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Hi, Just had a minor Samsung update via the W10 update channel which I allowed. Not sure if it is related but now when starting P3D it crashes right before showing the scenario screen. Appcrash shows that the Backgroundtaskhost.exe is the culprit. I have had this sometimes before after a days work on the pc. A fresh restart would normally solve it. Now it doesn't. Any suggestions on how to best approach this? Thanks!

I can confirm that. Had the same issue. Prevent these programs to run again and/or just reinstall the PMDG aircraft.

Wouldn't call that a sale. Their so called retailer price is above the FT price level.........

It's more like east of Amsterdam, the bridges to IJburg while flying over the A10.

Thanks guys for your input. I reworked the original AFCAD to support different wind directions and make runway usage more realisitc according to RL. It is not always using the 18/36 water runway if winds are from a different angle of course. Since it can't be deleted/orphaned I don't think it is a cross wind runway. Those can be deleted. Anyway, I have asked FT if they have a solution.

Been searching for that but couldn't find anything that solved it. Trouble is FlyTampa also have a water runway in the EHAM AFCAD which cannot be deleted. And since EHAM is my main hub, I get a little tired of being sent to ditch it...... Thnaks for your help.

Chris, thanks for your reply. I am not saying PMDG should change anything, but still none of the AI go there. So something must be causing this or at least not causing this for the AI...... Thanks!

Hi, On several occassions my NGX was directed to use the water runway rather than the land runway by default P3D ATC. On these airports none of the AI is directed there. Can anybody explain why this happens and what needs to be adjusted in the aircraft.cfg to correct this?

Thanks for the head's up!

Hi Jeroen, that can be solved by changing the AFCAd or by adjusting it in GSX. Only thing I do not like about GSX is that some vehicles still turn their wheels the wrong way. Umberto still has a problem understanding how wheels move to steer, especially when going backwards or when the steering comes from the back axel.

Thanks for your input!

Hi, just noticed Flight1 has a textureset offering for P3D, GEX P3DV4. Has anybody bought it and tried it? I had all the GEX packages for FSX. Is it just a new labelling for P3D or does it have additional features? It is quite a steep price so any input would help. Thanks!

Just finished a 3 hr flight after the upgrade with the PMDG 777. No problems, only had to adjust my sound settings.

Never did that but I am certainly going to give that a go!

In ASP4 under 'Cloud options' you will find a 'low cloud offset'. This helps reducing that effect.

I must disagree with Anders. I have shockwave lights in FSX and now have P3Dv4 but the lights, strobes etc reallu are back to basics in my opinion. Especially once you got to like shockwave. Lighting in P3DV4 is awesome but aircraft lights still need shockwave.

Follow the link Peter sent. I did just that and it works. Ofcourse some additional programs you use may need to be pointed again but FSX as a whole works.

Thanks for all the input, I am starting to understand the specifics and their advantages. But where to put AFCADs? In FSX I had them in the Addon directory.

Thanks Derek, but I guess I have a lot to learn switching over to v4. I have a World directory but without any Scenery Library entry. Where can I find the Scenery Menu you mention?

Hi just simply trying to add an AFCAD to v4. How should I do that? I had a separate folder for that in FSX that was enabled in the Library. Wanted to create that again, but can't seem to find the Scenery Library anymore. Added the folders in the P3D addon folder in Documents to no avail..... Thanks

Hi Steve, all options are checked there so I guess the controller will do so when needed. I tried to remove the line from my cfg but FSX won't accept that either, it crashes. So I guess best is to just leave it in and not renumber it again. The Controller will take care of it. Menno

Ok, so I tried again, same crash. But initially after I had 378.66 installed again, FSX would start. I then updated the Nvidia profile and, a lesson from Bojote in the past, set my SHADER_CACHE_VERSION in my fsx.cfg to a new version number, in my case 8. So far I have always set a new number after each driver update, no problem. But now FSX crashed on start-up. Eventually I set the Shader Version back to 7, and that was the culprit, no crash.... So, I guess, I do not need this shader cache version anymore as it now is a cRash version..... Menno

Steve, do you think you can solve this one? Thanks, Menno

Yes, I use cloud shadows. Menno

Another influencer is the AFCAD. If the author did not distinquish between left and right or both options, GSX won't follow either and will go straight or anywhere it can take you alternatively. Menno