The Prepar3d Forum

I bought p3d v3.2 for one month license to check everything out, I love it and it works well. next month when my license runs out and I buy a full version, will I have to reinstall everything again? (like all my scenery, planes, etc)

Hi all Im doing ils approach 02Z in to EGCN. I intercept the localizer and gs at 1500ft. As i approach the runway threshold im a few hundred feet to high. My qnh is set in line with asn. One thing i do notice wrong (pmdg 737) is i set the course to 019 from what my fmc is telling me but it automatically changes to 020 as per what the charts are telling me. I have had approx 10 attempts at this approach and still too high. My nav radios are on the correct frequency. The 2 diamonds are bang on center... i dont get it!!!!

I have made an interesting observation lately in regards to vegetation shadows - with the receive option in particular. I run the PTA tool to tweak shaders, and to get the most out of it I have ticked buildings, simobjects and vegetation to receive shadows (but not cast). There actually is no noticeable FPS impact from this on my machine, and flying around EGLL I still barely go below 40 FPS. One thing I realised however is that I suddenly started to get quite bad "blurries" as in ground textures not loading properly, despite having 40-60 FPS. As soon as I turn off the receive option for vegetation shadows the blurries disappear at no noticeable FPS benefit. All …

I've been driving myself crazy over blurry textures and can't stop researching the problem. Do these screenshots look normal? https://gyazo.com/9f278db5f4d9eea39218a7165b567f62https://gyazo.com/63a2c9621b2caf9ef68017cc51a792fd Here is my CFG if this helps at all - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwsMusnpu3r6WWZ6R1k3QTNQazQ/view?usp=sharing Ingame settings - https://gyazo.com/d8cd861fe7a2f0ec21ff46b30aa7b1ebhttps://gyazo.com/dcf7b2fdae1ed46c32220788a6bcdcaf I really really really do appreciate any help given on this topic as it has been a very frustrating task and am ready to once and for all conquer this.

Somehow some of my control settings in P3D have reverted to default settings since last night. I have everything backed up on a backup drive, but I need to know exactly where these settings are stored, so I can copy and paste the backup file.

Hi I use p3d v3.2 and need a simple cook book approach to set up sim connect to use add-ons on 2nd pc. Is it so complicated that no one can offer a simple guide for non experts. I have searched the Web and all I find is posts from people having problems and wanting the same as me. If some one in the know tells me that there is no simple method than I will end my quest.

I am absolutely blown away by the amount of detail and the quality of modeling and texturing in this scenery: Might take a few moments until it is available in HD, hang on! ;-)

I'm using 8x MSAA along with 8x Sparse Grid SuperSampling Specs - I5-4460, 980ti, 8gb ram

Many third-party airplanes today are shipping with 4k/2k textures. While we can debate its usefulness to no end, the fact remains that they are quite memory intensive. There are ways to reduce texture sizes and mip them, but I came across an easy tool which makes it a breeze, http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12801/?, developed by AdPipino for Skyrim and other games. I let this program run through my airplanes folder, to reduce texture size to 1k and mip them also, and then I measured the results. All tests were done on runway at supposedly the most isolated airports in the world, Mataveri International Airport / SCIP. All situation were loaded after fresh st…

Very twitchy,short control, spiky and terrible to fly. Yoke animation doesnt exist anymore from outside views no aileron or elevator animation rudder control doesnt work on the ground. Windows 7 PFC yoke Saitek rudder pedals. Latest Accusim update Same problem with FSUIPC enabled controllers or just enabled in the sim. Am I the only one? Re installed Prepar 3D v3 3 times already and its the same.

Hello I've been having problems recently with P3D (you can read my other topics if you wish!) related to textures in P3D. My specs are: I7 CPU @ 4.0GHz (OC to approx. 4c3GHz) GTX 960 2gb 8gb RAM The add on sceneries I have loaded into P3D are UK2000 EGKK and the freeware Hamilton Island from Ant's Aussie Airports. The former is a nightmare to fly in an out because the shimmering is extremely severe and is extremely distracting. I fly a lot on Vatsim and I don't want Gatwick to be left alone by me as it is the best covered airport in the UK. I have sought help in these forums and we have come to the conclusion that it is either because of the lack of mip maps…

My desktop always had the FTX Central Icon present. For some reason, it has been eliminated. I have Windows 10 and just updated to the newest version of Windows 10. I've tried to read everywhere on the internet about this problem, but I can't find anything on it. How do I get my Icon back so that I can control things like North America, Global, Hybrid, Lights, etc. Please help. Stan

