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    Finally Got My Joystick Working

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Cathy.

     

    very pleased for you that you've won. I don't know how, so you better go straight down the bookies!

     

    I enjoy the solid feel of X-56 as a flight instrument, hope you do too. 

     

    Please note that in my reply to your original post, I've put my specs as including Windows 11. So that works for me on my PC system. Maybe for you, but maybe not. Only an IT expert can answer that'n, taking into account your system details/compatibilities, updates etc. Very occasionally I get problems with NVIDIA driver updates, and then roll back one until a very new driver is available. With P3D, I've learned the start-up must be with one of their default planes and not a 3rd party plane e.g. A2A Bonanza, then it goes doolally; once loaded then I select my 3rd party plane.

     

    Get yer filling sorted and lay off the nougat and seaside stick of candy rock

     

    Rod

    EGBB gusty and April showers here

     

     

     

     

     

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    Mega Joystick Issues

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Cathy

     

    I'm replying with attachments. That's all I have to offer you. My HOTAS X56 works perfectly, no regrets, with a really nice "solid" feel (stick is a bit stiff to twist so choose the blue spring).

     

    I'm not at all technical, but if other people take the risk and offer you stuff then your solution may appear. You will succeed!

     

    I might have to send other messages if I exceed file size limit. Also have you downloaded got the PDF from Logitech 'X56 User Guide'?

    reconfiguring X56 for p3d.docx X-56 throttle settings.docx X-56 throttle set lights.docx

    Happy Saint P3DV6'S day

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Anna C, Nick C, Iain E., Wain and ALL you Sim Pilots

     

    Happy Saint Paddy's for Sunday. 

    (I've always got my card in sweaty mits ready for Orbx scenery for the excellent P3Dv6)

     

    Keep on doin' your stuff, you Orbx folks. THANK YOU, as always.

     

         \

    SLAINTE MHATH !

     

     

     

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    Logitech X56

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Fellow Simulator Pilots, 

    re x56 Joystick (and therefore the range of other controllers)

    a couple of things

    1. above, I've mistakenly recommended the GREEN spring. In correction, I now recommend fitting the smallest, BLUE spring. With blue, ground steering is easier and more responsive, less twist-force needed

    2. especially for the tall x56 joystick (and also the shorter throttle), I recommend, if your seat allows, to raise the seat-arms and keep your ELBOWS GROUNDED on the seat arms. I believe I've developed painful muscle/tendon strain by keeping my arms held in mid-air for, say, hour-plus flying

     

    Cheers,

    Rod

    EGBB

     

     

    Logitech X56

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Hi Matt

    and more!

    I've allocated the TGL buttons on the right side of X-56 throttle for LIGHTS. As attached. I might chose to use 'em or just use mouse to click on aircraft switches. As you see from the attached, this worked neatly for MSFS but for P3D only 2 buttons/light settings were applicable (tho it's still handy to flick the landing lights with TGL 2)

     

    Rod

    EGBB maybe I shouldn't have put that tenner on Wolverhampton Wanderers ("Wolves")

    X-56 throttle set lights.docx

    Logitech X56

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Hi Matt

    so I've made myself a small memory aid (laminated card size), I need it these days, of my throttle settings; put card down on back of X-56 throttle. I've made it cos the small differences for P3D and MSFS might confuse me.

    (I haven't made reference to keyboard in these posts cos I don't fell like using it for flight sim)

     

    Rod

    EGBB blue sky, mow lawn, storms, beer, beer etc

    X-56 throttle settings.docx

    Logitech X56

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Hi Matt

    so I followed above helpful video and I've reset my x-56 throttle axes and buttons for MSFS to be very similar to my 'profile' above re P3D; except I couldn't find a control to allocate to propellor (increase 'n decrease), so I'll just use my mouse to drag the prop up 'n down.

    Bonus, for ease and consistency with P3D,  I've changed my button on the X-56 stick, for MSFS, so that the trigger (button 1) is the brake  instead of button 5 at the base and back of stick.

    Hope all of this is of interest.

     

    Rod

    EGBB

    Logitech X56

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted · Edited by rod321
    added a word for meaning

    Matt

    I'm fairly low tech, but I know your thread is important; cos I have recently bought the excellent X-56 myself. Nice and chunky. Why fly an aeroplane with thumbs on tiny Xbox buttons? I'm sorry not to answer your Q tho' I think my reply is relevant.

    My settings FOR P3D (v5.4 & v6) (I prefer the green spring on the joystick). For the throttle I've physically separated the 2 levers, on AXIS ASSIGNMENTS I've made the Y-axis  for the throttle (the right hand lever), and the X-axis for the mixture, and the wheel (button 2) on top of the throttle, is the Z-axis for the elevator trim. For KEY ASSIGNMENTS, the wheel (buttons 30/31), on top of the mixture lever is for propellor , I've selected the front set of buttons as button 6/7 for parking brake, button 8 for gear up/down, (button 9 for views), button 10/11 for flaps retracted/extended.

