Is prepar3d forum offline?

[shermank]

I have tried several times today to get into the forums. While the splash screen shows the usual link, tapping it does not take me to the forums. Do any of you have the same problem or is this on my end.

I cannot imagine it makes a difference, but I am traveling outside the US in France.

thanks

sherm

[G-RFRY]

It`s down but this sometimes happens for maintenance.

[vonmar]

3 hours ago, shermank said:

I have tried several times today to get into the forums. While the splash screen shows the usual link, tapping it does not take me to the forums. Do any of you have the same problem or is this on my end.

I cannot imagine it makes a difference, but I am traveling outside the US in France.

thanks

sherm

It is not fully operational all weekend.

I have noticed it takes a minute or longer to display the first screen (to log on).

Then, if I click on any topic there is a disconnect and an error message.

Just noticed one user managed to do a post today (screenshot).

Edit: currently 1499 users online / 3 registered (not shown in screenshot).

 

 

 

Edited May 5 by vonmar

[rbs1000]

The whole website has been changed, with a link to a MegaScenery offer.  Is v7 imminent I wonder?  Sprucing the old place up maybe?

 

[shermank]

A few minutes ago I tried to log on again. The splash screen forum link did not work.

i clicked the Megascenery hyperlink. That took me to a word press page which reported a critical error.

not ready for prime time yet

 

Sherm 

[vonmar]

After about 30 seconds I get the P3D topics page (Login page).
I can select a topic ok.
Then I select a users post.
The result is a disconnect with an error message (screenshot).

Note: 
I seen there are 1863 users online / 3 registered.

 

 

[G-RFRY]

The site is down completely now.

[vonmar]

22 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

The site is down completely now.

Just got this (screenshot):
So, basically, just as my previous post.

 

 

[vonmar]

It is working ... my logon worked and looked into several topics OK so far.

Minutes later I went to PrePar3D.com and the popup said:

Sorry Prepar3d is under Maintenance.

So, back off line again.

 

Edited May 5 by vonmar

[Daube]

Let's just hope it's an update for announcing some big news, and not just the result of a cyber attack from pirates or spammers.

[G-RFRY]

It`s under two years since V6 release so don`t get your hopes up. Not even MS is that fast and it would be record for LM. 

Edited May 6 by G-RFRY

[sdirand]

you don't need to put a web site under maintenance to make some modifications. So I don't really think it is the cause of this down time.

[vonmar]

Update.

This morning Forum is working.

https://prepar3d.com/forum/index.php

Prepar3D.com : Under maintenance message.

Edited May 6 by vonmar

[dgraham1284]

On 5/5/2025 at 10:25 AM, rbs1000 said:

The whole website has been changed, with a link to a MegaScenery offer.  Is v7 imminent I wonder?  Sprucing the old place up maybe?

 

v7? no. Not yet at least. 

[DonMuskopf]

Site is still down. I tried to connect to P3D's site again today and I got the following message:

The connection has timed out

I've never seen a commercial website to go down for this length of time. Makes me wonder if LM is moving on from P3D to a new product for their traditional customers.