3 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

V5.1 will be a better "starting point" in terms of issue resolution and then it will evolve new features from there.

Cheers, Rob.

 

Do tell..

Edited May 15, 20206 yr by Bert Pieke

1 hour ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

V5.1 will be a better "starting point" in terms of issue resolution and then it will evolve new features from there.

Cheers, Rob.

Which is one of the reasons I'm waiting to move to v5.  Too many of my favorite Orbx airports still being incompatible is another.  FFTF Dynamic being released recently almost made be buy v5 yesterday (I won't fly without it or Active Sky), but 4.5HF2 is offering me a lot of enjoyment still.  I'll wait for 5.1.

Greg

So Rob - I see 5.1 is coming soon.  I do wonder if some addon devs know but can't tell.  I wonder if it is tomorrow?

5 minutes ago, Skywolf said:

So Rob - I see 5.1 is coming soon.  I do wonder if some addon devs know but can't tell.  I wonder if it is tomorrow?

Only 1 month into initial release? Maybe another hotfix but too early for a .1 in my opinion. I think they did say another hot fix was coming soon unless i read wrong.

The reason that a 5.1 release is required so early in this version's product cycle is presumably because P3Dv5 was released before it should have been.

11 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

The reason that a 5.1 release is required so early in this version's product cycle is presumably because P3Dv5 was released before it should have been.

So some of us got to play with it early...

HF1 .1 .2 etc - these are numbers anyway.  LM can just .eliminate 1 and go out with .5 release, followed by .6, .7 etc

or HF1 - HF9 - just updates really.

i knew from forums that another HF was imminent; now I wonder if they got enough bug reports that the next release will be .1 and few months after that we will get .2 release.

Looking forward to whatever comes

Go LM!!!

Edited May 15, 20206 yr by Skywolf

I'm enjoying v5 for the most part. My only real complaints are HF1 hammered my fps for some reason. I posted about it on the P3D official forums hoping for some insight but haven't got anywhere.

My only other issue being that active sky just will not launch. Again I've had a ticket open on that one for a while now with no solution so getting a bit frustrated.

On the whole though I'm pleased with it. Just waiting for an fslabs update but all my other planes work.

I am also somehow pleased with this new version. The smooth experience is really a different story .

I have some REX EF issues in 4.5(program goes to taskbar and consume up to 6gb ram without the option to open the GUI) so lately i noticed the performance without it in 4.5 has increased as well -  making the boost for v5 even smaller.

(about 10-20% increase in fps)

Now i just have to remember to switch between HT on and off between 4.5 and 5 because v5 stutter like hell when i forget HT ON  on my old 4770k 4 core cpu 🙂 (sim in 4K ) 

 

V4.5 stays for now for FSL,PMDG and other add-ons

Michael Moe

Edited May 15, 20206 yr by Michael Moe

When is software ever finished ??

Never would be my take on it...

Given P3D started as (quantily of earlier versions) -> FS2004 -> FSX -> ESP -> P3D v1 -> v2 -> v3 -> v4 -> v5 -> ???

Cheers

Well done Bert. Still some things to tidy up but it is progressing nicely.

As with any software like this, that is, it is Open and accepts plug ins of any kind, any number, the steps taken are absolutely necessary.

V5 has it's issues for sure, once I worked how to set it up without getting driver hung error or CTD's every 5 minutes, I am very happy. 

Sat parked at EGLL

Full AIG AIM installed. 

Sliders mostly to the right 4k resolution.

25-30 FPS. 

In 4.5 I'd be lucky to have 10-15fps. 

I am happy 🙂

 

 

Glad to read about a fellow simmer finding his sweet spot with V5. I've had a love hate relationship with V5. My final straw with V5 happened yesterday after taking about 45mins to set up the PMDG 747 for a flight out of Talin only to get a CTD 2mins into taxi.

Most major sim forums are filled with V5 related CTD issues no doubt, but i think it will get better. I finally have an idea of what it feels like to be software tester.

For now on my system V5 remains installed but my sweet spot remains with V4.

3 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

The reason that a 5.1 release is required so early in this version's product cycle is presumably because P3Dv5 was released before it should have been.

Presumably? 

It is glaringly obvious that it was released in the most unpolished state of all the last major P3D releases. 

Even with good will I would call it only an early beta.

6 hours ago, Skywolf said:

So Rob - I see 5.1 is coming soon.  I do wonder if some addon devs know but can't tell.  I wonder if it is tomorrow?

Gawd..I hope all we have to do for 5.1 is the Client!  Crossing fingers...