August 13, 201411 yr What's the location of the cache folder? C:\ProgramData\Package Cache Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
August 13, 201411 yr Throwing in the towel - HUGE mistake man this version is amazing - panning outside view around CS777 like its a default 172 - I can believe this sim now - this is game changing folks - perfect textures no stutters WOW cant believe what I am seeing - oh VC cockpit shadows now are amazing looking so crisp - just perfect Rich Sennett
August 13, 201411 yr oh VC cockpit shadows now are amazing looking so crisp - just perfect That's the first thing I noticed right away -even with shadow quality at medium- along with the water rendering improvement :-)
August 13, 201411 yr Who was the rocket scientist who thought 64 gig would be enough for a C: drive?? When I bought the computer that way, I had no idea. But these guys designed and built computers for a living; they should have known better. I seem to remember a time when people didn't think that anyone would need more than 640k RAM. I think you can work out the moral of this story :smile: Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
August 13, 201411 yr oh VC cockpit shadows now are amazing looking so crisp - just perfect I don't see any difference at all with them. They look exactly the same. Some shadows are great and crisp but others still are shimmering. I suppose this also depends on the plane you are using though. All in all 2.3 isn't a great step forward for me. Kinda looks and performs the same (same micro stutters as with 2.2) and it screws up the ground shadows on my PC. The clouds that I get with my default weather even looked better in 2.2 (it's a fluffy mess in 2.3). So I am not impressed. A bit disappointed, really. So for today I am also throwing in the towel. ^_^
August 13, 201411 yr Oh Wow, I was going to invest in the latest P3D, still using FSX only do airline flying big airports AI etc..airbus....737 but this thread has left me as a doubting Thomas!....can always get a refund but with so many addons is the jump worth it.. Me need to think carefully....
August 13, 201411 yr I seem to remember a time when people didn't think that anyone would need more than 640k RAM. I think you can work out the moral of this story :smile: Hell, I remember when a 42mb hard drive was big... B) Philip Manhart :American Flag: - "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." ~ Plato
August 13, 201411 yr Oh Wow, I was going to invest in the latest P3D, still using FSX only do airline flying big airports AI etc..airbus....737 but this thread has left me as a doubting Thomas!....can always get a refund but with so many addons is the jump worth it.. Me need to think carefully.... I purchased P3D PRO v2 earlier this year and then got a refund from LM. I have been keeping up with each update to see if I should reinvest. Things are getting better, but not worth the hassle (stutters, AA) for me just yet. I am sure I will get P3D again once it is more polished. It does look amazing though...from the vids I have seen.
August 13, 201411 yr With regard to installing P3D with limited OS drive space.. if it helps - I just moved two of the P3D .cab files at a time to the PackageCache folder. I ran the P3D msi from that folder and then when the installer asked for the next .cab file I deleted the old ones and added the next two. Bit time-consuming but V2.3 installed fine. I then deleted all the P3D content from the PackageCache. So far V2.3 is running fine with no (touch wood!) R6025 errors or CTDs. Regards Adam Chillblast Core i5 14600KF Liquid Cooled RTX 4070 SUPER 32GB RAM. Internet: 1 Gig Fibre. HoneyComb Throttle & Flight System. UK PPL since 2006 current on PA-28, C-152, C172, Decathlon, C-42 based at EGHP.
August 13, 201411 yr Hell, I remember when a 42mb hard drive was big... The hard disk in my very first PC system (based a round a 25Mhz 386SX CPU, and purchased in January 1992) was 45MB. It's unbelievable to think that even a single airport for FSX (and not a very complex one at that) would be too large! Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
August 13, 201411 yr Oh Wow, I was going to invest in the latest P3D, still using FSX only do airline flying big airports AI etc..airbus....737 but this thread has left me as a doubting Thomas!....can always get a refund but with so many addons is the jump worth it.. Me need to think carefully.... Dont walk - RUN - go get it - you will thank me after you do - take some time to get up and running but it blows fsx out of the water - true story Rich Sennett
August 13, 201411 yr Author Dont walk - RUN - go get it - you will thank me after you do - take some time to get up and running but it blows fsx out of the water - true story Well....I yanked back the towel from the ring....had to go with the full installer, and am now going through the process of ORBX'ing v2.3 It runs well....but what a PITA, the patch didn't work...and the full install forces you to clamor for all your install files....geez! But...it IS...what it IS.....at least things are going well. BTW, the cloud terrain shadows SUCK! Basically little black squares all lumped together. The shadow in no way mimics the shape of the cloud that is causing it....HDR is way better, and I'm still finagaling with settings to get back my 30 FPS that I enjoyed in v2.2. I hope in the end, it was all worth the trouble....right now...the jury is out....and of course, I need to get use to it...and see what differences this version is/has...... Mitch
August 13, 201411 yr Well....I yanked back the towel from the ring....had to go with the full installer, and am now going through the process of ORBX'ing v2.3 It runs well....but what a PITA, the patch didn't work...and the full install forces you to clamor for all your install files....geez! But...it IS...what it IS.....at least things are going well. BTW, the cloud terrain shadows SUCK! Basically little black squares all lumped together. The shadow in no way mimics the shape of the cloud that is causing it....HDR is way better, and I'm still finagaling with settings to get back my 30 FPS that I enjoyed in v2.2. I hope in the end, it was all worth the trouble....right now...the jury is out....and of course, I need to get use to it...and see what differences this version is/has...... Mitch If you find you are getting stutters turn down the AA in p3d menu as it seems now you do not need all these high AA settings - more optimized but I am going to try a mellower NI cfg just to see what happens - also you can try it now with out NI which I am doing at the moment getting crazy high fps now with almost perfect graphics - all good Rich Sennett
August 13, 201411 yr It took 15 minutes to install P3D v2.3 on my new PC. However, I don't seem to be able to get it to configure my CH Flightstick joystick. It will not accept any button presses as assignments. Can anyone explain what I need to do? Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
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