I've only tried P3D once and I tried to get the NGX ported over but no such luck, so I went back to fsx :(

I've been testing Earth Simulation's Guernsey in P3D. I'm stunned by the performance difference actually. Not so much the FPS, which are pretty comparable, but the lack of glitching and artifacts in P3D. I can pan around to my hearts content and not once do I get a flash or a spike. I wish that were true for FSX where if I pan around too much the clouds flash and the autogen spikes.

I tried to get the NGX ported over

Ian, it's easy. Don't give up. It really is worth it. it took me five minutes to get NGX working. Obv you can't get any support on NGX, but who knows, that may change..

P3D IS FSX without the hassle and crashes. Most of the people who don't want to use it are using the verboten argument against it which doesn't cut it imo..

 

It's worth a stab!

 

I'm still flying FSX, P3D AND Flight. I feel spoiled

 

j

It strikes me that what's needed is a point by point comparrison review. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly in each? Objective, free of "######", "new toy" drivel and looking at any "porting issues" and future development issues?

 

I missed all the debate about EULA's and frankly unless the software is usable by anyone I don't really understand why anyone is wasting their time? I'm assuming that recent revisons of licencing mean that this concern is now dealt with?

 

There's been a history in Simulation Software of upgrades not supporting previous versions add-ons. Unless you've unlimited funds and you've invested heavily in third party add-ons this has to be a major factor in deciding what base software to go with surely?

 

As an interested party I want to know what changes V2.0 will bring? Will the current versions not be supported? Will future development assure compatibility with 3rd party add-ons currently supported? To be honest the screenshots I've seen so far don't look any different to FSX so what any thinking consumer wants is objective analysis of what's better.

 

Geoff

I have spent around two hours porting over most of my scenery, the NGX, and several of my smaller at GA aircraft. I also have GSX,ezdok, trackIR, Squawkbox, ActiveSky, Accu-feel.

 

These two hours of investment have given me a much more fluid performance with higher frame rates, especially when considering clouds and night lighting. I would say that is definitely worth it regardless of any fanboyism towards any specific platform. Admittedly, some things like EFB did not work yet, but hopefully that will change (although it doesn't look promising right now).

 

The bottomline is that I can fly my NGX on vatsim like before, and I can fly low and slow in myORBX sceneries. This is all I need :-)

I will look at P3D again when it gets to version 2. It's good to know that this is a work in progress and in the hands of a real aviation company.

 

Fred.

I'll try to find how to port over my stuff to P3D and give it another try this weekend.

Ian, it's easy. Don't give up. It really is worth it. it took me five minutes to get NGX working. Obv you can't get any support on NGX, but who knows, that may change..

P3D IS FSX without the hassle and crashes. Most of the people who don't want to use it are using the verboten argument against it which doesn't cut it imo..

 

It's worth a stab!

 

I'm still flying FSX, P3D AND Flight. I feel spoiled

 

j

 

If enough people go to P3D, then PMDG will have to start supporting it. It wouldn't be to their benefit to stay with FSX.

Is there somewhere that a guide has been written on porting over addons from FSX to P3D?

Is there somewhere that a guide has been written on porting over addons from FSX to P3D?

Hey Robert

 

There is no definitive guide but it's all pretty easy.

 

Not everything works and some stuff will only work if you are using Simconnect. I was a bit daunted, never having used SC before, but with a few forum trawls and some common sense, I had ASE and RC4 working in no time. Rex works via SC too. The rest of teh (limited number) of addons I ported were a combination of straight copying or F1 registry hack and install into P3D. ORBX obv has their SBSL's whcih are great (but no airports yet)

 

I've not started to port stuff seriously, as I am moving to my new rig today and the rest of this week, but as soon as that is done I think I will be P3D only from then on.

 

There is a post here: http://forum.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=367473 which has some info, but once you have done a couple of addons it will seem easier

 

jake

 

13 fps, no way could I live with that.

Check this out Morgan:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpoVA_rG94&feature=g-upl&context=G2d51da1AUAAAAAAAAAA

 

This is locked at 30FPS, as Fraps and the encoder would lose frames if I didn't lock it down. I can run KT at a smooth 50-60FPS. It is smoother than FSX. I did a very quick KT comparison, and P3D handles the buildings and textures better imo.

 

I have no FSX or P3D installed now (eek!) so I can't run a quick comparison but by the middle of the week I will run one and compare properly

 

Does anyone know a better recorder than Fraps? I think it gives a big FPS hit when recording..

 

jake

I got to man up and admit I sadly `went back'.. Two G3D crashes is all it took to close the deal. No way in heck I'm reliving that nightmare of dodging THAT error. After uninstalling UT2 and FSX now running just as good as P3D I went back until LM tune some things up. I can live without smooth 6.5 LODs and sharper distant terrain textures. Also, I was missing flying some of my aircraft like the 337, 182RG and Malibu which don't work in P3D.. Hopefully the G3D problem gets sorted out and more developers make installers for their aircraft and I can return.

 

One problem that really worries me still is so-so support from developers. By no means am I complaining, their choice, and my choice to buy other software but currently there is too much `spoofing' required to get a lot of stuff installed into P3D or some modifications needing to be made. You know how in Ghostbusters it was a big no-no to "cross the streams".. That's what I felt like I was doing a lot of times to get P3D to be as close as possible to my FSX install with scenery and addons. Edit this, change that, change registry paths.. It's just a mess, and I can't repeat enough how I absolutely refuse to play the irritating game of dodging G3D crashes.

First of all: no TrackIR native support.

 

Until it is fixed, I won't be a client for LM.