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Should Avatar be turned off? I read where it is a performance hit. It is not a big deal for me, don't really care for people flow that much.

Hello, I have a question for the pros. During an ILS landing using my PMDG 737 at 100 feet above the touch down zone on the runway my plane suddenly drops onto the runway. Any clues as to why this is happening? Thank you, Dave

So, I know that this was discussed many times, but I've tried nearly every fix for this and there is no change. Sometimes the textures are excellent ( http://imgur.com/O6412iY ) and sometines they are horrible ( http://imgur.com/99c4cDV ) The crazy thing is, that both pictures are taken in the same flight. I've tried Low-End, Mirgrange and High end settings in P3D, made any tweak to my p3d.cfg that i was able to find, but nothing worked. Also, independent to the settings and twaks i do, the performance is horrible. In an Aerosoft Airbus A318 at FL 380 over Italy I have at maximum 10 FPS. Tweaks and seting changes don't made a difference. Even a reinstall hasn't fixed it. …

Hi, Do I need to uninstall FTX Global Base, Vector, and Open LC before installing FS Global 2010 into FSX? I Have DVD pack of FS Global (R2). Should I buy upgrade for FTX? What is difference? Is it just covering of Canada and P3D installer? Regards,

Hi, I see on their Facebook page the company said they will release the update to make the CDU to work with prepar3d v3 on October 7. They have not released the update and I see people posted for updates but the company never responded. Do you know anything about the updates? Brian

Hello guys, I don't know if you heard about it, but there is a new update for the PMDG 777: http://www.avsim.com/topic/481007-01jan16-new-year-new-updates-for-the-777-product-line/?p=3349565 I found it "by accident", so I thought maybe it would be interessting for the readers who don't read the PMDG support forum. Best regards, Stefan

As far as I know there are no AI Traffic products that "officially" support P3D V2.x ... I think I have all the FSX AI Traffic products, but I thought I'd try to get UT2 working in P3D V2.3 (it's the last missing link). I realize UT2 is EOL with no future development and does NOT support P3D V2.x, but I like some of the aspects of this AI Traffic product so I'm working thru trying to make it work in P3D V2.3. I don't use EMT ... nothing against EMT - it's a great tool and has helped many get compatibility with various FSX only products -- it's just a matter of I need to know exactly how to get products to work in P3D V2.x (for obvious reasons) and EMT masks that from…

Has anyone managed to change the atc_id_color from black to anything but black? Researching the web it appears that Microsoft had this problem and never resolved it. Black against a blue isn't ideal. example: texture=1 kb_checklists=Beech_Baron_58_check kb_reference=Beech_Baron_58_ref atc_id=FNB176 atc_id_color=0xFFD700 ui_manufacturer=Beechcraft ui_type=Baron 58TC ui_variation=B58TC this should be gold colored but it remains black.

Has anyone managed to change the atc_id_color from black to anything but black? Researching the web it appears that Microsoft had this problem and never resolved it. Black against a blue isn't ideal. ie. texture=1 kb_checklists=Beech_Baron_58_check kb_reference=Beech_Baron_58_ref atc_id=FNB176 atc_id_color=0xFFD700 ui_manufacturer=Beechcraft ui_type=Baron 58TC ui_variation=B58TC this should be gold colored but it remains black.

So I recently got a 980 TI and I am in need some awesome Nvidia inspector settings since I have the GPU capable of it. I would greatly appreciate it if anybody could send over an Nvidia inspector profile or just give me some settings. I am also not opposed to using DSR but I am having some trouble finding a good setting for it. Thanks in advance!

I've been using REX TD for runway and taxiway textures for some time, but to get them focused those need to run in 4096 mode, while I'm running my sim in 1024 mode, which makes the textures blurry and unfocused. I'm looking for runway and taxiway textures that are reasonably realistic and focused in 1024 mode, to use in P3Dv3.1 Anyone who could throw me some ideas?

I am trying to install Squawkbox 4 on P3Dv3. It is telling me that a valid version of FSX, FS2002 or FS9 cannot be found on my system. I have P3D installed in a folder outside the default one. I thought SB worked in P3D. Win 8.1 running here. I never owned or used FSX, only FS9 and I deleted it all when 8.1 no longer ran FS9. How do I get SB to recognize P3D? Thanks.

