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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 1, 2017 16:36:00 GMT -5
Post your November 2017 screenshots here. You may change the subject to relate to your flight.
Cheers Allan
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 1, 2017 17:12:33 GMT -5
PABT - PAKP Real Weather, updated Leaving PABT 3Mile Vis. overcast , 900Ft.cloud base. Starting to break up. Landing at PAKP .
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Post by steveg on Nov 2, 2017 22:12:29 GMT -5
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 4, 2017 17:56:12 GMT -5
Horse an Buggy Left PABT with doctor to give flu shots to natives in area. Antaktuvak pass first, Now leaving early in the morning to Galbrath Lake. out early , catch breakfast at Galbrath Lake. Final RW12 PAGB Caravan wanting breakfast also, Doc might as well inject them while he is at it.
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 5, 2017 8:54:36 GMT -5
Horse an Buggy 2 Getting cold these mornings , drained the oil and kept it inside,by the stove and found the Salamander torch and flex ducting I left in the hanger so I could have the fun of heating up the motor. No sleeping in this time of year.got everything toasty an smelling of Kerosen, poured in the oil,the DOC.an supp;ies and off to Chandler Lake. real weather was good for the area. Air so clear could touch the moon. Landing at Chandler Lake ,could have been closer to the settelment if I'd thought to put ski's on.
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 7, 2017 12:50:30 GMT -5
Horse&Buggy part3 , Doc finished early , convinced him,I could make Procpect Creek before sundown where a warm building with good cot an stove waited to spent the night. Climbing spiral turn to clear the valley. Weather turns quick 20 miles from PAPR , FOG forms as sun sets. I thank the manufacture of GPS and ADF, took two tries.
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 8, 2017 7:34:46 GMT -5
Horse&Buggy 4 Home. Fog has not let up, but it is a short hop to Bettles and they have LOC , ADF , VOR , and hot coffie and my own bed! Gray blanket to the ground. Home away from Home.
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 13, 2017 15:41:47 GMT -5
Real Weather , Hauling Cargo in Michigan. Weather good as we cross Saginaw Bay Solid ceiling at 5,000Ft. on downwind over Lake Huron About to touch down at Alpena..All the winter outdoor scene in Die Hard 2 (yes it is a Christmas movie) were taken at this airport.
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Post by davidrevans on Nov 18, 2017 11:37:22 GMT -5
Truck Driving, load of Birch, Maple, Oak , milled wood for guitar maker in Grand Rapids. Climb out of Alpena Lake Effect snow squalls. Touch down at Gerald Ford Int.
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Post by steveg on Nov 25, 2017 16:36:50 GMT -5
New Simulator for me. With an unplanned update of Win 10 My boxed version of FSX became unusable. So I chose to try a new Airway rather than Steam my way back into the skies. 10 months ago I bought my new sim rig with the intent of trying Prepar3d, but was forced into P3D earlier than expected. And the system resources handle P3D well with setting sliders more than half way up. Every once in awhile I see the FPS indicator hit 200 plus. These screenshots are created in Win 10, P3D version 4, with Orbx Global and Vector landclasses, and North American Scenery packages. Some of my FSX aircraft port well into P3D V4. Some not at all. These screenshots ore taken on a flight in my American Champion Aircraft Scout, on a trip from CYSE Squamish to CAP3 Sechelt-Gibsons. Have left CYSE, flying in a valley Parked in the grass at CAP3 Cheers
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Post by robau707 on Nov 25, 2017 17:19:11 GMT -5
Steve,
Nice screenies and happy new sim.
How are you finding p3D v4. I have v3.4 but it has been plagued with problems over the last 4 months with CTD so at present I am messing about with XP11, but still interested in people's thoughts on P3 v4.
Cheers Rob
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Post by steveg on Nov 26, 2017 1:15:23 GMT -5
Hi Rob.
I am thoroughly impressed with P3Dv4. The visual effects are amazing compared to FSX. 3D weather with much improved rain and snow, fog and clouds, trees that sway in the breeze, lighting and shadows are much improved. I am sure that the overall improved eye candy is due in some part to Orbx.
But the sim is very smooth, probably thanks to the better use of multi-core CPU technology, and 64 bit architecture. Did I mention frames regularly above 75 FPS? And up to 200 momentarily.
I was having CTD's and freezes in FSX until a fellow virtual aviator told me about Game Booster (by IOBIT) and the "restarts" went away. It could be that the benefits of IOBIT are giving P3D a boost as well. No crashes so far. And Iobit is free.
Also, I am being careful about trying not to port non compatible aircraft or sceneries which might muck up P3D. The Scout in the pictures above is of FSX vintage, but so far, so good. I have been told that just because it runs in P3D doesn't mean it won't cause problems. Orbx is the only addon scenery I have, and it is great for P3D. I initially purchased for FSX but my re-installations must know I am now in P3D.
