September 23, 20196 yr I have been using 4.4 for while without too many problems but I see that Shenzen airport is out but it says 4.5 is the requirement. I have lots of add ons so when the update question comes up I usually ignore it because all my add ons are for 4.4. For years I did not have Shenzen airport in my P3D, it doesn't exist in the base game for me (don't ask). But now that there is a dedicated scenery for it I find myself considering updating. I have been reading posts about updating only client or updating only content or updating both and I am confused on what the procedure is. I have read stories about having to update all pbr sceneries and a nightmare update with orbx. I don't want to alter too much a working game to only get one scenery so what would be the recommendation from all the experts out there. Thank you
September 23, 20196 yr Go to Prepar3d forum and read the instructions. It really is easy. If you insist on calling P3D a "game", you will not make many friends here😃. (Joke). Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
September 23, 20196 yr I'm no expert at all however all I did in updating from P3Dv4.4 to P3DV4.5 was hit "Uninstall" when "Prepar3D v4 Academic Client" was selected from : Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Programs and Features. I did the same uninstalling "Prepar3D Content". I then installed "Prepar3D v4 Academic Client " (v4.5) and "Prepar3D Content" (v4.5). I didn't need to do anything with ORBX scenery and only had to install the latest version of Active Sky. Edited September 23, 20196 yr by YMMB
September 23, 20196 yr Updating the sim these days are much simpler than the previous... I have always updated generally within the 1st 1-2 months of the new versions, and have not had any major issues. MSFS2024: FENIX A319/320/321 | Aerosoft/Toliss A340-600 | TFDi MD-11F | iniBuilds A350 | FBW A380 | PMDG 77W NZAA | YPPH AMD7800X3D | RTX4090 | 32GB DDR5
September 23, 20196 yr You then have to update all your Addons which is probably where most of the work is xxd09
September 23, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, xxd09 said: You then have to update all your Addons which is probably where most of the work is xxd09 Not necessarily. If your addons are outside the main P3D.folder, then updating should not affect them. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
September 23, 20196 yr The forum P3D Tips & Tricks just below this one is the best place to check out before updating it gives you a run through. Raymond Fry.
September 23, 20196 yr Does that airport really need P3Dv4.5, or is that version only mentioned because it is the latest version? I would have thought that v4.4 (the PBR upgrade) would be good enough. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
September 24, 20196 yr I’m still on 4.3, I really don’t want to update as my FPS is perfect atm. But more and more products are becoming out of reach. (Which is to be expected) 😕 Edited September 24, 20196 yr by UAL4life
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