The Prepar3d Forum

I was working with a guy who modded Shez' awesome KSNA scenery (which was a mod of another scenery lol) and I discovered an issue with the HDR nighttime lighting. The taxiway sigange is blooming like crazy - so much that I can't read the signage. The Ry fix textures are .dds and the originals are .bmp - is there something special about HDR with those two types of textures? Here's SNA daytime (HDR on though): SNA nighttime HDR OFF: SNA nighttime HDR ON:

I've decided to get this out for you all to enjoy. I have created a few tools to do install and configuration, but they are too messy to include, might cause more confusion than they're worth at this time. I plan to clean them up later. So this is just the most elegant smallest pieces. This will also help reposition a view for use with two monitors as well, or work for a single ultra display to zap distortion. This code is not maximally optimized, nor elegant. I am a bad codemonkey. Works now. Polish later. For your enjoyment: Open notepad, but with administrator rights (right click / run as administrator). From here on "context menu" will mean "right cli…

I just reinstalled P3D 2.4 and am trying to install AS Next B5391. I get an error message that says I need valid ASN version installed. What version do I first need to install? Thanks a lot,

I had FSDT airports KORD, KLAX and KJFK, and Flightbeam KDEN and KSFO, as well as FTX Global, installed prior to purchasing / installing FTX Vector. All seemed to work well together, but after installing FTX vector I notice that the runways at KDEN and KORD are positioned below the Flightbeam and FSDT airports respectively, at KDEN the runways almost look ,like they are in canyons. The other Flightbeam / FSDT airports appear OK,a s do a random selection of stock P3D airports (running P3D v2.4 patched from v2.3). I also have FTX/Orbx NorCal and PNW installed. FTX Central is set to "FTX Global", although switching it to "North America" doesn't seem to change the i…

I was thinking about entering the London - Melbourne race, end this month and I would like to do this in an age appropriate aircraft. But looking over the list, there arent many proper payware aircrafts, with proper P3D2 installers. With the experience I've had, I'm not fond of freeware aircrafts, with a big change of messing up my system (as happened a lot in the past). I'm also not fond of trying FSX aircrafts, hoping it will work in P3D, mostly for the same reason. And I have to look at it for 50 hours or more, so I'm not interested in messy graphics... So far, I found only 2 aircrafts that should be fit for P3D, the Alabeo D17S, but from the pictures it seems to h…

Hello! I have misplaced signs on the taxiway and on the middle of the runway. Does anyone have a solution for this? The following screenie is from Langley AFB (Default airport). https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxru_hUFUsxeeWhaRnhPQ19ublE/view?usp=sharing I have P3D v2.4 + FTX Global v1.30 + FTX Vector v1.15 + FTX OpenLC Europe + FS Global 2010 FTX Edition + REX 4 TD SP3 + ASN SP1 + Shade v1.02 + My Traffic X 5.4c (with all the avaiable fixes) + TrafficManager + FSUIPC (latest) + Aerosoft Madeira X installed. Regards, AK

Hi Can anyone offer any ideas on this one I have both fsx installed and p3d and I run ezdok on both. In fsx everything is fine and I have no problems at all. The problem comes when I run p3d 2.4, I have to start ezdok after p3d has started for it to work which in itself is not a massive problem but the problems start when I load an aircraft that I have installed on both platforms. I did not use the migration tool to install ezdok in p3d. I generally have my virtual cockpit views in fsx set at 0.7 but when I use the same aircraft in p3d the zoom although still set at 0.7 seems closer to about 0.9 when compared to fsx also none of the keys I have set work unless I'm in a…

Hello all, I'm new to the community and flight simming. I was wondering where the realair simulations forum is? In particular I was wondering if there is a timetable for the turbine duke they've mentioned on their site a month ago? Take care.

HI, Can somebody please help just after installing ftx global and ftx global update1.1 1.2 I have installed ftx vector 1.0 I get an error stating that the configurator tool has stopped working any help will be greatly appreciated just to mention I have not installed libraries yet could that be the issue? Thank you

Is anyone else getting this? I updated to 2.4 using Robs great guide and get these blurry water/sun patches with or without NI and no matter how much I AA. I am using REX4 SP3 with TU1 and have tried multiple textures... I have my graphics fairly high and everything else runs perfectly smooth and looks great. Big picture warning... http://prntscr.com/4sjheu http://prntscr.com/4sjhk8

hi Guys was wandering if I decide to upgrade from prepar3d v1 to V2 would I have to reinstall all my scenery and other add-ons I am using thank you

