The Prepar3d Forum

Having some performance issues with 3.2 I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it. I then reinstalled all other addons save for those that are external (ezdok,asn etc). I reran the ezca configurator and added the launch command for ezca in the exe.xml file. Now everything launches properly except for Ezdok. I initially thought it may be an XML error but I validated it and its fine. Besides all the other addons lauch fine. I can launch it manually after P3D is started but if I do that only the mouse look works. Everything else fails to work. Any ideas? Does this have something to do with simconnect?

Hi, I have a confussion about this. As far as I know an airway is a straight line that connect several waypoints, which has names of five letters. The waypoints are represented as white or black triangles. When it is white, you won't have to contact the ATC, hence it is a noncompulsory notification waypoint... when it is black, you'll have to contact the ATC, compulsory notification waypoint. However, the waypoints normally has names easy to spell TOLVO, ALCAR, VICAR... ...but there are some waypoints, called unnamed waypoints... not shown in some ENROUTES coming from the local aeronautical authorities of several countries. For example, in Spain, AENA, our loc…

Hey guys trying to file a flight from cyvr to yssy Entering ETOPS and filling appropriate ETOPS route Entering 120 ,180,207 an 330 min. I get all engine decomp ETOPS errors ! Warnings Any advise is greatly appreciated Cheers Mike

My P3D v3.2 is running great now except MT6 traffic at airport gates. I have my traffic setting at 15% and have a lot of traffic at gates of most of my add on airports. But some of my airports have little to none unless I increase the percentage to 70. Aerosoft Zurich 2.0 is one of them. Is there a fix for this?

Well, i came across this. Never seen this before untill updating to 3.2. Also running newest update of both ASN and REX. Why is this happening all of a sudden?

Anyone else noticing blurries and scenery popping with maxed out LOD and autogen in 3.2? I never had this problem in 3.1 and I know they changed the building draw distance in 3.2but never expected it to cause this much of a performance loss when it comes to scenery rendering. All settings are similar to 3.1. A reinstall changed nothing either.

What's the news? I get the feeling like the minor hotfix is turning into a real production.

Hello, just updated ASN and I was just wondering, is it best to install asn outside of p3d root folder? Prior I had it installed inside P3D and had no problems. I do have REX 4 installed outside P3D as per their instructions.

A bit of a tale of woe and redemption ... When I built the basement sim a few months back I started with FSX on a new PC, then installed P3D, then added a bunch of add-ons, then took out FSX ... and the result was an unstable sim with a brutal memory leak that would kill all VAS after about 10 minutes just sitting on the tarmac. I've been on the hunt for that leak, and devoted a good portion of yesterday and this morning to the job. But rather than uninstalling and installing things one-by-one, instead I uninstalled everything (the sim, add-ons, aircraft, textures, land classes, instruments - all of it), and started from scratch with new installations. My method …

Hello everyone! (First post on AVSIM FORUM YAY) :Party: Anwyays, I want to buy Imaginesim VIDP. It's only FSX compatible, but using estonia migration tool has anyone got it to work in P3D V2.4? Thank you.

I'm getting pretty poor FPS in 3.2 versus 3.0 which made me set on a quest to see if I could tweak my way to better FPS. First of all I added these: [TERRAIN] SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=30 UseGlobalTerrainView=True These two tweak effectively gave me 7 more FPS (same scenario, graphics, weather etc). Then I added this: [GRAPHICS] SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=1 ...which I know is only a command to delete shaders before starting the game. Strangely enough, when starting P3D I was back with minus 7 FPS. I have tried removing this tweak etc, and even let my P3D,cfg rebuild to add the first two once more. Now when I add the first tweak, there's no increase in FPS.…

Hi all, Ok so my smoke/contrails/touchdown have all turned into black square effects. Which is not very pleasing. I read somewhere that NL2000 might have done this. Does anyone know where I can get original effects/texture files? I'm running 3.2 which I updated through content/client installers. The only full installer file I have is v3.0. Would downloading aftermarket replacement textures do the job? Does anyone have a link to originals? *EDIT* Some people say that repairing P3D would fix this. - Does that involve running the v3.0 installer? - Install v3.0 on another drive and copy the effects folder? Regards, Dom

