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Dear all, I've just downloaded the latest update of the addon manager in my p3d and have lost all the fsdream airports(lszh and lsgg) : I see the jetways but no other aiport features. In the addon p3d menu I don't see the manager behind loaded. All was working fine prior to the update Best regards Karim

Hey everyone, Looking for suggestions regarding add-on aircraft for commercial use. The simulator itself is not intended to be loggable. Primarily, I'm looking for something to replicate small GA, e.g. the ubiquitous 172 and Warrior IIs, primarily because of their speed and handling characteristics. Default P3D aircraft are a little too high performance. I am going to be creating 2d panels for whatever we end up with as well. Suggestions appreciated! thanks Andrew

Hello, after some more testing of visual settings i finally decided to keep HDR turned on in p3d v2.4. Til some days ago i had it turned off, but had installed something called "Nvidia RGB Full Range Toggle" which the author of simmershome.de suggested as an alternative for HDR or so. Don't know if this could have something to do with the issue i will talk about now... So now, with HDR turned on, like some of you i found the overall brightness a little too dark. Then i was thinking, why not turn up the monitor brightness a little... and voila, i was really happy with the result. But next time i entered the cockpit (A2A 182), the overall look of the landsc…

I haven't flown in about six months due to a lot of "stuff" going on. But, this week, I updated to 2.4, got all the REX and ORBX updates and did some flying. I had almost forgotten how nice looking this sim is now. I made a flight at dawn and the way the sun came into the cockpit and made shadows was very realistic. Yes, this is about flying. But, what we see in the cockpit and out the windows add to the impressiveness and P3D is indeed a very "pretty" sim at this point and will get even better!

Hi. Wanted to get a sense of what GPU people are using for P3D in 4k? I feel like I saw that Rob Ainscough is using a Titan Black. I would imagine he'd be using a GTX 980 ...if there were a 6gb or 8gb VRAM option available. Correct me if I'm wrong, but at 4k resolutions, VRAM limitations become a real issue with the 3 & 4GB GPUs?

Warning: Please be advised that this is a serious topic. I received a message yesterday that FSX is now selling for $4.00... $4.00... Guys that's a once in a life time deal. So, I suggest we all get off our P3D and move back to FSX...why? Well, cause it's only $4.00 (four dollars). That's right the same FSX you've known for many years with the same issues, now steaming for only $4.00, ladies and gentlemen... did I say Four Dollars? LoL Hummm, I wonder if they'll bring FS 2002 at this price? If they do, we should then move to FS 2002. Of course, I'm being evilly sarcastic. Like in my days of 'incredulous' I asked "Why P3d" and many replied-and exp…

Hi there I am learning to fly, and am loving the experiences so far. There's been a lot of tweaking, reinstalling, buying addons etc, but thats all part of the fun isn't ^_^ :unsure: Every time I do something wrong, especially something catastrophic, I like to learn from it! So this one seemed pretty useful... I was just trying P3D out to make sure it was stable on my machine before adding in ORBX and co, and I took the Mooney Acclaim out for a spin. So far I have been focusing on Cessnas only, so I don't have a clue about this aircraft. I had never had the weather set to wintry conditions, so I gave myself some driving snow. Nice effect, but I thought "maybe I …

Remind me if you will how to get rid of this effect by deleting or altering the associated textures which occurs during taxi in wet weather. It can be so bad sometimes I will slew to the runway holding position just to get ahead of it. Didn't worry about it last year here in Nor Cal as the drought prevented this from being an issue--not so now ;o)

Hello guys, For everyone having Rex Texture Direct, head over the their forum to dl SP2.

Go get it guys - dont forget to dump your shaders folder also Just an update guys, we have released Service Pack 4 / Texture Update # 2 for users to download. You can download the update through the REX 4 Texture Direct interface or through our forum at: ============================================================================== Just a heads up update from inside rex4 menu system did not work - trying the zip file version from Their site now Heres the link http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/32175-rex-4-texture-direct-service-pack-4-texture-update-2/

Hi All, I've done a search and seen some conflicting info on Vsync. I've seen some say it's broke due to some Psuedo Full Screen mode, and some saying they have it working. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. GTX 660 with most current drivers. Any particular Nvidia inspector settings or anything? Thanks! Ahhh! I figured this out. I checked the LM forums. I experience the issues they describe exactly when Aero is turned off. Please disregard. Thanks!

