I've been looking for a Diamond DA-62 for P3dv5.  I can't find one compatible with this version.  Will any of the downloads for P3dv4 work well in version 5?  Carenado, for instance?

Carenado has a v5 installer available.  Vertx can be coaxed into v5 with a pretty this simple registry edit. 

Unfortunately the best DA62 out there right now is the MSFS DA62 with the freeware DA62X mod and the Working Title G1000Nxi.  I had no fun with the previous sims Carenado DA62.  The G1000 was not right and the panel was difficult to read.  Wish you luck.

Edited September 19, 20223 yr by fppilot

The best DA62 remains the Vertx one developed for v4. But with a couple of Registry edits it installs just fine in v5

https://vertxsim.com

I’m still flying it in v5.3HF2

3 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

The best DA62 remains the Vertx one developed for v4. But with a couple of Registry edits it installs just fine in v5

https://vertxsim.com

I’m still flying it in v5.3HF2

Thanks.  I will investigate the Vertx and the Carenado with the V5 update

1 hour ago, spilok said:

Thanks.  I will investigate the Vertx and the Carenado with the V5 update

I’d be surprised if the Carenado version has a fully featured G1000 unit including VNAV.

2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I’d be surprised if the Carenado version has a fully featured G1000 unit including VNAV.

I found out that there is no V5 update for Carenado.  Carenado says there's no need because everything works and you just need to download it again.

That's not true.  I tried it with a Carenado DA-40 that I had bought in 2019.  I re-downloaded it, and the cockpit is quite transparent.

Stan

I’m still on v4 and slowly preparing to move to v5 and I can’t advise on v5 installiation though reports of successful installs make me feel better.

What I want to do is recommend Vertx version. That thing is pure masterpiece. I bought it knowing there is no support and actually bought to support the author because of his objective reasons and since I have it I have had no need for support at all because it works perfectly.

3 hours ago, spilok said:

I found out that there is no V5 update for Carenado.  Carenado says there's no need because everything works and you just need to download it again.

That's not true.  I tried it with a Carenado DA-40 that I had bought in 2019.  I re-downloaded it, and the cockpit is quite transparent.

Stan

You are right, there are no P3DV5 updates for any of the Carenado planes, but there is a single update for all of their planes with the G1000 here: https://carenado.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046625614-Installing-Carenado-aircraft-in-P3Dv5 
You have to run the update after each Carenado aircraft install. As has been mentioned, the Vertx DA-62 also works ok with a registry fix. 
 

John

12 hours ago, spilok said:

I found out that there is no V5 update for Carenado.  Carenado says there's no need because everything works and you just need to download it again.

That's not true.  I tried it with a Carenado DA-40 that I had bought in 2019.  I re-downloaded it, and the cockpit is quite transparent.

Stan

I never said they had an update.  I said they have a v5 installer but that was also incorrect.  The v4 installer may work by pointing it to your v5 root directory, if not it should definitely work with the same registry edit.  I own both and chose to install the Vertx.  It's still selling on their website.  But back to your original inquiry, both are compatible. Enjoy whatever choice you make. 

23 hours ago, jalbino59 said:

Carenado has a v5 installer available.  Vertx can be coaxed into v5 with a pretty this simple registry edit. 

I had to laugh when you said "simple registry edit".  I just watched the video of this, and is by no means that simple in my estimation.  There are quite a few steps to it and it is a bit confusing.  I will continue to watch the video since I just bought the Vertx model, and I have no choice but to perform this edit.

5 minutes ago, spilok said:

I had to laugh when you said "simple registry edit". 

Happy to amuse you.  It seemed simple to me but then again that's me.  Hope it all works out for you. 

Edited September 20, 20223 yr by jalbino59

44 minutes ago, jalbino59 said:

Happy to amuse you.  It seemed simple to me but then again that's me.  Hope it all works out for you. 

I got it done.  It was more involved than a "simple" edit, you must admit.  I really didn't laugh...I just felt that messing with Registry for me is always a concern.

Question:  Where do you point the plane during installation?  It wants you to put it in a V4 addon folder.  Should I put it there (even though I do not have V4) or should I put it into the V5 addon folder?  Perhaps I should change the target to the P3dv5 folder.  

22 minutes ago, spilok said:

Question:  Where do you point the plane during installation?  It wants you to put it in a V4 addon folder.  Should I put it there (even though I do not have V4) or should I put it into the V5 addon folder?  Perhaps I should change the target to the P3dv5 folder.  

The registry edit takes care of masking the v4 installation for you.  You can install the plane wherever you like.  I have it outside P3D folder altogether. 

I don’t recall doing any Registry editing for the install. Just point it to your v5 folder.

However, the utility program for configuring the aircraft oxygen etc. requires P3Dv4 Registry entries to exist.

It’s a very simple matter to create a Desktop shortcut that edits the Registry directly. I have a second one that removes that entry as another program gets confused if v4 and v5 entries exist when only v5 is installed. I’ll post details tomorrow.