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Thank you Jose , finally managed to sort it out after your advice. Regards

I have been using chaseplne for quite a while but recently bought an Xbox Controller to use it with my new P3Dv5.1 installation. Peripherals Thrustmaster joystick, X52 Thottle and CH Pedals, all three configured and managed by FSUIPC. Also under Key Assignments in P3D have programmed things like gear up/down, flaps, parking brake. reverse thrust, elevator trim up/down, etc. However would like to use the Xbox Controller for handling chaseplane cameras inside and outside the aircraft and in particular being able to pan inside the VC in all direction as well as outside but each using a different button. Not having ever used a controller would appreciate some guidance on how to achieve this or link to specific tutorial. Thank you

Thanks to all for the advice, will get one on Monday. Best regards

New to FS2020 Have done some GA flights and someone in a forum suggested the use of a controller for cameras, etc., not having used one before was wondering if anyone can recommend a good one preferably USB. Have never used them before. Thank you

Release version installed and done long hauls with PMDG, ActiveSky, FFTF, and payware scenery. Running smooth, no crashes so far. Envshade on, no HDR, running, Monitor at 30Hz and fps matching it. In clear conditions a thin fog layer is always present and with EA on it gets even worse. Hope they fix t his on next update.

Have updated ChasePlane to work on 5.1. However it hasn't created and xml file in the addons folder. Can someone let me know how to create one that will start the software as soon as the sim starts. Also forgot how to assign a key on joystick to bring up ChasePlane interface while flying. Grateful for any help. Regards

Well I agree with the posters who said FSMS2020 cameras are a mess and far too complicated. There are many other issues as well, like no completed SDK and other bugs. Also there aren't any study level jets like PMDG, etc. and looks like a lot of additional work is required to be done before all this can become a reality. If you fly online with Heavy Iron it will be another year or more before it happens. There is also a lack of 3rd party AI traffic and of Navdata like that provided by Navigraph/Aerosoft. The sim is an incredible improvement in every sense as regards the atmospherics, world realism, etc. but we could do with Chaseplane to access the cameras more efficiently and also a peripherals and key assignments menu that is easy to read and to allocate commands to peripherals, like in FSX or P3D. If you fly GA you can already enjoy the sim with added bonus of new third party aircrafts being added. The Chaseplane developers are probably unable to create anything until the SDK is finished and published. This is just my opinion.

There are a couple of sites where you can find photoreal scenery for Mexico, mostly made for FSX that work in P3D of various quality. https://www.fsmex.com https://furanuku77.blogspot.com/ The first link is for a Forum where some members have created somo photo real scenery for various areas of Mexico. The forum is in Spanish although I'm sure if you post asking for the scenery in english someone will reply. The second link is dedicated to photoreal scenery for some areas of Mexico as well as for other areas of South America. So far I have downloaded Acapulco, Mazatlan, Puerto Escondido, Veracruz, Merida, Guadalajara, Reinosa and Talpa de Allende Jalisco. If you cannot find these sceneries send me a PM.

Thanks for letting me know mpo910, didn't realise had to be done that way since everytime I open the sim it is telling me it's not compatible.

Chase Plane ActiveSky FFTX Dynamic Wondering how long it will take developers to update.

Found out what the problem was, my licence exceeded number of installations and had to contact PMDG. All working now. regards

Thank you for the replies. Yes yesterday installed them all and then selected them in the sim and VC not showing. The Ops centre updated all the aircraft but noticed there was a login page in the Ops Centre that I dind't complete, perhaps that's the reason. Will check it out.

I can see aircraft in external view and hear engine sounds but VC gives black screen. Can someone confirm this is the case? Thanks

CYZF-KMSP B747-400 VOBL-OMDB B737 BBJ now.

I am really surprised that developers are rushing to issue large airports for MSFS2020 when in fact there won't be any decent jets available until a year or more from now.. So they don't update scenery for P3D v5 and miss some additional revenue. Have done a few GA short flights on MSFS2020 and had A/P and other issues. Only the A320 NEO is sort of flyable but even that has quite a few bugs. Glad to see some good developers still issuing new scenery for P3Dv5.