Hi, tried to start the DC-8-73 according to the tutorial but I didn't get any spoolup/ignition when pulling ENG3 starter. Fuelcocks are UP, Fuelpumps running - I've got no idea what is missing? All I can do is using ctrl+e but that spoils the simulation :-( Any hints? Jan

Well, I've got 3.4GB of a 10.6GB download happening right now and a week off starting tomorrow. I've been waiting and watching the development of P3D over the past year and the time seems perfect to jump into the P3D camp and start enjoying everything this sim has to offer. Looking forward to overdosing on all the info here in the forums and applying the small amount of tweaks I've been seeing compared to FSX. Glad to be a part of the crowd and happy to throw the support Lockheed's way to continue advancing our hobby. Mike

I'm having an issue i'm hoping someone has run into.. With trackir i have my one left front button on my yoke set to pause the view when looking around and the right side button set to re-center. This works perfectly fine until EZDOK is launched. If i run the 1.17 for FSX version, even with the box unticked in trackir settings (for ezdok) to reset view if out of range.. each time i press pause the view snaps back almost like the center button does (but not quite the same view). Then if i try 1.17 beta for p3d.. it works somewhat better.. the pause will pause, but it will shift from where it was when i pressed pause by a few inches. This is on trackir v5 h…

Hi everyone, Running p3d v2.4, using DSR 4x resolution, all is smooth and good. I notice that my runway lights generally look quite small and the sun itself is really small, like a dot in the sky. I use REX4 textures. Two questions: First, Is there a way to increase the relative size of the sun and/or runway lights? Second, I used to use a sun lens flare effect in the FSX days. Some people say that it's not needed now because in P3D those effects are built in. I guess I don't really see them very much (with either HDR on or off). Has anyone used the flare effect from FSX ported over to P3D, or is there some other setting I should be using to see it? T…

Hi Guys, first something about me: I started in FSX, but switched to Prepar3d a few months ago and probably will never go back... ^_^ In FSX my favourites were all the PMDG aircrafts. In P3D I am happily flying with Aerosofts A318 to 321, Qualitywings 146 and 757, Majestícs Q400 and hopefully soon PDMGs 737 and 777 . But recently I would love to fly a smaller business jet. But there is my problem: coming from the heavies I am addicted to FMS and flight plans.... Therefore my question is: Is there a payware business jet or turboprop, capable of P3D, which has some kind of FMS with SID/STARS available, capable of ILS approaches, an AIRAC which can be updated by Nav…

You have FTX Vector. You also have UTX v2.0. You also have UTX Canada (Legacy) ------------------------------------------------------ You like features of both programs...and want to combine the best features of the two into your one vector solution. Yeah...you would...but you can't. Here I am, checking out the latest FTX GLOBAL Airport Pack 20, and took off out of Thunder Bay (CYQT -Ontario, Canada) and VFR'ing down the coast of Lake Superior, with Highway 17 always in sight.... Well, I have FTX Vector running the show for this flight, as FTX Vector's frozen water graphics is a MUST HAVE to complete 'immersion' for hard winter. While it's a pers…

Gents, i need your thoughts concerning hardware tess.. When selecting it i get about 100% cpu and 15% gpu usage When deselecting i nearly get the same. The only thing that changes is VAS. In the situation i test i get with hardware tss 1.1 GByte VAS left and without hardware tess. i get about 1.4 left. I really wonder why my 970GTX is only at 15% and why hardawrae tess. seems to make things even worse (concerning VAS usage) Appreciate your thoughts on this, Carsten

Looking for a good Military helicopter for Prepar3d v2.xx Any suggestions?

Hi guys, Taxi2Gate have released a hotfix file that fixes runway and approach night lighting at LTBA. Tested and works for me. Copy and paste into P3D/Addon scenery/T2G Ataruk Ariport/LTBA/Scenery http://www.taxi2gate.org/downloads/p3d/LTBA-AF.BGL http://www.iflysimx.com/topic/1045-ltba-no-runway-lights-p3dv24/ Cheers Gordon

some time ago I introduced HTML5 gauges, http://forum.avsim.net/topic/438276-bringing-html5-into-fsxprepar3d-add-ons/ Now, a time for Dynamic Textures powered by HTML5 Enjoy, cheers Marcin

Hello everyone, I keep getting an error on my first start of P3D. I just installed it and then when I load it up, it gives me the default flight and fatal errors out. The report is here: Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: BEX Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: Prepar3D.exe P2: 2.4.11570.0 P3: 542314d3 P4: unknown P5: 0.0.0.0 P6: 00000000 P7: 000000c8 P8: c0000005 P9: 00000008 P10: Attached files: C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.cfg.txt C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\dxdiag.txt C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\scenery.cfg C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Mar…

I have recently installed P3D on my system. I also have REX4 and ASN. However, water is dead stagnant. No animation, no movement, even on a stormy day. The water looks like a deep-blue painting of what's supposed to be water. And, to make it worse, it shines (with the sun) like metallic painted metal- horrible ! I have updated REX4 to latest updates, and have my P3D settings on high. Can anyone provide any pointers as to how to get water movement on P3D?

Hi All I have just installed v2.4 and I have two issues. First I have a camera issue that whenever I use the mouse to look, it keeps snapping back to the left seats seat and I cant pan around. The other issue I have is that when i open the menus, i'm having this weird tearing thing going on. Any suggestions ? Many thanks

Hi, I got a new Graphiccard namely the Geforce GTX 970. This card is really good, but I use it without any changes on the system. Would you recommend using NI, and if so, is it only for better quality or also for better performance. What settings in NI would you recommend? Is it possible to find settings in NI which could help to avoid OOMs? Thanks for your help! Christoph