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I have W7 x64 on a separate partition in a HDD. The rest of that drive I use for all kinds of storage. On two separate drives I have FSX and P3Dv3. I plan to build a new rig with P3D4 in mind (will be my 7th build). Ideally, I will install the new OS (separate partition) on a new SSD or HDD and copy over the storage folders/files depending on available space. My question: Will I be able to physically install my current FSX and P3D HDDs to the new rig AND have them work? Or must I do a clean install of these sims in Windows 10? If I do this, will FSX and P3D3/4 run properly in the new OS? I'd be grateful for advice. John

Price does too.

That's good news!

Maybe it has. But I live more in hope than expectation.

In a previous post you say you 'may' have disaabled FSUIPC autosave. Have you, or have you not? You will have problems if it is enabled. Two things, make sure you are running the new P3Dv4 version of FSUIPC5 5.103 from here http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html Open your FSUIPC.ini file in Notepad. Find [autosave] and make sure the entry under AutoSaveEnabled=No If it is Yes, change it to No and Save.

I agree. I still keep FS9 running so I can use the Project Fokker F70. It was a great aircraft up to and beyond some payware of the time. I hope Lionheart develops the F70 alongside the F100 - it was a more useful and more popular aircraft. It should not mean a huge amount of extra work as they shared the same cockpit. KLM is still flying some F70s in Europe.

Thanks for the tip, Bert. It's a lot of people's favourite aircraft which makes it odd that Carenado has not yet produced a P3Dv4 version. Same goes for the V35B. John

Many thanks, Bert. I was missing the effects files.

Yes I did. Only problem so far is absence of nav, beacon and strobe lights. Taxi and landing lights work. Yes, I am testing at night. :wink:

Sorry but it doesn't work perfect that way. It almost does though, so thanks! My yoke works, and my rudder pedals but not the GoFlight throttle quadrant. If I select a different plane the throttle quadrant is fine. So there must be something not quite right about the F33 'installation'. I can use the VC throttles with the mouse but it irritates the heck out of me. EDIT All sorted. Seems to fly perfectly so far. :smile:

Thanks, but, er, no thanks! :wink: I tried this dodge before with an FSX scenery and got into all kinds of trouble when I later tried to install a different FSX scenery into FSX! I'm sure, in capable hands, it can be made to work, but it's not for me. I'll just have to make do with the V-tail. It's not a bad plane either.

Thanks, Ron, but no option to select the destination folder. My installer checks my email and serial number and then installs directly into FSX. The later FSX Service Pack does have a destination option though.

Any news of a P3D v3 installer for this beauty? It's still my favourite single in FSX - would be a shame if it cannot be flown in P3D v3.

+1 We have arrived at XP11 and still do not have credible ATC or AI planes, not to mention weather engine. One might ask what they have been doing all this time?

Modern versions of these for P3D/FSX: Kiev (UKBB) Odessa (UKOO) Minsk (UMSS) Cluj Napoca (Kolozsvár) (LRCL) I agree with others about Venice (LIPZ) and Dakar (GOOY).

Nearly there....and thanks to all who've posted. I'm undecided about best way to go re. SSD. I plan to use a large HDD for storage and FSX (separate partitions) with a smaller HDD for the W10 OS. P3D will run off one or more SSDs. As things stand, I have a 500GB SSD which is 2/3 full with P3D stuff. It seems my options are either to buy a new 1TB SSD for my P3D setup at great expense (and try to sell my present 500GB), or add a second 500GB SSD to my present system. The idea would be to 'span' the two drives so they are seen as one. I've not done this before, and I wonder what effect 'spanning' or 'striping' would have on access speed. There's no point in doing it if it's going to slow things down; the whole point for me, of using SSDs is to speed things up! I'd be grateful for advice.

I am never sure which frequency to use. On the one hand it is good to use the latest AIRAC frequencies, but on the other, the original frequencies are hard-wired into FSX/P3D/FS9. These can be updated using ADE or similar so that the latest frequencies/headings etc apply but this is hardly a realistic option when you are diverting, unless it is a planned diversion :wink: Then there are 3rd party sceneries some of which update the AIRAC frequencies. The trouble with these is that they too can be superceded by later RW frequency changes which show up on Navigraph or NATS. It is a bit of a minefield and I sympathise with the OP. At least Jonathan remembered the most important thing - to fly the plane - and they landed safely. :smile:

Thanks for all these replies. Very helpful. On the 'K' thing, I am nervous about o/c but would probably like the option for a day when I feel brave.... :wink: Good advice about the mobo, Martin, will go Z170 DeLuxe, and on the PS, you're right of course. Which brings me to which PS? Corsair PS have served me well on my FSX rig and non-FS machines. And which case? And, W7 or 10? Tough to know what to do.

I'd be grateful for advice on this proposed rig. I have overclocked before but am inexperienced at it, and extremely nervous. So, I'm aiming for a straight 'fast machine'. I run P3D v3 mostly, but I want the rig to be X-Plane 11 'ready'. CPU: Skylake or Broadwell? Or even Haswell? 6700K or 6700? or what? Motherboard: Asus Z170-A, assuming a Skylake CPU. Memory: DDR4 GSkill Ripjaw V 3200 MHz low latency. Graphics: GTX 1070 EVGA 8GB - there are several EVGA cards that fit this description, with only marginal differences in speed - is it worth spending more for that? Air Cooling: Noctua NH-D15S. Power Supply: Existing PS is Corsair GS 800W but is 6 years old. Time to renew, or take a chance? Case: please advise also on a quiet case - I have plenty of space but don't want a monster. :wink: Windows 7 or 10? Apologies for so many questions all at once! Many thanks, John

Martin, Thanks very much for this. Your comments helped me to think things through better. I forgot entirely that lots of flightsim-related files end up on the C: drive or elsewhere. That unfortunate fact alone makes my idea a non-starter. The thought of uninstalling things like chip set drivers, and other things of which I know little and so might overlook, makes my eyes glaze over. I was hoping to take a shortcut or two, but as you rightly say, it would best to start again and to do a clean install of all the things I really want. It will take me a week or two, but will be better for my blood pressure. :smile:

That's possibly good advice for now. But, I am building a new box for P3D and X-plane. I hope it will last me 5 years like my present one. Will W7 remain supported till 2021? I might not, I know As well as that, I might have to content with a completely new simulator - Aerosoft made noises, and then there is Dovetail, and maybe others in the shadows. So, for someone building a new system, I would have thought Windows 10 bought a degree of future-proofing not available in W7, much as I like W7.

Silly question, was it? J.

I run X-Plane, FSX, and P3D in W7x64. X-Plane and FSX run on their own HDDs; P3D runs from a 500GB SSD via PCIE. W7 runs off Disk 4 in its own partition, with the remainder of the 1.5TB disk being used for storage. In a new W7 build, can I connect the existing drives and expect the sims to run without problems? What if I used a Windows 10 OS? And finally, the P3D SSD is getting full. If I copy its contents to a larger SSD, or HDD, is it likely that P3D will still run? Thanks!

British Airways still flies 767s. I know because I recently flew direct from Heathrow to Grand Cayman on one!

I've not warmed to the GTX version either. The aircraft handles well, but I dislike the Proline kit with its baffling input and control arrangements. I find the autopilot unnecessarily complicated and yearn for the simplicity of the FS9 default Cessna. The Super King 100/200 is my preference.