Is there any chance to lock HDR exposure compensation? I really don't like when exposure raises quite a bit when looking down in the cockpit, and when you raise the view towards the windows (for example in the NGX) it wioll not compensate enough so the sky and clouds are ultra bright, everything outside is over-exposed. I must look through the side windows to let P3D to compensate and to set the exposure to the original value, then it is ok to switch to the default cockpit view. Is there any chance to lock exposure compensation? If I set BRIGHTNESS to 1.20 to stay locked to that value all the time regardless the view angle, etc? I guess it can be done via editing some…

I am trying to recreate a flight that took place 5/28/2016 from OMDB to EPWA. This flight took off, according to flightaware, at 8:23AM GST (4:23AM UTC). I set up ASN (as administrator of course, with antivirus/firewall OFF) to simulate the weather on the same date at 0340 UTC (to allow time for boarding and setting up). I leave the "force historical time to sim time" box UNCHECKED. I proceed to launch P3D and set up the scenario. I enter 5/28/2016, I check the GMT box under the time, and I enter the time 03:40:00. When I launch the plane, the on board clock displays 19:40. I tried doing this several times. If this helps: 1) My system time is in the 24 hour format…

Hi all I've developed the old problem of shaking ground. As far as I recall this was down to the mesh slider being on the max setting - usually turning mesh down one notch stopped this from happening. I haven't had the problem for quite a while - until yesterday - but now regardless of my mesh slider setting, the shaking continues. Any views? cheers

Hi. i have EPWA and Salzburg installed and cant seem to get SODE to work. Can someone guide me with exact folders and entrys needed to get it to work? I have folders every where on c drive and on my Prepar3D drive. I have downloaded the latest version and it is Active. really apreciated Thanks Michael Moe

Hi I've recently got the uk2000 gatwick scenery and think it is absolutely awesome but I am seeing weird stuff going on when I look at it from my aircraft. In the distance, the terminals, fences, buildings and ground textures are all vibrating and moving around creating a weird effect that looks unrealistic and odd. But if if zoom in quite close or pause it, it looks absolutely fine. I think it might be to do with the aircraft I'm in. I tested out two aircraft at exactly the same spawning point (08R), a Beechcraft Bonanza and an F-22 Raptor. On both of these aircraft the textures are moving around a fixed point. This problem could be caused by the tiny vibrations …

I have noticed what seems to be turbulence (or thermals) acting on my plane now and again in P3D v3.1, even though turbulence and thermals are switched off. This seems to occur most often when I "cross a boundary". By this, I mean when I fly over the boundary between an airport addon and the base scenery, or cross a coastline. Is this a bug? If I switch off turbulence and thermals, then I do not expect to be affected by them.

Hi all, Does anyone know of a vulcan that will work in p3d? I'm really surprised there isn't one already with all of the hype of the last flying one in the UK coming to the end of its life? Thanks Ollie

My LOD is on max and I'm still getting textures like this - https://gyazo.com/865a7746ca8f2c245e75ec54f4356d91 https://gyazo.com/32eb0d3be773e0e644be6a0f217ef0a0 These are all very close to the plane and I've tried many things to solve them and it's becoming a cumbersome task to deal with. Any idea why they look like this? Thanks, Noah

Hey guys, I hope someone can help me with getting Ezdok to work. One my old pc it used to work under Windows 7 and P3D v2.2. Recently I upgraded to a new pc and installed P3D v2.3, but I can not get Ezdok to work. I already read a lot of topics on this on several forums, but to no avail. I installed Ezdok 1.5, the 1.7 update and installed the P3D version of EZCA.exe. When starting P3D the EZCA will start and the icon will show in my taskbar. But when I click on it, the window will not open. The EZCA menu is also missing from the P3D addon menu. My exe.xml looks like this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> <SimBase.Document Type=…

So I have this problem where the taskbar for Windows is always visible and the only way to make it now show is to have the option "Black out desktop" on but this blacks out my second monitor which I use for Skype and other things when flying. I also don't want to auto hide the taskbar as I still like it to be visible on my second monitor. Is there a way to have P3D run in fullscreen without the taskbar showing and my second monitor still be visible? Thanks, Noah

And... what other remarkable advantages does the latest P3D version present in terms of being able to better use modern graphics cards. I have a Geeforce GTX 960 4 GB card - any oppinions welcome :-)

Hi, does anyone tried this already?: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=p3dmisc&DLID=195394 Please share the experiences. Cheers, Ed

I use P3D v3.2 and My Traffic 6: I don't have any traffic with the new Aerosoft versions of Frankfurt, Tegel and Zurich. The problem persists, whether I disable the respective BGLs inside the MyTraffic scenery folder or not. There have been no problems with the 'old' versions of EDDF, EDDT and LSZH or with other sceneries. The new sceneries of EDDF, EDDT and LSZH all have the AirportController. Could there be any connection? Any other idea how to solve this problem? Best regards Arndt