Of course LM continues to support P3D... v6, which was sold to a few important customers (companies) that need support.

That doesn't mean there's any P3Dv7 incoming, in the end.

What a let-down... as expected, I'm surprised (badly) and not amazed (at all)....

Edited December 2, 2025Dec 2 by Daube

LM has broken away from MS code and gone there own way. No longer restricted by the licencing agreement and V7 will likely be based on this. And will likely require always on connection for satellite data.

49 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

PS Thiers a heads up on PMDG forum by a member.

Pretty sure that's just referring to the existing version of P3D.

19 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

LM has broken away from MS code and gone there own way. No longer restricted by the licencing agreement and V7 will likely be based on this. And will likely require always on connection for satellite data.

As they say in football, Ray - It's the hope that kills you 😉

1 hour ago, ZLA Steve said:

As they say in football, Ray - It's the hope that kills you 😉

I don't see any reason why LM wouldn't eventually offer a civilian version of their new sim.

After all, they sold P3D to a civilian market and it is a military training sim.

Dave

My guess is V7 will be absolutely based on this which is promising. I look forward to a professional sim that has some MSFS' core features like satellite imagery. It'll be interesting to see what happens. 

Did you folks actually look at the links?

This is the next iteration of Prepar3D … hence the Tm … it’s just not called V7 because it has no lineage to prior versions … it’s FUSE.

Edited December 3, 2025Dec 3 by SayAgain

19 hours ago, GCBraun said:

There is a direct reference to P3D in it's description:

"Total immersion incoming. Are you prepared? 👀✈️"

Prepar4D perhaps? 😀

False alarm? Nothing happened?

49 minutes ago, IanHarrison said:

False alarm? Nothing happened?

Sure it did, go visit the link and sign-up.

37 minutes ago, SayAgain said:

Sure it did, go visit the link and sign-up.

Well, something happened, its just not immediately relevant or of benefit for the majority of people on this forum. 

It’s even more limited than I expected, especially since a public version won’t be available at all. The handful of photos they’ve shown are also anything but impressive.

I’m sure it will serve their military customers well, but for civilian and hobbyist users, MSFS and X-Plane will continue to set the standard.

Some initial observations...

1. It isn't actually available for non mil users, we have to ask.  Does that mean they are gauging interest first before deciding whether to grant access?

2. Its non streaming based, on a physical storage device.  Sandboxes like that is great for security for mil customers.  What will the quality be like since I think it's not possible to fit the entire world in satellite imagery into a consumer level storage device?

3. But means any non mil customers have to install hardware as well as software, increasing the complexity and price of access.

4. The user base for P3D and the 3PD community have all but collapsed dinosaur style.

5. Having to purchase and install the hard/software combo will not entice back a large base of non mil users.

6.ergo, the 3PD community will not return to support it in volume. Which will further reinforce people's decisions not to use it. 

In summary, technically a good idea and quite probably the right strategic development avenue for P3D in relation to mil/corporate revenues, but it's not going to have much of an impact for flight simulation enthusiasts.

It might serve the military side perfectly but even if a civilian and public version would appear one day, it's a very very long shot before flying liners between let's say KJFK and LFPG.

I don't see civilian assets in the video, including aircrafts, airports, etc.

LM could probably create that in a civilian version but is it really worth it for them to invest time & ressources if thoses assets are not really useful for their military clients? Just to sell a few copies to the remaining P3D users here? Because sorry, right now, I don't see anything appealling enough for the current msfs/XP users to switch back.

At least P3D was built on the FSX roots and was including the civilian assets of FSX. Not the case anymore it seems.

And if we are waiting for external devs to create thoses assets, well... good luck! 

My conclusion: if a civilian version of P3D fuse would appear, it would be more a competitor for DCS rather than a real competitor for msfs or XP.

 

Edited December 3, 2025Dec 3 by sdirand

Lockheed Martin never wanted 'consumer' use of Prepar3d in the first place, right back to V1.
There is no reason at all for them to chase that market now.
P3D remains my 'museum' simulator, for great aircraft that can't be found anywhere else.