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In the case of Orbx you will need to update the objectflow.dll file which is on the Orbx website. Not sure but I think FTX Central can do that also. ASN has a update on their website for 3.1. FSDT, FlyTampa and Drzewiecki Design caused no issues of any kind for me. I have no PMDG aircraft so can't speak to that one. You don't have to re-license any of your addons. In my case I did run into one scenery entry that caused a problem: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6322&t=116382&p=125031#p125031

If you want to have a fully capable 3.1 system (that you could install from scratch in the future) the 9.8 gb download is that as well as having the capability to update the client from 3.0 to 3.1. Go ahead and download the 9.8 gb and save it. Go to control panel and uninstall the client only. Unzip the downloaded file to a location of your choice. There well be several files created, one of them will be client.msi which when your run it will reinstall the 3.1 client and you will have to re-license but that is somewhat painless. There should be no issue with scenery, addons etc. In the case of Orbx (If you have any of their products) you will have to download their latest objectflow.dll from the Orbx website. I think (but not sure) you can use FTX central to accomplish that also. In my case I did run into a problem in the scenery library with a addon (not a very common one) which caused some issues with 3.1. It took me awhile to figure it out but once I found and removed that entry 3.1 worked perfectly.

The 9.8 Gb is the full up package however when you unzip it it will create the client.msi as well as scenery.msi etc. files. If you already have 3.0 installed just uninstall the 3.0 client using control panel then use the unzipped 3.1 client.msi and reinstall the client.

I'm not sure about quality but I am fairly certain my FPS have leaped up quite a bit. I like to run three monitors with XP but my FPS always tanked to 15 or so. With this driver they have stayed up in the 40's. I might be hallucinating but seems like the FPS has improved for me.

Update works fine for me.

Hi Gerald Thanks very much for the input, very helpful and informative indeed. "For VFR flights, the Native ATC interfacing is very good.". I think that was the answer I was looking for. Maybe I should get a bit better on handling the IFR flights/Landings and make the Ultimate version worth while. Do you think the lite version will ever be developed for P3D 2.5/XP10? Thanks again. John

I posted the below on one of the stickys but no response as of yet so trying here. I am interested in MCE but the vast majority of the flying I do is VFR (i.e. KSDO to KIWA etc. using GA: Baron 58, Carenado A36 etc.), I am getting too old and feeble to handle commercials, I can't land the darn things, I always take out the terminal buildings, parking lots, freeway on-ramps, pedestrians etc.. Is MCE overkill or would I find it useful for my short flights? The website says it supports all FSX default aircraft so I presume that is the case with P3D 2.5 also? I use XP10 on occasion for VFR so I would be considering MCE for XP10 also. Would I want ultimate or lite? Thanks for any input. John

The reason I ask is I am having the same misunderstanding and have not figured it out yet.

Please tell us how you fixed the problem.

"Assuming you can follow the setup instructions, which is quite an assumption because they appear to be tailored to FSX, not P3D, and possibly include irrelevant and incorrect remnants from the v5 setup instructions, the simobjects.cfg entry that was entered in my config was incorrect. It pointed to a non-existent "Aircraft" folder in the P3D main folder. Once I changed this reference to the correct folder in the main MyTraffic folder at the "C" level on my system, I then had MT AI traffic. One shouldn't have to go through this with payware." Same experience here. After all this time I certainly expected a much cleaner installation process. It took me awhile to get it all sorted out on P3D 2.5. The installation instructions are as clear as mud.

Very impressive. Thank you Mr. X (Whoever you are), we are grateful for your outstanding work.

+1 John

You are correct about PCAviator Australia. They are a fine company. I had the same exact problem you did about PCAviator magazine. I paid for two years, I got an announcement from them that it would cease operation but be picked up by another company which I never heard from. Multiple emails from me to PCAviator USA concerning it went unanswered. Over the past five months I have received 3 emails (obviously "canned" emails) from PCAviator USA stating I had not ordered from them in well over a year and asked for my response to the email as to why I had not ordered recently. I responded to all of the emails voicing my concern about their support, responses etc., None of those emails have ever been responded to. My experience with FSPilotShop, FlightSimStore, SimMarket and others have all been very positive with quick responses, problem solving etc.

I am not surprised. I stopped buying anything from PC Aviator a long time ago. They are long on promises and short on delivery. They don't answer the phone, they don't answer emails etc. Buy from reputable shops such as FSPilotShop, The FlightSim Store, SimMarket etc. and you will be much happier.

Thanks Vic, That all makes sense. So it is your opinion that UTX P3D is better than Vector 1.2 when it comes to the USA? If that is the case then I will order UTX today.

I just want to be sure. You are using the new UTX USA for P3D 2.4 AND Global Vector 1.2 with no problems between the two? I first ran across this thread this morning and am qualified for the 50 percent discount on UTX USA. I have Global Vector 1.2 installed in my P3D 2.4 and it just seemed to me there would be some conflicts but on the other hand I am certainly no expert when it comes to these issues.

Is there any real difference in the A2A C172 professional versus academic version other than the price? I have P3D 2.4 professional and really don't see any difference other than the license level of P3D.

"Thanks, will it control default traffic? I have 7 AI aircraft setup atm, is that OK?" I have not gone that far with it in XP10 so I don't want to give you a bad answer. Try it!. All you have to do is run XPUIPC, XP, P2ATC and click connect. You will have an answer very quickly.

I have used it quite a bit with XP10 and it works just as well as P3D 2.4. Don't have FSX here. Of course it is dependent on what limitations i.e. traffic, lack of gates at some airports etc. that XP10 has but other than that the voice recognition etc. works great in XP10.

I have never seen Pilot2ATC mentioned on this forum so I thought some forum members might be interested in it. It is not free but in my opinion well worth the money. It works with P3D and X-Plane 10. It has excellent voice recognition built in as well as a lot of other features. I have absolutely no financial connection etc. with the author. I just like it and thought others might also. http://www.pilot2atc.com/pilot2atc/

Donation sent. Incredible stuff, Maarten has done it again!!

Hi Vic, Thanks for posting this. I have a very similar setup to the way you have done yours. Could you please share how you installed DSR, settings etc. for those of us who are mentally challenged when dealing with this modification/addon. I have not even tried to deal with it yet, I am starting from scratch. I am using the Nvidia 344.11 drivers, I presume I need to update to a later driver? Thanks John

I'm confused, does this DSR feature work with the GTX-780ti? I have two of them running in SLI (I completely understand P3D does not directly support SLI, I use SLI for other purposes).

Is simstarter and simbackup completely compatible with P3D 2.4?? I just discovered these utilities and would like to use them and donate but want to be sure they are compatible with 2.4.

It works fine in 2.4. Use the migrator and all will be good. One of my favorite places to fly. Very difficult taking off and landing. Look closely, you will probably see parts of my airplanes on the mountain side at the end of the runway, LOL!. The Aerosoft Twin Otter is a really excellent airplane to use with Lukla, I use it there often