jimh

Another PF3 user here. I did use Radar Contact a long time ago. RC was very good indeed, but I'm happy that I made the change. PF3 is very configurable, and takes care of you from Gate to Gate.

Hi, I use a Reverb G2 and have a smooth experience everywhere, but use modest settings. I fly a jet or turboprop at altitude so don't need super detailed scenery. What i do see on approach however, I find very satisfactory. My G2 is much less demanding than your Varjo. My specs are below. Jim

I fly in VR with a headsetl. I believe it only works on monitors ☹️

I've used PF3 for a very long time. It sets me up for leaving the gate, guides me to the runway, handles the flight from departure to a standard approach, then guides me to the gate. It suits this old bloke with its simplicity in operation, and as a bonus, Dave, the developer is always ready to help with any details or problems. '@Flyforever is correct. Dave is around as old as I am 😉. I did some beta testing for him with the original version. Cheers,Jim

I thought Windows only calibrated monitors. I did try enabling controls in P3D5but the calibrate button didn't work, so I only calibrated via FSUIPC. When I accepted a calibration of 0 to 1+6xxxx the throttles worked as they should, but I now have a huge null zone, leaving only a fraction of travel for input. I can live with that but it's less than satisfactory for sure.

Hi, John. Thanks for your prompt response. This has been a nightmare for a very old and hardened Simmer! The responses of the throttle have been normal.......+16xxxx to -16xxxx I tried enabling P3D controllers. The throttle was recognised but the calibrate button didn't work. The cable is fixed to the throttle. I plugged the cable into a different USB port - no difference. In desperation I went back into FSUIPC, and setup the throttle axis direct to FSUIPC once again. This time, after setting max at +16xxxx (or whatever), when I pulled the throttle fully back I got a zero. I settled for a range of 0 - +16xxxx, went back into the cockpit, and the throttle there moved in unison with the TM one. I've never before seen a calibration range go down to zero, rather than a large negative sum, but I accepted it, and setup a flight. I taxied out to the runway with perfect control, climbed out to cruise at N1 of 90, and am now heading LEIB-EGNT. To me this is the weirdest of solutions, but for now it seems to work. Thank You once again, Jim

Hi, Following my latest reinstall of P3D 5.3 all is working well except for my TM Dual Throttles. My TM Flightstick works as always. Both are setup via FSUIPC with P3D controllers disabled as I've always had them. In the cockpit the stick can be seen to move the yoke as expected, but the TM throttles have little or no control of the cockpit throttles' movement, while the aircraft runs wild. Buttons work ok, so the device is not invisible. I've hooked up an old Ch Throttle as a test. Given it's limitations, It works as expected. I've never needed any driver software, but installed the TM drivers now. They didn't help. Any help will be much appreciated!

Thanks, Raymond. At the moment I can fly as I've always done, with all my addons except Orbx regions. I've logged 8 successful flights while testing. If I'd remembered your advice in the Orbx thread, it would have helped.

Hi Mark, I did sync simulators at your suggestion. I checked the insertion point. After an initial brief test flight in the newly installed sim, I did delete the shaders. On the original crash: I use FDC for my aircrew. I load P3D ready at the gate, then connect FDC. FDC tends to take focus away from P3D, obliging me to go to Task Manager to fix P3D. I very hurriedly clicked the P3D screen to bring focus back. I then pressed Shift to begin opening a pop up window. Shift made the virtual cockpit view spin round at high speed, and couldn't be stopped. Shift did not do this outside of P3D. With no ideas I decided on this uninstall/reinstall. I think it is too long ago now for event viewer. Thanks to Raymond for his tip. It's a very useful option.

Hi, A few months ago I carried out a clean install of P3D 5.3 HF2 on Ray's advice, to solve a problem with LFPG. All went perfectly, and I've been flying happily 'till now. P3D crashed out and would not restart, so I carried out the same procedure as above. The sim now works perfectly with default scenery. I have a load of Orbx stuff, from Global airports to countries etc.. All is ok with Global Base Pack installed. Installing Global open LC Europe wrecks the scenery. Uninstalling OLCE returns scenery to normal. Adding Orbx Airports is ok with default scenery as before. Adding any European Region wrecks the scenery (I fly only in Europe). The scenery layering is perfectly normal as I've always had it. I use Lorby's Addon Organiser to check or add other sceneries as necessary. My scenery now has big rectangular blue, grey, and black patches scattered all over. I've never seen the like in many years of FSX and P3D. Apologies for the long explanation. I'm at a total loss, so any suggestions would be very welcome indeed! Regards, Jim

What an amazing video, such resolution based on film of that time. I even saw a large saloon car, just like the one my grandparents had when I was little. That video was taken 11 years before I was born!

