stevecurran13

Someone on Facebook had a similar problem about a week ago and rolled back to windows 7 to fix it. 

Really? Yeah, it's definitely a software compatibility issue. Do you know if that resolved the issue?

So I tested again - same flight, same conditions, same everything. Except this time I didn't run Aivlasoft EFB.

No crash...not even a stutter.

I have no idea why it was crashing when EFB was running, but it looks like that was most certainly the cause. It's a shame too, I really like the product.

I'd be interested to see if people running this same config (Windows 10, Orbx FTX software, Majestic Dash 8, etc.) with the EFB and on the same route (EICK - EGJB) run into similar issues. If anyone wants to, feel free and post the results here.

Thanks Jim for your responses too, and in my other thread with the BSOD. Much appreciated!

Regards,

Steve

Anyone have this issue and with these drivers? My first BSOD with Windows 10... :(

Been having so many issues with Prepar3D crashing lately with no events recorded in the Event Viewer or AppCrashView, and now this. I'm certain this is due to the updated graphics driver (updated it yesterday), but still...very frustrating when you can't complete a single flight.

Steve

See the AVSIM CTD Guide. Download and run AppCrashView. It shows every crash that occurred since you first installed Windows. The Event Viewer has to be read properly. The AVSIM CTD Guide tells you how to read the Event Viewer properly. All events are recorded, good or bad. You do not want to look in the Application log or Windows log in the Event Viewer. What happens if your video card caused the event? That information would not be located in the Application Log. The AVSIM CTD Guide provides you the location where ALL events are located in the same location.

 

Moving your p3d.cfg to a temp folder and then restarting p3d and letting the config rebuild fixes many problems as many people put tweaks in their config that just do not work or they were employed improperly.

 

The AVSIM CTD Guide, near the end shows probable causes and possible fixes for unknown crashes too.

 

Best regards,

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the response and suggestions. I am familiar with how to check the event viewer and other logs though, and trust me - there is nothing recorded there for the crash. Nothing showing either in AppCrashView. It's almost as if P3D has gracefully shut down.

I have also gone to Lockheed Martin directly with this to see if there are P3D logs I can pull that might log what the sim was doing up until the crash.

I don't have any tweaks in the p3d.cfg file either, so that rules that out.

This is what AppCrashView reports:

Ok, so it didn't work after the install. But the fix was simple. All I had to do was edit the following file:

C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\simobjects.cfg

Add the following line to the end of the file:

Et voila!

Thanks for the replies guys. I came across this post and it seems to have worked. Even installed the Traffic Control Center application.

http://airdailyx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/a-guide-for-installing-orbx-scenery.html

I'll post back here if I run into any more issues.

Regards,

Steve

Hi,

Has anyone tried installing Traffic 360 into P3D 2.5?

On their site it says it's compatible with FSX and P3D v1, but no mention of v2. Does anything need to be added to the .cfg file to get it running or any other changes need to be made?

Thanks,

Steve

Have been following this thread and wanted to add my 2 cents.

Tested this last night. Config as follows:

i7 4790k

GTX780

8GM RAM

HT enabled - no AM

Prepar3d 2.5

Active Sky Next

FS Global 2010 FTX Edition

FTX Global

FTX Global Vector

FTX GLobal OpenLC Europe

REX4 Texture Direct

Majestic Dash 8 Q400

FPS locked at 30

Sitting on the runway at EICK

OP=0

23fps

OP=1

21-23fps, not stable

Seems to benefit the Majestic Q400 less/not at all going by others. PMDG NGX and T7 benefit the most.

Cheers,

Steve

Ok, so I have taken the plunge and bought the Carenado CT182T. It looks absolutely superb - the 4k resolution textures are fantastic on a 2560x1440 display and it really looks rather substantial sitting on the runway with the exhaust rattling compared to a standard 172.

FPS has taken quite a large hit though, sometimes as high as 30%!! I loaded up default Heathrow and chose the Fair weather preset. I can easily manage 30fps locked with stormy weather here in the Majestic Q400. However, in the 182 I was getting around 25-26 in the air and if I looked out the side window it would plummet to about 20-21fps. Not really acceptable in my opinion (especially seeing as I'm running a GTX 780 and an i7 4790k in P3D) but I won't be flying much around EGLL to be honest - so this is almost a worst case scenario.

Hopefully the fps doesn't drop too much more when I start adding FTX Global, ASN and REX Texture Direct, etc.

Just some insight into performance anyway.

Works fine on my P3D v2.4. One of the issue of this addon is the G1000 which is often, depending on your setup and hardware, FPS consuming*.

 

* same with Carenado Cirrus.

I'm running a GTX 780 and i7 4790k @ stock speeds on a 2560x1440 monitor. With stormy/rainy weather at default Heathrow and the Majestic Q400, I manage a rock solid 30fps. Do you think it would be any more of an fps hit than the Q400?

You may be after a G1000 equipped T182, but if you can live with a sixpack (and no turbo) I'd wait for this ;-)

 

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=42810

Yeah, to be honest it looks amazing but the G1000 is drawing me in! Will you be able to select the G1000/turbo varient as an option or future update do you think?

I've just heard of issues with people running some aircraft in P3D that are supposedly designed to work in it, so said I'd double check first.

The interactive checklists are also an awesome feature in the Carenado version.

