FSX-SE to Prepar3d v4 Benifits

[Gary1124 181]

Can somebody highlight the benifits to be had switching from FSX-Steam to P3d v4?

Thanks

[Chock 17,769]

More recent versions of P3D look better than FSX in a number of ways, they have a cleaner GUI and from version four onwards, are 64-Bit versions of the ESP-based sim, meaning it does not suffer the VAS limitations which FSX and versions one, two and three of P3D are limited by, so it is unlikely to lock up or crash if you use a lot of scenery and fancy add-ons.

Fundamentally, all ESP-based sims have required you to throw a lot of add-ons at them to make them look okay, such as weather and cloud model add-ons, terrain enhancements, payware airports, photo terrain, and of course more complex aeroplanes frequently get added too, and all that means you need the 64 Bit architecture of the more recent iterations. Having said that, version five (the current version) is much better than version four, so if you have the choice, go for that one. It runs a lot better than all previous versions and so it can give you a significant increase in frame rates. Here's an overview of all of its its functions which I did when it first came out, this explains what they all are and why they will make it run better:

 

Edited May 13, 2021 by Chock

[Greggy_D 936]

31 minutes ago, Gary1124 said:

from FSX-Steam to P3d v4

Why would you go to v4?  Why not entertain v5?

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

24 minutes ago, Greggy_D said:

Why would you go to v4?  Why not entertain v5?

The OP keeps asking the same question, again and again.. time to let this lie.. 😉

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

@Gary1124

As mentioned by Bert, your asking the same questions over and over and just the other day said your going to XP, prior to that it was MSFS. Perhaps go back and check your old posts since you’ve already made numerous FSX vs P3D vs MSFS posts.

I’m locking this one since it’s getting repetitive.