The Prepar3d Forum

Hi Everyone When setting up a flight plan in P3D following the normal steps for say a flight from Heathrow to Toronto IFR and Dir GPS or airways .... it then goes to the 'Save Flight Plan' page where the origin and destination are normally shown with a clear (white) background ready to click the OK box and proceed from there ....... In this case and any other flight plan I have tried to install with Toronto or Montreal as destinations the background is always red/pink and the OK box is greyed out but with 'cancel' available to select ... Needless to say it has to be cancelled because there is nothing else you can do Does anyone have any ideas what is goin…

Just checking to see if anyone is using AH2 in the PilotEdge region and if so, what is your opinion of it? Thanks, Sion

No clouds are displayed ,no matter what weather, AS 16 on or off. Re installed Soft clouds delete shaders folders. Deleted weather and default files under program data. Any help appreciated. Thanks

It is a zoo over at ORBX forums. I have posted a message with updates but no responses. So a simple question: Although it took all day I downloaded 4 files. From them I extracted 21 data files (512kb each) a setup.exe file . The #21 was actually 49kb. Over at the P3D forum I was told that I should of had 7 files a setup, MSI and CAB files. Which is correct?

The long-awaited part two of the ORBX OpenLC landlclass, (covering the USA below the Canadian border), is about to release, per the FTX official forums. The installers are being loaded to the e-commerce servers, and will likely go "live" this weekend - perhaps even later today (29 July). There will be a substantial discount for current owners of the OpenLC Alaska/Canada landclass. Looking forward to seeing an end to the endless repetitive textures in the American Midwest found in the default P3D/FSX landclass!

I was having issues with my installation of Southern California. For one, I could not fix elevation problems at KBUR (Bob Hope) or at KORS (Orcas) or KFHR (Friday Harbor). Went to FTX/Orbx looking for a solution and received excellent support from Holger. However, he could not replicate the elevation issues. No one else was reporting this elevation issue at KBUR but saw some had issues at KORS and KFHR. Here's what I was seeing at KBUR - And this was what I was seeing at KFHR - I was moving Orbx/FTX files and scenery like those from FS DreamTeam around like crazy, putting the scenery files above and below Orbx/FTX files. I was also editing files…

Hi chaps, did anyone gave this bird a try http://secure.simmarket.com/hangar18-simulations-s-97-raider-fsx-p3d.phtml ? It has just been released. I kinda like it from the exterior but the vc looks a bit strange. Thanks Sikorsky S-97 Raider Sikorsky S-97 Raider

Is there any documentation for any flyable aircraft (other than Alabao Extra)? If so, how do I find it? Thanks in advance

Hi All, Haven't had a new machine since well before P3D was released. My old machine died a quick and painless death so I was left with my laptop with an I7 4th gen 4500U at 1.6 GHz 2 core with a max turbo of 3.0 GHz and an Nvidia 745M. P3D v3 actually runs well as long as the settings are fairly low. At any rate here is my new machine. Intel 6700k @ 4GHz 8 GB DDR4 @ 2666GHz ASUS Z170 Mobo 600W PS GE Force GTX1060 8GB Air cooled Think it will run P3D v3 well? I'm at my budget limit. Thanks

Only reason i ask this question is because i'm wondering why i have blurry texures in the distance.can't be more than 5 miles away. sitting at FTX Kjac from my VC the Photoreal textures of the mountains are a blurry mess.only when i fly within a mile or two do they start to load in. I have my settings for detail at ultra (so LOD at 6.5)and just sitting there they remain blurred.could this be a prepared 3.35 problem .don't remember this in 3.2. run a stock cfg.something is wrong and deleting cfg does nothing.also reinstalled everything and still the same. any ideas thanks steve

Hi all, Did a flight out of Taupo this weekend using the new C-47 to do some scenic flights around Tongariro National Park where I observed the following: - using very high settings, those forests in the ORBX NZ scenery look phenomenal. However, you can clearly see a boarder around your plane where the shadow on the trees is drawn or not. This is rather ugly. Furthermore, this shadow drawing costs about 50% (!!!) of performance on my rig, ridiculous. The culprit here is the option "vegetation casts shadows" along with "vegetation receives shadows". While having both those options on, the forest looks like on a photograph, the loss in performance and the ugly b…

I would like to record on my videos the pilot/atc transmissions while on Vatsim, I use a program called Bandicam to record the video, this program also records the sound and has setting options for Primary and Secondary Audio devices.As far as headsets go I have USB headset and an old analogue type with green and red plugs. Despite trying a few things I've not been able to record any of the sound received via the headset whether spoken by the Controller or me. Advice from someone who has managed to get this to work or any links where I can find out more, would be much appreciated.

