So far I've seen about 250 MB VAS reduction when testing with Milviz 737-200 and PMDG 737-600. This is NOT going to cure OOMs in P3D, graphics settings and many add-ons can still OOM P3D, but it might explain the VA…

Shalom and greetings all my pals, If there is any laptop user among all of you who uses P3D version 3 or later, please come forward and post here any tips, advices, and suggestions for any laptop user such as me who just bought P3D version 3 meaning I am totally new to P3D and is not well versed with P3D while flying on FSX for 8 or 9 years. Thanks and looking forward to tips, advices, and suggestions from any laptop user who is pro in using P3D version 3 or later on his or her laptop. Regards, Aharon

No idea what is happening, GTX 1080 just installed it and terrible slow performance, much worse than the 780 it replaced. Better quality of graphics but unplayable. Any ideas ? Installed the latest drivers I didnt change Prepar 3 D settings

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I am about to update P3D and was wondering if its necessary to update the content and scenery packages if I already am using 3rd party products such as FTX Global, FTX Global Vector, FTX Trees, etc?

Following an FTX Central v2 recommended update to my EU_Eng, my neck of the woods now looks like a 'sandy' version of the moon. FTX_EU_ENG 140 was fine but, with the new updates (150+), this area is now totally devoid of detail and is populated by rather strange, random 'sandy' textures. I have an open ticket on the Orbx Support Forum and am following several other threads but - I am not holding my breath. Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm running the latest super traffic board.. along with p3d v3.4.9.. affinitymask=85 for my HT 6700k.. In the main sim, i have very few blurries so far.. i get a few if i run the fsxmark07 sequence, near the end, you can start to see small patches of blurry ground textures between buildings.. but compared to other affinitymask settings this was the best, i think. The main issue is in SuperTrafficboard.. i load up the traffic (mytraffic x v6.x) and STB.. i get the list of planes.. and i was just testing the remote AI cameras.. clicking on the them would take you to the spot view wherever they were.. Nothing but blurry ground for these.. hit pause.. after say 20…

My i7-4930k cpu may be dying.. its overclocked from 3.4 to 4.4 and has been forever.. i used to hit 70C for a max P3D temperature.. now im at 85C.. That said, i've been eyeing a replacement, preferably something i wont need to overclock at at least get the same performance. I've compared HT on and off with my cpu and never saw a big change, so HT is on as well. This PC is also a rendering/gaming/VR machine (oculus rift, flyinside).. it has the 1080 ftw, upgraded from a 980ti (so far no real P3D change in performance though). For comparibles passmark cpumark wise: i7-4930k 4.4ghz 15,800 i7-6700k 4.0ghz/4.2 turbo 10,900 i7-6830k 3.6/3.8 14,091 i7-7700k 4.2-4.5k…

Hi everybody. Zurich airport has 16/34 and 14/32 as its main long runways and a shorter 8C/26 as a cross runway that intersects. As I near the airport, the default ATC always (and without fail) do assign me 8C/26 which probably is not even used and/or not convenient for big planes to land. Now what I did, I opened up relevant bgl in ADE and merely updated this runway 8C/26 to not allow takeoff and landing. I did not forget to compile scenery. No luck, next time I was given another warm welcome on the same runway. (I obviously get it changed every time and that's not the concern.) Anybody who has an idea of what else need to be done here (I am missing someth…

I have a long cross country flight coming as part of my flight training where my CFI is going to try to get me lost. I'll do my best with visual references, but we will be flying in an area I am generally unfamiliar with.... so I'm sure I'll also be trying to utilize VOR's. I'd like to practice in advance in P3D, but have not figured out a good way to get myself lost. Is there a way to start a flight in a random area so I can try to find myself? Thanks! -Paul

Running p3d v3.4.9 along with simstarter NG (i assume simstarter doesnt play a role in any of this, but figured i'd mention it), along with flyinsidefsx for p3d. I know at some point the path for things like dll.xml became two locations.. I'm unclear on if i should make sure all entries are just in one of the two (and merge the missing entries).. and if it doesnt matter, if it matters if entries overlap.. i assume things wont load twice ( i may have some in both).. Of course the main path is %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3 while what i think should be the only location is.. C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3 So.. best to ju…

Very easy to use. http://www.gatwick-fsg.org.uk/affinitymask.aspx?SubMenuItem=hardware