Freaknout

Great. Thanks Brendon.

I guess no one knew the answer when MS2020 first launched but it might be different now. Could someone help me move an existing installation from a slow HD to a fast SSD?

Many thanks in advance.

J

Good morning/evening folks

I've installed a new SSD which I intend to dedicate to the MS2020 installation. Does anyone know how to successfully move an exisiting installation to a new location?

Many thanks

J

On 8/14/2020 at 11:35 AM, robert young said:

I'm an old codger now and could not possibly go back to being online 4-8 times a day and night, nearly 365 days a year. I have limited good health and I want to preserve what I have, which is why I was looking forward to a tweak-free MSFS 2020 😉

Thank you so much Rob. A well deserved retirement.

Thanks Scott, Greg, very useful info. Most of my flying pre-planned short-leg stuff with the 737 and or A3??. I don't have the GTN750 unfortunately and it's not an insignificant investment. I'm waiting on Aerosoft to update the A319/320, etc for P3Dv4 and this was going to be nice to tie me over, but perhaps I should just be more patient and hold off.

Any recommendations from people on a business jet? Would like navigation, etc, as I’m a wide body kinda guy (be kind 😃). 

I investigated this a few weeks ago and like you had the original EZDOK. I thought the upgrade to P3Dv4 was very fair and it's easier to use than the FSX versions. Quite happy to avoid paying for Chaseplane.

Hi Tony

I'm sorry that I can't help you any more than my previous (wide) comment but I can certainly sympathise with your situation. I never managed to get 3 screens working in FSX consistently in my system on Win7.

You are really pushing the boundaries and that your system is only as strong as its weakest link. In your case you are well endowed with graphics power but everything will still be managed by your cpu/ram/motherboard combo.

I'm in the process of moving to p3dv4 and am going to try again, wish me luck!

kind regards

Jay

22 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Yes, we're working on it. There are a few issues that still need to be sorted out.

Many thanks for the update, I'll keep an eye out for it.

Jay

Hi folks, do you still plan to release an update to 737-200?

Thanks

Jay

9 minutes ago, MarkDH said:

Or you can install a second graphics card. This is not controversial, Windows supports multiple graphics cards running alongside each other. For years I had a GTX 670 and a GT 120 in my PC, running five monitors in FSX.

Could this gent be looking at a configuration issue then? I don't believe he's mentioned how this is all configured?

Excellent. My parents live in Otaki, just a few miles up the road. 

Cool news. The 737 200 is one of favourites in p3d...

44 minutes ago, 777200lrf said:

I have steam installed and just installed p3dv4 this morning. I would not recommend it because I found one problem, when SODE runs now it will grab all your configs for your fsx installation if you are running p3d and the opposite also when flying in fsx it will be loading your p3d stuff too. Just cleared out my sode installation, removed the programdata files manually, and installed it again and my p3d v4 is very smooth. You will have a lot of duplicates flying Orbx scenery it will be installing a fsx version and a p3d version if you want to fly in both. I am thinking about formatting my hard drive and starting over with a clean win10 pro install for v4.

Thanks.

I suspect that's what I'll do too. I have a Win10 installation but I'll need to clean out an FSXSE install beforehand.

Jay

Thanks for the comments people.

I wouldn't use both at the same time! I was thinking more about whether add-ons are likely to get confused but I suppose if the installers are designed correctly then it may not be a problem. 

Thanks

Jay

Hi all

I'm about to install P3D v4 alongside FSX in Win7 where previously I've used a different Win10 installation (on the same PC) for P3D v2, keeping them separate. Do they co-habitate happily together as I'd primarily like to avoid re-downloading Orbx and use the FSX files (as I understand that process)? Or can I install P3D into Win10 (on the same PC) and still retain access to the Orbx files in the Win7 installation?

Thanks in advance

Jay

Thanks Robert

Nice solution.

Does the NGX and MD11 have this feature, it'd be nice to take the whole PMDG arsenal with me. Actually, I don't think the MD11 supports FSX SE does it?

kind regards

Jay

Thanks for your help folks. Looks like a great solution for me for the downtime on holiday. Not sure my wife will feel the same 😄

Hi all

Sorry if this has been discussed previously, but does the licensing for the 747QOTSv3 allow for an FSX installation on a PC and an FSX SE installation on a laptop? I expect not, but would like clarification.

Additionally, I can legally install FSX SE on 2 individual PC's, using only one at a time. Can I install 747QOTSv3 into both installations, only using one at a time?

Many thanks,

Jay

That's without any fancy scenery and FSX sorry. 

4 minutes ago, Victoroos said:

I'm wondering, guys, who uses FTX Vector here?

I read vas amount around the 2,9 / 3/ however I ALWAYS start around the 3,4 even in the ngx..

IS Vector that huge?

 

vkr

victor

Hi Victor

Basically no. I have global and vector and at an fax base airport we're looking at 2.5gb or so. 

J

Why am I astonished? I get your point, what my point is why didn't they test over add-on scenery as I indicated in my post?

Doess PMDG actually think we're all going to be flying the 747 over vanilla sims?

And yes, I know there's almost an infinite amount of scenery add-on configurations out there but to test with just vanilla doesn't reflect most people's scenery setups.

Jack, I think you misunderstand the original post. The VAS "programme" used this methodology but it's highly likely the aircraft was tested in a multitude of real world (virtual) environs. It's not as black and white as you presume.

All the best and enjoy!

Jay

And what is the difference in fps between the Areosoft Bus and the 747?

In my amateur testing the A320 was about 2-3 fps better than the 777/747, which puts it slightly behind my 737.

This means your hardware is interfering with the AP. Either calibrate your hardware, get new hardware with better potentiometers (I only recommend this if you're looking for an excuse to get new hardware), or find the option in the PMDG SETUP > SIMULATION options that allows the AP to ignore your hardware while it's turned on.

I too had this issue on my first two flights and fixed it by doing exactly what Kyle recommends, disabling the impact of my controls on the AP in the simulation options. 

PMDG's variants have always run at a higher FPS than CS 777 (in P3D), same applies to 744.  I'd say the 744 is about the same maybe a tad better in FPS than the PMDG 777.  VAS usage is high on my setup, higher than the PMDG 777.

That's very much my experience doing some casual and limited testing this evening.

At EGLL gate 431 (no weather) and once stable, the 777 gives me 27.5fps (average) and 3010mb VAS, the 747 27.3fps and 3265 VAS. Removing Orbx England saves me about 200kb.