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Just to pour more oil on the fire: Beware of making Keyboard binding changes in Control Settings away from 'Default' setting. I tried to change the ESC function, which in Control Settings default are "Toggle Pause" and "Set Pause Off" - which have never functioned, so why they are there, who knows. In Control Settings there is no mention of the "Return to Higher Menu" function, which has worked up until now (as in previous versions of MS Flight Sim). If I alter any key bindings in Keyboard and then load aircreft/place, then I lose this ESC function. If things get messed up (surely not?!) then return Keyboard to 'Default'. The ESC function then returns. When setting up MSFS all windows show [ESC] (previous higher level menu item) at bottom left of lower 'in game' task bar. Repeated pressses lead to the 'safe' shutting down of MSFS2020 (and 2024). Do I need to know an original quote to further explain this functionality - no!

Using FSUIPC6 with the PMDG B777 usually works fine. However, today, it seemed like the wheel brakes were 'dragging' or even 'ON' no matter the input. Checking the reaction to inputs on FSUIPC Calibration all was working and indicating normal. Power needed to achieve forward speed was way more than normal - any suggestions?

Gents All, Progress at last! I did the recommended clean re-install procedure and this time I did not enable any of the many add-ons I have when I restarted P3Dv5.4. I also made no alterations to the Scenario window and pressed <OK>. The result is, using <Shift-Z> to display frame rate, I now have 60.0 +/- fps. This confirms to me that I have a software glitch in (one of) my add-ons. I shall now add each one individually to try and isolate the faulty add-on(s). The problem add-on was a corrupted FSUIPC6. Suffice to say that since I re-installed FSUIPC6 the problem has completely disappeared. I am currently sitting in an FSLabs A320 IAE at the Glasgow airport (UK2000 Extreme scenery). having just re-assigned all controls via FSUIPC6. My frame rate continues at a fairly steady 60 fps within a range of 54 to 74 fps What has amazed me is how the frame rate has not noticeably altered at all, even when adjusting the various graphics settings.

Before I do the recommended full uninstall/re-install described (for which many thanks) I opened the BIOS to look for the above Intel graphics unit. I searched everywhere but was unable to do so - exactly where is it?

I was only using the nVidia In-Game Overlay to monitor fps in MS2020 (i.e NOT trying to boost performance). I had just not removed the overlay when I ran P3Dv5.4 and I saw the figures. I shall remove it from my next run of P3Dv5.4. The performance boost app you suggest looks interesting. I shall try it out when I have solved the current problems.

To clarify: yes, the sim is loading the sim from P3Dv5.4 screen icon, then after 28 seconds the Scenario screen appears asking for aircraft/airport/weather/ date and time. This is the window I referred to as the data entry screen. The default aircraft (since I originally installed P3Dv5) has been an F35 at a US airbase in south central USA. I can change it, but I was always advised to leave the default aircraft to load up as given. Happy to take advice here. Files deleted for a clean install were four: P3Dv5 Scenery, P3Dv5 Content, P3Dv5 Client and P3Dv5 Professional. There was no 5th file as previously described. Regarding the N/A entries: these are what is displayed by the <nVidia In Game Overlay> when selected. When I select <Shift-Z> I get the actual readings of around 0.3 fps.

Hi Ray, Monitor resolution = 3840 x 2160 (native) Refresh rate = 60 Hz VSync = enabled fps target = unlimited Jobscheduler (from Prepar3D.cfg file) = [JobScheduler] AffinityMask=65535 P3DCoreAffinityMask=65535 MainThreadScheduler=0 RenderThreadScheduler=2 FrameWorkerThreadScheduler=4 When loading from scratch data entry window came up after 28 secs (fastest ever!) and Overlay shows: FPS 35, GPU 1%, CPU 1%, LAT N/A. Once data is entered and OK pressed, Overlay drops immediately to: FPS N/A, GPU 5%, CPU 9%, LAT N/A. As always, grateful for any assistance 😀

Yes - that was how I did the 'clean re-install'. I have looked in the nVidia App and I don't have a profile for Prepar3D. I did try and add P3D but I got message saying option was not available. I have now also updated my nVidia Game Ready Driver to version 572.47 For more info I used the nVidia Game Overlay to check performance. Here are the results: MS2020 FPS: 35/48 GPU: 72/80% CPU: 25/26% LAT: 53/72 ms Prepar3D ver 5.4 FPS: N/A GPU: 2% CPU: 6% LAT: N?A

Firstly, since previous, I have uninstalled P3Dv5.4 and done a 'clean' re-install. No improvement or error messages. Have reset shaders, also deleted Prepar3D.cfg file. Have also carried out 'sfc /scannow check' with no error messages generated. What puzzles me is that MS2020 works fine and gives 65 fps. I really would like my P3D to work as I am very attached (!) to my PMDG fleet of B747-400, B777 and B787, not to mention other well-known airliners and light aircraft..

I am not getting any error message.

Just recently I started getting the dreaded BSOD at random times using both P3Dv5.4 and its chief rival platform. A clean-up of my computer and a re-seating (with renewed thermal paste) of my nVidia Geforce GTX 2080 Ti appeared to solve that problem. However, now the P3Dv5.4 frame rate drops to 0.4 fps from about halfway through loading. This is independent of aircraft chosen, from default and also either PMDG and FSLabs aircraft models. The rest of the loading takes place veeery sloooowly, with the Flight Computer Initialization running at about 18 to 22 seconds per subscreen second. Flying the rival platform (2020 version) I do not get any fps problem and get around 65 fps. I have tried doing "repairs" to both P3Dv5 Professional and also P3Dv5.d Client without success. I get the feeling that either I have a corrupt file somewhere within P3D (but why wasn't that corrected during the "repair" procedures?) or is there a setting somewhere within P3D that has somehow changed. As you can see, my thinking is rather simplistic at this stage and I would appreciate some good guidance.

Its 14 months later and the problem still exists! I am trying to enter a Simbrief f/plan into the BS Beech Baron BE58. If I accept the runway that MSFS selects then the flight plan sometimes loads, sometimes not (but with engines running etc in either case). If I select a parking stand from the drop-down menu, then select ‘Fly’, it does not load the flight plan - even though it was clearly displayed in detail on the route menu ribbon near top of the World Map page, and on the map itself, prior to clicking ‘Fly’. I have tried nearly all the suggestions and am very frustrated!

Possibly. Right now unable any Canadian metar info via vPilot. All available via ActiveSky.

Simple problem: when on P3Dv5, requesting the metar for Gander (CYQX) vPilot returns the message: "Network error: No such weather profile" Really?

I have managed to get ActiveSky working on my PMDG B747-400 😁 Up until now I had been trying (as I had always been able to do) to select the weather theme I wanted (ActiveSky Live weather) into my selected aircraft as per the second splash screen described above. I had not proceeded past this screen trying to find out what was going wrong. However, this time I allowed the aircraft to load fully at EGLL on stand. Then I selected the <World> tab and the Weather link from the drop-down. Guess what? The ActiveSky Weather Theme option then appeared on the resulting Weather screen. It seems it has been moved. The good news is that it is now working as intended. Thanks for all the help and enjoy your flight to KJFK. John