Steve

Hi All,

Thinking about purchasing Carenado's CT182T Skylane G1000 HD Series for use in P3D v2.4. It only specifies on the Carenado website that it works with Prepar3D but not which version. Also, in the FlightSimStore it says compatibility with P3D v1:

http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?currency=EUR&products_id=2179&osCsid=if9je5jbvc0hrr92g2uimkcu81

Anyone know if it will work in v2.4?

Thanks,

Steve

Anyone know how to set the quality setting to High in the MJC84 Control Panel in P3D v2.4?

What I've done is, started up P3D, loaded the Dash 8 and when it has settled on the runway I jump back to the desktop and start up the control panel. The settings are set to Medium and refresh rate is Slow. I change this to High and refresh rate to Fast and click apply. It appears to take the settings, but there is a note saying that the aircraft must be reloaded before they will take effect. So I reload the aircraft, and the settings reset back to the original. The same happens if I apply the setting and quit the game and start it up again.

Anyone been having this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Steve

I have the 4790k running at stock speeds.

When at default Heathrow airport in stormy weather in the PMDG 737 NGX using DX10, my fps is rock solid at 30.

I have made a handful of modifications to the .cfg file and tweaked some settings with nVidia Inspector, but overall I am delighted with how it is performing! The GTX 780 in the background probably helps too though

Hope this helps.

Steve

Hi All,

I have ordered Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X.

Just wondering does anyone have any experience with it?

I can't find many reviews on it out there, but the general impressions seem to be great for the price. I was initially going to go with the Saitek X55, but have reservations about spending 200EUR on my first piece of hardware - this seems to be a good compromise.

Also, anyone that is using it - how do you have it configured? I think it comes with a default FSX setup, but I haven't used it yet.

Is the twist rudder any good?

Thanks,

Steve

Everything looks good apart from the graphics card. If you can stretch the budget, try to get at least a GTX 760 or a GTX 770 if you want to run at high settings. In my opinion, the GT 720 will struggle, unless other users have some experience with it? However, it all depends on what resolution you want to run it at too.

I'm running a GTX 780 at 2560x1440 and can just about maintain 30fps in Heathrow with a few tweaks to the fsx.cfg file.

I'd also agree with Denis above on the power supply, I wouldn't be comfortable running one that low wattage.

Best of luck,

Steve

Hey guys,

Thanks for the input, very much appreciated!

I did leave out that I have FSX which I will be installing too. So to keep things simple, I have both sims on a seperate drive where addons for the specific sim will be going too. So FSX is going on the SSD along with its addons. There is 250GB free on it which should be plenty for the moment. Also, out of both sims, I think FSX is the one that could benefit from every little bit of performance it can get from any area.

X Plane will be going on the two mechanical drives in RAID 0 - 1.8TB of space, which should also be plenty. This also eliminated any issues addons would have if they were being placed on separate drives as the actual sim application itself.

Anyway, thanks again for the help on this and the opinions.

Steve

Ok, thanks for the input guys!

I have decided to keep things simple and just install FSX on the SSD. 250GB should be more than enough for the moment. I don't have many mods or planes that I want to install anyway.

I've also decided to install X Plane 10 to the mechanical HDDs in RAID 0. 1.8TB over there which should also be plenty.

Thanks again,

Steve

Hi guys,

I have played FSX for quite a long time at this stage, probably since it was released actually. I am only coming back to it not after about a 2 year break though. I'm thinking about installing X-Plane 10 now too. I have also recently finished putting together a new rig. It has the most up to date hardware, so performance shouldn't be an issue if the sim is configured correctly...along with my expectations! I just don't want the install to cripple or impact performance unnecessarily if it can be avoided.

Specs:

i7 4790k (stock speeds for the moment, 4.4GHz)
Corsair H110 CPU cooler
EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX
Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB 1866MHz
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Asus Maximus VI Hero
Corsair AX760 PSU

Currently the SSD has about 250GB free as the OS and other games are currently on it. I have also just bought 2 WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDDs (WD10EZEX).

So my question is, where should I install X Plane? 

I know it will be faster to load on the SSD, but that performance will not be improved in the sim. Will it be smoother overall on the SSD? If I install X Plane on the SSD and addons on the other HDDs, will they work with it? I read somewhere that you might have to use symbolic links?

Also, I was thinking about setting up the two HDDs in RAID 0 with a 128kb stripe size and installing X Plane on there. Does RAID 0 cause issues (stutters/lower FPS, etc)

Any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Steve 

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Hi guys,

So this is my first post to Avsim and I'd really appreciate any info I can get on this topic.

I have played FSX for quite a long time at this stage, probably since it was released actually. I am only coming back to it not after about a 2 year break though. I have also recently finished putting together a new rig. It has the most up to date hardware, so performance shouldn't be an issue if the sim is configured correctly...along with my expectations! I just don't want the install to cripple or impact performance unnecessarily if it can be avoided.

Specs:

i7 4790k (stock speeds for the moment, 4.4GHz)

Corsair H110 CPU cooler

EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX

Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB 1866MHz

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

Asus Maximus VI Hero

Corsair AX760 PSU

Currently the SSD has about 250GB free as the OS and other games are currently on it. I have also just bought 2 WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDDs (WD10EZEX).

So my question is, where should I install FSX?

I know it will be faster to load on the SSD, but that performance will not be improved in the sim. Will it be smoother overall on the SSD? If I install FSX on the SSD and addons on the other HDDs, will they work with FSX? I read somewhere that you might have to use symbolic links?

Also, I was thinking about setting up the two HDDs in RAID 0 with a 128kb stripe size and installing FSX on there. Does RAID 0 cause issues with FSX (stutters/lower FPS, etc)

Any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Steve