Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

The AVSIM Community

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Prepar3D v4.2 has been released

Featured Replies

I see in the change notes some optimization has been done for dynamic lighting, I’ll be interested to see how much performance has increased.

Lots of fixes for time zones too, perhaps that will fix the issues some people have with trans Atlantic flight and ctd’s over Labrador.

Dave

Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU

  • Replies 399
  • Views 94.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

I've downloaded the update but i'm going to wait to see what other people make of it first. i.e. is it worth updating looking at the changelog i'm not so sure?

AMD 9800X3D,  NZXT X73 RGB AIO COOLER, Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7, 64GB 6000MHZ RAM, 4TB Samsung Pro NVME, 4 TB Crucial P3+ NVME, 4TB Crucial SSD, Gigabyte Gaming OC Geforce RTX5090, Antec C8 ARGB Case, X55 JOYSTICK/THROTTLES, LG 4K C4 42" TV/Monitor 120 Hz, 2 Dell 1080 monitors. Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, Bravo Throttle. Thrustmaster TPR Pedals. Moza AB6 FFB Joystick, Pimax Crystal Light VR, Tobii Eye tracker, Steelseries Arctis 7+ Wireless Headphones.

 

If it fixes CTD at Labrador and improves DL I am a happy camper :)

Ivan Majetic

ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO; 7900X3D; NZXT KRAKEN ELITE 360, GIGABYTE RTX 4080; G.SKILL TridentZ NEO RGB DDR5 64 Gb, WD HDD 2TB, SAMSUNG 980PRO, SAMSUNG 970EVO Plus 2x, ALIENWARE 3423DWF

Darn it!  Why no updates to airports?

A. Ortega

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD, Samsung 870 4TB SATA, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Video Card, Rosewill VMG 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Phanteks XT Pro Ultra Mid-Tower Gaming Chassis, Windows 11 x64 Home, 2.5gb fiber ISP. 

 
 

 

So the only things we will miss if we only update the Client is the following ? That's perfect as I guess most of us is not interested on these.

cwqubjI.png

 

Simulators: Prepar3D v5.4  | X-Plane 12 | DCS  World  MSFS 2024 | 
PC Hardware: Dell U3417W AMD Ryzen 7 9800 X3D | ASUS TUF 5070 Ti ASUS TUF B580 Plus Wifi | G.Skill Z5 Neo 64GB 3000Mhz CL30 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + 970 EVO Plus 1TB + 860 EVO 2TB + 850 EVO 1TB, Western Digital Black Caviar Black 6TB Corsair RM1000i Corsair 280 Titan RX | VRM Fan | Fractal Design Define S2 Gunmetal |
Flight Controls: Fulcrum One Yoke Virpil VPC WarBRD Base Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM Grip, Thrustmaster Warthog+F/A-18C Grip VIER IM POTT Sidestick CPT Side | Thrustmaster TPR Rudder Pedals | Virtual Fly TQ6+Throttle Quadrant | Sismo B737 Max Gear Lever Monsterteck Desk Mounts WINWING EfisL+FCU+MCDU |
My fleet catalog: Link                                                                                                                                                       

WIll be interesting to see the improvement with Dynamic Lighting. Good to see that in the log.

4 minutes ago, Dreamflight767 said:

Darn it!  Why no updates to airports?

Like what?

Looks like quite an under whelming patch. At least it means we can get FSlabs patch now

6 minutes ago, ErichB said:

Like what?

Maybe he is reffering to navaids, vor, ils... ???

 

Ivan Majetic

ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO; 7900X3D; NZXT KRAKEN ELITE 360, GIGABYTE RTX 4080; G.SKILL TridentZ NEO RGB DDR5 64 Gb, WD HDD 2TB, SAMSUNG 980PRO, SAMSUNG 970EVO Plus 2x, ALIENWARE 3423DWF

Wow, lots to like in this one compared to 4.1. 

Ones I like:

1. Minor improvements to terrain paging performance. Hopefully this will help with the slow autogen loading on arrival.

2. DL improvements.

3. Cloud shadows fix for multiple views. Hopefully when turning my head with Track IR I can now see consistent shadows instead if them disappearing.

4. Ultra water performance with 10 series Nvidia cards.

5. All the time zone and DST fixes.

Eric 

 

 

If you have ANY add-ons that require a specific P3D V4.x version, then you need to contact the vendor, not LM.  There are MANY 3rd party add-ons that do version checking ... a short list

ChasePlane
F1 GTN 750/650
HiFi AS4
REX Weather Radar
FSUIPC (yes Pete is on vacation and will be back 12/20)
and more ...

There were many fixes that several 3rd party vendors were waiting for in order to complete and/or update their products.

There was some Dynamic Lights performance tuning that in my testing did help performance but don't expect miracles.  CUDA libraries was also updated to v8.0 which should benefit nVidia 10 series GPUs (CUDA is used for water processing, Ultra).

I would STRONGLY ADVISE you wait for your 3rd party vendors to have updates available BEFORE you update to V4.2.

Cheers, Rob.
 

3 minutes ago, Rob Ainscough said:

FSUIPC (yes Pete is on vacation and will be back 12/20)

Now THAT is funny.


Doug Miannay

PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64

4 minutes ago, Rob Ainscough said:

If you have ANY add-ons that require a specific P3D V4.x version, then you need to contact the vendor, not LM.  There are MANY 3rd party add-ons that do version checking ... a short list

ChasePlane
F1 GTN 750/650
HiFi AS4
REX Weather Radar
FSUIPC (yes Pete is on vacation and will be back 12/20)
and more ...

There were many fixes that several 3rd party vendors were waiting for in order to complete and/or update their products.

There was some Dynamic Lights performance tuning that in my testing did help performance but don't expect miracles.  CUDA libraries was also updated to v8.0 which should benefit nVidia 10 series GPUs (CUDA is used for water processing, Ultra).

I would STRONGLY ADVISE you wait for your 3rd party vendors to have updates available BEFORE you update to V4.2.

Cheers, Rob.
 

Pete already said last week that the newest version of fsuipc will work with 4.2.

Eric 

 

 

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.