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Hi guys, quick question: I'm contemplating switching from a FullHD TV to one with 4K resolution. At the moment, my 1080 Ti is not overwhelmed by my settings (FXAA, 2 x MSAA), with a normal usage of 30 to 50 %. In your experience, how much will the usage rise? Will I be able to counter by reducing the AA settings? Thanks

Hi everyone, last week I bought the PKSIM SKBO, overall a great airport. My problem is that when I opened GSX it didn't recognized it as an airport, and also when I was looking for the AFCAD to change airline parkings, I couldn't find it anywhere, I uninstalled it, downloaded the newest installer, but I still can find the AFCAD, tried to install it on another PC, but still. (I have P3D V4.5 btw), I contacted the support email of PKSIM but no answer in more than a week. So if anyone could please help me to locate the AFCAD I would really appreciate, Thanks!

Hello, I am trying to download this scenery but the file downloads as a text instead of a BIN file so now the installer does not recognise the BIN file. Any solutions?

Hi Guys I have just done a couple of flights in the Bonanza A36 using the auto pilot and have encountered a strange problem. I have a simple flight plan loaded and I can see this from the magenta line in the display when engaging the autopilot and selecting GPS mode the plane will not follow the line and seems to fly away from this by about 40 degrees I have tried engaging heading mode and moving the heading bug towards the direction of the line but the plane flies 55 degrees away from the heading that i set . for example setting the HDG to 230 the plane actually flies at 285 degrees, the only way i can get the aircraft to fly in the heading i was is to deduct …

Hello, I have the following problem. When I take off from an airport in my flight simulator, I have normal AI traffic from AIG. I can see all the planes and also in the sky I have lots of traffic. Now comes my problem... On the airport where I land (no matter which one)... I have then no more traffic! Nothing... no AI plane nothing. I restart the flight simulator and start from the airport where I just landed.... I have normal AI traffic again?!?! What can this be??? Can someone help me? 1. picture (KBOS) start airport with normal AI Traffic 2. picture (EIDW) after 6 hours of flight... No AI Traffic 3. picture (EIDW) after restarting the f…

From an email just received: "RDShade Content Update 1 releasing this weekend! Big features! We will be releasing a big update for RDShade P3D this weekend! Called: Content update 1! this update will bring new features to the software requested by the community as well as improve the software behind the scenes. This included in this update are TrueSky tweaks, Post processing filters, 15+ New Tweaks, Preset notes, Improved menu's, Bug Fixes and more! You will automatically receive an e-mail in your inbox this weekend when the update is released! If you want to stay up-to-date on everything RDPresets, give us a like on Facebook! " Have a great weekend…

Did anyone buy RDPresets Rotterdam (EHRD) yet ? I have a weird effect on the entire airport only on the approach , so from a distance and from above. On the ground all looks fine. It's hard to describe, so two screenshots here (using P3D standard "Fogged In " weather preset). : https://www.dropbox.com/s/0dv3zo616cd6rpc/ehrd1.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/gdaiceu0ntatee8/ehrd2.jpg?dl=0 It's P3Dv5.3HF1. I have tried to clear the shaders folder, did not help. It's the only airport showing this problem. Unfortunately no response from RDPresets support yet. Mike

Yesterday afternoon, after pretty much using (no real reason....) MSFS exclusively for the last 6 weeks....(again, no reason over another...) I had an internet interruption of service (IPS) for about an hour...and so, wanting to flight sim...I cranked up P3D v5.3, and after about 6 weeks of non usage, I again, came to realize how great this program is...and I do compare that to my last 6 weeks of exclusive MSFS usage. The water...the atmospherics...the ability to keep my important (to me) 30-30 FPS...especially the water interaction as I am a most avid Float Plane/Amphibian user. Just thought to post, sitting here drinking my morning coffee...that once more..…

Everything is its latest version for reference. I also posted this on the TOGA Projects forum, but from the looks of their forums, its all gibberish and spam replying to posts (one person trying to sell a house in France? ) I am hoping this forum can help me resolve the issue I am having with the night sky brightness using Envtex (just got it yesterday as a result of one of my other posts here). The sky in the middle of the night looks too bright. Here is the post I made to TOGA forums: I just installed Envtex and now my night sky looks like the sun is constantly in late stage setting or early stage rising. Here is a screenshot over the Red Sea at 04:00 (it is n…

Hello, I finally was able to get one of the Ampere based cards for my system. I replaced my GTX1080ti with a Gygabyte RTX3090ti. I have the card powering three 32 inch monitors at 7680 x 1440 in Surround. I installed the latest driver, and then deleted the Shaders folder. The problem I am having is with the strobe, and anti-collision lights of both the AI aircraft and my own aircraft. It displays a small black square on and off every time the lights suppose to flash. I never had that problem before with my GTX1080. Does anybody know what could be causing this? Thanks Juan

I don't have many sceneries from Japan, so I was looking to buy one or two. I saw scenery from Technobrain and I noticed how expensive they are. Why are they so expensive? Are the sceneries worth it? Kobe $37.31 (USD) Kansai $41.57 (USD) Osaka $39.44 (USD) Naha $41.57 (USD) Chitose $41.57 (USD) Looking at the product features it's just the airport and no mesh or nearby cities. I just don't get it. For a comparison FlyTampa Amsterdam is only $26.65 (USD).

