The Prepar3d Forum

Hi :smile: It didnt take me that long to get used to 4K-49" , comming from 1920x1200 28" :wink: . What a visual and emmersion developement. My SLI setup comes in handy now and with the release of AS2016+ASCA my sky has never been better. Now i could test all night long (i know) but would ask simmers here if they have tested the different visuals and/or have som "saved setups" including texture resolution for : VFR - IFR - (Tubeliners like the NGX - PMDG 777) For now i have som trouble when i am not in SLI (IFR). The FPS takes a big hit when the sky is mad :wink: Is there any performance gain using lower resolution clouds and DXT …

Hi. I began having issues with the T6A Texan II recently. It has suddenly become unflyable after landing and parking it once. I am using the P3D version 2. It didn't behave that way before. All systems would be green and suddenly at take off, the controls would be non responsive and the airplane would just roll to the right and crash after rotation. Will appreciate any help.

For my Sandy Bridge Extreme the following worked best. Affinity mask=85 HT=on Frames locked internally at 30 VSync=off Tessellation=high Dynamic Reflections=off For autogen: vegetation Max, houses off Scenery complexity maxed Other settings med-high to ultra Turned cockpit tooltips off No more tweaking. If ya'll don't hear from me for a while, I'm enjoying this sim!

Hi! Folks, Craig Read asked to Flight Labs Team about some questions. See below the answers: By Craig Read: "Firstly, I'm not expecting an answer now but I'd like to pose these questions so you can consider providing some answers to us as it will make a difference on how some (including me) go about buying the A320X. I am aware of a number of posts on the subject of licensing and costs and I'm just trying to understand costs / license model. As I understand it the following has been said: 1 - There will be an FSX upgrade to P3D price, and it will be a "straight difference" between the FSX and P3D variants i.e. $99.99 for FSX, $Y for P3D, upgrade cost = $Y…

Hi guys, I currently use FSX SE with DX10 fixer, been simming since January 2015 and spent a small fortune on my setup. There is one issue which bugs the hell out of me in FSX which I believe isn't an issue in P3D. That is clouds conflicting with mountain tops causing the cloud to flicker really bad, very noticeable flying over the alps for example at say 30,000ft. I like to fly in mountainous regions and this is an absolute immersion killer. I've done countless Google searches, forum posts etc and each time I end up back at square one with a "that's an FSX design issue and can't be fixed". I'm led to believe P3D uses volumetric clouds rather than sprites which m…

Looks really nice! Anyone tried it out yet? http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=3915

Since the release of Orbx NA LC, I would like recommendations for payware airports in North America. Any and all suggestions would be welcome.

I am purchasing the new Active Sky Combo and I have AS16 already installed. Should I uninstall AS16 or install the new combo over it? Thanks,

I have an issue with Aerosoft's Mega Airport Madrid in P3D. I know this is not officially supported in P3D, but maybe somebody more familiar with how scenery works has a clue how to fix this. Depending on where exactly I am on the airport, buildings suddenly move their position. For example, when I enter RWY 36L everything is fine. As soon as I move down the runway, a building pops up in the middle of the runway. I tried a few general things like checking the AFX file for errors, disabling the default airport file...nothing works. I found a few other threads on this on the internet with people having the same problem but nobody seems to have a clue how…

Hello, Ok, so I've made the jump from FSX to P3Dv3 but I have a problem that really has me baffled. Every time I'm in the VC (Aerosoft Airbus OR PMDG) at an airport I always have this 2-3 sec stutter then butter smooth.... then 2-3 sec stutter...some sort of cycle that I can't get rid of. It's more pronounced during turns or looking side ways. I mean honestly, the only reason why I left FSX was because of the mouse-cursor drop prob but making the switch to P3D that issue seemed to be diminished and now somehow i'm having this 2-3sec stutter is driving me insane. I previously had WIN 7 with same issue and then i read somewhere that upgrading to WIN 10 sol…

I have a fairly clean install of Win 10 + P3D v3.3.. on windows 10 x64 Redstone 1607.. Just out of the blue ive noticed that when i launch the sim or a saved flight, upon take off or movement the yoke is tilting to the left.. all out of whack in the controller settings i guess.. I'm unsure if this is related to running p3d as admin mode (which i didnt used to do, but need to verify). Seems when this happens i must install/load the ch control manager software then recalibrate and then re-launch and its centered. Has anyone else ran into this issue? Thanks in advance

I started getting a fatal error and cannot start P3D. I tried a window's restore and it did not help. Do you think I could reinstall P3D over the existing program without completely starting over and reinstalling all add-ons? Thanks a lot, Howard

I am pretty sure this issue has existed for some time with previous versions, but it seems that the pitch on any given aircraft is "nose heavy" with the ch flight yoke, calibrated or not. I have the saitek panel with the trim knob and even with the spad set to high sensitivity.. it takes a ton of rolls on the knob to even get the nose to stay up and level mid flight.. I'm curious.. what is normal supposed to be here.. should the craft, whether a c172, p92, c90 etc, be "nose heavy" to start no matter what, or should it be reasonably close to begin with.. if this is way off, what do most do to correct this.. i'm assuming maybe at the yoke level somehow? Thanks i…

