The Prepar3d Forum

is this normal in P3D? I mean...all the terrain turns into large block blotches...but...when you get down to around 5,000 from altitude..the scenery once more coalesces, and you get clear forming detail. Is this supposed to happen?!?!? FSX never did this! I have always been around no higher than 3,500 feet... so didn't ever see this effect of the scenery and terrain, turning into a splotched mess.... Does anybody else see this? I must add that I have all terrain at full detail in the Scenery Config. The stock LOD setting is 6.5, but I have taken it up to 9.5, to avoid light and terrain popping. Would this have anything to do with this?, or could a cust…

I've gone over to the dark side... I'm one of those guys that has FSX running perfectly and always had FSX running perfectly. No OOMs, no blue screens and all that. I also don't push sliders right and run photoscenery exclusively. I tried P3D a ways back and it clearly wasn't there yet. Bought and installed P3D2.2 about a month ago with pretty much the same settings I'm using in FSX. Flew KLAX > KSFO last night at about 7-7:30pm in the Eaglesoft Citation. Landed at KSFO and it was scary real. I can say this because I live here. I could almost smell the bay :>) So, looking forward to all LM will bring forth, because I'm in.... Mark

Hi Everyone - I've posted this over in the LM P3D Forum as well, but I'm posting here in hopes of getting an answer to an incredibly vexing problem that just started yesterday: Starting yesterday, I cannot set the parking brake anymore on any aircraft UNLESS I disable all joysticks w/Ctrl-K. Then I can set the parking brake, BUT I still cannot set it with the Ctrl period keystroke combination. I can only set the parking brake if there is a "physical brake" to click on to set/release. With the parking brake set, if I re-enable the joysticks, it releases the parking brake and I cannot reset it. I am at my wits' end with this, as I've been working on this problem since b…

Folks, I need help, please, I have this beautiful plane now in P3D, with also sound..but, I have no panel display in the three panel panes. If anybody has this plane and panel to speed, could you please tell me what files, inside the GAUGE folder are the ones to port over into P3D, to have your M.D.P.'s show up? Thanks...or if they are in a different location within FSX... Nice plane...but instruments (smile), would be nice... Mitch

Hello all, I had to reinstall Prepar3d v2.2 (addon problems) and this time, after installing Majestic Q400 and QW 757 & BAE 146, I seem to have severe static sounds on top of the usual sim sounds, but only in the Q400. If I run any other aircraft, the sounds are just fine. Has anyone encountered something similar in the past by any chance?

I have the Aerosoft My Traffic X (version 5.1a) boxed edition and also an update file to 5.1b. I want to know if I can use it with P3D2 and if so how to install it. The master compatibility list mentions My Traffic X but not the specific 5.1a (or 5.1b) version and says it must be manually installed. What does that mean? Manually point to the P3D2 directory. I have the EMT utility. Can I use it to first install from the disc and then apply the 5.1b patch? And will everything work without problems? I don't want to mess up my P3D2 install.

Moderator's note: this is a discussion thread for a "Tips and Tricks" post made here: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/442650-1-possible-solution-to-ctd-when-accessing-menus/page-0 You could try to de-install and re-install the .net framework and the MS Visual C (10) runtime. As you desribe it, you can select an airport, but not do much else in the menu. Most of the other actions (like changing scenery settings) require writing to the config file, which can be impossible because of (e.g.) a corrupt .net framework. I once had a similar issue and obviously .net was responsible. Kind regards, Michael

Hi I'm not trying to start a comparison war but I recently uninstalled ORBX Vector 1.15 because of multiple elevation issues with third party airports including Aerosoft Madeira X. I was hoping someone who has UTX Europe working with FTX Global would please tell me if these third party elevation issues are happening with UTX Europe. I mainly want to fly in FTX Global Europe as I have a lot of Aerosoft airports there. I am really only looking for an efficient replacement for Vector for Europe. Would UTX cause elevation issues in ORBX regions eg England as I've found Vector does? Many thanks for any advice simdown42

I like to use the feelthere ejets as an easy tubeliner. However with P3D v 2.2 it stutters quite heavily, and I seem to get very low FPS. The FPS seem ok at the airport, but when I'm at cruise in the middle of nowhere it's around 15 FPS, when it should be 50 or 60. I don't have this problem with any other planes, and my system is quite good and runs fine otherwise. Has anyone had a similiar experience, or perhaps even a solution.

