So, is the consensus now that the HF1 has been released that the upside of going to 5.3 outweighs the downside of fresh installing P3D plus a few hundred GB of add ons? For me improved performance is priority, trying to squeeze all I can out of 9700k at 4.8ghz and RTX 2080. Of course, improved visuals would make me giddy as well.

15 minutes ago, sivart2000 said:

So, is the consensus now that the HF1 has been released that the upside of going to 5.3 outweighs the downside of fresh installing P3D plus a few hundred GB of add ons? For me improved performance is priority, trying to squeeze all I can out of 9700k at 4.8ghz and RTX 2080. Of course, improved visuals would make me giddy as well.

Great visuals...and butter smooth.  Those two alone are enough incentive...

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Edited December 23, 20214 yr by Jetset408

If your add-on developer followed LM's installation instructions you shouldn't have to reinstall a few hundred Gb of add-ons. I have more than that and didn't need to reinstall them.

Happy Holidays!

Edited December 23, 20214 yr by pgde

I am currently on my way to upgrade to 5.3 :D

Still a bit struggeling with the Affinity Settings they add, but I think i will leave them at standard. Performance is great.

Spending five days installing all of your addons is part of the fun

15 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Spending five days installing all of your addons is part of the fun

Absolutely zero need to Chris, uninstall, reinstall, update critical apps, bang- good to go 🙂

4 hours ago, pgde said:

If your add-on developer followed LM's installation instructions you shouldn't have to reinstall a few hundred Gb of add-ons. I have more than that and didn't need to reinstall them.

Happy Holidays!

I did not do the Nuclear Route...and everything (all my software shows up and runs).  I did do a VERIFY files on all my Global Orbx and then did a Orbx Sync. Did a GSX update run, and went into GSX Control Panel and turned off Default Jetways once more for v5.3 HF1+1.  After that...all's good...no...all's EXTREAMLY good! 🙂

3 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

Spending five days installing all of your addons is part of the fun

LOL....part of the hobby, huh?  🙂

5 hours ago, Sesquashtoo said:

LOL....part of the hobby, huh?  🙂

another hot fix yesterday - BTW

I updated from 5.3 to 5.3 HF1+LF yesterday using the following process:
1. take system image backup using Windows Restore. Backup key config files by copying to separate folder (prepar3d.cfg, scenery.cfg, add-ons.cfg, export key bindings)
2. download client and scenery files from LM website
3. remove Envshade adjustments (i.e. restore default shaders) using Envdir
4. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D client and do not deactivate
5. install new P3D client
6. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D scenery
7. install new scenery
8. install updates for addons (Envshade, ASP3D beta, FSLabs). Resync Orbx.
9. Clear shaders and delete content from C:\users\yourname\appdata\local\temp
10. Start the sim in the default scenario

No issues so far but am still testing, seems smooth so far.

 

4 hours ago, simfan1983 said:

I updated from 5.3 to 5.3 HF1+LF yesterday using the following process:
1. take system image backup using Windows Restore. Backup key config files by copying to separate folder (prepar3d.cfg, scenery.cfg, add-ons.cfg, export key bindings)
2. download client and scenery files from LM website
3. remove Envshade adjustments (i.e. restore default shaders) using Envdir
4. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D client and do not deactivate
5. install new P3D client
6. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D scenery
7. install new scenery
8. install updates for addons (Envshade, ASP3D beta, FSLabs). Resync Orbx.
9. Clear shaders and delete content from C:\users\yourname\appdata\local\temp
10. Start the sim in the default scenario

No issues so far but am still testing, seems smooth so far.

 

Where are the key binding file/s I would like to save those ?

16 minutes ago, sonny147 said:

Where are the key binding file/s I would like to save those ?

Apologies, I should have made that clearer, I exported a file from within the P3D control settings menu. Using the above method did not change any settings however, i.e. it doesn't reset any config files. Currently 6 hours into a long haul flight and for the moment everything is working OK.

18 hours ago, Flyinggok said:

I am currently on my way to upgrade to 5.3 😄

Still a bit struggeling with the Affinity Settings they add, but I think i will leave them at standard. Performance is great.

Leave AF settings as default. I adjusted mine using one of the online computing models for my 4 core Hyperthreaded CPU and did not like the results. Went back to the standard as applied by P3D in the cfg and it made a world of difference.

Sherm

On 12/24/2021 at 12:20 AM, simfan1983 said:

I updated from 5.3 to 5.3 HF1+LF yesterday using the following process:
1. take system image backup using Windows Restore. Backup key config files by copying to separate folder (prepar3d.cfg, scenery.cfg, add-ons.cfg, export key bindings)
2. download client and scenery files from LM website
3. remove Envshade adjustments (i.e. restore default shaders) using Envdir
4. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D client and do not deactivate
5. install new P3D client
6. in Windows add/remove programs uninstall P3D scenery
7. install new scenery
8. install updates for addons (Envshade, ASP3D beta, FSLabs). Resync Orbx.
9. Clear shaders and delete content from C:\users\yourname\appdata\local\temp
10. Start the sim in the default scenario

No issues so far but am still testing, seems smooth so far.

 

I will be upgrading from P3Dv5.2 to 5.3HF1+LF. I noted you and Rob Ainscough are upgrading from 5.3 to the latest HF1. Will my process be from 5.2 direct to 5.3HF1+LF or will I be required to first upgrade to the basic 5.3 first and then to HF1?