43 replies to this topic

[divemaster08]

I am really considering getting this now then! The boys at LM are really doing wonders to what FSX should of been!

As long as my Sceneries, complex add-on aircraft, ActiveSky and Squawkbox can be ported over, then good bye FSX!

Also I would presume FSUIPC would be able to be ported across?

[Spam]

This could be the saviour, if all the stuff they are doing works out, they are going to make a killing  

[Sharpy59]

So does this have any disadvantages over FSX? Or is it simply FSX that works, and will continue to work better when V2.0 comes out? The idea of FSX that properly supports multiple cores as well as DX11 is simply amazing

[Flying_Scotsman]

Right now, it is just fsx, slight change to menu system, same performance etc. it's the potential that is interesting.

[jeff_w_YEG]

This looks pretty good...I might have to give it a try.

Jeff @ YYC

[FSXman]

If it is an FSX that works stable, has developer support and potential for upgrades, bug fixes and improvements...I'm sold.....downloading now

[SwitchFX]

I couldn't wait for those silly videos to load so I headed over to YouTube. I think I'm in love. With the game, of course. It's amazing.

[divemaster08]

Just a request here but any 1 else got this yet? Any issues your experiencing with it with any compatibility issues?

[Sharpy59]

Only issue i've had is not getting my license for the sim reset after i got my new pc.... i e-mailed their licensing department 4 times over the past month and PM'd staff on their forums, all met with no reply what so ever and no reset license :/ so I am unable to play it unfortunately.

[divemaster08]

well that sucks.

However do you find that all your addons work? are they easily transferable?

[FSXman]

I did install Prepar3D after I seen that Flightsim Estonia released a new tool that takes all of the guesswork out of installing my FSX addons, both payware and freeware, including EZCA/TrackIR, Carenado, Flight1, sceneries by Orbx and Aerosoft.
I haven't installed the NGX yet, but others have without any problems.  
They will be releasing an update soon that will remove some problems using registered versions of FSUIPC, then I will install the NGX into Prepar3D.
The tool is called FSX to Prepar3D Migrator and it only costs around $12.  Well worth it and their support is great.

FSX2P3D Migrator

I just got an email that says that Flightsim Estonia has updated FSX2P3D Migrator to fix the problems with FSUIPC.  Like I say, their support is great.  

Edited by FSXman, 09 May 2012 - 09:40 PM.

[fsxnate]

can I get some feed boack if its a good idea to be purchasing it for "potential"? if not should I wait until I see the potential?.  In terms of potential i'm talking about performance increase.  I'm convinced enough the compatibility for the PMDG aircraft seems promising, it is the performance that I'm willing to dish out on.  Let me know!

[FSXman]

I just started using it, but I don't see a great improvement over FSX.  The potential for P3D is great since LM is actively working on it, so I'm going to stick with it.
I had FSX tuned pretty good until I installed some crappy addons that corrupted it and I had to uninstall it.  I almost never got OOM errors with FSX, but I'm getting them after 30 minutes of flying with P3D.
Granted, I have some tuning up to do with P3D, but right now I don't see the improvement over FSX.

[divemaster08]

All you Prepar3d dudes, got another Q for ya.

Is this coded from Acceleration pack? Or just FSX? Been watching carrier landings and now wanna try them again but don't want to install Acel as its will mess with many products.

[tomdoc]

Hi All,

does prepar3d have all the extras like fsx in terms of the following

1. active jetways
2. moving trucks ect at defult airports and well as add on aircraft
3. AES support

cheers

Tom

[Mumbles]

tomdoc, on 24 May 2012 - 03:06 AM, said:

Hi All,

does prepar3d have all the extras like fsx in terms of the following

1. active jetways
2. moving trucks ect at defult airports and well as add on aircraft
3. AES support

cheers

Tom

I think they removed all the moving crap like that. P3D is meant to be a training ad, not a flight sim for people to play pretend pilot in so I am betting they removed it. AES might work though, and I think GSX was made for P3D and FSX.

[Capt_Gabe]

I just bought the Academic version, and while I agree with the comments about future hope etc, I have to say I'm very disappointed with it out of the box, its not much different from FSX, my performance is rotten (6-12 FPS in the default startup flight, ok, I may be able to get that better when I get some time to doodle), theres only a few aircraft, the scenery looks like default FSX, it reminds me of my first FSX install experience so I'm going to the pub now to get over that.

[Drak]

I have to agree with Gabe here.
Performance is extremely poor (had to put settings LOWER than FSX on DX10 to get anything resembling decent FPS), calling up ATC destroys all antialiasing, ATC window isn't transparent, ATC window eats up all keystrokes, not just relevant ones.

And this on my Core i-7, nvidia GTX680 machine.. I hope version 2.0 brings real improvements or someone can come up with some ways to make this faster.

[divemaster08]

Anyone with the academic copy able to get me a shot of the watermark to see what kind of size it is? Really want to think about this purchase again.

[Clutch Cargo]

The water mark is nothing more than the words 'Academic License'  and if you are in Window mode it is on the far right of the FS taskbar (the taskbar where you have drop-down lists such as Flights, Aircraft, World, etc, just like FSX).  So it is not even in the "play area" of the sim.  No obstuction whatsoever and the font size is the same as the taskbar choices.  A lot to do about nothing IMHO.

P3D is THE way to go guys.  For me it's good-bye to FSX.  The future of flight simming is P3D.  The future is here!

Edited by Clutch Cargo, 18 September 2012 - 12:56 PM.