I've had it with FSX, I think it's time for P3D

[Dave_YVR 968]

 You might not ever need any migration tools depending on what addons you have. The only one I've ever used was my keyboard, most of it is pretty simple.

[Drumcode 1,892]

 (look @ Rob's setting for starter)

 

Thanks John, where do I find this?

[liketofly1 11]

Nah, I'm done and sick of tweaking this thing. Thanks for the heads up. Will the migration tool port over Radar Contact? I can't switch to P3D if RC isn't working in it.

 

I'm going to wait until 2.5 is out and until the migration tool is updated and then go ahead with the switch.

 

Personally I don't have RC installed since years..... and I'm not shure it will work.... EMT (Estonia Migration Tool) will work for most FSX scenery's..... however - the price you pay may be a penalty in performance, since they are not compiled with P3D's native compilers.... I stoped installing any non P3Dv2.x native stuff, as it might produce Memory leaks....

 

In regards to RC.... did you ever try VATSIM or IVAO ? If ATC is online there its waaaaaaaay better / more realistic then any ATC program, and without ATC online, at least I have a quiet flight.... without someone nagging me... :wink:

 

on the other hand - try to install RC with EMT - and see what happens..... (make a backup image before  :Whistle: )

 

regards

[Pete Dowson 558]

Personally I don't have RC installed since years..... and I'm not shure it will work

 

Of course it'll work. It only needs FSUIPC installed and MakeRunways used to generate the data it needs.. The rest is identical It doesn't need migrating. It doesn't have anything specific to the version of FS.

 

Pete

[liketofly1 11]

Of course it'll work. It only needs FSUIPC installed and MakeRunways used to generate the data it needs.. The rest is identical It doesn't need migrating. It doesn't have anything specific to the version of FS.

 

Pete

 

ah, thanks, good to know - I thought they had some dll's in there..... never mind - its collecting dust with me.....

[TrafficPilot 121]

I wouldn't bother. I've got rid of P3D and gone back to FSX for flight simulation. Sick of having to reinstall P3D each time they "update" it. Life is too short etc.

 

Much smoother and less buggy now in FSX DX10 mode. 
 

P3D is just FSX with shadows. I can live without shadows. I want a flight simulator not a shadow simulator.

 

Good luck if you decide to try it!

[Glynn 405]

Thanks for the heads up. Will the migration tool port over Radar Contact?

 

Your Radar Contact install will work as it is,

 

No need to reinstall it, just point it to your P3D Flt/WX path, run Makerwys and then rebuild your RC Scenery DB pointing it to your P3D path.

As far as Radar Contact is concerned P3D is basically the same as FSX.

[757FO 143]

@Drumcode , Robs settings http://www.robainscough.com/P3D_4K_Long_Haul.html

 

Someone else was asking about RC4, you dont need the migrator, RC4 works as long as you have FSUIPC installed on P3D

John

[halobiont 5]

Seeing PMDG's commitment to P3D was the trigger and I am now completely transitioned to P3D.  It took about a day to get everything I use converted over.  It's nice to be on an updated platform again.  Everything is working smoothly and I'm glad I made the switch.  If you're thinking about it, and dedicated this hobby I think now is the right time and this is the right application. It wasn't that complicated for me.  Lots of downloading.  I recommend using a download manager like Internet Download Manager.  Good Luck!

 

OrbX, ASN, Vpilot, Flightbeam, FSDT, Aivlasoft EFB, 777 all working great.

 

Doug 

[Anxu00 176]

I agree with that. I rarely fly FSX because P3D performs and looks better.

 

 

The grass is definitely greener!

ahem,  

 

It depends!

 

I have been to this grass, and I will download 2.5 to try again, but depending on what you do with your sim, it's not greener.  64 bit conversion is a promise, it may never be materialize.  All my existing add-ons can install fine with P3Dv2 but there are quirks.  ORBX performance is worst in P3D than in FSX for my setup.  Even with just plain vanilla P3D and only FTX Global and Vector installed, I have stutters in steep turns.  Some may ignore the quirks, but for me it's driven me nuts.  So to the OP, I have no idea what was in your FSX that cause OOM, but try to download the developer 30 days license to play around first or try it for 60 days, you can always ask for a refund (but you can only do it once) then decide.  You will need to buy add-on again and since the platform is evolving, there will be breakage, so be warned.

 

Good luck.

[Gordon Hutchison 76]

I wouldn't bother. I've got rid of P3D and gone back to FSX for flight simulation. Sick of having to reinstall P3D each time they "update" it. Life is too short etc.

 

Much smoother and less buggy now in FSX DX10 mode. 

 

P3D is just FSX with shadows. I can live without shadows. I want a flight simulator not a shadow simulator.

 

Good luck if you decide to try it!

Aahahahhahah! Aahahhahahaha.

 

Useless trolling comment of the day award goes to this guy

 

Plonker!

[Pastaiolo 1,686]

For the OP, did you try FSX-SE? From the benchmarks it really does help regarding VAS management and the usual OOMs

[zmak 331]

Aahahahhahah! Aahahhahahaha.

 

Useless trolling comment of the day award goes to this guy

 

Plonker!

wrong........... you win by a landslide

[Gordon Hutchison 76]

wrong........... you win by a landslide

Go home, you're drunk!

[DarkstarF16 72]

Haha it's all so funny... From the, "I've got 2 terrabytes of addons and 90% of them don't work on the new platform because the developers don't exist anymore so I'm not moving anywhere." To the "I tried it, and it was rubbish anyone got a copy of FLY! That was the best. Besides I've got two terabytes of addons. of course I use them!." To the, "Pah! it's got better lighting and stuff, why do I need that? I preferred it when you only had wire frame graphics but I was forced to change because the dog ate the floppy disks." To the, "I downloaded it in secret but I'm not going to lose face with all my buddies and admit it." To the, "I never buy anything new, it's not as good as the old stuff and besides, I prefer the stuff that's out of development because then I can sit and moan. And..., I've got two terabytes of addons..."

 

I do find the world and people in it interesting.