The Prepar3d Forum

Apart from the straightforward P3D compatibility (and maybe the additional voices and experimental FS9 compatibility), is it there any other significant difference between the FSX freeware version and the payware one (available at Simmarket)? I couldn't find here any significant differences. Reason: I use PF3 for ATC in my desktop, but, for when I want to use my laptop (either P3D4, FSX or even FS9), I'm not bothering to move my license there. So, instead of paying for another PF3 license, I'll do a lighter upgrade by using EVP.

Had a problem where my P3dV5 would hang up during start. Thanks to these two developers the issue was corrected. The only other option was probably to remove my entire p3d. To me this is why we buy and support and sometimes pay a little more for products from reputable developers. My thanks to both of these developers for the excellent support.

Do the settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel (3D-Settings/Global/Program P3D have any effect on the P3D. So that the direct P3D settings might be overruled? Thanks for a tip Peter

Anyone else have a problem with Simbrief downloader not working today? Simbrief is working, just not the downloader. Ian

Hello, I'm experiencing compatibility issues between Orbx TrueEarth NL and FlyTampa's EHAM V2, mostly textures and elevation. There is a guide on the Orbx forum how to make them compatible, but it only applies to EHAM V1. V2 has different files names and is of course a different/updated scenery overall. Has anyone had success in using both addons? What steps did you take? Thanks a lot. EDIT: The issue was resolved by simply readjusting the scenery priorities. Looking good now.

Hey all, so something that is really bothering me with P3D is how my clouds look... They just look really flat & outright bad. I've tried both ASCA clouds & REX clouds, same thing on both. Any way to solve this? Oh, and I inject my weather via P3DWX, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it... Here are two examples of what I mean: (1st screenshot is REX clouds, second is ASCA clouds)

Hi Guys, Quick question if i may.I am terrible at manual landings,if fact im a disaster,i was wondering if there is anyway to save an approach at say 10 miles out,in the smaller busses or the the PMDG 737 NGXu,so the plane will load in at the saved state and not the default so i can practice the landings over and over, I dont own the paid version of FSUIPC just the free version.Is there anyway to do it just within P3Dv5.3. With Thanks Gary Jones.

For a few years now I have been using PATCX for my ATC needs. Recently, this new program surfaced and I’m wanting to know how many here have already made the permanent jump to FSHUD. And if so, are you happy with this program? To my understanding there is no trial period so I’d like some honest feedback. I actually did some snooping in their forums and tbh it didn’t look too promising from what I was reading. But I was only skimming through peoples issues, and not the positive things about the program. So what is everyone’s thoughts?

So ive recently went back to p3d just yesterday and i was downloading the aerosoft a320 for p3dv5 and ive noticed that the reflections were kinda bit off to what it would look like in p3dv4, which was the original sim i bought the aircraft from. Ive seen opensource mods of the a320 pbr mod for p3dv5 but it seems all the freeware mods for it were taken down.

Tonight I was flying around Las Vegas with the default F-35 and my planes nav lights were square (when they flashed was when the square happened). Any idea what could be causing this? I thought it was the deafult EA weather, but I turned that off and the square lights were still happening. I haven't seen these square lights before in P3D v5.1.

Good day all. Just installed V5. I see lots of flickering at addon and default airports. ATC towers, building, jetways, everywhere. Really distracting. I did not see it on v4.5. Any suggestions is appreciated. Thanks

As a follow-on to my first They Live post, I wanted to pass along a couple of others I've been enjoying a lot. David Maltby's BAC-111 I'll admit it. I've always turned my nose up at freeware. Why bother with some amateurish effort when you can fly a polished payware airplane? This one proves how stupid that attitude is. So, the graphics are "dated?" There is so much to this project that I stopped noticing the retro 2D look after about five minutes. In fact, I think the photoreal collage of gadgets works exceptionally well in this early jet. Why have I uninstalled Just Flight's slowpoke One Eleven and flown the heck out of this DMFS classic? I think "rewarding" i…

Hi all, I'm a bit late to the v5.3 party as I haven't really had time to update. I think I'm either still on 5.1 or 5.2. I understand the update process to 5.3 is different than before but I'm having trouble navigating the exact process. Ideally I don't want to have to reinstall all my addons. Is this even possible? Can anyone explain the process in detail? Any help would be much appreciated. Ashjames.

