I am seeing that when I did a full clean install of the new P3D version - addon.cfg was not created in my username / prepar3d / config directory.  I had to manually create it

Again - this is before some misinterprets on what I typed - Full clean install with old traces of P3D deleted (like its directories)

Edited May 14, 20197 yr by Skywolf

I did Client update only and UIHardwareAcceleration=True was there, had not noticed it prior. Just for funnsies I changed it to false and P3D would no longer run. Changed it back to true and it ran just fine. I might add, 1st run after Client update, I had pauses during flight. Second restart of P3D, no longer had pauses during flight.

2 minutes ago, jimcarrel said:

I had pauses during flight. Second restart of P3D, no longer had pauses during flight.

Shaders were probably rebuilding..

S.

Only Need to download the new Client installer?

2 hours ago, Sethos1988 said:

Under [USERINTERFACE]

Thank you very much for responding so well and so fast !!!  A greeting.

Just reporting in that I did a client only upgrade and the HF has worked very well for me. I've flown about 3 flights so far. FPS are back to normal and there are no more slide shows when they drop a little. I think the night lighting has improved quite a bit from v4.4 as well. I'm happy.  

I have not installed the hot fix yet but from my reading on LM Client fix update ,Scenery fix update, Content fix update, SDK fix update, 

8 hours ago, eXpress48 said:

How did you all perform the Hotfix Installation? Removing the Client, Installing the new Client and deleting the Prepar3D.cfg?

And deleting the shaders folder.

9 hours ago, GSalden said:

Thanks Bert.

Yesterday I did the Clients update + new cfg files.

Later today I will do my first WidevieW flight with TE NL with AG at Dense instead of Normal.

Fingers crossed ...

Just did the exact same test, flew at 3000 feet all the way and worked great.

FFTF set to 0.15 since the fftf dynamic app is MIA at present..

A Basic question, what do you delete in the shaders folder?  Why is that needed?  I must be a sim moron because Xplane11 does not put me thru all this, not knocking P3D mind you, it has its attributes.  But something was changed at the end of the 4.4 cycle which crushed formerly fluid movements.  I see it especially around buildings or water.  I tried to reinstall the 4.3 client which worked perfectly well, but it aborts, so we are stuck with 4.4 and thereafter.  I gained a bit of my old performance back by going back to 4.4, but it is not what it was, and the scenery hasn't changed in my benchmark area, which is SF Bay.

10 hours ago, GEKtheReaper said:

@Dane Watson @SledDriver and other guys who are reporting crashes (CTD) please also specify if you have addon's enabled or not! Also please specify if you took care about the CFG, the Shaders and all that housekeeping stuff.

4.5 HF is not even 24h old and some of the 3rd party stuff can cause issues even if they "look" compatible at a first glance. These reports can be misleading guys....

Geez GEK...

Maybe you're the one who needs to take care about what info you are working with.

If you read my earlier posts in this thread about CTDs you will see I already said I was VERY methodical about the upgrade, that I cleared the shaders and cfg, and that I updated all the addons which require it, and disabled the ones which don't yet have updates.

So maybe it's you who needs to read more carefully.

17 minutes ago, John_Cillis said:

A Basic question, what do you delete in the shaders folder?  Why is that needed?

If going between versions, I don't understand it either. All my compiled shaders are prefixed with v4512, which would suggest they are version-specific.

Cheers!

38 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Just did the exact same test, flew at 3000 feet all the way and worked great.

FFTF set to 0.15 since the fftf dynamic app is MIA at present..

FFTF is apparently updated and compatible now. Not tested by me yet.

Hotifx worked for me so far. Planning a 5-hour flight later on today. But after going from 4.4 to 4.5 I went from a solid 60fps locked in 4.4 to 12-15 fps with stutters and stops at KSFOHD, gate D52 in the PMDG 737 with active sky and orbx global. After hot fix back to being locked at 60 fps at KSFOHD.

This is what Milviz wrote a hour before now:

Lockheed-Martin have just released a hotfix for P3D v4.5 (4.5.12.30293). 
This patch will fix the CTDs when running the Wx in Prepar3D v4.5 with the LM hotfix: 
https:\\milviz.com\(...)
Download & install (AV off as usual)
If you have more than one MV plane with bundled Wx, this program will find instances and update them all in one shot.
If you have the stand-alone WX, this program will not update it. Please refer to REX.