So I have installed Prepare and am liking it. I have REX Essentials licensed and working fine. I have also installed a few of my aircraft by using FSX Reg Utility to change the registry entry to trick installers into installing in the Prepare directory instead of in FSX, then I change it back with that same utility. Is this how I should install the PMDG 737-NGX as well??

 

I have read a few other suggestions, but they are usually not explicit or complete enough [for me a relative newbie I suppose, at least to Prepare]...they'll say "copy your 737-NGX from FSX into the related directories, then copy fonts, then check this and copy gauges etc...I seriously do not want to mess up my awesomely working installations of FSX and Prepare.

 

Here is one that Word Not Allowed wrote...."...Copy the exe.xml and dll.xml to the according P3D directory, edit it, and delete all for P3D irrelevant stuff.Copy all aircraft from Simobjects, PMDG folder from FSX, PMDG gauges from Gauges folder, PMDG folder inside of Sound folder. That should get you running.

Regards,

Srdan Kostic (aka Word Not Allowed)......."

 

I am afraid that just isn't clear to me...where is the exe.xml file?? What does 'the according directory' mean...I guess that means if the otehrs are in E:/FSX/something then I copy them into E:/prepare/something right??

 

Anyway I would sure appreciate some guidance.

 

Thanks!

 

Phil

I used the program (10.00) FSX2P3D and it installed perfectly.

cthiggin

Great...I assume it still functions fine in your FSX install as well?

 

I used the program (10.00) FSX2P3D and it installed perfectly.

cthiggin

pwscott

FSX works fine. When you "use" fsx, just click on the FSX2P3d Configurator, click disable, and FSX is perfect.

I tried to manually port over the 737ngx & JS4100, and thought I was good but had blank pfd/mfd etc. I had also moved any file in the FSX Effects/Fonts/Guages/Sound Folders, but

for whatever, could not get the gauges to show....even checked the .xml files.

So, have reading many threads, I purchased the FSX2P3d program and that did the trick. I have used it for most of my payware add-ons and they all work fine.

Let us know.

cthiggin

I will give this a try tonight. I tried it at lunch time on my Orbx stuff and the installer was asking me for files/disks for the installer which was weird.

PW: copy the FSX icon from your main FSX folder, and drop it into the main P3D folder. It does no harm, and provides the necessary target for the next step.

 

Get something like FSXRegUtility, and use Set Path to change from C:\...Microsoft Flight Simulator X - 0r whwerever the location on your systme to - C:\ .... Prepar3D or wherever you have it located.

 

The GUI asks you to Browse to where FSX is, and by choosing your P3D folder (with the FS Application inside) it accepts that as the destination.

 

Easy - just install normally after that.

 

Only the Aerosoft AirbusX is hard, as it requires detailed removal of lines from within the panel folder. That is well discussed in this forum, and with some help from kind people I have it working well.

 

_{Sorry about the word mangling it's a specialty of Win 7 when you attempt to delete or copy.}

All worked fine using the 'FSX to Prepar3d Migration Tool' to set virtual FSX and then just installing the 737-NGX normally- it went right into the E\prepar3d folder. All working great.

 

I understand the Captain Sim C-130 is not possible presently due to data in other folders??

 

PW: copy the FSX icon from your main FSX folder, and drop it into the main P3D folder. It does no harm, and provides the necessary target for the next step.

 

Get something like FSXRegUtility, and use Set Path to change from C:\...Microsoft Flight Simulator X - 0r whwerever the location on your systme to - C:\ .... Prepar3D or wherever you have it located.

 

The GUI asks you to Browse to where FSX is, and by choosing your P3D folder (with the FS Application inside) it accepts that as the destination.

 

Easy - just install normally after that.

 

Only the Aerosoft AirbusX is hard, as it requires detailed removal of lines from within the panel folder. That is well discussed in this forum, and with some help from kind people I have it working well.

 

_{Sorry about the word mangling it's a specialty of Win 7 when you attempt to delete or copy.}

pwscott,

Glad the FSX2P3D utility worked - it sure has for me.

The Captain Sim C-130 "may" install fine using the same utility. The PMDG 737NGX has a lot of data such as sound files/effects/fonts etc. that the FSX2P3D "makes happen".

You can always try. For "me" and P3D, it was the best 10.00 spent besides Prepar3D itself.

cthiggin

Turns out when I went back to run FSX, after turning off the Virtual FSX, my FSX wouldn't launch. A support ticket at the SW developer was almost immediately answered and he had me rename the FSX. backup to FSX. exe and all was well.

 

Later I went back and ran FSX for a flight around Australia in a PMDG 737-NGX and found that all my liveries were gone somehow. Not a big deal, I have them all on disk, but this is tricky having FSX a d P3D side by side.

 

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pwscott,

I just checked mine and FSX launched fine (it's on a separate drive) and all of my PMDG 737ngx liveries were fine. Go figure.

The support is very very good and fast for FSX2P3D.

Glad you're getting it all worked out. For me, I just don't use FSX anymore.

Have a blessed one.

cthiggin