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I've bought all my ActiveSky software from Simmarket. But it doesn't matter because after your first install, all the updates can be downloaded directly from their website. Edit: I think even the first install there is no difference because you use the ActiveSky installer and activates against their server.

If you have FSUIPC, highly recommend PilotsDeck for StreamDeck.

It's insane there is a shortcut for developer pause in the Keyboard shortcuts but it doesn't do anything. I have found that hitting Esc to pause the game actually invokes the Developer Pause.

From the C:\Prepar3D folder there are number of files starting with D3D. I took the similar named files from C:\Windows\System32 and replaced them (i.e. newer versions of the files) ... maybe placebo but seems to have helped me I can no longer remember where I found the suggestion to do this though...

AMD 6700 XT ... Tried those before. I had more luck copying some of newer versions of DLLs into the Prepar3D folder. I tend not to have these issues with the PMDG birds.

Why is this topic no longer pinned? 😁 I must say the suggestions didn't really work for me, I was getting a lot of crashes with the iFly MAX which was unfortunate.

The True Earth photo scenery is extremely red. There was an ORBX forum post where they acknowledged and then basically said "meh". For NorCal there were complains about them being lazy on bridges when they had higher quality ones in the past. It also needs around 150 GB to install (~75 for the installer and the 75 for the result) which then you can delete the installer. For these reasons I was considering the more "programmatic" regions.

Thanks for all the input ... maybe i'll wait for a bigger sale. I don't think I'll have the time to do my own ortho. I have the seen the thread about Vector before but again seems like the upgrades in P3D V5 around that data negates the need for that in NA. I am intrigued a bit by Rogen's V4 setup but it seems odd to shell another $60 on an old version of P3D at this point in time.

I had a ton of fun with FSX PNW back in the day. Are the "classic" Orbx regions still worth it for P3D V5 given the upgraded "vector" data? I already have the FTX Global and OpenLC. I bought TrueEarth California but the scorched earth textures and very large file sizes make it a no go for me. I fly both GA and airliners in P3D mainly in the California regions.

Looks like we have gone back in time 😄

Thanks for the OP You can download the previous version from Internet Archive Wayback Machine

IRL: Gatwick > Heathrow > Stansted > Luton

AMD 6700 XT 12GB I've found using vanilla DX11 seems to work best. AMD users do have the choice of using FSR3 on DX11. DX12 bombs the VRAM When I enable AMD Smooth Frames, I think the VRAM doesn't seem able to cope and the frames tank.

Thanks will check this out! I have tried FSHud but sometimes it gives me some weird arrivals and departures and the default ATC can be quite fun under the right circumstances