The Prepar3d Forum

Only to reality has hit me right in the face, I can't get higher than 35 fps in VC view. FlyInsider recommend a minimum of 45 fps to get any smooth movement. So loaded my PMDG 777 and 737 only to find that's it stuttering like crazy. The Oculus ATW cannot keep up with the low frame rate. So I guess I have to go back to space simulator (elite dangerous) for the time being.

Rob A. got a nice shout out. I'm sure what the graphical anomalies are with water on ultra though. Has anyone experienced anything strange with water on ultra?

Normally I'd post this on Aerosoft's support forum, but in the middle of making my post their site went down, so thought I'd try here: After installing EDDT, start P3D, select EDDT airport, ok ... get to 87% progress then app crash: Faulting application name: APController.exe, version: 1.0.9.60306, time stamp: 0x56dc17ce Faulting module name: mscorwks.dll, version: 2.0.50727.8689, time stamp: 0x56de52b2 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000becbb Anyone else get this? If I disable APController.exe from my EXE.XML then the airport will load ... not sure what APController does ... airport traffic? I gotta admit, I'm getting a little more than frustrated…

Hi Folks, I'm not sure if anyone else is in the same boat - but - I'm running a middle of the road computer that just can't afford the FPS hit of loading full ORBX Regions... I seem to do fine away from the more populated areas with large Bravos (New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles)... I have FTX Global textures loaded and various Global and Regional airport packages and the frames seem acceptable... I've purchased a few Regional airports and some work and some don't... While I realize I am doing this at my own risk - without any official support - I just found out the Monterey (MMRY) is totally unusable without the matching region - as the airport seems to be lacking…

Hello, Just wondering if anyone has downloaded and installed the freeware Godzone Wellington scenery for P3D V3 and got it to work. link Everything looks great in my sim - I just can't make the jetways show up. Would appreciate any help with this! Cheers, Daniel

When I load a flight in P3D are the controls that I have setup within Fsuipc suppose to load automatically for that specific aircraft? Or do you have to open Fsuipc within addons in sim and then click profile specific everytime?

Hi all, Just realised that my cloud shadows are no more displayed. I think it's since my upgrade from P3Dv3.1 to 3.2 or perhaps my last video drivers upgrade (I am running Nvidia 364.72). Tried to install new ''REX 4'' type of cloud (non soft) with same result. What part do you think I need to uninstall and reinstall to have my cloud shadows back ? Thanks ! Mike

I am not too happy with ASN lately. Things look rather ugly since the latest P3D version. I often get a very hard and very ugly looking horizon at flight level and visibility seems wrong like no fog in the distance and clouds ending far too obvious in a circle around me. I know this has been posted before but I seem to remember some of you having a work around for this: I just can't find the posts anymore. Was there indeed a work around or am I mistaken? As it is now I am thinking of ditching ASN because things simply look ugly.

Hi everyone, I've had ftx global, vector and openlc Europe for a while now, and never had this issue but one day I went on FSX and I was on approach into Faro when i noticed there was auto gen scenery everywhere including the ocean! I can't remember if I did anything to cause this issue but I'm thinking it's something to do with orbx. so does anyone know how to solve this problem or could someone post a fresh terrain.cfg as I think mine is corrupt. many thanks, Dylan

Hi, While enjoying the transformation of the sim with Pe11e's fabulous Realism ShaderPack lighting enhancements I noticed this apparent anomaly on looking over the port wing of the Alabeo Extra 300s Halcones. Flying over FTX NA KFHR Friday Harbour Airport (2820ft AGL)(Dynamic Relections: Medium) Am I imagining it or are ground reflections being drawn on the upper surface of the wing?! Mike

I see Orbx's look-around freeware "vehicle" BOB now officially works in P3D. http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/94258-ftx-bob-now-available-as-a-triple-installer/ gb.

Hello a random one that ive only just noticed.after months of using v3 Using p3d v3.0 , when I go full screen by hitting alt and enter the sim goes full screen but at the bottom of the screen under "parking breaks on" there is black strip the exactly same size of the taskbar.. so its not really full screen its sitting on the taskbar in fullscreen if that makes sense. Also if the notification "your windows defender is out of date" for example pings up while im on fullscreen it comes up over the sim, so once again its not fullscreen. Im using windows 10 64 bit with a 980 ti with latest drivers. some help chaps, and thanks as always bilder kos…

I'm planning on getting a new SSD, and I would like to know how would I transfer all of my orbx products (global base, vector, open lc europe and Alaska/Canada), so as to preserve my license. Thank you.

