PapaFlightSim12

Looks nice, are those default clouds or are you using REX/ASCA?

Well, I guess you are in the possession of PTA, so you could simply tune the effect by yourself.

How is the effect name called? I've been looking for it since yesterday.

Cant say its looking very blue, in my opinion. The second picture looks more realistic!

I personally don't like how it looks, sorry for being so picky but it just bothers me, I like the effect, don't get my wrong, I just think its a little bit overdone,  I would like to tone it down just a little bit.   :smile: 

Hey, bunch of friends recommended me the RealismShaderPack and I decided to give it a try but my sim looks really blue on the cockpit.

Picture 1 (Before RealismShaderPack):

Picture 2 (After RealismShaderPack):

This are two different airports but what we are looking at is the cockpit.

Exactly, as stated on our product page: Your ChasePlane Alpha 1 license includes updates to Alpha 2 and to v1.x.

If I buy ChasePlane once its on v1.x will I need to re-buy it after v2.x comes out? My concern is, will I have to buy the product two times?

Hey guys, if I buy the ChasePlane alpha license right now, once the add-on officially releases will I need to buy it again or can I just use my alpha license with the official version? 

The default program files location is a read only location. Since some addons place files there that they need to write to, running as admin is one way to acquire the permission to write there. Another "less obvious" way is to provide the actual permission - right-click on the folder in explorer, click "Properties" on the popup menu, choose "Security" tab, click "Edit", select "Users" group, check "Modify", click OK, OK. We do that once. Now any time we or any addon wants to modify a file within that folder tree we have permission. Whether this is the root of the problem mentioned here I'm not sure. But there's certainly nothing wrong with accepting the *recommended installation path* defaulted by P3D, although it might help to know how certain addons work. On top of that; some addons may actually need to by run as admin since they modify admin only areas of the registry and that's to do with acquiring Priveleges, not permissions - it's worth understanding the difference. If these type of addons are started up by P3D exe.xml then P3D must be started as admin to accommodate those.

 

And there lies the irony. Even if we installed into a custom folder, we may still need to run as admin for an addon that updates the system. But if we do we gain permission to write to it since we made the folder - we own it. Therein lies another irony, if anything happens to our user profile we may lose access to it, and admins don't ordinarily have permission to those custom folders. Sigh.

This solved everything, when I selected the NGX and clicked start flight it told me it couldn't generate its work files just before everything started to load, I guess the NGX needed a work file and it couldn't find it because it had no perms to the Prepar3D folder, after I modified those perms it didn't give me that warning anymore and it hasn't crashed since. Thanks for you help!

Could very well be one of those models - map out the folder so they are not used and retest - reinstalling wont make any difference usually because it simply recreates the same setup. see C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\SimObjects.cfg

 

if you rename those files they will be re-created freshly, but you still have your original you can rename back.

I honestly don't understand what you want me to do, if it's not a problem can you elaborate or expand? Thanks  :smile:

Well, could be anything at this stage. Run as admin and set the permission, belts and braces so to speak, won't hurt and will prove if it's any of that soon enough. Other things to check are that you have the latest updates to addons since your last hotfix. If you've recently installed anything check the setup, dll.xml, exe.xml. Try renaming the Prepar3D.cfg, check setup of AI traffic addons - unmap certain aircraft folders and so on for testing.

Well I installed the IVAO models and it has been crashing since then, do you recommend reinstalling them and see if they make a difference?

Try renaming the Prepar3D.cfg

What you mean by this is so that Prepar3D can create a new CFG?

The default program files location is a read only location. Since some addons place files there that they need to write to, running as admin is one way to acquire the permission to write there. Another "less obvious" way is to provide the actual permission - right-click on the folder in explorer, click "Properties" on the popup menu, choose "Security" tab, click "Edit", select "Users" group, check "Modify", click OK, OK. We do that once. Now any time we or any addon wants to modify a file within that folder tree we have permission. Whether this is the root of the problem mentioned here I'm not sure. But there's certainly nothing wrong with accepting the *recommended installation path* defaulted by P3D, although it might help to know how certain addons work. On top of that; some addons may actually need to by run as admin since they modify admin only areas of the registry and that's to do with acquiring Priveleges, not permissions - it's worth understanding the difference. If these type of addons are started up by P3D exe.xml then P3D must be started as admin to accommodate those.

 

And there lies the irony. Even if we installed into a custom folder, we may still need to run as admin for an addon that updates the system. But if we do we gain permission to write to it since we made the folder - we own it. Therein lies another irony, if anything happens to our user profile we may lose access to it, and admins don't ordinarily have permission to those custom folders. Sigh.

Thanks!! I'll try this and do a some flights and see if this fixes the program, thank you very much!

Sigh, when you install it in it's default location you absolutely need run prepar3d.exe as an administrator. Never install it in it's default location. 

So just run Prepar3D.exe as an admin program and all my crashes are gone? The thing with running P3D as an admin program is that then I cannot talk on vPilot in VATSIM or TeamSpeak

Apparently I submitted two times, you guys can delete one of the posts, sorry for the problems caused.

So P3D has been crashing since today mid flight, I honestly don't know why does it keep crashing all I know is i'm suddenly flying and it freezes after that Windows tells me the usual Prepar3D is not responding.

Specs:

• I5 6600K (Not oc'd)
• 8 GB DDR4 RAM
• Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB
• ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming MB

Here is the event viewer log:

 

Will you be overclocking? If so what do you hope for?

 

Evo should reach 4.4 dependant on the silicone lottery, your ambient temp etc.

 

If you are happy with a moderate overclock, I'd recommend the Noctua NH-U14S. If you fancy a high overclock and it will fit in your chosen case, my favourite, the NH-D15S. If you are an AIO closed loop kind of person, the Corsair H110i if it will fit in your chosen case.

 

Yes, I will be doing a moderate overclock, idk, maybe to reach 4.0 ghz. 

Z170 motherboard?

Stupid me, forgot the motherboard, yes, its an ASUS Z-170A.

Hello Simmers,

I am getting a new PC this christmas (Which I am building   :wink: ) I am not sure if this specs will be compatible with P3D running the NGX and the 777 and other addons smoothly. Anyways, less of talking and straight to the point.

• Intel Core I5 6600K @ 3.5Ghz (Overclocking in the future)
  
• 8GB DDR4 Memory
  
• MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
  
• 650W Power Supply
  
• 1TB HDD Storage
  
• Cooler Master 212 EVO 
  

Any and all feedback is appreciated, I went a little bit over budget here (Budget was $900, all this is worth $938)

Thanks Everybody For Their Help   :wink:

Hello PMDGers,

I am getting a new PC this christmas (Which I am building  :wink: ) I am not sure if this specs will be compatible with P3D running the NGX and the 777 smoothly. Anyways, less of talking and straight to the point.

• Intel Core I5 6600K @ 3.5 (Overclocking in the future)
• 8GB DDR4 Memory
• MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• 650W Power Supply
• 1TB HDD Storage

Now, I know this isn't a PC building forum at all but, simmers help simmers out, right?

Any and all feedback is appreciated, I went a little bit over budget here (Budget was $900, all this is worth $938, of course I didn't put the cooler or the case in here but you get the point) 

Thanks Everybody For Their Help  :wink: