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I have AIG running well at last with Traffic Controller doing its thing. However, I cannot get the right settings for FSUIPC Traffic. What ever I set there, I get planes popping in and out at random at busy airports. At EGLL where I am now, I have 125 planes shown in the counter as active. Alongside me there are all sorts of airlines but they do not stay fixed, they come and go seemingly as they please. It really does not help the reality. I have tried all sorts of combinations of settings for FSUIPC in the upper and lower limits and the FPS rate but it doesn't help. Can someone point me in the right direction to get the maximum number of AI planes and KEEP…

So had a weird one in 5.3 yesterday, Did KEWR-LLBG in real time which was spectacular. Landed at LLBG but as soon as I departed the runway the QW787 started rocking uncontrollably. Made it to the gate and the plane started hopping until the point it rolled on it's side. This was sitting completely still trying to set the parking brake. Eventually I got so ill to my stomach from the screen jumping all over the place I just Alt-F4 and shut down P3D. Has anyone else seen this? Does anyone know of a fix? Thank you in advance as always for the time and any assistance.

Hi all wondering if anyone has purchased product from either of these developers who seem to be covering cities. One seems more detailed than the other. I am considering trying them out but wouldnt mind some opinions...some look pretty good while others not so much.

Has anyone seen info or have experience wrt the compatibility of the Milviz WX Radar and P3Dv5.2? It seems sometimes the WX radar is causing a CTD in P3Dv5.2, but other times it is not. I have not been able to find a statement by Milviz on whether or not they are working on an update of the WX radar for P3Dv5.2. The Milviz web site simply cites compatibility with P3Dv5, but I don't know if this statement has been updated to include P3Dv5.2. Thx, Al

One topic, I think, changed a lot from P3Dv3,4, is clouds and skies. Now we have new options, old software has been "updated" to work with the new sim features and, as we are doing with scenarios, I ask you to take a chance to review the sky in our sim. I used to buy and test every add-on. I have tested default skies, ASP3D, ASCA, ENVTEX, REX SKYFORCE. Right now, after some weeks installing and reinstalling the sim and sky related addons, IMHO, I think ASP3D (without ASCA) and SKYFORCE are working great. What do you think about it? What are you using instead? What addons do you believe are not needed anymore? For this to work I have to set the sim with the follo…

Can anyone who uses ORBx TerraFlora v2 confirm that it upgrades the trees that are used in the TrueEarth packages?

This worked wonders on my system, for all my flight sims...smooth performance in all, and great FPS retention/performance

Just installed the suite, and deleted both P3D v4.x and 5.x SHADER folders. If you update, remember to do that, as well as REBOOT your rig, before running either version.... 🙂

Hi Guys, Anybody else enjoying the free aircraft my Aeroplane Heaven? I'm loving the Tecnam P10 and Socata.. Dave

Just started flying the VRS Superbug in 5.3 again. Now acquired the SWS Nimitz vol2 addon, any recommendations for other good naval aviation stuff?

After installing my Envtex textures again, it ate all of my ground markings. No taxiway or runway markings at any airport using default textures anymore, including runway numbers. I can only imagine this is an Envtex issue as that's the only thing I can imagine would be replacing these. The files still seem present in the P3D folders, they just don't seem to display. I've installed the V5 newest client clean from Simmarket to try to just overwrite anything that it was missing, and that didn't fix it either. Any ideas here...? My settings are medium-high, so LoD can't be it. I've tried to install numerous texture sets on top of this, but haven't restore…

I've never really had a problem with stutters in previous versions, but in 5.3 HF2 they are becoming more noticeable. I can take off, get into cruise (PMDG 777) and then 30 minutes into flight I get stutters for around 20 to 30 seconds. Goes away and then comes back again half an hour to an hour later. My frame rates are good it's just these stutters. Is there any fix for this?

I want to buy the xp gtn 750 for my P3dv5.3 sim. i have the carenado XL560 plane,when I goto the Reality site and try to download to my computer,windows stops the download and says this contains a virus, any thruth to this.

With all the recent discussion about the relevance of some ORBX products in P3D v5 no-one so far has mentioned FTX Global. It was first released for FSX and then made compatible for all versions of P3D. But has the product ever been improved since its first release? The blurb refers to 3D night lighting and textures for all four seasons. But hasn’t LM given us seasonal textures? You would need to uninstall I think because it merges with default textures rather than having its own scenery layer. Thoughts?

For years, whenever I changed my Nvidia graphic driver, I automatically opened NVidia Control Panel and set my maximum frame rate to 30. In the sim, I kept it at Unlimited Frames. It worked better than anything else I tried, and I had occasional and sometimes pretty heavy stutters. But I lived with it, and I believed that's just the way it has to be. THEN, a few weeks back, the topic of uninstalling VECTOR in ORBX was something we should consider if we are in P3dV5. When I did that I was amazed at the smoothness of the sim...and virtually all stutters disappeared. I still had Unlimited set in the sim and 30 Frames set in NVidia Control Panel. So, a few days ago…

You guys using it? Happy or not? I had it installed in V4, but never in V5. I could have sworn I read people were having performance issues. But maybe I'm wrong.

I know this question is probably a lot like asking “should I upgrade to FS9 from FS8” or “is it worth it to upgrade to FSX from FS9” but indulge me. I invested in P3D v4.x and have it running on a reasonably high end machine. It works pretty well connected to a 4K monitor. I don’t use VR and I’m mainly using photoscenery with A2A general aviation aircraft. Is there a big driver to upgrade to v5? Can someone give me the top reasons to upgrade beyond it’s just the latest version? Is performance better? Worse? Is there a significant bug that’s fixed that changes things significantly?

Has anyone tried out this freebee from INDIAFOXTECHO? It's on Simmarket. If you like "switchology", and a decent FM, it's pretty darn good. Lots to do during a flight. I haven't figured out control of condition levers yet, but, I haven't looked for a doc folder either. https://secure.simmarket.com/indiafoxtecho-visual-simulations-e-2-hawkeye-c-2-greyhound-package.phtml

After updating from P3D5.2 to 5.3(incl. HF2) I have no road traffic anywhere. Neither on highways, nor on other roads. I tested area's around 3rd party airports and around default airports. No difference. Amongst others I have ORBX Vector for P3Dv5 installed. I updated from P3D5.2 to 5.3 latest version (5.3.17.28160) by first uninstalling 5.2 client, content and scenery and then installed the same for 5.3. (I did not uninstall academic client) This is what I have done so far: -"rebuild road taffic" by putting slider in P3D all the way down and then raise it again tot 50% and then back to 20% -Toggled only highway traffic and all roads - verified a…

I bought FSDT scenery for Louisville, but I can't install it because I don't have GSX (it didn't say I needed GSX). I would like to know if all FSDT airports need GSX installed in order to install the airports? If not, which airports don't need GSX? I don't have GSX because I don't fly airlines that much. I fly mostly biz jets, large GA aircraft (like the king Air 200), military aircraft, and helicopters. When I do fly airlines it would be cargo planes and turbo props mostly.

Has anyone managed to get P3D5, Orbx's NZ North Island, Flightbeam NZWN and GSX to happily co exist? What I have found is that disabling all the files as recommended by Flightbeam if you have Orbx NZNI installed causes GSX to complain that it can't find ADE_FTX_NZWN_P3D.bgl and fails to load. If I enable this file there is a large cliff along the eastern perimeter of the airport. The only solution that allows me to have FB NZWN and GSX working together is to uninstall Orbx NZNI. While things don't look that much different in the immediate vicinity of the airport without Orbx NZNI, things are significantly degraded elsewhere on the north island. These all used to work …

I use P3D as my main simulator but sometimes there will be a flight in MSFS. Now I have a problem that any other user of both simulators should have encountered. In P3D I use RXP Gtn 750/650 for my aircraft from A2A. Now I have acquired the TDS GTNXi 750/650 for MSFS for use in the JF Piper Piper Arrow which is the only aircraft I use in MSFS. It works great. But ....after installing TDS, RXP does not work in P3D. As far as I understand this is because TDS uses a different version of the Garmin trainer. Is there any way around this or do you have to reinstall with Garmin every time you change simulator

Just had to buy new PC Windows 11. On installing P3D all the XML files, when opened say across the top. ".this xml file does not appear to have any style information with it" and don't appear to work. Has anyone any idea what I need to do to get them back to normal please. /Russell

Hi all, How do I remove P3dv4 completely? I used the control panel to uninstall the four main P3dv4 files including the license. I am using P3dv5.3 HF2 now. For example, I installed the PMDG 737NGXu in P3dv5 folder, not a problem. My issue is when I install another aircraft like the PMDG 777. The installer gave me the option to install in p3dv4 or P3dv5, I choose P3dv5. After a restart I see that I now have a P3dv4 folder and a P3dv5 folder and guess what's in the P3dv4 folder, a PMDG subfolder and within that folder is the 777x gauges folder and other 777x folders. Now my main P3dv5 folder has a PMDG folder with some of the 777x folders as well. I want to …

DIn 64 bit P3D is there any longer a reason to deactivate sceneries in the scenery library you are not using on a current flight? I haven’t done this since the FSX days but is there any kind of performance advantage in doing so? You can do this easily with the Lorby add on Manager tool but is there any use?