Hello, I have attached a couple of pics of how bad the ocean and the horizon looks like when flying over water. I am not flying close to land, so those are not mountains. Does anybody know of any adjustment that can minize this terrible effect? Thanks and regards Juan ocean eas2 by jducaud, on Flickr ocean eas by jducaud, on Flickr

I was wondering if anyone using P3Dv5.3 and the Prosim737 aircraft has working landing lights. I have been unable to get the landing lights to work on my prosim737 aircraft since I switched form P3Dv4.5 to P3Dv5.3. The lights are not visible from the cockpit or on the outside view. The Navigation and strobe lights don't work either. I have a asked about this on the P3D and Prosim forums but have gotten no response. I'm unable to do any night flights because of this. I can't even get anyone to acknowledge if this is a common issue for the Prosim737. I built a home cockpit for this plane and fly it exclusively. Jerry

Does anybody know how to make Taxi2Gate's KSTL work in P3Dv5? The scenery installs OK, both Terrain and scenery. I have them in the correct order. KSTL_FSX KSTL_FSX_TERRAIN But I end up seeing mounds on the runways, specially 12L-30R and on the north side of the field. This also seems to be dynamic--the mounds do not show in the same place every time. If I disable KSTL_FSX_TERRAIN, the whole field looks buried and I see the default scenery buildings in the middle of the custom scenery buildings. Appreciate any help. David

Hi guys I opened a flight YSSY - YBCG and whilst taxiing to the runway all of the moving jets around me had flickering lights. Wherever there is a light on the plane They have a flickering square covering it. It also happens on my contrails whilst in the air. Can anyone shed any light on why and how to fix it?

It seems that A2A forgot to place an aircraft icon on their map gauge, or maybe they did not intend to. I have looked at their "mapscreen" gauge, but, as it is in AceXML format, I have not been able to work out how to modify it to include an aircraft icon on the map. I have been able to create a standalone xml gauge that includes a small aircraft icon with the relevant coding to rotate the aircraft. The gauge sits on top of the mapscreen gauge and this works fine IN FSX, but not in P3D V5. I have used the draw_order function in the panel.cfg file and all is good. But the same thing will not work in P3D V5. The aircraft icon gauge is opening but it is behind the main map g…

hi guys i just got fsi panel for prepar 3d and everytime i try to land i get close to the runway but the softwere causes my plane to pull up if anyone uses this product knows how to fix this please let me know thanks from westjet759

What is your opinion of Orbx True Earth Florida for P3d? I was thinking of buying it because I really like flying in the Sunshine State. I wanted the airport Punta Gorda specifically and since it doesn't seem to exist alone, I found a review where it is represented well along with very realistic scenery in TE Florida. I enjoy flying to Miami, Tampa, Orlando and so many other cities there. Is this program nice to frame rates and performance or does it slow down the system to an unenjoyable level? Would appreciate a little input from those that have this program...and any OTHER True Earth sceneries from Orbx. I don't own any TE products at all. Thanks. …

Can anyone tell me how the 3D people library are implemented into a scenery. The program itself is activated in the sim addon scenery folder. Activating in the addon scenery doesn't place people of your choice in the area of your scenery. So I am interested in how these people are implemented info a scenery. Thanks https://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=root&SearchTerm=3d+people+library+&Sort=Name&ScanMode=0&Go=Change+View

Hello to my fellow p3d pilots. I love the free Dassault Falcon 7X, AKA the DF7 X from the free down load library from www.flyawaysimulation.com When I load it inside P3D, I can only hear my engines. I can't bring up any audio for my radios, the clearance or anything else. Can anyone tell me why this might be? Now I'm blind and I use both either voice input and or keyboard input. I also like the flight plan builder/filer Ideal Flight. So, would deeply appreciate some help on why unlike my fellow BVI Pilot subscribers, why I can't hear anything besides my engines. Many th anks. Ron who can bereached at: kolesar16417@roa…

Hello - don't know if anyone else is experiencing this issue with the latest P3D4/5 ARMI Project OOMS software? Performed a flight today from Sharjah (OMSJ) to Muscat (OOMS) with the ATC ILS instruction to land on RWY 08L. Everything was set for an ILS approach but there was no responsiveness whatsoever. Has anyone else experienced similar for this airport product? If so, is there a possible fix available? Thanks - Herman

Hi there! So this has been an ongoing frustrating issue. I can be doing a flight then start my descent into an airport for example this morning LAX and then Im switching the knobs you know typical descent stuff and all the sudden it freezes without warning it crashes. Now I have the TDR Level to override incase it does this exact same thing its supposed to stop the sim from doing. Now the CTD is a ghost without a trace I look at view all crash reports nothing, event viewer nothing, My settings are all low to medium my GPU Never overheats or anything my cpu is pretty average and stable at around 30-40% processing and my memory is mever an issue. I also looked into VRAM and…

Hey guys,Running into an issue with the AI FAIB 747 GE (passenger variant) model being invisible in the sim (using p3dv4)I can see it under the AI Traffic but when I go to that plane, its invisible.Plane is installed correctly and aicraft.cfg matches texture file, etc.Any ideas???