Hello, I've got some texture/elevation issues with EGGP by Digital Design. https://ibb.co/vkzVXZs Does anyone know a solution? The apron is fine, it is only the RWY with such an texture issue. Cheers

Hi, I am looking for a floatplane for my P3Dv5 HF3 and found 2 planes I liked, which vendors sell announcing them as a maximum P3Dv4 compatibility. Otherwise, I have read in this forum and others that simmers are using both aircraft in P3Dv5. I would like to hear about before purchasing in the dark. Thanks and regards,

Hello, anyone knows how set the Carenado ATR 42 & 72 from Lbs to Kilograms, currently as default is in pounds best regards Thanks

This may seem like a trivial observation, but I want to highlight something that I have just noticed in the aircraft.cfg files of all versions of the FSPXAI Boeing 787. I have just completed a flight into EGNX East Midlands, and I noted that a TUI Boeing 787 was parked in a location where I was not expecting it. I have allocated a specific parking spot for this plane at this airport, so that only this plane parks there. However, it has stubbornly refused to park there, and instead occupies one of the larger cargo parking spots. At first, I thought that I had not added the specific parking code correctly, but everything looked fine when I checked. The parking radius is set…

I have REX Texture Direct for when I had P3Dv4, but the website says it is not compatible with V5 which I fly now, so I've never installed it. I loved the ability to change the textures of the runways and aprons. Is there something like this that is compatible with V5?

It must be near two years ago that Prealsoft announced they had started working on Tunis (TUN/DTTA) for P3D. Good news, it has just released (v5 version for now, other versions to follow): simMarket: TUNIS CARTHAGE AIRPORT P3D Time to dust off the baby NG, the good ol' 737-600!

I bought this airport last year and have generally been very pleased with it. The only problem I'm having is the number of AIG Ai arriving and having to go-around because the arrivals are so tightly packed at peak times. 1200:1400 local is one. The number of go-arounds is excessive. To alleviate this I have closed 12L / 30R for landings. The airport layout is the problem with no exits around the middle of the runway. I've changed the AFCAD to departures only for that runway. 12R / 30L is now landings only as there are lots of exits along the runway. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so this solution may help especially if you have lots of AIG Ai.

FlightSimLabs, Tom, went above and beyond to help me with a problem I was unable so solve. This kind of Support needs to be mentioned. Their airbus products are excellent and while not exactly inexpensive this kind of support makes it all worthwhile to me. Again, thank you Tom and FSL for this support. Dave

I thought i would share this guys. Its an amazing online Boeing OPT using real world data and designed by real Type rated pilots on the NG https://737efb.online/index#sec_team

One of the more flavorful airports is now back from Tropical Sim. It's pretty nice and seems up-to-date, with an option to add SODE jetways that's not hard to do. A perfect charter destination for your Yes L1011-500 from Lisbon if you don't mind a VOR approach. The airport itself is good enough, although there's not much in the way of added surroundings. Night lighting seems okay, although I was wondering where it was coming from in the absence of light poles. It would be nice to see some better texturing and some blades of grass, too. Having said all this picky stuff, I am very happy to have it, and you don't have to worry about me taking up space at one of the jetways. …

Hi there, As you might know ORBX has a summersale going on until the 3th of July. I can't decide if I do right buying some scenery or not for P3Dv5. I can't decide because I don't know what strategy LM has. If I was sure there will come a version 5.4 or 6 and backward compatibility is guaranteed, then I wouldn't hesitatie one moment and buy the things I like. Because P3D for me is the number one simulator. But if LM decides to stop development now or in a few months, or year, then I stop buying stuff; it feels like a waste of money then. I just wish LM would communicate a little more about their plans for the future. I think they continue development because th…

It looks like RD Presets EHRD Rotterdam v2 for P3D has been put on the back burner for the moment I am very disappointed, as it was the airport that I was looking forward to the most for P3Dv4.

Lately I have been experiencing massive stutters/FPS drops when approaching/departing airports near shorelines - my frame rates are fixed at 30fps....when I depart or arrive at an airport near a shoreline, the frames drop massively - actually they yo yo from 30 to 10 to 30 to 15 to 30....it looks like the following: Again, it only happens near shorelines....and only when flying between altitudes of say 2500 feet to 10,000 - once above or below those altitudes, the sim is smooth as butter. Any ideas what can be causing it? My rig looks like this: Intel I9 @ 3.7GHz w/ 32GB RAM, Nvidia TITAN RTX w/ 32GB, and everything is running on solid state drives.

Here's a picture to clearify, please can some one help me? https://imgur.com/a/mTmT1Mk