April 7, 20242 yr Code is frozen. No more updates. Yaaayyy! 🙂 It's also the flight sim version with the most compatible add-ons available (and can be made to work with FSX stuff too). It's like owning and appreciating antique furniture. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
April 8, 20242 yr I’m on V5.4, nevertheless I love your post for all the reasons you stated. Only thing I wouldn’t say either version is antique. Both versions are very modern and relative to many of us. Vic green
April 8, 20242 yr 5 hours ago, bofhlusr said: Code is frozen. No more updates. Yaaayyy! 🙂 It's also the flight sim version with the most compatible add-ons available (and can be made to work with FSX stuff too). It's like owning and appreciating antique furniture. I visit the other forum every now and then. I don’t understand how folks put up with that nonsense. It is what it is.
April 8, 20242 yr Author 2 hours ago, newtie said: I visit the other forum every now and then. I don’t understand how folks put up with that nonsense. It is what it is. There's many reasons. One possible explanation, BOREDOM. Just to try something new. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
April 8, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, bofhlusr said: Code is frozen. No more updates. Yaaayyy! 🙂 I‘m a very happy P3Dv5.4 user for the same reasons. My current sim time is 95% P3DV5.4 5% MSFS Felix Win11 + Intel i5 [email protected] GHz (overclocked) + 64GB DDR4 RAM@3600MHz + 24GB GeForce RTX3090 + M.2 SSD 2TB + 1TB SSD + 2TB HDD + VelocityOne Flightstick + HOTAS Thrustmaster (throttle only) + Saitek ProFlight Rudder Pedals + Meta Quest 3
April 8, 20242 yr 5.4. This true simulator really works. But I'm starting to think about giving a chance to "2024". We'll see how it develops... 13600KF - AIO - 32GB DDR4 - RTX4070 - UW1440p GSync - USB DAC - 2TB NVMe - Windows 11 Pro - Gladiator NXT EVO - 1 Gbps Fiber - MSFS 2024
April 8, 20242 yr Author 11 minutes ago, Flyfox said: I‘m a very happy P3Dv5.4 user for the same reasons. My current sim time is 95% P3DV5.4 5% MSFS Kinda poetic. P3D v4.5 and P3D v5.4. 4.5 and 5.4. Don't you think? Must mean something! 🙂 Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
April 8, 20242 yr Both good and bad then, For XP12, there is still tons of incoming feature I looking forwarded to, kinda annoying me as "Why it's still not here yet!" For P3Dv5, All the mishaps I'll need to live with or find a workaround, still annoying, but kinda more settling and claim than "Why it's still not here yet!", nothing to looking forwarded to.
April 8, 20242 yr 47 minutes ago, Juliett Alfa Romeo said: But I'm starting to think about giving a chance to "2024". We'll see how it develops... Chance would be a fine thing. But I am not going to fork out yet another fortune to have another sim. when the 5.4 I have works more than well enough for me. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
April 8, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, bofhlusr said: Kinda poetic. P3D v4.5 and P3D v5.4. 4.5 and 5.4. Don't you think? Must mean something! 🙂 Yes, indeed! Actually, I still keep 4.5 on my computer, but in the meantime I got 98% of my addons running on 5.4. The only exception is iFly‘s 747. Keep enjoying 4.5! Felix Win11 + Intel i5 [email protected] GHz (overclocked) + 64GB DDR4 RAM@3600MHz + 24GB GeForce RTX3090 + M.2 SSD 2TB + 1TB SSD + 2TB HDD + VelocityOne Flightstick + HOTAS Thrustmaster (throttle only) + Saitek ProFlight Rudder Pedals + Meta Quest 3
April 8, 20242 yr Moderator 5.3HF2 here for the foreseeable future. 5.4 gave me freezing problems with some AIG Ai BGLs. Reverting solved that problem. And buying ENVPlus and ENVShade has improved cockpit darkness plus considerable improved visibility. Still a bluish haze but I can live with that. Most importantly… 1) No forced updates. 2) Active Sky plus ASCA with all the benefits those give me. 3) Radar Contact v4 for decent ATC. 4) AFCADs can be edited to correct various airport details such as changed ILSs and runway designations. Sadly not compatible with v6. 5) Huge back catalogue for 3rd party addons. 6) 64-bit Concorde exclusively available for v5 (for the foreseeable future). Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
April 8, 20242 yr 7 hours ago, bofhlusr said: There's many reasons. One possible explanation, BOREDOM. Just to try something new. In the IT field there's a saying. People who buy software applications wind up using 10% of its functionality. I think this applies to flight sim software as well, give or take. In 5.4 I'm digging out that other 90% which includes study level aircraft and recently, ATC. Gotta say boredom ahs not come a knockin' yet.
April 8, 20242 yr Another highly satisfied 5.4 flyer, here! I agree with all that Ray said above plus the PMDG a/c. I'm a happy simmer! Glenn Wilkinson SpoilerMy specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ 3.7 GHz, 32 GB 3200MHz DDR4, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB, 2TB SAMSUNG EVO Plus SSD M2, 2TB WD Black Gaming SSD M2, 8TB WD Black Gaming HDD, 4TB WD Black Gaming Ext HDD, Windows 10, X-Plane 12 + large quantity of 3rd party addons scenery & aircraft. Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Thrustmaster TFRP. It's an older machine but gets the job done quite nicely - smooth with no stutters!
April 8, 20242 yr 19 hours ago, bofhlusr said: (and can be made to work with FSX stuff too) That's the main reason I've just returned to v4.5. I fully understand your reasons for either 4.5, 5.3 or 5.4. I used to enjoy 5.4 and it's higher performance. However, the default airports aren't that good. Converting any FSX scenery or AFCAD to v5 ended up being a chore. I tried using the default v4 airports in v5 (more details here and here) but somehow it didn't feel right (for example, some runways ended up buried). Now I'm back to v4.5 and it feels great. Let's see how long can I stay in 4.5 before wanting to go back to 5.4 and its improvements 😂 Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
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