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I think the dll.xml trick worked. I successfully completed 2 flights in a row. I did have a CTD in KMIA while trying to prepare for a third flight. But I'm going to chaulk that one up to latinvfr and their high vram usage. If I continue to have the random crashes in the future. I will list all my settings etc. Thanks for all your help guys. Sometimes it seems we spend as much or more time troubleshooting as actually flying. -Tony@PVD

I was able to finally complete my flight from KBOS-EIDW, however I'm not convinced yet. This was my fourth attempt at this flight, and each time i got closer and closer to completing the flight. I am currently attempting another flight. It has been months since I've had 2 successful fights in a row. VR just isn't my thing. But I don't know if I have it in me to go to the 'darkside'. They even have a nice representation of my local airport, and I still haven't switched. I will definitely keep this in mind. Hopefully DX12 matures a bit. Thanks for the help guys. Will update tonight after I land in KMIA (Hopefully). -Tony@PVD

That is something I have not tried yet. Thanks for that suggestion. I am going to give it a whirl, and report back. -Tony@PVD

So, I'm about ready to throw in the towel on 5.1. Since it came out I'm lucky if I can go 3 weeks without any issues. Currently I'm into my 3rd month or so, of having sporadic successful flights. Several flights I had to do 5 or more times before I could complete it without a CTD. Now in event viewer, the cause of the CTD keeps changing. If you look at the CTD guide, just about every DLL listed has caused a crash. I've tried so many different things. Back in FEB it was running smooth. Then I updated some AI flight plans with AIG, and ran the FSDT update tool. Since then, its been a struggle. First it appeared to be a QW787 lights issue (even tho I did not have an issue prior), so I installed the 717 to get the latest Realight/true glass. Problem solved. Then it appeared maybe it was the Displayport to HDMI cable I was using. replaced that. Problem solved. Then, terrain.dll errors...so I tried lowering my settings. Problem solved. Then that d3d....dll issue. This caused my computer to reboot during one of the crashes. Verified drivers, and reinstalled video drivers. Problem solved. I thought it could be because of EA, but nope turning that off didn't help. So now its this api.dll.... I'm at a loss, it seems everyone with these issues, ONLY has the one DLL that causes a crash. I keep getting different ones. I have reinstalled v5 at least 3x since its release (When I reinstall I do a full system wipe and refresh), was finally hoping to get it to work, in fact I had about 1 month of successful flights. I'm seriously considering going back to 4.5. Flying the older sim is better than not flying at all. Has anyone experienced this? Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I'm not sure if you use orbx. But there was a topic about something else (wish i could find it for you), but in an orbx folder names lights or lighting, sorry not at home. If you delete all the bgls in there besides the ones that have OBJ in the name. All the lava roads dissappear. It made a huge difference to my sim. For me it had nothing to do with envshade. Hope that helps. -Tony@PVD

Have you updated your nvidia driver recently? The current driver causes P3D to ctd. -Tony@PVD

See thread above. Your going to have to revert to an older driver. -Tony@PVD

The good news, is nvidia is aware. Lets hope they can solve it quickly. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/441957/geforce-46589-game-ready-driver-feedback-thread-re/ -Tony@PVD

I have this exact issue. I appreciate your work around though. Very helpful. I was excited when I began a flight from PHNL and noticed the jetways docking. I went to a few other FSDT airports, namely KCLT. And noticed them docking to AI. I was so excited I uninstalled DD KORD and gave FSDT my money. I was wondering why a bigger deal was not made about this. It is what was preventing me from purchasing any more FSDT airports. Now I understand why. It's not 100% Hopefully they get this working correctly. But Ill take this a huge improvement. -Tony@PVD

I need to counter this argument. NO WHERE did it state those liveries were for GFO. We were however told there was FREE repaints available in the ops center. These were not marked in the ops center as having to do with GFO. PMDG made the mistake here by releasing them to everyone who purchased the -200ER. That is their mistake not ours. So for about a week these were free. Now they are part of another project? Seems shady, disingenuous, and just an awful business practice. How anyone can justify this is beyond me. We paid for a product and then they took it away claiming it was for another product. I can't think of any of type of business where a mistake like this would favor the company. It should not. Honestly, I am wondering if something like the BBB should look into this. Nothing was labeled as only for GFO. We were promised free liveries. And suddenly a week later those 'free' liveries aren't really free at all. That's all I'll say on this topic. The fact that so many people are defending this behavior, explains a lot about how our hobby/community got to where it is today. Transparency. Honesty. These are things we should be expecting from our beloved FS developers. -Tony@PVD

I'd like to toss my 2 cents in here. I don't have a strong opinion on PMDG either way. But, those of you saying its no big deal they removed the liveries, I strongly disagree. The price for the -200ER was ridiculously high. I bought it however, as my preferred airline only has the ERs. On purchase day, we were led to believe these liveries were included with the product we purchased. Than a week later or so, they remove them. IMHO that is taking back something we already paid for. And as far as those of you who think we do not need every registration, that may be fine for you. But some of us have specific registration numbers we prefer to fly. I know for me, it's about the exact aircrafts I have flown on IRL. I was very excited to find that livery available. And now I'm extremely disappointed. In short, I feel that PMDG took back something I paid for. If that's their business plan goin forward, they may have to be put on my do not purchase list along side FSL. -Tony@PVD

