Well, I must be one of the lucky ones as I didn't delete anything prior to patching and the patch seems to have taken without issue.

Well, I must be one of the lucky ones as I didn't delete anything prior to patching and the patch seems to have taken without issue.

Me neither. Deleting those folders is going to wack any addons installed. I can understand deleting them for a clean install. Those are the same as FSX to perform a complete clean install. But not to update.

I did have to re-run my FS Dreamteam add-on manager but had no issues with FSUIPC or Ezdoc or anything in the .xml going bad. It is odd how some seem to be able to patch and others have to do a clean install... 10+ Gigs vs 108 MB I feel it for those who have to download from scratch.

 

 

I did have to re-run my FS Dreamteam add-on manager

 

I'm having the same problem with FS Dreamteam (airports).

What do you mean by re-run the addon manager?  Is this a standalone version?

 

Thanks!

I did not do a clean install.  The sim is crashing before it get fully loaded. Rebooted, deleted the P3D.cfg but

no joy. guess I do clean install Tuesday.

What can I say V2.2 is spectacular. More experimentation and flying and addons going in tomorrow.

But just vanilla it is incredible. Only A company like LM could do this. Microsoft could never have

achieved this. This represents the end of the FS dark ages if you ask me :Applause:  :Applause:  :Applause:  :American Flag:

Took off from Cleveland at night all was dark under an overcast with rain. Blackish.

(settings = 6 layers in ASN/REX4)

 

Then

 

Then I cleared through at 6000 feet and wow there was still some nice brilliant blue and red sunset to enjoy !!  

 

What a surprise

 

If your OS is installed on C: drive (Lockheed Martin's main P3D installation location is not relevant here).  And replace "Rob" with whatever name you gave your OS user account.

 

Example:

 

C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

C:\Users\Rob\Documents\Prepar3D v2 Files

 

Installation instructions are on LM's web site here: http://www.prepar3d.com/Prepar3D_Download_and_Install_Instructions_v2.pdf

 

Cheers, Rob.

 

Rob, I never deleted those for the patch 2.1 install and all has been well.  I just now installed 2.2 by patch, install went fine, but performance is in the toilet by comparison.  Is it ok to uninstall these folders after applying the 2.2 patch do you know?  Bummer!  Something's amiss but I have no clue and frankly didn't expect this.  I can start w/ deleting prepared.cfg if needed...

 

Addendum:  i rebuilt p3d.cfg but this did not help.   It appears it's the new cloud shadowing that is involved I think.  Just TO out of CYPW in dense clouds in the Turbine Duke--in 2.1 that was solid around 50 frames or higher--now 18-20?  Horrendous deterioration in cloud performance!  What's up on this--is it that shadows take their toll (that's a ginormous toll)?

I'm having the same problem with FS Dreamteam (airports).

What do you mean by re-run the addon manager?  Is this a standalone version?

 

Thanks!

 

Just re-download the addon manager (it says FSX version but is for P3d)... as you say the stand alone version... run it and the error message will go away!

As I sugggest in my original post, backup those 4 directories first.

 

1.  Backup 4 directories

2.  Apply 2.2 patch

3.  Delete 4 directories

4.  Start P3D

5.  Setup display settings to your liking

6.  Exit P3D

 

EDIT: You'll need to reconfigure your controllers as there are differences from 2.1 to 2.2 in Standard.XMLX file. 

 

Now you can copy these files back from your backup (your OS drive and user will be different):

 

DLL.XML - copy to C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

EXE.XML - copy to C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

scenery.cfg - copy to C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

 

Do NOT copy your old Prepar3D.cfg back.

 

Manually go thru your Prepar3D.cfg and edit as needed ... the only things I change are:

 

InfoBrakesEnable=False

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=False

InfoPauseEnable=False

InfoStallEnable=False

InfoOverspeedEnable=False

 

I'm currently NOT using NI to make any changes ... and also updated to 337.50 nVidia Beta drivers.

 

What a noticed in the release 2.2 different from my 2.2 beta is the Terrain shadow cast distance ... didn't have this option so never tested it.  I typically don't have Terrain shadows enabled ... but I thought I would try this setting in 2.2 release and it cut my FPS in 1/2 (went from 60 to 30) ... not exactly sure why such a massive hit in performance, but I've turned it off. 

 

EDIT: the 337.50 nVidia drivers have different settings for the Prepar3D.exe ... Antialiasing compatibility (DX1x) is not BioShock 2 -- it's 0x00000000.  I haven't experimented with NI and 2.2 and 337.50 drivers yet.

 

Cheers, Rob.

 

 

DLL.XML - copy to C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2
EXE.XML - copy to C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2
scenery.cfg - copy to C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2

 

And for those using simconnect the simconnect.xml.

 

 

 Is it ok to uninstall these folders after applying the 2.2 patch do you know?

 

Yes, but see my response above.

Installed the patch. No problems. Running with updated ASN and Orbx Global (with the updated libraries).

 

Wow.  I have lots of settings turned up and it performs extremely well. I'll probably dial back a tad but it just looks wonderful. LM really nailed it on this one.  Very stable.

(The new/updated recording feature is pretty cool as well).

It's great to see how well this update is received! Can't wait to see what the future brings.

 

 

 
Manually go thru your Prepar3D.cfg and edit as needed ... the only things I change are:
 
InfoBrakesEnable=False
InfoParkingBrakesEnable=False
InfoPauseEnable=False
InfoStallEnable=False
InfoOverspeedEnable=False

Did you create and set an Affinity Mask?  If so, what would be the correct value for an i5?

 

By the way, this new version screams.  It seems significantly faster, smoother, and way more robust than v2.1.  I am extremely impressed.  Blows FSX away so much that I may just uninstall it.