hello, I have both FSX and P3D v3.2. I bought the estonia migration tool. The problem that I have is that only a handful of FSX installed aircraft show in P3D. When redirection is not enabled I have 114 aircraft availalble in P3D, When redirection is enabled I have 169 aircraft and when P3D is launched in legacy mode I still have 169 aircraft. I thought that all FSX installed aircraft would show in P3D. The manual says that you don't need to reinstall your FSX aircraft to have them in P3d. Any idea what the problem is? what am I doing wrong with the EMT? THX

Hi, I would like to discuss a new fenomen taking place in the scenery development market. It seems that more and more developers create extensive and detailed insides of airport buildings including elevators, people, desks, etc etc, To be honest I'm a but worried about this. For me it really doesn't add anything to my flying experience, since I never ever look inside buildings. As far as I'm concerned, it only adds unnessesary polygons, more VAS usage and must have a negative impact on performance. I wouldn't mind if there is a config setting available removing those internal structures, but I haven't seen one yet. What are your thoughts?

So, the question is....do you still use it with 3.2 or not?

I installed p3d v3.2 and noticed if i alt-enter 3 times in a row the sim crashes (ctd). It happens every time. Any of you experiencing the same thing ? any workaround ? Thanks

So, having the old version of FSRecorder that is compatible with P3D v3.2 (or v3 in general) is not the best solution. First, that annoying message when you start P3D and it will not load until you click OK (in 90% of times I start P3D and leave to bring some water or food and forget to wait for that message), then the playback is not consistent - in most cases PFD is not synchronised with the airplane's behaviour. Other thing is heavy stutters when you play the recording with control window visible, but that can be solved using shortcuts. I didn't tested enough default P3D recorder, was annoyed by the lack of controls I had. But mostly I'm interested in recording fideli…

Is my understanding correct that an add on scenery package that might have been developed for V1 or V2 of P3D might not (or will not) be compatible with the current V3.2? So many of my installers from my FSX days simply say FSX+P3D. Finding it hard to work out if these installers will work or potentially create a disaster.

Hello there, I'm thinking of getting a Warthog Hotas for this Christmas. :smile: I just need a bit more space on my table sometimes. I have a Saitek pro Flight Yoke at the moment and the Saitek Rudder Pedals. I heard that some (all?) people have issues with their Warthog Hotas in Prepar3d v3. Is this problem still there? I have Win 8.1 64-bit installed. Thanks for a quick reply and all the best from Switzerland Birger

Hello there! I have a question about affinity mask. I tested prepar3d with AM of 14 like everyone recommends with an I5 and it was buttersmooth for the whole flight. Except one thing. When I took off the textures were fine but after a few miles the textures are blurry and the autogen stops loading and it stays like this unless I pause the sim for a very long time just to have it return after a few miles... I then tried an AM of 15 and it seemed OK but I experienced some stutters here and there and the experience wasn't so smooth anymore :( I would like to know what I have to do to keep an AM of 14 but to get rid of the "blurries" problem. My system isn't the best …

As some of you know I ordered a GTX 980 Ti to see how much better it performed compared to my GTX 780 (6 GB) in P3D v3. I run Windows 10 64 bit and an i7- 4790K @ 4.4 plus 16 GB RAM. I use a res of 1920x1080. Today the card arrived and so full of expectation I installed it, reinstalled the driver, flushed the shaders and created a new p3d.cfg. I have three flights saved with the default Carenado on autopilot flying at some 1000 ft towards New York and Seattle and one near Seattle but fogged in, using pretty high/ultra settings (most sliders right). For these tests I have fps set at unlimited. Above New York my old GPU gave me 21,5 fps. The 980 Ti gave me... 21.3. …

Is anyone using this in V3? I've read a comment about is causing CTD, so just checking in to see whether this is a general issue or a user specific issue. I understand it still hasn't been updated for V3 but I've managed to install OTHH without any issues.

Hi guys, So I recently did a fresh reinstall of P3D, and everything seems fine. But since I haven't flown for a while I am unable to judge if my ORBX is having a few issues. Below is a picture of my ORBX, as well as my settings. I have LC EU, Global and Vector. https://gyazo.com/0e2b105a8d55152e2dd3864ce878b1bf https://gyazo.com/b0019f435e5c08dd9f7baaeb66181816 https://gyazo.com/45e7683361b6331e9de54b75efe35e99 Do you think my ORBX is a little Blurry, especially in the distance? Thanks.

Hi, I'll be trying a VOR/DME approach to Mallorca, Runway 06L... and I have a doubt. I understand how a VOR/DME approach must be taken. You arrive the last segment of your approach... called FAF - Final Approach Fix. In that point, you start a descent rate, which would vary according the recommended landing speed for your aircraft. Basically you have a table in your IAC - Chart, in which you see the descend rate in feet per minute according the a range of speeds. For example, let's imagine my aircraft has a recommended landing speed of 100 knots. When I arriva the last segment from my approach, FAF, I must start to descend the aircraft in a certain range of…