Hello all I am a long time FS9 user who has recently made the jump to P3D 2.3 and I am really happy with this new platform.....I am struggling a bit as I am trying to get my dual monitor set-up to function as I had it in the older sim platform. I have made custom 2d undockable panels to be moved onto my second monitor using FS panel studio, on my old set-up I was able to build these 2d panels into most planes on my install, and it has been a very effective flightsim set-up for me.... Here is a link with a bit of background on my set-up http://forums.simviation.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=166438 My question....or request for help..... I have managed to get only 2 …

I was thinking about getting FS Global Ultimate and I've got a couple of questions. To start with, how is the impact of this package on P3D2.4? I'm running a good 30FPS in most cases, on a i7-4770k @ 4.2GHz, on a Z87, with GTX770 4GB, 8GB DDR3 @ 1800MHz and 2 SSD discs. Since it's a pretty standard setup, could someone with something comparable give me some insight on what kind of strain FSGU would bring to my system? FPS drop, chance for blurries, etc... I always installed FSG2010 on a separate hard disc and installed it from there in P3D, can do FSGU the same, or do I need to install the whole thing directly on my P3D disc? How much extra data should I count on …

I have two FTX Global Entries in my FTX Central any Ideas? Example:

Hi, I was going to try hdev2, but was not sure if they were compatible with 2.4 and really not sure what size to try. What are u using? Bob

I usually never fly in the dark but lately I've been flying more and more at real time and so a lot in the evening and so a lot in the dark. I noticed my graphics look very bad at night, as if I am running the sim at 16 or 8 bit. Looks like a bad png... Is there anything I can do about this? I've seen it before but it never bothered me (since I seldom flew at night) but now it's annoying me... Clouds with only 2 or 3 shades, lines all over the VC... ugly...

I'm thinking of an eventual mobo and chip replacement as part of a system upgrade, but I'm wondering will this mean I need to get new licenses for all my fs software (and p3d) because it will be considered a new system? Thanks, Alex

"This installer contains all the fixes from 1.10 & 1.20, some new bug fixes as well as resolving the issue with not overwriting default textures in P3Dv2." Orbx Release Thread

Title pretty much says it. I think this started shortly after upgrading from 2.3 to 2.4 (I followed the instructions here to delete the shader etc..). I only have high cirrus clouds, none of the puffy white cotton balls. I tried setting ASN and P3D back to default. I can see ASN connecting and doing things in the debug window. It does rain, but the skies are clear or even very hazy--1/2 mile or less at times. I ran REX texture (and run it as admin) install a couple of times. I use EMT, but don't have FSX installed. I tried EMT launching P3D in legacy mode and non-legacy mode. I tried using P3D building storms, where it does at least clear all weather and then …

Hi. I have FSX and Prepar3d installed on my PC. The FSX addons are already registered when installed. If I try to install into prepar3d, the addon automatically finds the FSX install. How do I install in both sims?

Hi Ok I decided to do a full wipe of my older version of p3dv2 and I have now got myself up and running to 2.4 with almost all of my software again just a couple to add still and I would like to get ezdok working again So my question is how do I get it all up and running in p3d as I've lost all my info on getting it up and running I have it installed and running in fsx with version 1.17, I really don't want to use the migration tool if I can help it as this has caused some problems in the past Thanks

I found this product in recent e-mail from the Flightsim Store. I know that the ground friction issue has been a known pain for some time. First we had the sim1.dll solution, then a solution with FSUIPC (which I used in FSX, but am not sure if it is still applicable with P3D or not).... but the hype with this product shows it as superior to both of the above remedies. Any comments from anyone who has tried it would be greatly appreciated... Thanks, Bruce.

For the life of me I don't recall how to launch to the scenario select screen instead of going direct to the default flight. And it's amazing how little information there is with a google search.

Hi, I don't know if this is of any interest to anybody but I have got Traffic 360 working on my V2 set up. 1/ Install the registry fix to point at V2 of P3D 2/ Install Traffic 360 3/ Locate 'TrafficAircraft.bgl' located in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\LockheedMartin\Prepar3D v2\scenery\World\scenery' (or wherever you installed it) 4/ Rename this to something you will remember in case you need to revert. 5/ Locate 'AITraffic.bgl' in the same directory. (I'm not 100% about the name as I foolishly forgot to back it up! This is the bgl that contains all of the Traffic360 AI aircraft. You can view this by using the FSX Decompiler, also in this directory. 6/ Rename this…

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