Recently, I've found it's impossible to switch between regions as whenever I click apply for a new region, it just loads forever and if I minimize the window, it will not come back up again. I tried installing the newest libraries, but that didn't work either.

I recently built a new Desktop and had no problems with V2.2, but the only problem I have is selecting any of the Project Fokker F28/F70/F100 airplanes. I keep on getting fatal errors. These airplanes were originally designed in for FS2002/2004, but with some tweaking it did work for FSX and Prepar3d V1.4. I have changed the panel/sound to the default FSX B737, which I did in V1.4 which worked, but I did the same in v2.2 with no luck. Any suggestions on how to get Project Fokker to work on V2.2? I have tried using FSX migration tool and no luck...

When I save a flight plan, say a community flight plan in REX with the intention of opening it from within P3D v2, I get a fatal error and CTD when trying to open it in P3D. However flight plans saved within P3D and even some flight plans opened from a FSX folder are fine. I can't find anything online to explain this....

Hi, I Cant wait to see SLI GTX780SC and KLAX (with the NGX). I am having 30-40fps in this area even at night with the A36. The light effects is just amazing. Ten times better than in FSX DX10 Michael

I downloaded it and the install went smoothly. After taking a few test flights around an airport I am familiar with I was pleasantly surprised at the stability of the sim. I am very happy I took the chance to see how P3d would run on my system. I also purchased the FSX to P3d migration tool to help with installing my airport addons purchased for FSX. What I am confused about is there seems to be multiple scenery packages and mesh addons and it is quite confusing. What I currently use in FSX is REX4 w/OD GEX UTX Should I consider these or move on to FTX, but which ones? Nick

I noticed that some airports in ORBX FTX NA, i.e.Orcas Island and Friday Harbor, are also included in VictoriaPlusV7 by Don Grovestine. Is this a serious issue and/or is there a workaround? Thanks for your help! Airbus

Hello Fliers, I have never used Megascenery Earth. I used other scenery packages with FSX. I'm sure it will be compatiable with P3D 2.0. I have some questions about Megascenery Earth maybe you can help me with for those of you who use it. 1. Does it have moving road traffic? 2. Does it have each of the 4 seasons? 3. Is it compatiable with FTX global or do both work together? I received a 40% discount on my first State with full refund if I did not like it. Thanks

I'm using the RA Turbine Duke which generally works fabulously, but for example when I toggle between VC and open front view there is maybe a 25-28% performance difference, whereas w/ for example the CS Super MD80 the perf diff is around 10% tops. I'm hoping to find something w/ modest systems implementation, w/ excellent VC visuals, good sounds and flight model, but excellent performance efficiency in 2.21. Caranado's Piper Meridian? RA Lancair? Others? Not too fond of the included stuff w/ P3D V2. It's just for tooling around in the most complex of all possible scenery. I'm finding two distinctly different setups, both fabulous for their own reasons: …

Just wanted to try out a 737 in v2.2. ------------------------------------------------- Found one site...: http://www.rikoooo.com/en/106-telechargement/vedettes/569-tds-boeing-737-700-aa-fsx-p3d

