Bernard Ducret

I recently installed P3Dv4 and Ultimate Traffic Live. All UTL aircraft are shown properly, however the ATC still speaks to the stock AI traffic such as Orbit, etc. How can I remove the stock AI traffic files so that ATC actually manages UTL please? Thanks for any help.

I also had this error - after installing the W10 Creators update - for FSLabs A320, PMDG 737NGX and PMDG 744 (interestingly the MD11 and 777 were not affected) and each time had a CTD with that error message when loading any one of these airplanes. Without me doing anything else than re-starting FSX several times, that error disappeared on its own and I made since several flights with each of these aircraft without any issues at all. I made sure I had the latest Nvidia graphics drivers and Windows update released after the so-called "Creators" version. Since I own a number of sceneries linked to FSDT scenery manager plus GSX, I ensured that all FSDT updates were downloaded and properly installed. Good luck!

Thank you I shall try this as suggested.

When closing FSX, AS16 shuts down automatically, and I take it that ASCA would also close down automatically with it, but this is not the case. After completing a flight, I shut down FSX and then my PC, but 9 times out of 10, I forget that ASCA would object and will prevent Windows 10 to shut down... Is there something in the settings of ASCA to change that, or is it supposed to be its normal behavior that can't be overruled? Thank you.

Very interesting, because I am considering the same system as yours, could you kindly elaborate on the "massive" difference? On the P3D forum yesterday, I read exactly the opposite report with an i9 7980 XE stating that multi-core had no benefit on P3D, so your feedback would be terribly helpful! Thanks for your time.

Thanks to all who took the time to answer my query. I now understand that there is not a vast difference performance wise between all three CPU. I come from FSX run on a 3770K, so I decided to move on to P3D v4 since at long last we have a stable 64bits platform with most my add-ons from FSX that can be upgraded even at a marginal cost, except PMDG... The other main components I am selecting are RAM: 32GB G.Skills Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz, MB: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon, HD: Samsung SSD 960 Evo M2 1 TB, Noctua NH-D15, GPU: I already have a Nvidia EVGA 1070 (to be upgraded next year with the new Volta). Does anyone have comments on those elements, for RAM I gave precedence to lower frequency vs faster timing, for HD I opted for the M2 version giving at least 4 times better performance both in writing and reading.

Believe me Dave, I did, but after reading pages and pages of conflicting opinions, I have yet to be in a position to make an informed decision, be it only because of what is still unclear to me between the "one core" or the "multi-core" performances as per my question above, until I understand what P3D actually requires, with FSX we knew what was necessary, now that I am jumping to P3D v4, I am in uncharted waters so I need first to understand (from the various comments, it is far to be clear even to specialists) and then decide on my own what is best...

I have read a number of threads here on AVSIM regarding the best CPU to run P3D v4 and remain perplex as to which CPU I should acquire for my next PC (exclusively for P3D) to be ordered shortly. Hence my list of CPU above in the title. The latest Intel CPU i7 8700K would seem to be the logical choice, but some recent performance comparisons with the 7700K were less than convincing, I read also that the i7 7740X would comfortably top it in single core performance of - 485 vs 535 in the benchmark test of Guru 3d - which P3D (if I understood correctly the various informed comments) would capitalise on. Is this a correct assumption or did I misunderstand this debate since the multicore performance test was 3702 vs 2725, that is the opposite result...? Lastly in terms of OC, it would appear that 5.0GHz is about the maximum one can expect regardless of the CPU, is that a fair assessment? I would really appreciate any precise input from the knowledgeable few, which I - unfortunately - am not part of.

I own both FSL A320 and PMDG B747 V2. even though my system is by far not the latest available, I can't really tell if there is a significant performance difference between the two. So if your system can handle the PMDG 747 V2, most likely, it can also perform fine with the A320 Regarding flight plans, you can import them from flight-planners such as PFPX (please see further info here), finally your impressions/apprehensions of textures being of a lesser quality are not - in my opinion - justified, but this is too subjective to be debated in a post, perhaps watch more videos and look at the latest shots provided for P3D V4 on FSLabs forum. Good luck in your decision, but I would be inclined to think that you wont regret acquiring this bird when it becomes available for P3D V4.

OK Alan, what license did you say you're flying with, full details are necessary to revoke it... And we'll need a blood sample as well... Please! Dont even think of trying any airplane under the Arc de Triomphe, we shall put a mosquito net!

Interesting thread... Would be useful to know which countries are concerned by these security problems. I am a regular client of Simmarket (for more than ten years) and never had such a problem, so I believe the credit card security system (or lack of) of some banks is the real culprit, not the vendor(s). I live in Switzerland and whenever I make a purchase on Internet, I am very careful when checking out that there is a double security (it is called 3D Secure) available, meaning that after making sure that the payment page has the well known padlock symbol first, I enter my CC info and then comes another pop-up page from the bank on which I need to enter a personal code from the CC organisation (3D Secure: see this page if allowed by AVSIM this is not advertising but essential information regarding this very topic: https://www.swisscard.ch/en/cards/customer-service/a-to-z/3-d-secure/) that will legitimise my purchase. It is important to note that when you subscribe to this 3D Secure protocol, you have two options offered to you: (a) you can have your own password that you will create and change at will, or (b) you may receive an SMS from your bank with a code for each sale or through a free app (Transakt), all the above are free for the user. Simmarket has that system, so do plenty of Internet vendors in Europe, but - to my knowledge - none outside of Europe and (by far) not all vendors in Europe, but I would hint that (1) this might be limited to some European countries, (2) the credit card companies created this additional security filter and propose it to Internet vendors who have the choice to opt out (additional cost, or lost sales?). Two important notes regarding this security system: It has been noticed that vendors using it have seen their sales going down as a result of its "complexity" for the buyers(!!!!!...), and with such a system, in case of fraud, the financial burden switches from the vendor to the bank, hence banks have no interest to be complacent with the system! From the above, we can safely say that buyers expects the impossible: make it short AND safe! As always, we pay for our own laziness (in this case approximately 20 more seconds for a transaction...). The latest 3D Secure 2.0 protocol has been written for all media (telephone, PC, TV, game consoles, smart watches). So if there is pressure to be applied to make our Internet transactions more secure, it is also with Credit Card organisations, I am always amazed how easy it is on some foreign sites to make a purchase with only basic CC info, this is not right, and our action should be to push CC organisations worldwide to adopt/propose/promote such double security systems like 3D Secure or others if existing, (2) incite Internet vendors to adopt them AND encourage buyers to use them, if you do not activate that free service, it wont be there on Simmarket or elsewhere. In my opinion, it is unfair to target a specific vendor if the above was ignored, or if such a double security system is not used by your CC bank or the buyer. Food for thoughts?