If you are lucky enough to have both P3D v4 and P3D v5, by far the easiest method is to just temporarily rename your P3D v5 folder to the name that your P3D v4 folder carries now. Change it back when the installation, supposedly into P3D v4, is finished and the job is done in the easiest way possible.

Edited December 28, 20205 yr by Reader

PMDG is on record that the DC6 is coming to P3dV5.

Dave

I also installed the PMDG 777 using the register trick. Works just fine.

Edited December 28, 20205 yr by willy647

By the time it is for P3Dv5 - P3Dv6 will be out.  I dunno why it is taking this long for them to release.  I know it is getting some PBR updates but that can come in a microupdate.  Sigh

17 hours ago, coastaldriver said:

Well after looking at the PMDG website and reading their advice that it was possible to install the P3DV4x version into P3DV5 I went and payed nearly $100AUD for the download.

So I have a product I cannot install I have a provider that I cannot contact - so in short I am screwed. Well am I venting and annoyed you betcha. I cannot believe I was so stupid as to have trusted these people or that they had proper customer support processes.

You knowingly bought a product which is officially not compatible with P3D v5 which is made clear on the website as well as the customer forums. What they said was that it is not fully compatible and there is no guarantee that it will work and that they won't give advice on how to install it into v5 because it may break things. No offense but that's entirely on you.

The customer support also works fine. The trouble with your account is obviously a technical issue and not the norm. You can still contact them through the customer forums and explain the trouble filing a ticket, especially since you said you already have an account. Other than that, you can also contact them straight via e-mail and explain while providing your purchase information.

1 hour ago, killthespam said:

Even today they can't accept that their software is buggy and will put a fight right away.

What about PMDG aircraft is buggy? They have always been among the least buggy aircraft and quick to fix.

2 hours ago, threegreen said:

What about PMDG aircraft is buggy? They have always been among the least buggy aircraft and quick to fix.

Not for some time... In the NGXu the LNAV needle in ILS is just blocked (it remains centered whatever the position of the aircraft in relation to the beam). It's been a while...and no news!

Richard.

4 hours ago, Skywolf said:

By the time it is for P3Dv5 - P3Dv6 will be out.  I dunno why it is taking this long for them to release.  I know it is getting some PBR updates but that can come in a microupdate.  Sigh

I know, right?

Sometimes I think PMDG is really a one-man outfit. They've been successful in hiding this for some time. Occasionally, they'll hire a 3D model artist on a short-term contract to poot forth a new aircraft, but generally, I think it's just Robert. /s

3 hours ago, threegreen said:

What about PMDG aircraft is buggy? They have always been among the least buggy aircraft and quick to fix.

As little as you obviously know.

Unfortunately they have lots of bugs on the 737, 747 and 777. Not being familiar with the systems it might look ok to many but for sure is not a study level with so many bugs.

There are common problems across  the 3 airplanes with the FMC (certain pages not working correct), ECL and EFB (many pages also not working correct), lateral and vertical (LNAV/VNAV) broken for many years (I lost track of it already) , autopilots very loose and not acquiring smooth preselected altitudes etc....

Different other items (like lights for example) where other developers fixed the items they keep on blaming LM P3D and they are not fixing because for them "it doesn't make  economic sense".

Yes they do updates but at the same time brake something else and all the problems (bugs) are carried over and over to the new version. When they are called on what they broke and asked when they will fix the other issues they get very defensive and start blaming the customer.

Unfortunately with such an attitude and anger towards the customer (who's paying for the product) and not fixing items due to economic reasons I only can see a very bumpy road ahead for them.

To be honest I didn't see any developer making these kind of excuses, accusations and fighting with the customer as they do.

Too bad, I still believe that they will wake up and fix the problems, the potential is there but attitude and approach to the customer is very wrong.

I think Robert is a man with many irons in the fire. He owns a DC3, fly's a biz jet and in a recent post spoke of ordering 747 parts from scraped aircraft for what I don't know. He's an aviation Renaissance man. Maybe that explains the slow progress on some things. A man can only do one thing at a time.

Maybe that's the benefit of having a wife who is a doctor. Plenty of resources to pursue your many interest.

I have no problem with that at all.

That is excellent and something to admire, unfortunately his attitude towards the customer, the ones who put money in his pocket needs to be treated with respect and dignity. 

Fighting and arguing with the customer to this degree has nothing to do with his personal life.

7 hours ago, killthespam said:

Unfortunately they have lots of bugs on the 737, 747 and 777.

Ok, so please tell me what aircraft I should buy. I mean one without any bugs.

 

Willy,

That's entirely up to you what you want to buy.

But if you were a real pilot, qualified in either 747 or 777 you will feel very disappointed about many findings.

Especially that you would find certain items well designed (so it's possible to program correctly) while others completely overlooked or just bugs that they don't want to fix because for them "it doesn't make economic sense", bugs that affect correct functionality.

And then, after you pay all that money if you dare to point something wrong (bug) will find the "welcome committee" to tell you how wrong you are and that is someone's else wrongdoing.

And in the end, we all know that there is no perfect software, but some responsibility and respect towards the customer is something that is expected.

Edited December 29, 20205 yr by killthespam

Could you answer the question, I am sure that we are all intrigued to know which, if any, aircraft model achieves your elevated standard.

Not being adversarial, just curious as to which of the PMDG models you fly in real life?

I understand your frustration concerning customer courtesy but I must say since moving to their own forum and shedding above mentioned moderator PMDG is like kittens compared to the way they were. Too many times someone would ask a simple question and would be answered with generous amounts of snark with admonitions to"read the f manuals". Then there might be a stream of bilge from munchkins who resembled a little snarling Chihuahua curled on its masters lap.

I now think my 747 QOTSII must be broken.

After reading about the above faults with the FMC not working correct (ly). I just wonder why in 2 years of using this plane, I have never had any problem with LNAV/VNAV not engaging correctly, nor has the autopilot failed to acquire an input FL.

Maybe I am just lucky (or don't know enough about the real plane). But for me the money is well spent and I have never had to bother about going to the forum for answers.