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Beautiful shots! Best Hawaii scenery I think I have seen. What is it?

Thank you, Mitch! Very kind of you to post this detailed info! I will try to set mine up to closely match yours (don't have all the same addons...) We'll see what happens! Regards, Ron

Beautiful shots. Can I ask what type of scenery, clouds, etc you have running? I am also using 3.2, and my scenery does not look as good / realistic as yours. Thanks for sharing! Ron

Rob, New Mobo has not arrived yet - so, impatiently waiting! Yes, lots of great advice from everyone here. Much appreciated! Ron

Thanks for the great advice, everyone. Anyone have any experience with Johnman's comment? Hadn't thought of that. I do have multiple, complete backups of my P3D install and files; and Windows will remain untouched unless I wipe it out and start over. I just assumed everything would need to be officially installed from scratch. Ron

Hi, all. The motherboard in my computer has passed on. I will be getting a similar replacement (not matching); which means reinstalling Windows 7, and then P3D. What is the preferred method to reinstalling everything? ORBX landclass and mesh product first? Regional sceneries next? Aircraft last? I only want to go through this one time... Thanks, Ron

No regrets at all - I am thrilled. But I came from an FS9.1 system that was tweaked out years ago. P3D is like a breath of fresh air. It will tax your system if you want all the bells and whistles. Good luck. Ron

Bill, I went from 3.0 to 3.2 myself. I was / am happy with both. I did not notice any radical differences, but depending on your machine and flying habits, you might. Ron

Agree with you. NoCal and SoCal regions are truly amazing. But around LA and a couple of other places, it really starts to shudder on my rig...

Thanks, guys. Following this thread closely - the screenies look very tempting!

All, I barely know how to find the Shader files. LOL I have never attempted to delete or modify them. Would someone be so kind as to explain to us non-techno types how to install / set up this "Shader Pack"? Thanks! Ron

Like others here, I have been sim-flying since the green-lines-on-black-background days. :-) Since my last full installation was a fully tweaked-out FS9.1 setup; I am extremely happy with my P3d v3.2. I personally don't see the need to go any further than this for the foreseeable future - except to add scenery and aircraft. Everything is in place to enjoy a scenic flight almost anywhere in the world; or to practice and improve my piloting skills. Modern technology is pretty cool! Ron

On a (I think) related issue - what about aircraft nav lights? Even in daylight, I have these huge glowing orbs on the aircraft that you can see miles away. Very unrealistic. Anyone know of a fix for those? (I assume it's AI planes - never tried looking at my own plane from a distance.) Ron

I really liked those mods that Gino mentioned, but on my monitor, I had way too much banding in the colors - had to remove it. :-( Using Soft Clouds. Ron

+1 for FreeMesh. Can't beat it.

Jeff, You may want to back off your Scenery sliders to the center positions until you find out what your system can handle. And you can't run Vector and UTX together - at least under normal circumstances. I use UTX. Good luck! Ron

I downloaded FEX yesterday (never tried it before). I tried to run the installer, and it immediately crashed, and said something about files were missing. Anyone else run into this? Thanks, Ron

Nope. Actual objects in a nice rectangular array. Looks like windows without the physical building around them.

In my v3.0, if I look directly behind the Arch in St Louis (towards the city) I see several floors of what look like floating windows - no building there at all. Does anyone else see this? Is it there in v3.1? I wonder what other "Easter Eggs" (intended or otherwise) are in P3D? Ron

Robb, Thanks very much for this advice! I haven't started anything yet; but this makes a lot of sense from other types of software that I've used. Ron

Great info! Thank you, Robb. I'll give this a try. Ron

Hi. This may be the wrong forum, but I want to learn ADE to upgrade my airport. But I also would like to upgrade the scenery around town near the airport. What software would I use, and where can I find some direction on how to do that? Thanks! Ron

Artur, Based on some other threads, check the "Dynamic Reflections" setting. If this is set at the high end, move ot down and see if that helps. Just a guess... Good luck. Ron

+1 for single SSD. I have not had any issues. Good simming! Ron

OK, that makes sense. Thanks. Pete, besides comparing features, I would have set up one with my customized GEX; and one with FTX / Orbx. Like I said, just curious... Ron