Is Prepar3D V4 really that hard to set up?

[YukonPete 586]

12 minutes ago, THibben said:

Sorry guys, my opening title regarding how "hard to set up" got closed before I could explain.

If I buy this, my intention initially is to just try and use it as it comes and then maybe add some of my ORBX scenery and various airplanes.  I have lots of space on my internal SDD hard drive, which also has FSX.  My system is pretty high end and I have 12 GB of memory with room to add another 4 GB if necessary.

My initial intention is to just try and learn the program and see how it performs.

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

Tom

Tom,

P3D has a 90 day refund policy so you can try it risk free. Why not just do that?

[regis9 4,004]

Not any more difficult than FSX, and as mentioned you don't have to tweak so overall easier I would say 

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

1 hour ago, THibben said:

Sorry guys, my opening title regarding how "hard to set up" got closed before I could explain.

If I buy this, my intention initially is to just try and use it as it comes and then maybe add some of my ORBX scenery and various airplanes.  I have lots of space on my internal SDD hard drive, which also has FSX.  My system is pretty high end and I have 12 GB of memory with room to add another 4 GB if necessary.

My initial intention is to just try and learn the program and see how it performs.

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

Tom

I just installed P3DV4, also coming from FSX.

As far as I am concerned, it is finally the long awaited FSXI.

Orbx scenery is the easiest to migrate over, since FTX Central will do all the work for you.   A number of airplanes are now available as V4 compatible and can simply be installed into P3D.. no particular problems.

The visuals need a little bit of attention.. for me, turning off FXAA and selecting 4XSSAA did the trick.  Unlike FSX, you can make all the graphics choices in the sim.. no external tools required.

This is a great release IMHO... nice lighting, no popping autogen trees, addictive..

Once the GNS/GTN gauges are available, FSX will get little use on my system.

[THibben 16]

3 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

I just installed P3DV4, also coming from FSX.

As far as I am concerned, it is finally the long awaited FSXI.

Orbx scenery is the easiest to migrate over, since FTX Central will do all the work for you.   A number of airplanes are now available as V4 compatible and can simply be installed into P3D.. no particular problems.

The visuals need a little bit of attention.. for me, turning off FXAA and selecting 4XSSAA did the trick.  Unlike FSX, you can make all the graphics choices in the sim.. no external tools required.

This is a great release IMHO... nice lighting, no popping autogen trees, addictive..

Once the GNS/GTN gauges are available, FSX will get little use on my system.

Thanks Bert,

Now if I can just get approval from the finance department....grin

 

Tom

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

On 7/4/2017 at 9:19 PM, THibben said:

 

I have had FSX since the very beginning and am researching the possibilities of trying to install P3D4 also.

 

Tom,

Since you posted the same topic on Tuesday and then started a same new topic again today, I merged both of the topics together to make it easier for you to follow the input users are giving you.

Going forward, if you start a topic for a specific issues, it would be easier to just stick to the same topic rather than starting an identical one a few days after if you still have questions pertaining to the same issues.