Hello,

 

I would like to ask for some help installing CumulusX! into my P3D install.  I looked on the internet for a while for an answer but found nothing.  Anyone here know how to do it?

 

Thanks,

Andrew

Hi Andrew

Have a look here http://ukvga.org/forum/index.php?topic=5202.0

Cheers

Al

11 hours ago, algy10 said:

Hi Andrew

Have a look here http://ukvga.org/forum/index.php?topic=5202.0

Cheers

Al

Unfortunately, the page can only be accessed by UKVGA members.  Thanks, though.

If you don't have the old FSX installed the installation is pretty straight forward. To get CumulusX! working with P3D v4, I ran the CumulusX! installer and then entered the path of my Prepar3D v4 folder. Then you run the CumulusX!.exe file when you are in the simulator. It will be in the modules folder. Try a fair weather scenario with medium cumulus clouds. If you see CumulusX! clouds and CumulusX says it is connected you are good.

It won't do any damage at all everything it does is light touch to your installation and when it complains at various points about not finding FSX etc just ignore it with cancel button it doesn't need it. CumulusX can't even find where the P3D ini files are since it doesn't know it exists so it is incapable of stuffing with them. It merely puts some assets into the P3D modules folder and then connects via simconnect and complains about not finding FSX but it doesn't matter.

If you get it going you should try to disable P3D internal thermals and also any weather engine thermals since CumulusX does all types of gliding lift better than any sim and rivals condor.

If you have FSX installed, that confuses things a little because CumulusX will update the FSX ini files even when it is pointed to P3D.

If you are nervous about it, install CumulusX to an empty folder and manually drag the installation into P3D yourself. That method works fine.

PS) You don't need use the DLL file version the CumulusX app works perfectly with the EXE file.

Edited January 30, 20206 yr by glider1

Thanks, I managed to get it working.

3 minutes ago, Andrew Urbanczyk said:

Thanks, I managed to get it working.

Great news. WinchX works in a similar way. It complains that there is no FSX but it doesn't matter. The CumulusX clouds look a bit dated but they blend in pretty well with active sky or sky force clouds and you can fiddle with the post processing to make them look better. If you have a low end system turn off simobject  and cloud shadows. You can also have CumulusX run on its own core to help keep simulation smooth if you want. If you like it you might want to get the registered version.