The Prepar3d Forum

Greetings to all, I'd like to find a good database for the model matching of VATSIMs Vpilot client. Would you guys recommend world of AI. I only need it for the model matching i.e. don't need it for AI into the sim. What is the simples way to get this done ? Thanks a lot in advance.

I always thought those overlay roads are just awful and from FSX on I edited them out through the terrain.cfg by setting ExcludeAutogen and RenderToTextures to 'No'. However I keep having problems with removing roads in P3D. I removed all roads and railroads through FTX Vector, but still so many roads remain, especially in FTX regions. So next to removing roads with Vector, I edited out every entry for roads, bridges and ramps in the terrain.cfg, but still so many roads, and even more, bridges remain. I even see 6 bridges, side by side, in places where there should be just one single bridge. What can I do to edit out ALL roads and bridges in P3D2?

Hi everyone,I have all ftx products ( NA Europe Australia...) and I'd like to know where to put payware addons like France vfr and Swiss pro for instance in the library.I also use Scenery config editor... Should I set FTX Central to FSX Default and fly without any problem in those areas or what? Thank you very much in advance massimo

I'm having this crash very often Was doing a flight from SBGR to CYYZ and when I was reaching FL100, FSUIPC started to annouce the crash, had time to save the flight but I'm always getting this message: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Prepar3D.exe Application Version: 2.5.12945.0 Application Timestamp: 55145052 Fault Module Name: d3d11.dll Fault Module Version: 6.2.9200.16570 Fault Module Timestamp: 5153774d Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 0008ee4e OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1046 Additional information about the problem: LCID: 1046 I posted at P3D Forum in their site and gu…

So I've installed the freeware Yosemite and Devil's Tower addons and everything seems to work fine except for the major features (el cap, half dome, devils tower). It doesnt seem to load the mesh correctly and half dome looks like its caving in, el cap just looks like a hill and devils tower just isn't there. The strange thing is if I fiddle around with the scenery library and move yosemite just below the northern california mesh layer, it will load the model of half dome and el cap correctly, but displays some really strange looking textures. The first example is with yosemite where it should be in the scenery library, the second image is with it below the mesh of the no…

I have rather general question for you: When I go flying in P3D, I always have the problem to find the right weather for the flight. By "right weather" I mean weather which is appropriate for a specific flight I want to make. If I want to go VFR flying, I dont't want overcast conditions but rather some nice looking medium cloud cover. On the other hand, when flying tubes I like a lot of clouds with some heavy weather here and there. Sometimes, I also want to fly a specific approach and then the winds have to fit that as well. I'm using Active Sky Next and in order to find the right weather I tend to go through various historic dates and then check the weather conditio…

My simulator is P3Dv2.5. Aircraft : Ifly 737 NG Cockpit Builders Edition. Two computers : server for the view and hardware. Client for all displays and Active Sky Next. My server drives 3 HD tv's in 5920x1080 resolution. My issue is about VAS . My free VAS is coming down very fast when I have FS_COM running. At startup it consumes only 50 mb. However within 5 minutes my Free VAS drops from 1.200.000 mb to 250 , which gives an OOM. At first I did not know what caused it , but after testing with all addon software seperately I was able to nail it down to FS_COM, which is the software from CPFlight. In P3Dv2.4 I had no issues whatsoever. And without the CPFl…

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=utxusa This is great if you don't want to spend oodles on worldwide stuff. 30 bucks for P3D/FSX combo, I guess there's a 50% off coupon if you had the version 1.4 as well!

Just wondering if anyone has got EGHI running without FTX England. I wanted to pick up EGHI in the sale, I already have Global+Vector so I see no real point in getting FTX England aswell(apart from the fact I can't afford to get both right now). Thanks,

Hi guys, I am having issues with certain sceneries from FSX. For example, SimGiants GCFV scenery has a mesh of the island, but it isn't getting loaded. I am just getting the default P3D mesh (too much grass on a volcanic island doesn't look that great to be honest), and black taxiways in certain places. Any known fix for this?

I feel a bit silly posting this because this is old news to everyone else, but i have found what works, for me anyway. I'm using a GTX 690 4 gig Sli card. My biggest problem in Prepar3D was the shimmering around the Dials/Gauges and clocks, all the displays really. Never had a problem with anything on the outside it was all in the Cockpit/VC, used to drive me nuts. And now i can gladly say, every bit of shimmering is now gone from all areas of the Cockpit/VC. Maybe this might help some people like myself who are not as advanced as the rest of you's. So what did i do ? I just followed Rob Ainscough's Nvidia Inspector Settings, (Thank you Rob) So…

Well I have been very happy OOM free since switching to P3Dv2 until I decided to upgrade my EGLL to Aerosoft's Mega Airport London Heathrow Xtended today. Coupled with all the great stuff from Orbx and REX4 clouds sure enough I didn't even make it to the DET VOR departing out of Rwy9R with the Q400. Now I knew of this VAS problem with FSX but I thought with the recent optimization in P3Dv2.3 I can enjoy a decent flight out of Heathrow but unfortunately that is not the case. Time to start sliding everything left...again.

