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Are you running the ops center as administrator? Try that if not.

Is your cpu voltage set to Auto in the bios? I find that many motherboards are sending much higher voltage than is needed to the cpu, like over 1.4 and up to 1.5 in some cases! setting manually to no higher than 1.35 should help reduce the temps. P3D does use some AVX features which is why the temps are so high! Anyway, if you are comfortable in the bios then definitely set a manual voltage.

Are you running p3d as administrator?

We’ll if this thread is a vote, then I am on V6 and loving it. I have all my addons from V5 in there except for FSL buses as they are locked. Only reason I will go back to V5 is for the upcoming Concorde from FSL.

In V6 we have the Tone Mapping which lets you change the shaders on the fly. You can use this to adjust the darkness in the cockpit.

Maybe not so critical now with SSD’s, but certainly with HHD’s. If you had P3D on the windows drive, you will have Windows accessing that drive in the background while P3D is trying to use it, so you are sharing the drive speed with Windows. When it’s on a separate drive it will have all the drive speed to itself. Also installing into Program Files x86 can lead to issues because Windows now kind of locks that folder down.

You should be fine Mike.

I haven’t tried accu feel yet, but all the other A2A p3d planes work for me. I haven’t thoroughly tested but they load. I have a feeling the accu feel may not work correctly with the need atmospherics model so have not activated that one yet.

I see the brown smog sometimes, but not everywhere. It is very noticeable when it is there though. A

Ok, so the planar reflections slider controls the reflections in the water and the shadows slider now controls all the shadows. I turned planar reflections off and I have shadow slider on medium. Seems to work quite well for me.

Amazing!!! Thank you 🙏

A2A have been a successful developer long before MSFS (2020) was even conceived. They have been highly regarded as the best GA plane developer for years. Sure they have probably made more money from MSFS but that doesn’t mean they weren’t successful before.

Sorry, but that is just plain wrong.

Good news for CP users. I am not one of them but I know this was a major sticking point for many. Hopefully this the start of a wave of devs seeing the light!

The new atmospherics seem to affect the flight model now. I noticed a lot more turbulence when flying now. That’s with no AS or Accusim running. So it has changed and for the better IMO.

If they eventually add VFR to this I may bite!

That’s not what was said at all. Quoting Lefteris here. ”While we understand and acknowledge the potential of P3Dv6, at this point in time, our resources and attention are devoted to maximizing the features and compatibility of our products with MSFS. Therefore, given the significant amount of work required to bring full compatibility to our products for P3Dv6, we have decided to revisit the possibility of adapting our lineup for P3Dv6 once we have successfully executed our current focus. It is important to clarify that this does not imply any permanent disassociation from the P3Dv6 platform. Rather, it's a strategic decision to prioritize resources, assuring that we bring forth the best possible product enhancements to our users, one platform at a time. P3Dv6 remains a vital element in our long-term platform strategy, and we look forward to exploring its potential in due course” Sounds positive to me compared to other statements.

Aha, kind of makes sense I guess.

Yes, I did think of that, but no time to tinker tonight. I will investigate this tomorrow 😎

My observations re settings: Seems that all water reflections are on by default. There are no settings to change them in the options. So everything is reflecting in the water, clouds, trees, terrain and buildings. I would have all that turned off in v5 which gives much better performance. Same with shadows, no options to select what is casting and receiving shadows. All on by default, I would have most of those also turned off, again a good chunk of performance there. I was not able to see any settings for those in the cfg either, they seem to be gone. I think this is where the performance difference is coming from. Pretty sure if I could turn the above off then I would be getting performance much similar to V5. Cheers 🍻 Bully.

Literally just run the Track IR software and load up p3d. If it not working could be a sim connect issue try installing the legacy sim connects.

Track ir is fine 👍

Why all MSFS trolls in here? Seriously…..

It’s already in Beta for P3DV5 so will defo be out for V5. V6 is another matter!

I’ve used academic versions for years. The watermark is in the top right corner. on my 4k screen it is barely noticeable, but at a lower res it may stand out more. it does not bother me as it is quite small and you just don’t really notice it.