The switch to 64 bit and P3D v4 mean that I have lost most backward compatibility with my 15 plus years of aircraft and scenery (FS9 and earlier are out, but some FSX can still be used), and I can switch to my FSX laptop if I find the need for an FSX fix. I rather not start over, and at this point will stick it out with LM as they appear to continue to improve the simming experience. Version 4.1 is available now, and it is free to version 4 owners. I may try it, but I also may wait for future upgrades before I change what is running well.
Cheers
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Post by robau707 on Nov 26, 2017 4:45:34 GMT -5
Hi Steve,
Thanks very much for that information, very much appreciated.
As I mentioned earlier I have been messing about with XP11 for a week or so and although it has very nice American airports and much freeware that you can download I am having many problems with it and it is very vague on the forums. I purchased two aircraft from their store, Skylabs C-47 which is absolute garbage and the Flight Factore B777 which will not load, after watching many rave U-tube videos on these products I eventually found out that these aircraft are ported over from XP10 and have many problems in XP11, money wasted, that is why I like to ask someone like yourself that has the actual sim I am interest in.
With my sim's I like to fly as accurately as possible after spending 51 years with the real world airlines and when P3D v3 was installed spent many hours flying the PMDG B737-800 which I enjoyed immensely along with MJ's C-47.
I don't think I will purchase P3 v4 just yet but will probably head back to reinstalling my v3.4 and see if any of the problems everyone was experiencing with that version has been sorted to some degree.
I do have many of the Orbx LC scenery addons for P3 which are impressive but tended to eat up frame rates even on a higher end computer such as I have. Your FPS sounds impressive, do you think this is because v4 is running 64 bit ?
One last thing if I may ask is what aircraft do you have installed that are v4 dedicated ?
Thank again Rob
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Post by steveg on Nov 26, 2017 19:18:35 GMT -5
Hello Rob.
My rig - Intel i7-7700K, 4GHZ (4.2 OC) 8MB Intel Smart Cache 16 GB DDR4/3000MHZ Dual channel memory GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 SSD 256GB Intel, HDD 1 Tb. Win10 Home- 64 bit
I have been told many times that the key to smooth simming (especially FSX) is to spend resources on CPU speed and ram, then video, since FSX does not access multiple cores, and puts the majority of the load on the CPU and not the GPU. All of this comes in handy as well for P3D, even though P3D does share the load between cores. And the icing on the cake is that having the OS and P3Dv4 with 64 bit resources there is more than 4GB ram available to the simulator. If all the above is true then I believe the answer to your question of "do you think this is because v4 is running 64 bit?" is YES.
I think another key to smooth sim function is to allow the sim to operate in a "Clean" environment. Got to be sure that there aren't multiple operations going on in the background. Either use a program like IOBIT to get rid of unnecessary resource robbing junk like unneeded startups, to optimize your computer, and maximize performance... OR, at least reboot the computer before simming, starting only the programs you need to fly.
Regarding aircraft questions/issues. I think I read recently that versions up to XP10 are 32 bit and XP11 is 64 bit. If this is true then I can understand the problems with the C-47 and 777 you bought. There must be some resident XP11 64 bit aircraft on the market.
I have a feeling that aircraft "that fly as accurately as possible" (I think XP is known for this) are probably FPS hogs, especially airliners. My flying is GA and classic aircraft, both less technologically advanced, with fewer systems to model, and therefore FPS friendlier. Other FPS hogs you might be experiencing - the addon airports. I don't have any of those. I believe that there are some mighty complex airports/cities. But, my guess is that with a clean sim you can handle the complexity.
My addon installed "v4 dedicated" aircraft? One only at this time...the Aeronca C3 from flightsim.com. I have multiple port overs from freeware and payware FSX models, plus all of the included default v4 vehicles. More than I need, actually.
Steve Gerig
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Post by robau707 on Nov 27, 2017 4:10:32 GMT -5
Hi Steve,
Thanks again for your continuing support.
I too have a dedicated sim computer with only an Internet connection for downloads, i7- 6700 k and Nvidia 1060 video card, this ran P3 v3 perfectly using PMDG B737-800 along with Orbx and is now producing FPS in 64 bit XP11 in the 60 - 70 bracket..
XP11 has some very good features and pretty scenery but the only aircraft I found that flew properly was the default Cessna 172., maybe it will be the sim of the future, who knows.
Well my frustrations have finally got the better of me, I have redownload my P3 v3 purchase and then I shall buy v4, so if all else fails with v4 I can spool back to v3 and continue flying, something has to work somewhere along the line.
Just as a side note, like you I don't buy fancy airports, just open LC from Orbx and there are many Black Friday specials happening at present.
Cheers Rob
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