Hi, SweetFX is not working here with V2.3. It starts activated but as soon as i open the P3D menu bar SweetFX bugs out and stops working. Pressing Scroll Lock does nothing. Anyone else having this problem? Cheers

I am looking at purchasing one of A2A s warbirds and was wondering anyone has one of these working in v3.1 without issue? Really like the p40 and p51

Folks, Just did a fresh install of Windows 7, fully patched and now ready to make the jump to P3d V3.1. In the past, I had tweaked my OS per an excellent guide I had found elsewhere, but curious if I need to do the same for P3d? If so, anything unique to running the sim on Windows 7? My hardware: Intel 4790K running at 4.6ghz GTX 780 8GB Ram SSD for the OS and dedicated SSD for the sim Any advice, guidance, etc, is greatly appreciated -B Busdriver KPHL

Why does clouds crush your system! Its the only thing i'm struggling on.

Hi just in case your not aware PMDG have released a new 777 installer that saves 38% of VAS usage. might be worth a shot. here's a link http://www.avsim.com...7-product-line/ steve. this is a repost as i mentioned it in an earlier thread

I used to love the Dusk environment during P3D V2.x but in V3.1 with HDR I do not seem to have same enjoyment To see good night lights I am having to turn off HDR..with HDR they look bad... Now matter what settings I choose. Anyone else have this issue or noticed it? Here is Dubai in P3D V2.3 (Fly tampa OMDB + Night Environment) Here is the same scenery in P3D V3.1 (had to turn off HDR) Its Dark and depressing.. IF I use the slider (Time preview) to the left (to get early dusk), the lights all turn off. IF I turn back the HDR, the lights simply suck This is not specific to night environment... The above two screenshot is of the same…

The new Orbx Friday Harbor, has some texture resolutions at 4096 (if enabled). Does this mean, that you MUST HAVE, the in-sim Res setting also set to the Ultra (4096) texture setting to be able to see them? Or..is it an automatic 'what is needed' texture rasture setting, meaning that the sim will ramp up the texture scale to accommodate any scenery with 4096 texture sets, including those found on/in some aircraft? Must this be set in-sim, or can you get away with having the sim set to Medium 2024, for the texture size. Thanks... Also, running the latest released nVidia texture suite with no AA problems on a GTX680 2GB. Just thought to add. It is also a v…

Happy new year all I've installed a complete and new v3.1. All is well except that I'm experiencing p3d freezing/ crashing when switching between windowed and full screen mode. I've updated my nvidia drivers but same result. Anyone else had this problem? It is random. Doesn't happen every time but often enough to be annoying.

Hello! I just tried to use the GPS in the Carenado PC12 to find out that the flight plan feature does not work. I then switched to my A2A 182, and attempted to use the FPLAN feature as well, to find that you simply cannot program a flight plan into the GPS.

Here you go: http://secure.simmarket.com/fspassengers-for-prepar3d.phtml Haven't used it since FS2004, do you guys think it is worth to buy?

Especially for TrackIR users, I figured out how to change the transaction time between the dark and light areas. That is, the getting used of the eyes of light difference between the cockpit and the look outside of it. Backup in Prepar3d root file directory the ShaderHLSL folder where you can replace it later if something goes wrong. Find in ShaderHLSL the Postprocces folder, doubleclick on HDR.hlsl file. At the top there are these original lines: static const float BloomThreshold = 03.25f; static const float Bloom Magnitude = 03.75f; static const float Bloom Blur Sigma = 0.9f; static const float Delta Time = 0.2F; Change Time Delta Time= between 2.0F; or …

I'm looking for some volunteers that know how to do repeatable identical scenario testing ... the claim is that HT OFF will save 500MB VAS and increase FPS. As you know I'm extremely skeptical about "magic bullets" and have explored many of them over the last decade ... however, this "finding" came to me from Saul (LM moderator using the same CPU I have) who was reading a post by Aviator1979 here: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=114987 Since I had just done some VAS testing earlier in and around Aerosoft's EGLL, I thought I'd put the HT OFF claim to the test. To my surprise I was able to confirm the 500MB VAS savings and a 22% FPS increa…

One thing I have never had with 2.5 or 3 or 3.1 is CTD's. The other day I read about setting some airport vehicle traffic to enhance the look of P3D, and since I am getting pretty good FPS with the 737 NGX, I decided that I would give it a try on minimum. The next 5 VA flights that I flew, P3D v3.1 crashed each time. Three times right after landing and getting ready to taxi to the gate, and twice when getting ready to taxi to the runway. I switched the vehicle traffic back off since that is the only thing that I have changed, and seems stable now. Hopefully that is what is causing this problem.