Ditto here on this issue. I thought it was something to do with the new 777. Guess not. Lets hope one of you guys found a permanent fix! Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I have that issue as well, but i had no issue trying to activate it. So far i haven't noticed any side effects. But im only on my second flight. -Tony@PVD

I purchased the expansion, personally believing it will be a few years before solidly switching to MSFS, assuming I make the switch at all. I just hope PMDG gets us the cockpit upgrade they kept speaking about. I will be very disappointed if they discontinue work on that part of the airplane. I miss the rain effects on the windshield already. That said, I'm taking me first flight as we speak, KORD-RJAA. Does anyone have an configuration info for GSX? That's is all I need at this moment to fully enjoy the -200ER. -Tony@PVD

Just thought I'd chime in here. I haven't had much interaction yet with ATC. However, I personally have a few issues with the new system already. And it appears these issues aren't mentioned in any threads I've come across. 1. Unable to choose any options in the ATC menu if another aircraft is speaking. Makes for some slight delays in getting stuff done, even longer delays at busier airports. 2. Calling ground for pushback, jetways, baggage and fuel? I think its great they added these features in the base sim. But having to call ground? First, this is extremely inaccurate. You don't call the tower to ask for the jetway to meet the aircraft. And second, this just adds more things to slow down ATC communication. I'm hoping #1 gets fixed by asobo. And as for #2, I have a gut feeling it may be permanent. But hopefully with GSX in the future, we'll be able to avoid it. Anyone else find these issues annoying? I am glad to hear that traffic separation is improved. Lets hope for more upgrades in the future. -Tony@PVD Edit to add: Also is there no easy way to get the ATIS anymore?

It will know automatically which version. However in my case, i had to rerun the sim in order to download the premium content. And yes, find someway (i dont know how...it came with W10 as far i know), to download the MS store app. From there login, and search for msfs, and install. Good luck! -Tony@PVD

Thanks, that sounds easier than i had first understood. Thanks for the detailed explanation. -Tony@PVD

Have you tried the MS store app on your pc? I used that to install/download. It wont show that option on the website. Hope this helps. -Tony@PVD Also, your receipt should tell you if you bought the digital or physical copy.

Thanks for the advice. I have a Saitek throttle and in P3D/FSX/FS9, i had set the "button" below the throttle to "decrease throttle" and then i checked the repeat button. This worked perfect, never had any issues going from reverse to idle. Is there anyway to do this in msfs? Im not liking the thought of hitting a button both before and after using reverse thrust. Any input on that sort of setup, or is using a button before and after the only way in the new sim? Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I've done some searching and haven't seen this discussed anywhere. Any of the Alpha testers out there please chime in, assuming it doesn't break the NDA. My biggest concern come launch, is learning the menus, setting up my yoke/rudder/throttle. Etc. From fs98 to p3dv5. The menus, while graphically different, seem to follow the same logic. Scenery/lighting/traffic/weather etc. Just curious if I'll need to give myself an xtra hr (or more?) to learn the in and outs of the new menu system. Just the fact you use a world map to setup the flight, shows how significantly different the menu seems to be. While I'm at it. Does it include a slew mode? Thank for the input. -Tony@PVD

Im not 100%. I havent had a chance to play around much. But i read theres PBR issues if you use EA. I never use EA, waiting for it to get better. So i havent seen this issue. Try turning EA off and see if that fixes it. Hope that helps! -Tony@PVD

No, I dont use fsaerodata. Tho i did install the update from the freeware site. I cant recall the name, as im at work. Maybe this also caused it? Its very frustrating out of 9 flts only 1 had with AI upon landing. -Tony@PVD

Is anyone else having this issue? All of my flights over, maybe 3 hrs seem to have this issue, where suddenly all AI just dissappers. And that's it, I'm alone in the skies. Unless I reload the AI by changing the time slightly. At first I thought it was the AI tools in another thread. But it has now happened twice, even without using them. I haven't found anything about this during a search. I use the AIG traffic program, and AI lights reborn, and most of my flights so far have been in the QW787. If any of that makes a difference. Thanks for any help, or suggestions. -Tony@PVD

Yes. The CDU sees the flight plan, but will not load the actual plan, just the dep and arr airports. I've never done that before. Assuming this 2nd test flight goes well, I will try to figure it out. Thanks for the tip. -Tony@PVD

Wanted to add a few things to my original post. I am recreating the test flight from last night, just with the current weather. There were 2 things I forgot to mention in my post, and I noticed them during my initial setup. 1. The CDU blacks out for a sec every time I select anything. 2. Flight plans imported to the CDU from simbrief (I dont know about others), does not show the actual route. It will load the departure and arrival cities, and nothing more. Currently boarding for the retest. Will post if anything changes. But so far the FPS are the exact same as last night, even though today it is partly cloudy. Also, anyone figure out the RAAS issue yet? Didn't see much on their forum, for recent posts, so was hesitant to post there. -Tony@PVD