Seriously though, "things" are sorted.

I agree.  Things are sorted with the platform for the most part.  The state of the platform is solid and the LM team is at the point of adding more features and fine tuning current elements.  I get much better performance than FSX, the visuals blow FSX away, and it continues to get more features.  

 

I am thinking that the problems people have at this point likely point to not installing the patch properly or using non-P3D compliant products, which often ends up causing issues, but unfairly makes the P3D platform look bad.  I have seen a number of posts where a user makes a statement that P3D is not performing well and and then a few posts later states that the problem was an incorrect installation, a driver incompatibility, or that the user is using a totally non-compliant product (like a PMDG product).

Given my run of the pack computer, realistically I know I can't set super graphics settings and also cater for every scenario and maintain decent fps and pushing triple screens.

 

For this reason I run an IFR graphics settings set for max clouds/min autogen/low shadows for those high altitude and foggy/rainy IFR flights, and a VFR set for the low and slow scenic flight with very dense autogen/low clouds/med shadows for good weather daytime flights.

 

I would suggest you guys also cater to the flight you want to experience, that way you maximise your settings for the conditions expected.

I can't believe some of the misleading posts and misinformation I'm reading!

Not only is P3D v2.2 more stable and "sorted" than FSX, unlike the latter it requires ZERO tweaking.

 

Just start off with the default NVidia P3D profile and a clean Prepar3d.cfg and then set options adjust the sliders with P3D one by one towards the right until you find a nice balance between performance and beauty.

 

Once you have a everything set up nicely, then start installing in your add-ons etc. and fine tune your sliders as required.

Simple. No fuss, no cuss.

^_^

I can't believe some of the misleading posts and misinformation I'm reading!

Not only is P3D v2.2 more stable and "sorted" than FSX, unlike the latter it requires ZERO tweaking.

 

Just start off with the default NVidia P3D profile and a clean Prepar3d.cfg and then set options adjust the sliders with P3D one by one towards the right until you find a nice balance between performance and beauty.

 

Once you have a everything set up nicely, then start installing in your add-ons etc. and fine tune your sliders as required.

Simple. No fuss, no cuss.

^_^

 

Sounds simple enough and I cannot wait to finally get going with P3D. But until PMDG release their 737 NGX for P3D, I will wait and enjoy all these posts.

 

 

Hmmm...interesting, mouse macros worked in 2.2 Beta ... I had to manually select them (check profile specific). I'll check again in 2.2 release with the QW RJ100.

 

I seem to remember them working when I did the update from 2.1 with FSX still installed along with its Simconnect versions. When i blew away FSX and installed the full 2.2 along with reinstalling the latest FSuipc the button that allows you to start the macro creation from the buttons tab was gone.

FSuipc logs show that the macro interface could not be found, it also stated that sim1 could not be patched for the Dynamicfriction Lua so it does look as if some offsets have changed.

No doubt Pete dowson will sort it when he returns from holiday , LM really should have him on the payroll

A quick question. I'm prepping my PC for a new P3D install. I have a separate SSD to put it on and a ATI 7970. Perhaps an upgrade to an Nvidia 790Ti or Titan?

A quick question. I'm prepping my PC for a new P3D install. I have a separate SSD to put it on and a ATI 7970. Perhaps an upgrade to an Nvidia 790Ti or Titan?

 

If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

 

I see you running several monitors and trackir...how is P3D 2.2 treating you in view of FPS?

I have fsx and p3d on a 256gb SSD and it manage quite happily

 

 

If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

 

How big is your P3D installation?

How big is your P3D installation?

 

My P3D insrtallation is is 87,1 GB and that includes the SO FAR released ORBX sceneries + some Norwegian. I want to install the rest of the upcoming migrated ORBX sceneries, PMDGT 737/777 and some more. I also have FSGlobal Ultimate installed (101GB). IN FSX my FS+ALL add-ons I wanted was about almost a TB!!!!

 

Also an SSD will NOT give you ANY better perfromance att all, only a few seconds for loading the sim, so for fps, smoothness etc it´s a waste of money. YES I have an SSD on my rig, but only for my OS. In the future, when prizes start to go down for large SSD:s i might conisder on that is at least around 1 TB.

My P3D insrtallation is is 87,1 GB and that includes the SO FAR released ORBX sceneries + some Norwegian. I want to install the rest of the upcoming migrated ORBX sceneries, PMDGT 737/777 and some more. I also have FSGlobal Ultimate installed (101GB). IN FSX my FS+ALL add-ons I wanted was about almost a TB!!!!

 

How big is your PMDG 737 installation :rolleyes:

How big is your PMDG 737 installation :rolleyes:

 

PMDG 737 is not released for P3D 2.2 yet, so i can  not tell you.

I agree with JJJackson!

 

In FSX (and I assume P3D2 will be the same eventually) you reach the limit of a 128 GB SSD very fast. So 256 GB is the absolute minimum if you don't want to go and start to link some content to a second HD soon.

 

Make some calculations: P3D is about 12GB. A good global mesh is about 90 to 100 GB. Orbx regions are about 5 GB each. Vector is about 3 GB, Airports roughly 1GB (depending on their seize). Add your weather (ASN/REX/OPUS), add your aircrafts and add your AI traffic. 

Get the biggest SSD you can afford (since hard drives do have a way of filling up) . . . but you do not really NEED a 512 GB SSD just for P3D.

 

I have the Win 8.1 OC; P3D2.2; FTX Global (full install), FTX Vector (full install); FS Global 2010 (Mesh for all continents installed); ASN for P3D2; a bunch of Orbx airports; 2 A2A aircraft (with Accu-sim);  X-Plane 10 (full Global installed); and a bunch of misc stuff (like MS Office) all on my 512 GB SSD.

 

I still have 273 GB free.