How to do this? It worked in FSX by default... can't figure out a way to have P3D sync automatically when I start a default flight.

Well might have been covered somewhere here but i must have missed this one out since i mostly fly jets but i guess for my bush flight you can tell me if i should buy this one or if is a must have? I cant find a compatible list so can you recommend me a good bush airplane with this one ? I only have default GA and the Lancair (ORBX which doesnt work in P3Dv2) No rush as i am about to re install 12945 tonight Thanks Michael Moe

Hi, Does anyone know how to contact Flight1 ? Is it only through the ticket system ? I have bought the FSX version by a mistake instead of the P3D version . I havent used the license offcause, B) Thanks Michael Moe

Seen this a while back, amazing clouds! The way the clouds hang down like that. I take it, its because he is on high ground or maybe he's using the History Setting on the weather engine, Looks great though. Also it really does Cement the VC in the Cherokee as one of the best out there.

Does anyone know why I get the following error when trying to start P3D: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). Click OK to close the application." I have P3D installed in a separate D: drive, was working fine this morning but after trying to install REX soft clouds I get that error when I try to start P3D? Any ideas? Thanks Jim

Hello, I'm thinking of buying some FTX addons but am unsure what I should get first. Is the Global Base package needed if I prefer to fly in the Pacific Northwest and I get the PNW add on? In other words what is the difference between the 2 besides the fact that the Global base covers more area, does it enhance the PNW addon somehow Thanks Jim

Hello, I've recently installed PNW into my new P3D system. I downloaded the PNW from my flight store account, I purchased PNW back in 2010. When I try to run FTX Central I get the following error: "Could not find D;\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\terrain.cfg"? I followed the install instructions.. any suggestions? Jim

Greetings I have a problem running ftx global with europe open lc (and vector) updated for p3d A portion of water masses (rivers, lakes, sea)not loading properly and looking black as it doesnt receive light. After a while the issue will eventually solve. There are not blurries inland and this doesnt occur with ftx region water. Gpu is ati r9 270x (oc or not doesnt change things), cpu i7 4790k. P3d settings: water medium to ultra no difference no flagged options. Shadows medium. Rex 4 32 bit water dx10 animations medium or dark shallow water settings Any hint?

Hi all, I'm currently one of those users sitting on the fence for P3D. I'd just like to ask a quick question to P3D users that came from FSX: Was it worth it? I'm mostly considering transferring to P3D because of the continuing support for the platform and the advantages with high-end add-ons such as PMDG. Also, is performance much better than FSX, FPS wise? Thank you in advance.

Hi, firstly, I dont have vsync enabled, either in P3d or NVCP. I have tried with it enabled and disabled and it makes no difference. The issue I have is a kind of a tear, horizontally when I pan, its quite fluid though, and visually disconcerting as it makes the scenery "swim". It does it whether you use Track ir or not. Does anyone have any ideas where I should look to try and sort this out ? I have 2 GTX 970 in SLi and its a recent issue, I dont remember having it before and I am pretty sure I have not changed anything that would do this... Cheers, Mark

Click the windows icon in the bottom left and search "services" http://i.imgur.com/NF1TAXr.png Next open up services and locate "NVIDIA Streamer Service" http://i.imgur.com/JQQmRVr.png Open the service and stop the service if its running then disable the service. http://i.imgur.com/lNvZSyg.png Do all this and hit apply and you'll be able to see a noticeable framerate boost and drop in your cpu usage! i hope this help a couple people out!" I`m not the original Poster here, just sharing a tweak i found today from EK Waterblocks. Rick

I'm currently troubleshooting two issues I've seen recently - my TrackIR software crashes and before doing this I've noticed the head movement being jerky - severe stuttering after I've been flying for 30-60 minutes I'm suspecting the culprit might be SimConnect is being flooded since I'm using multiple addons that all use SimConnect. From what I know these are the addons I use that use SimConnect but might be even more of them. - ASN - TrackIR - vPilot - FSDT Couatl - VAInterface - Aivlasoft EFB - Orbx ObjectFlow Since I didn't see this until recently I've been trying to figure out what changed and looking at my P3D settings one of the few things I…

Recently I have noticed that when my sound is on during flights, FPS has dropped 3-4 fps compared to when sound is set to off. This only happens when P3D has been started from within a 3rd party application. After P3D has been launched from within this application, I have shut down this program and as far as I can see (using ProcessExplorer) this program (process) has been cleared from memory as well. Do any of you have an idea why this may happen and how to resolve this? Fyi, I solely use PMDG's 737s and the 3rd party program is SImLauncher. Thanks, Hans