I wonder if this is a sign of some changes?:

"Thank you for your patience. Our website is undergoing maintenance and will be back online as soon as possible."

Look here😉

Kind regards, Michael

8 minutes ago, pracines said:

I wonder if this is a sign of some changes?:

"Thank you for your patience. Our website is undergoing maintenance and will be back online as soon as possible."

I believe it is.  Check the LM website after midnight GMT-5.

Best wishes my friend.

 

That is screenshot from v5

 

Look at the ground people - look at the texture (looks satellite mix), the coastlines etc

 

V5 is imminent 

Edited April 7, 20206 yr by Skywolf

Did you actually see the placeholder? The ground graphics?

Well - Looks nice but could that be the cell phone tower bug from v4 still persist - sometimes those towers are huge

 

Well that will give me something to wonder about tonight.

It was just showing April 14th as the release date.

 

Sloped runways!

Good find

Looks like truesky clouds have been added which makes me very happy 

Edited April 7, 20206 yr by kand

Cut and paste from FSELITE (https://fselite.net/news/lockheed-martin-prepar3d-v5-revealed-releasing-next-week/)!

FSElite can reveal that Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D v5 will release next week on Tuesday, April 14th 2020. This is the first time the public world has seen the new simulator in action and we can also reveal some of the next-generation features coming to the platform upon release.

Lockheed Martin has described Prepar3D v5 being the first step in an all-new platform built for the next-generation of simulation and training. New technology and capabilities lead the way in providing an immersive and performance-driven simulator. Harnessing the latest graphical technologies, Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D v5 will use the DirectX 12 rendering engine to bring much-improved performance and stability for the Prepar3D platform.

he new rendering engine isn’t the only new technology within Prepar3D v5, as Lockheed Martin will be using an all-new groundbreaking visual weather platform to include volumetric clouds, localized precipitation and new atmospheric haze. This technology has been built using Simul’s trueSKY.

Another popular community requested feature is the inclusion of sloped runways with full AI support. Lockheed Martin has heard the calls from developers and community members alike and have reworked how airports are in the simulator to now include sloped runways. The entire globe has been updated to include the latest geographical data, which includes updated taxiways, runway assignments and more to default airports within the world of Prepar3D. In addition, the default airports now all feature PBR materials for extra realism. In our exclusive interview, we can also reveal that the new default airport will be Randolph Airforce Base in Texas, which was developed by Orbx.

The final major change to the new platform is the inclusion of all-new aircraft with the base simulator. The Lockheed Martin Civilian Utility Aircraft and the F-35B developed by IndiaFoxtEcho with representative STOVL capabilities have both been added to give you a new challenge.

As mentioned above, Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D v5 will release on Tuesday, April 14th 2020.

 

From the prepar3d.com website:

Prepar3D^® v5 – The Foundation of Next Generation Simulation and Training. Coming April 14th.

https://prepar3d.com/home-slider/2020/04/115906/

P3d V5 looks fairly uninspiring to me, I'm disappointed with what I've seen so far, they'll need something more than this to tempt me to upgrade.

Revealed:

• New volumetric clouds using Simul’s trueSKY
• New rendering engine
• Sloped runways
• Latest geographical data, which includes updated taxiways, runway assignments and more to default airports within the world of Prepar3D

Looks like a bit of competition has really pushed the legacy sims forward!

 

Edit: That landing at 0:47 in the video though... 😖
 

Edited April 7, 20206 yr by F737NG