...isn't any slider setting on either the masks; Scenery Objects, Terrain, Shadows, Water, Special Effects.... no sir, ...it seems to be all to do with Clouds...and if you have a rainy, heavy cloud scenario going on with for what I use: ASN...then THAT is the performance killer. I did a test... I have my P3D, set to a locked 30 FPS.... I turned off ASN, removed it out of the loop...fired up ORBX Weather number 4...and set weather to change as Medium. I cranked up every setting Mask Heading in the dang darn sim....(lol). I flew at a steady 29-30 in South Dakota. The scenery density looks amazing! There is heavy rain, at the moment in the area.…

Capt Pero released a new version of his fomerly known FSX starter: SIMstarter. And guess what? "SIMstarter" because P3D v2 is now also supported. Tool let you define a Master profile and up to 8 further profiles to start your sim. Ideal for tweaking and tuning and having different settings for different flights. So make a VFR profile with higher LOD and scenery density or make a IFR profile with lower settings. With SIMstarter you can start the sim directly with such settings. Or have different sceneries activated per profile? Or different splashscreens? Extra special tool is the Google Earth exporter which lets you export a KML file showing your in…

On several airports already I noticed that the numbering of taxiways do not match the numbering of taxiways on the charts I've got. Although it aren't the most recent ones, the charts I'm using are from the Navigraph database, so I think I can say it's not some crappy replica some idiot came up with to post on some obscure website. Can it be I need another database update for P3D which matches the database from the charts, like the monthly updates for airways/SIDs/STARS, etc? Or could there be another problem causing these issues?

Hello everybody, after a long period away from simulation with P3D 1.4 (actually I discontinued my developer subscription) I was very curious about the new version, so I bought a new license for the v2. Unfortunately I realized that I cannot install it, because I'm very short of free space on my tiny SSD system disk C: (60 Gb), despite the fact I have plenty of space on other two SSD D: and F: I tried to delete everything I could from C:\, but still I can get no more than 3-3,5 Gb of free space which seem not to be enough for the install process. I've read a post below where somebody had the same issue but solved it getting more free space. Moreover, every aborte…

A new system arrives next week. What should I buy? What should I install? FSX is loaded. I own quite a few FTX scenery products, Australia, New Zealand, North America, some airports, but not Ireland, Wales, etc. I own GEX and UTX, also Scenery Tech land class and mesh for North America from FS Genesis. Should I buy Global Base/Global Vector? The screenshots ALWAYS look enticing. If so ... HOW are they layered. I'm sorry, I've read and read and I am not sure I get it. Does G-Base do what GEX does and does does G-Vector do what UTX does. I dream of a product or three that does what GEX, UTX, Landclass, and Mesh does from all the different sources. I understa…

As many people were using the Duke and Lancair legacy without certain sounds like flaps and landing gear, I'll post the solution. I finally got around to installing these two favorites in p3d 2.2, and used the same solution as in 1.4. If you have the Estonia Migration tool, start the sim in Legacy mode. Or you can send a shortcut of the fsx.exe that the EMT installs to your desktop, and just start up P3D with that. Now you have all the sounds. I had a small issue at first where P3d would CTD before getting to the startup screen in legacy mode, but I just reinstalled the EMT, and cycled through enabling and disabling it, and the problem went away. Just in case a…

I have bunch of *.PLN flight plans that were created ages ago for FSX. the PLN files for FSX are plain text format. e.g. [flightplan] AppVersion=9.1.40901 title=OJAI Queen Alia Intl to LLBG Ben Gurion description=OJAI, LLBG type=IFR routetype=2 cruising_altitude=11000 departure_id=OJAI, N31* 43.35', E35* 59.59', +002395.00 departure_position=1 destination_id=LLBG, N32* 0.57', E34* 52.97', +000135.00 departure_name=Queen Alia Intl destination_name=Ben Gurion waypoint.0=, OJAI, , OJAI, A, N31* 43.35', E35* 59.59', +002395.00, waypoint.1=LLLL, SALAM, , SALAM, I, N31* 56.00', E35* 31.00', +000000.00, waypoint.2=, LLBG, , LLBG, A, N32* 0.57', E34* 52.97', +000135.00, …