I have the A2A Piper Commanche, which I like a lot, but I am looking for something a bit less fiddly (and maybe a bit faster) as a starter for Air Hauler 2. Also have the Realair Legacy, but it's not exactly appropriate for hauling passengers or cargo. Are there any other developers who produce quality single engine GA for P3D v3? I don't need A2A level fidelity, but would like to have a flight model that feels and acts right, with a nice looking virtual cockpit. Edit: GTN 750 compatibility would be ideal, though I suppose I can live without it. I am also open to a twin, though my joystick setup isn't really twin friendly. I do know about the RealAir duke, and I …

Hi all, I recently got the freeware Embrear120 and I own the Carenado 1900D. I would like to use the VC of the Carenado in the EMB120. And if not possible the 2D panels from the Dash8 by Majestic which I also own. How can I do that?

I have flown in Alaska in real life and love the scenery. I was wondering if anyone has tried the Orbx scenery in P3D, and what the FPS result was compared to he default scenery.

I see that the consumer edition of the Oculus Rift VR headset is slated to come out in Q1 2016. Will the headset need a special driver or software to work properly with P3D? (I'm pretty sure I've seen videos of it working wth P3D already...). Also, will using the Rift be less taxing on the GPU, beign that it is only powering two small eyepieces rather than possibly multiple large monitors?

Hi, I have a bit of money that I am interested in using to upgrade my PC for P3D v3. I have been doing a bit of research, but I wanted to hear some opinions more specifically about P3D. I am wondering should I consider upgrading my current HDD to an SDD hard drive, or should I upgrade my CPU? Which would be more beneficial for my sim? Thanks, Roarke

Since the introduction of FTX Central 2 I have had fairly consistent problems with blocks (or tiles) of land turning to water and vice versa. They the turn back again as you pass over them. This happens mostly when on approach to all the Norwegian airports. I can remember a similar problem that used to happen when you had forgotten to change regions but I thought since the appearance of FTX Central 2 this was no longer necessary. Now it is entirely possible this something I have forgotten to do but I don't see it. Any advice is gratefully received! Sorry just seen that my recent migration to Windows 10 (and back!!!) has wiped out all the products and ord…

When adding entry of an add-on scenery manually, which value do I put in Type? Global or World? Thanks, Dirk.

Looking for a good floatplane for flying around Alaska. Wondering if anyone has tried the Flysimware G 44? http://www.fspilotshop.com/flysimware-grumman-44a-widgeon-for-fsx-p3d-p-6156.html

Hi. I have just purchased GSX for P3D. It locates that it is installing into P3D V3, and the installation starts - everything seems to go OK. It then gets to a screen called SODE Platform Manager - and I cannot get beyond that stage. Can anyone help me?

Hi, has anyone tried this product already in P3Dv3?. Could anyone share his experience with it?. It supposedly improves the P3D default airports (buildings, hangars, tarmacs, runways, taxiways, trucks, vehicles, etc.). It's from Zinertek and is shown up at SimMarket (since 2014): http://secure.simmarket.com/zinertek-tech.mhtml Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Ed

I am building a new PC and I want to install P3D V3.3 in it naturally but I do not want to deactivate my P3D that is running in my current PC/Home Cockpit until I get the new PC all setup IS there a way I can install P3D V3.3 but not activate it on my new PC...and then go ahead and install all my addons? At the end I can deactivate my license on my old pc and activate my it in my new pc

I HAVE posted on the ORBX forum, but I've gotten no responses. All of a sudden, after some of the last upgrades to Global, my ORBX Global, Vector, etc. have become a mess. I have trees all over KSEA, and I have PNW, Rockies, and everything else. I have uninstalled and painstakingly re-installed all my Global (plus updates), Vector (plus updates) and individual airports. I have NO water anywhere to be seen in KSEA, and trees everywhere. I'm getting errors as I re-install, and I'm at my wit's end! What is your alternative to ORBX Global and Vector? Although I've spent scads of money on ORBX, I'm ready to abandon it. I probably would keep some airports like PA…

I installed this sceney today, but even tho it is installed this happens. It is merged togheter with the standard p3d scenery. After installation it was messed up elevation-wise, but FTX elevation tool fixed that problem. Now this happens. (See screenshot list) but when i zoom out, the scenery seems to work fine! Any clues? Screenshot list: https://gyazo.com/647322092f462e66eb5841aed6321eab https://gyazo.com/036d446a8955725a87107d50ecf782f9 As you can see on this picture, when i zoom out just a little more, the scenery seems to work fine. https://gyazo.com/d56c3df2075994b5af2be9fc78f14246 I have tested all sorts of combinations of scenery complexity, mesh r…