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I still cant believe how good it is, dont think you are suffering from placebo, I have just finished installing my scenery (Orbx) and all is good, far better quality, and i dont have to spend hours tweaking the crap out of my machine, I can just fly, and thats all I want to do.  I am really looking forward to version 2.0  I can still lag the hell out of my pc if i go to high, but the low/mid settings are good anyway, and better than fsx.  So I am biased towards p3d, so perhaps I am also suffering placebo effects.  But I know I am flying more often now with more enjoyment than ever before.  I keep thinking, this must fall over any day like fsx did, or maybe this addon will kill it, but no everything is working fine and what ever I have asked it to do it has done.  Orbx, Rex, all working a treat.  This is what FSX would have been, such a shame we never got it from MS, but I am glad LM are doing a fantastic job. 

P3D is very fluid and is far better in performance to FSX, I can have much more advanced settings on my machine with P3D, very exciting times ahead I hope. 

P3D 100%, it is fantastic 

So its looking good, its such a lovely smooth sim, far better then FSX in every way for me, really happy with it.  I can now enjoy simming again

Aerosoft have also joined so its looking good  :rolleyes:  and flightsimlabs too for the new airbus. 

network name set correctly  (workgroup) firewalls blocking ?

seems there is ways around this, Flight1 have already found one, it states " HOME " environment.  IFLY 737 NG for Prepar3d http://www.flight1tech.com/Products/AircraftSimulations/737NGforPrepar3D.aspx

The link below uses the Flight1.com E-Commerce Wrapper. 

IMPORTANT - This product is for home / academic use and is not licensed to be used for training, or any professional or commercial use. You can use this product as a basic familiarization aid that introduces you to the aircraft systems in an home / academic environment.  If you wish to use this product in a commercial, flight school or academic training / classroom environment, please contact Flight1 Aviation Technologies for options and pricing. 

Thanks Albus, I do have it running already, but not sure its working 100%, seems to drop out when minimising  my main screen and maximising it again.  

Hi guys, this isnt a request, I was curious as to whether you will support Prepar3d in the future??  Your config would work great on that sim.  

Not really sure about how they divide things - I've always viewed it as one company addressing two different markets, one commercial and the other consumer.  I didn't realize they were selling the iFly737 for P3D there - and marketing it for Home and Student only.  That muddies some already muddy waters even more.

 

Scott

Thats a step forward, at least manufacturers are starting to allow products to be used in P3D, not sure why PMDG have such a hard time in doing this.  After all money is money.   

Vatsim, using Sq4 or FSINN no problems at all, for me when I tested it. 

+1, no oom here, it is a great move forward. 

Thanks tom

It would be fantastic to have PMDG support P3D 

I went for the academic version and I am over the moon with it, the scenery I have on fairly low, but its totally stable, no stutters unlike FSX.  I was really fed up using FSX, and this has to be the best way forward, I am now getting proper simulated weather first time for years, better all round performance   I purchased the migration tool, and have all my addons working 100%.  I have installed some of my addon airports, but to be honest some of the stock scenery is good enough for me.  But even my EGLL addon is giving great performance. 

Anyone who is looking to change I highly recommend trying this out, it is superb.  I know there isnt alot of support yet, but for my hardware I have all my saitek stuff working, rudder pedals, flight yoke 2x throttle quadrant, even got my  VRinsight MCP working without any bother,I also bought the Virtual avionics cdu to run on a tablet.  

Well done LM, brilliant product, wish I had found you sooner.  Looking forward to the version 2.0  Anyway back to studying. 

Paul,

 

according to my best knowledge there are no continuous small updates at all, only point and mayor updates with time spans > 1/2 year in between. I believe (but don't know for sure, as I don't own it) even the subscription version for 1.4 has been the same all the time since the release of 1.4.

 

LM did not yet announce price details for the next major release 2.0. However they already said academic users will have to pay the full price for 2.0 (which is certainly justified). Prices for users of other versions are yet to be announced, to my knowledge.

 

Kind regards, Michael

Ok thanks again Michael, will keep monitoring and see what happens.  But might try 1.4 anyway 

Paul,

 

technically, all three versions are equivalent with the only exception of an inobtrusive watermark in the academic version. Notably, you don't have to have the $199 version for purchasing the subscription. I had the subscription before (journal code based, i.e. free, for 1 month) and use the professional version now.

 

The difference is the purpose you use it for, i.e. development, or undergraduate teaching etc. There is a table on the website stating who qualifies for which version. Purposes are essentially non-overlapping, as a result there are no upgrade paths between the three licenses.

 

Kind regards, Michael

Many thanks Michael,

But with the subscription you get all the updates and the full version, where as the 49.99 version is for current version only ? and you would have to pay 49.99 again for the version 2 ?

I have looked at the tables on the website, hence why I am here.  I am looking to buy a version that gives me updates as the software progresses. 

Try scan.co.uk

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Hi 

I have been a long FSX sufferer, but I am looking at Prepar3d simulator with great interest   With regards to buying it, if I purchased the $9.95 subscription, does this give you the full version ?  Of do you need the $199 license plus the $9.95 sub, or am I over complicating things. 

Great news Robert and team, thanks for the info

running SB4 as admin ?

Wow

Operating system ?

Did you open SB4 outside FSX ? using the icon rather then FSX's menu ??

Do you have power on the aircraft ?? SB4 will do nothing if the aircraft is not powered up. I use SB4, and the PMDG744 and have been for along time, no probs at all