Hi all I'm getting really bad fps at night when flying in to airports like Liverpool or anywhere really for that matter. http://imgur.com/lvD07BS http://imgur.com/lp1E0Kw I have DXT5 and HDR clouds ticked in rex soft clouds too Specs, I5 4670k, GTX 760, Water cooling, 8GB RAM CFG [AContain] LabelColor=FFFF0000 LabelDelay=1000 ShowLabelAirline=0 ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0 ShowLabelAirspeed=0 ShowLabelAltitude=1 ShowLabelContainerId=0 ShowLabelDistance=1 ShowLabelFlightPlan=0 ShowLabelHeading=0 ShowLabelManufacturer=1 ShowLabelModel=1 ShowLabels=0 ShowLabelTailNumber=0 ShowUserLabel=0 [ATC] AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1 COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COL…

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I have successfully installed 3.2.2 plus Orbx FTX Base, OLC Europe, England and Vector, and I must admit it all looks superb. The performance isn't as good as FSX-SE (nowhere near in fact), but I thought P3D should make up for this in the ability to put sliders up for better visuals, and above all, in smoothness. I changed from a 780 video card with 3Gb up to a 980Ti "Strix" overclocked card with 6Gb, on the understanding that P3D would make good use of the GPU, even though it may still be just as limited as FSX by my 4770K processor (running at 4.4GHz). What I have found is that, yes, this allows me to turn sliders up without noticeable detriment to the frame rat…

Hello I have been running Orbx FTX Global on my new computer I built (i7 6600k, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD) and my Orbx textures are very bad and blurry. I believe I have done something wrong in the settings or something of that nature because it obviously is not the fault of Orbx itself. I have also just installed REX 4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds alongside Active Sky Next and all that has improved is taxiway, runway, water, and cloud textures. Most buildings are flat and fields look like messy paintings and it is all just bad looking. Thank you. Also, can somebody tell me how I can upload some screenshots?

I have downloaded Version 3.2 as a complete new download after deleting all of my add on's and therefore a complete new install having had version 3.1 previously. I downloaded 3.2 with no issues,extracted all the files and then run the set up button and decided to place into my C drive inside a new folder Prepar3D,I was told that this is the best place to install the sim. I then successfully activated the product on line and the normal P3D Academic blue screen appeared and the line went across 'generating scenery files ' etc. However,my problem is that the the Sim does not open, the blue P3D screen just stays there and hangs for ever. I am really at a loss…

Has anyone installed the new freeware ship AI? Any feedback on performance impact - although it shouldn't be huge right?

Pete is on holidays till 4th october.... Does the current version work in v3 ?

Hi all, So after a few weeks i was finally able to get my P3D where i wanted it to be, no blurries and good fps. Originally i had Vsync and triple buffering set to off, but i find in the cruise when the fps gets very high its almost so smooth its not smooth if you get me. After doing a few flights with Vsync and triple buffering on i have seen that these 2 settings seems to make my sim stutter more and also gives me some of those blurries i didnt want back. Is someone able to tell me why this happens?

Hi, I bought the A2A Cherokee and thinking about the F1 GTN750, but had a couple of questions. 1. Does it integrate into the VC Panel? The reason I ask is that some with FSX were complaining. 2. A2A uses a configuration tool, but I cannot find it anywhere. 3. Any input you may have to help me insure that the install goes smoothly. 4. Has it affected your sim smoothness or fps? Thanks Bob

I am noticing a consistent theme for me and when I experience stutters and am curious if anyone else sees this same behavior... For me, on my system without changing any settings or anything between flights, I see by far the worst stuttering when I do a flight that transitions from "morning" to "afternoon". The sim is virtually stutter free at all other times of the day, even flying the exact same legs with the exact same settings. I can even do a flight the ends before this "morning/afternoon" transition time or one that departs after this time and it's smooth sailing. But cross this time of day change and the remainder of the flight is a stutter fest. Take my…

Just swapped over to P3D, but getting FPS drops/stutters with the Aerosoft Airbus and the NGX. Getting FPS stable at 28-30, and suddenly drops down to 15-18 for a sec or two. And the ground texture quality is of pretty bad quality and loading slow. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help

Hello, As illustrated by the pictures below, the aircrafts are never placed within the "T" mark parking on the default P3D airports. It is also true for the default AI airplanes and any add-on aircraft as the Majestic Q400 here. Does anyone already experienced this issue or any idea on how to fix it? It is not a major problem and I can still fly very happily but it is just a little bit unrealistic. Thank you for any advice. Kirdec

Just found this one perhaps injected by FSDT module. Does it really help in FSDT? [bUFFERPOOLS] UsePools=1 PoolSize=5000000