Hi, Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I have had to postpone the move to a new computer for now. Just as well, since I'm a bit lost on those connections. I think of USB as simply USB2 or USBC. Regards, Jim

Hi, Presently I have a Reverb G2 on an old computer running Win10 and P3D5. I'm really happy with the headset. When at cruise on a flight lasting several hours, I will go off for long enough to have a meal, leaving the headset to go to sleep, returning to proceed with the flight. This facility is really important to me and the G2 has done over 700 flights to date. Now I'm planning to buy a new computer, and it will come with Win11, impending death for the G2. Bearing in mind the above "sleep" facility, I'd be really grateful for advice about using a Quest 3, and also what extras will be necessary to link it to the PC, extend the battery life etc. Regards, Jim PS My Vive Pro burned out its screen, because it didn't have a sleep mode!

Hi, All. With nothing better to do, I had Orbx Central uninstall EGNT, and installed UK2K EGNT in its place. The airport looked pretty good. With no logic at all, I then deleted EGNT in Lorby, then, as I went back to Orbx Central, on a whim I started OBC as administrator. OBC installed EGNT as before. I fired up P3D5, setup a flight at EGNT, and there was my favourite airport just as it should be! I don't know why it worked this time, but I don't care! Thank You All for your helpful suggestions and support. Very Best Regards, Jim.

Hi Reader, I've just cleared Chrome's cache, no luck. I've tried Edge, but the link goes nowhere for me. I expect it doesn't matter now that Nick is on the case.

Hi, All, . I use Lorby to arrange my airports above everything else, and in alphabetical order. It's always worked well for me. No other Orbx airports are affected. Yes, that's where I have them. @Rogen. Your image looks like my usual EGNT and I've never seen anything like your second image. @Reader. The link didn't work for me, but now Nick has replied to my post, and I've sent him an image of the "dead" airport. Thank you all for your advice, much appreciated. If no solution is found, I might have a workaround. I've just remembered that I have a collection of UK2000 airports, and one of them is EGNT. Any one of those has worked perfectly in P3D5 so far for me, so I could try that. Regards, Jim

Apart from Airports my other scenery is all Orbx. I'm on v5.3hf2.

Hi, I have this weird problem. I've posted in the Orbx forum and drawn a blank, and their support link is broken, so I thought I'd tell this friendly group about it. I have lots of Orbx products working trouble free for a very long time, including EGNT. Recently I returned there to find the place had changed. The main building was there but blank with a dead look, some other buildings, but no lights, no ground vehicles, a host of Gates available which were never listed before. The airport just looks dead. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, verified files, synced simulator, all to no avail. I've compared my new version with a backup, and as far as I can see the files are exactly the same. I'm really upset because Newcastle is the base I fly from and so visit most often. I just want the familiar version back. If anyone can help I'll be very grateful. Regards, Jim H.

Hi, I've had this problem several times. My only fix was to contact Active Sky for a reset. I could then go ahead trouble free. I did get to know Dave quite well! Cheers, Jim

Hi Ray. Thank you for your help. I did revert with a clean uninstall/reinstall for a fresh start. My first flight landed to find a familiar LFPG. Regards, Jim

Hi Ray, I've looked in P3D Legacy - Downloads. I can only see v5.3.17. How do I get P3D v5.3HF2 zip. My only other P3D downloads are for previous full versions.

Hi Ray, Can I revert without losing what I have installed into my so recently installed v5.4? I'm a very old guy, hoping to be able to fly the Sim for a bit longer!

Hi Bob, Thank you for such an informative reply. My last install of LFPG was before vf5.4. I checked in Simmarket, and downloaded an "LFPG-V2-P3Dv5.exe", but it must have been for before v5d.4. I'm not clever enough to do any editing, so I'll just have to write if off, and avoid Paris from now on. Regards, Jim

Hi, I'm slowly adding to a new installation of P3D5. Previously I used this airport frequently. Now I only see the default version. Scenery.cfg shows three items in this order : Terrain-Layerup-LFPG. I found an old thread where changing this order solved the problem, but not for me. That suggestion was : Layer up - LFPG - Terrain. I'm stumped! Regards, Jim

Hi Vaughan, Before posting, I spent a whole day, fruitlessly trying to solve this problem. I thought my future flight sim hobby was permanently stunted. Now I could never thank you enough! My B120 just moved over to join the magenta line, meek as a lamb! Best Regards, Jim BTW, I just noticed the spec of your system. It is exactly the same as mine in every detail!