Hi all- Picked up the XL Lear yesterday and been having lots of fun. The GTN fits perfect with the code provided in another thread. Had some issues with a cabin altitude alert a few hours ago. Submitted a support ticket and Alain got it resolved within two hours. On a Sunday. Great plane, great company. Enough said. Cheers, Mark

Watching the weekly Frooglesim News I heard about FSimStudios making Billy Bishop....or as locals in Toronto call it...the Island Airport. Took a flyer on it as I really like to fly the Q400 into the short runway. Pleasantly surprised by the nice scenery, looks great, excellent on framrates and very true to the real world surroundings. Thought I would recommend it here for those interested. I have only installed in P3D but also works in FSX. http://fsimstudios.wix.com/home

Hello, Do you know a tool that controls the relation between the AI Traffic? I was using this tool but since the latest Win10 update the tool does not work anymore The MH's Ai Traffic Pack V2.2 From Michael Heise. Thanks in advance

When starting aerosoft airbus 318/19 at JFK, my vehicle starts black, other planes too are black even trucks, after a delay, my plane takes the livery and about 10 airliners in the backround, slowly colorize, sometimes 30-50 seconds to have everything in color. Then everything runs OK, but when changing outside view to other angle; same issue, black vehicles taking 20 seconds to colorize. Some guys say, if it becomes finally OK then it must be a memory or disk acces problem, not the addon nor P3D. But my PC is a brand new i7, high performance, GTX980ti, HSS and 60% of free space. To test the mem i ran the heavy 3D benchmark test for high performance gaming PCs; result ver…

Hi Everyone, Well, I just got word from Jetline... My systems are just about ready to be shipped out, my electrician will be here Monday to install the electric (eleven double outlets with three in the ceiling) and a 24,000btu Split A/C unit. Now onto Prepar3D and multi Channel Wideclinet results. Jetline states the following: "I did everything with P3D Professional/WidevieW/WideTraffic. Professional Plus needs a few updates before it is ready to beat out the other configuration." So for now, it's WidevieW/WideTraffic... This may change in the future. Jetline Systems, these guys are the best, now bring on Black Marble. :smile:

Hi, Saab Safir from Sibwing and Zlin143 from Tibor KoKai are unable to accelerate enough for T/O and rwys are too short!!! (P3D3.5) BUT, if I use Y key to put them in flight, the two planes fly and land correctly. There is too much adherence on the RWY. Is there a trick to apply in the *.CFG ? Any idea? Bug.

I have FSX which was all I used till recently when I went to P3D 3.2 and haven't looked back. However, in FSX one of my all-time favorite things to do was enjoy the mission in Hawaii which is not in P3D. So, is it even remotely possible to somehow take the mission files from my FSX install and put them into P3D 3.2? Thanks for any help. Best regards, Jack

just installed my England 1 patch and it has totally messed my scenery.I have no sea or rivers just land were they should be and everything looks different to what it was. I have the latest libraries installed. please help guys.

For those who use 3rd party meshes such as FreeMesh or FS Global, is there an increase in the amount of VAS that is used and will it affect your framerates?

Having a problem running the Align AIRAC with scenery and get the message "f5.csv is missing..." I've searched the forums and found similar issues but with FSX not P3D V2.5 12946 (or folks that have both FSX and P3D V2). What I've done to validate (running networked configuration): 1. Paths are all correctly mapped 2. MakeRwys.exe is the latest v4.6.7.9 from Pete D. 3. The f5.csv file is being generated in the root of P3D (in my case V:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2) 4. Client computer is able to access the F5.csv via Explorer and open it in Notepad 5. Tried Run As Administrator Also tried "Rebuild Scenery DB" but that came back with error saying "Mak…

Hi I'm testing my new P3D sim and I am really amazed by its quality. There is one thing which bothers me and this is jagged edges of shadows in cockpit of Carenado Bonanza (default). Is this normal? Sim AA setting seem to not affect it at all and 4x SGSAA is not bringing any improvement either.

Recently I upgraded to a GTX-1070 G1 and a Samsung 40 inch 4K TV model 40KU6300 (runs at 30hz or 60hz - $450 Amazon price match at Best Buy) and couldn't be happier, no lag or latency issues what so ever even at 30hz. I followed several suggestions posted by Rob A. and others to set it up based on my fps. I'm running the TV at 30hz (it can run at 60hz or 30hz) with 4:4:4 Chroma. (As an aside make sure font size is not auto increased by Win 10 that causes problems) I use 30hz because I maintain 40-55fps and want to take advantage of Vsync. P3D settings Unlimited with Vsync On and Triple Buffering On I also use Nvidia Inspector set to 4XSGSSA to ellimin…