This my xml for the Global Ships Traffic which work on v4.5 and v5hf2 - Must be tHenrik Nielsen V2 package. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on"> <AddOn.Name>Global AI Ship Traffic V2</AddOn.Name> <AddOn.Description>Global AI Shipping by Henrik Nielsen</AddOn.Description> <AddOn.Component> <Category>SimObjects</Category> <Path>F:\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2\Simobjects\Boats</Path> </AddOn.Component> <AddOn.Component> <Category>SimObjects</Category> <Path>F:\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2\Simobjects\Animals</Path> </AddOn.Component> <AddOn.Component> <Category>Effects</Category> <Path>F:\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2\Effects</Path> </AddOn.Component> <AddOn.Component> <Category>Sound</Category> <Path>F:\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2\Sound</Path> </AddOn.Component> <AddOn.Component> <Category>Scenery</Category> <Path>F:\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2\scenery\world\Scenery</Path> <Name>Global AI shipping traffic</Name> <Layer>161</Layer> </AddOn.Component> </SimBase.Document> Download free text editor Notepad++ open a new file and copy and paste the above replacing the paths with those in your PC, then save it as an eXtensible mark up file (xml) add-on.xml. - Create a folder and call it Global Ships or something of your choice, place the add-on file inside it and put it in your C:\Users\your username\Documents\Prepar3D v4 or 5 Add-ons folder. Increase ship traffic to minimum 25% but higher is better if you want to see a lot more traffic. Regards

Ditto here, been using v2 on P3Dv5 for months and no issues, also using the xml file.

Kai My apologies for the previous post, didn't realise that the xml I wanted was in the OCI configuration folder. All working now. Regards

Thank you Kai for your reply. I have added the simobjects folder to the simobjects.cfg and V5 certainly can see the aircraft as well as vpilot (1302 liveries so far). Obviously no flightplans get activated while online and the only thing I would like to fix is the sounds and the effects, which I think could be done via an xml file that would include also the aircraft. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to write an xml file with the right syntax, so for the moment it works with no sounds and no effects. I also use Realtraffic with Psxseecontraffic and it looks like the aircraft also appear there. regards

Hopefully things will get better when v5.1 comes out. In the mean time I have disabled HDR and EA and use Nvidia Control Panel to tweak Brightness, Contrast, Gamma and Digital Vibrance. Have been doing long hauls with the PMDG747 and using many payware airports with 4096 Textures and not a single CTD. Try and experiment and see if that helps. Regards

Yes I already have FLAi but unfortunately there are quite a number of airline liveries that it doesn't have and AI-Manager can in most instances fill the gap. I'm not using it for the well known airlines but rather for those less known. I've created a list of errors while using vPilot when unable to find the correct aircraft/livery. and found most of them using AI-Manager.

Thank you very much David. So far I have installed AI-Mananger configured it for v5, selected OCI and have downloaded quite a few flightplans and liveries and also have AIGTC in its own folder which created an xml in the addons folder. So far so good although I haven't tested it yet. My intention is to find out if it will work while connected to the Vatsim Network. Best regards

Just started using AI-Manager for P3Dv5 installation, and have downloaded quite a lot of flight plans and scenery, etc. They appear in a folder called D:\AIGAIM - OCI but what I don't understand is how to make it active in the sim. Do I need to create and xml file for it or have I missed something in the set-up process. Thanks

I hope LM fixes lighting and atmospherics, which is lacking at present, in this respect 4.5 HF3 is much better.

I have used Simmarket since the days of FS2004, also Aerosoft and many others. To be honest I tend to use Simmarket because there is a wide variety of products, which automaticaly get updated as and when developers issue new versions. Buying anything is very easy and accomplished in seconds with immediate access to your product. Website is intuitive and searching for previously bought items that I haven't used for a while, idead easy. Some items can be a bit more expensive. I have no direct connection with simmarket or receive any monetary reward or discounts of any sort. Aerosoft and others also worked well for me. No complaints.