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I found that turning on vsync inside XP11 reduced frame rates considerably. However, someone suggested turning it off in XP11 and on in NVidia Inspector at half refresh rate. I tried that and now have very smooth panning with no tearing. I know that some are obsessed with finding maximum frame rates. I am not. I have a solid 30 fps and smoothness. Good enough for me. So, you might give it a try. Results may vary.

I bought this as my first XP 11 aircraft. It looks great and the Aspen functions great. The only problem is that the landing gear doors do not close upon retracting the gear.

As a new user of XP11 and trying to chose which package to buy, it seems that it boils down to whether you chose to be a lower altitude GA pilot or an airline pilot. I am the former and can't imagine someone choosing flat 2-D clouds over 3-D, volumetric clouds. On the other hand, if I flew airliners all the time, I would really be irritated with that "island" of clouds around me at altitude. Sounds like they both need work to meet the different needs and ways of flying. But, looks like SMP4 for me.

I recently bought the Carenado C208 (both versions) and A36 Bonanza for use in XP 11b2. They seem to function well except for a couple of things. None of the aircraft have brakes. I know that my controls are programmed properly because they work fine in all of the native XP 11 aircraft. Anyone else having this problem or know of a solution? The one other thing that isn't working properly is that the gear doors do not shut on the A36 when gear are retracted. Thanks for any help.

Thanks for the link. I have downloaded it. Okay, being new to X-Plane, I assumed that it included at least major worldwide airports after previewing the XP11 demo. I'll just keep hunting around for additional completed airports.

I also don't have Golden Gate Bridge. It is just a flat generic bridge.

Duh! I had not thought of that. Yes, that makes sense, since there are elevated roads that stop and go nowhere. I keep forgetting that it is beta.

Thanks for the response, Mario. So, what airports in XP 11 do have decent scenery? I flew into KIAH and saw no terminal buildings at all, only airstrips. Surely there are some major airports with scenery included as part of the standard package. I still wonder if something isn't corrupted in my install. Thanks, Wilson

Accurate description. The immersion factor is great, but the screen resolution is really poor. I don't regret buying mine. Early adopters are used to putting up with that sort of thing. But, it is not the first choice for serious simmers, I think.

I recently installed beta 2 for XP 11. I have all graphic settings maxed out. I just went to KSFO and took off, heading downtown. The airport scenery is highly detailed. But, all other areas only have lots of generic buildings now. There is no Discovery Place, no Candle Stick Park, no SF Bay Bridge, just a flat generic bridge. I am almost certain that I had great scenery in SFO before the upgrade, but I have to admit that I still run FSX once in awhile, so may be thinking of that. I am new to X-Plane, so may have screwed something up, not knowing what I was doing. System is Intel i7 4770k at 4200 MHz, 32 GB DDR3, GTX 1080, 8 Gb. Running smoothly at 30-40+ FPS. Any help will be appreciated.

Never mind. . .

It is visually very good. And, the new interface is very easy to use. I have never warmed up to the old interface. Biggest problem for me right now is the fps and overall jerkiness. I have turned things down and still cannot find smoothness. I am running an Intel i7 4770K at 4200 MHz and a GTX 1080. I thought that I would have smooth sailing, er, flying, right out of the shoot. I look forward to purchasing when things get a little bit further along.

Sorry if I left the impression that I thought there was some kind of deception going on. I simply saw the goal resetting, not realizing that it was a moving monthly goal. All is clear now.

I must be the curmudgeon here. I bought it last week after reading the new review. I then scratched my head, wondering if this was a case of "the emperor's new clothes". Does the fact that it is new mean that it has to be better? Yes, it was smoother, but perhaps I have FSX tweaked just right, for I saw no justification for going out and buying the same aircraft, scenery, etc. etc. again, let alone the time needed to install and tweak all of that. It was still FSX, but for another $59.95 (academic version). Maybe it is because my system is not up to snuff. Although it was state of the art when I built it, it is probably middle of the road now -- Intel i7 4770k liquid cooled @ 4400 MHz on an Asus Maximus VI Hero, 16 GB DDR3 @ 2400 MHz, NVIDIA GTX 780. In any case, I got my refund and wiped it from my computer, so, no harm no foul. Personally, I will wait for v. 4.0.

Is it just me, or is the goal shown in the Donation Statistics window a moving target? It seems like a few weeks ago, the donations amounted to almost half of the target. Then, I logged in a few day ago and, all of a sudden, the donations had been reset. Just wondering. . .

Missed that last line. Thanks, Stephen

I just purchased P3D v 3.0. I was trying to install the PDK Interface, as recommended. However, I cannot get past the first step in the Guide. It states, "Navigate to your Prepare3D installation folder (which I did). Right click on the 'Modules" sub-folder and select the 'Paste' option." I have no 'Modules' folder. Any suggestions? Thanks

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I have used "search" many times to help track down a topic. It was definitely not there when I originated the post, for whatever reason. But, yes,it is there now.

Thanks, Jim. I went through the list and still could not resolve the problem. Something appears to be really screwed up in scenery somewhere. I did a restore from a date before I was having problems. No luck. In any case, I decided to just uninstall and start all over from scratch, reinstalling everything. So, I put disk one in from FS Gold Edition and it no longer can be read. It has been sitting on a shelf in the case, unused in about three years. There is not a scratch on it. I tried cleaning it. Still no luck. No problem reading any other disks. Woe is me.

Yes, it does look like we are in Performance Mode. I guess that it is important for everyone to let us know that they are downloading P3D v3 and how many megabytes they have downloaded so far. I wonder if there would be a way to put a header on the front page stating that the system was in performance mode? I also thought it might be the logbook.bin file, so I moved it out of the folder. But, relaunching does not rebuild it. I will try a repair. Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Repair did not work. No problems found.

Sorry, I must be blind. I cannot find the "search" button anywhere in the forums. I know that I have used this function in the past in the forums. All of a sudden, I can no longer run FSX. The opening splash screen is displayed, but that's it. I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling -- same scenario. I am sure that this topic has been covered, so I was going to do my research before bothering anyone.

Oh, well. Nevermind.

Uh, "internet problem".

I download the trial version of Next, SP3. It ran fine yesterday, but today when I launch it, I get the following: "Verification Problem There was a problem verifying your trial license with our servers. Please check your internet connection and try again later." I can launch Opus FSI with no problem, so I don't think that there is an internect problem on my end. I did a quick search of the FAQs, but nothing came up. Any ideas of what I should check? Thanks