Prepar3d v4

[Amon1973 1,421]

3 minutes ago, kevinfirth said:

I'm intruiged by the 2 versions of P3D, 3.5 & 4.0 ....

I hope theres a good performance boost with DX12, but I suspect 4 will just be 64bit;

I'd like to see sloped runway AI support, unlikely though?

Id love to see FSUIPC taken on by LM and incorporated into the sim;

 

The 2 versions were made up, no one else has mentioned a 3.5 version IMO it's not needed.

[bravoboy37 7]

12 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Been simming for just about 30 years, have flown commercial sims in the 20+ million dollar category, frequently, and P3D is the best home sim I have found to date. 

Could not agree with you more.  I too have had the same experience.

[Riccardo Albani 0]

Good morning  when relased prepar3d v4 ?

[Lbt564 60]

5 minutes ago, Riccardo Albani said:

Good morning  when relased prepar3d v4 ?

no one knows that yet

[Riccardo Albani 0]

ok , thank you .

[OzWhitey 3,353]

At this stage, I think the Avsim P3D v4 buzz is self-perpetuating, we've got a whole lot of threads at the top of the forum speculating about the 'impending new release'. I've just been over to the actual Prepar3d forum and I note that there's no talk at all about v4 there!

[Bobsk8 12,551]

5 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

At this stage, I think the Avsim P3D v4 buzz is self-perpetuating, we've got a whole lot of threads at the top of the forum speculating about the 'impending new release'. I've just been over to the actual Prepar3d forum and I note that there's no talk at all about v4 there!

A few "crystal ball threads" on Facebook is about all besides the one's here. 

[G-YMML1 582]

6 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

At this stage, I think the Avsim P3D v4 buzz is self-perpetuating, we've got a whole lot of threads at the top of the forum speculating about the 'impending new release'. I've just been over to the actual Prepar3d forum and I note that there's no talk at all about v4 there!

Exactly...I can only imagine the level of fun V4 beta testers and other involved people are experiencing by reading these pointless threads.

[Bobsk8 12,551]

26 minutes ago, G-YMML1 said:

Exactly...I can only imagine the level of fun V4 beta testers and other involved people are experiencing by reading these pointless threads.

The upside is that looking at the threads of  late on the P3D forum, there are almost zero threads regarding some problem with P3D Version 3. It would appear for the vast majority of users, that very few if any problems are occurring. That is pretty good for a flight sim. 

[G-YMML1 582]

6 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

The upside is that looking at the threads of  late on the P3D forum, there are almost zero threads regarding some problem with P3D Version 3. It would appear for the vast majority of users, that very few if any problems are occurring. That is pretty good for a flight sim. 

V3 has been stable for me since Day One. Surely, I have some wishes for an improvement especially for LOD and AA, but I'm happy at 90% level with v3.4. Even if V4 is released today, I don't see myself on the new platform until at least Fall, since I do want to fly, rather than beta-test :-) 

[dal330200 216]

I'm also happy with my 3.4 setup at the moment, but I'm also getting bored with the bottleneck in the addon development pipeline.  Maybe it's just me, but I think there hasn't been a lot of new airports or updates to existing sceneries lately.  My suspicion is that devs are waiting until post v4 release.  While there are plenty of payware airports I can fly in and out of, the rate at which new ones are showing up seems to be slowing.  

Meanwhile, I am also looking forward to the day that I don't need to restart the sim before descent to release all that VAS memory in order to land at a detailed airport.  It's a tradeoff I've accepted in order to have my settings where I like them, but it's time to move ahead with 64bit.  

How D'Andre got word of an imminent release before other devs or beta testers released any information makes me suspicious that it's just clickbait.  We shall see.  Hoepfully I'm wrong. 

John

 

 

[Christopher Low 5,332]

I honestly can't see myself purchasing any 64bit version of P3D on release day. Compatibility with my aircraft and scenery addons is extremely important to me, and expecting this to be 100% perfect on Day 1 of the v4 era is just fantasy. I am looking forward to seeing any improvements and upgrades that will be included, and also reading the comments from new users. I am sure that they will be interesting

[OzWhitey 3,353]

Well, while laughing at our self-generated hype, I am also genuinely excited (which is why I'm here I guess!). I will absolutely, always be a day 1 purchaser for a new core sim update. IMHO, you guys with your 'lets wait two months until it's stable/practical' have some sort of 'newsim under-appreciation disorder', I'm pretty sure that's in DSM V and you can likely get therapy for it.

Mmmm....new shiny toy.   

[arsenal82 120]

17 hours ago, eaim said:

Id love to see FSUIPC taken on by LM and incorporated into the sim;

 

Pete Dowson say  A future 64-bit Prepar3D may be the better target to concentrate on. We'll see.

i reckon if he want carry on working on it - that is what will work for.

[Bobsk8 12,551]

19 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

Well, while laughing at our self-generated hype, I am also genuinely excited (which is why I'm here I guess!). I will absolutely, always be a day 1 purchaser for a new core sim update. IMHO, you guys with your 'lets wait two months until it's stable/practical' have some sort of 'newsim under-appreciation disorder', I'm pretty sure that's in DSM V and you can likely get therapy for it.

Mmmm....new shiny toy.   

Many of us  are counting  on folks like you to install it on day one and then we can read posts for the next few months on all the add ons that don't work.....