    As to MSFS , I found everything over-reactive "twitchy"/chaotic. so I'm experimenting. I cannot explain "why" but things seem much more stable after I went into controls\throttle\sensitivity and then in the sensitivity section window I moved the slider to 0% so that the S-curves turned into straight lines.

    Just like you, Matt, my next step is to try and impose the above X-56 throttle settings/buttons for P3D onto MSFS: so I don't get confused with different arrangements and because my settings/buttons above seem intuitively correct to me.

    Dizzying stuff!

    Good luck

     

    Rod 

    EGBB

    v6 support prepar3d

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Great news George; thousands of 'takers' by the looks of it. I've copied 'n pasted a recent post I made on Avsim\P3D Addon Compatibility List.

     

    Hi CO2Neutral

    bloomin' well said, sir! I concur, and I bet so do a good chunk of the 34,000 viewers of this thread. With simming, looks ain't everything. It's got to fly good!

    Flying P3D v6 (and v5) is stable, controllable and immersive. You nearly always get to your destination, without drama. P3D v6 default scenery is hugely improved.

    MSFS  feels, TO ME, like cycling to the shops on a narrow, winding and busy pavement ON A PENNY-FARTHING! (careful with the spelling). Precarious but I will continue to give a go, too.(MSFS is extremely visually appealing).

    I definitely agree, CO2Neutral, Lockheed Martin P3D v6 (and v5) is not dead. Very much alive, so please don't bin it or put into deep freeze. 

    Most importantly, we all need detailed and realistic airports, please dear Anna Cicognani at Orbx etc.

    And much better quality aircraft compared to the defaults. Though copying over A2A's fleet is a great start (needing a tweak, please star Scott Gentile and team. And Carenado/Alabeo Golden Eagle C421 and Diamond DA-62 work very well (after their patch/fix is applied)

    Q. To cut to the chase, I would very much like to know if anyone has actually tried installing/running Vertx DA-62 (for P3D v4) into P3D v6? I know it doesn't work, without dark-arts and trickery, in P3D v5. I'll wait for replies to this question, and then I'll swig some ale for Dutch courage, and have a go myself (assuming I cannot damage my sim (?). Sean Maloney's version was ace (just like his RealAir Beechcraft Turbo Duke which works fantastically in P3D v6, though just for those who originally bought it many moons ago.

    Rod

    EGBB hot, too hot, beer in fridge for later or sooner) 

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    P3D v6 patch 3 released

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Aussie123

    MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: "Is it possible that Matildas play Lionesses in the final?

     

    Back to the humdrum. I've got great news, and hope robpol471 is listening. The planes lights do light up the cockpit and panel (in a really convincing effect that is not over-bright) as long as the window Time&Season\Time of Day does not read "DUSK" or "DAWN". In the dawn condition with a dark cockpit, internal lights ON, if you adjust time back a just a little till it reads "NIGHT" then, hey presto, we have illumination. Ditto, in the .dusk condition, if you adjust time forward till "NIGHT" then again the internal lights have effect.

    So this is also a work-around and the status quo is a tad better than my previous post. With P3Dv6 you CAN have NIGHT flights also. (As long as you get back before DUSK, when the stage-coach turns back to a pumpkin).

    When I had updated the P3Dv6, yes, I deleted 2 things:

    C : \ Users\User\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\P3Dv6\Shaders (folder)

    and

    C : \Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\P3Dv6\CFG (file)

     

    But Aussie123, you've asked us "did we delete the TWO shader folders?" As you see I've deleted one  SHADERS folder. What is the other one?

     

    Please don't tell anyone about my Colombia bet (or my Japan bet)!

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    P3D v6 patch 3 released

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi robpol471 

     

    absolutely the same; drats, double drats and triple drats!!! We are not alone. Hundreds of us, with v6, cannot get into a plane and fly at dawn, dusk and night. VERY EMBARASSING. That is kind of OK with me, because I still genuinely enjoy (daytime) P3D flights, even though I've got a limited and impaired set of planes (except resurrected Real Air Turbo DukeV2) and no 3rd party (airport) scenery. 

    It's not really as comical as this reads.

    Yet, I still have faith that things will improve. Logically, it "can only get better". C'mon LM, communicate to us real people! Where's the replies in the P3D forum? Where's the replies in ........

    And I am enjoying flight simulation, potentially times 3; I've got P3Dv5.4. P3Dv6, MSFS 2020. (Wow!)

    Rod

    EGBB later today, england women v colombia (for whom I'm sittin' on £5 @ 40/1 to take world soccer title), another (exciting) dilemma for me

    P3D v6 patch 3 released

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    thanks for the heads-up robpol471.

    I'll race you there; loser buys the pints!

     

    Hoping that, after new installation,  I'll be able see around the aircraft cockpit and panel at all time of the day and night (instead of groping around in the dark)

     

    Rod

    EGBB beer-night tonight

    P3Dv5&v6 PLUS MSFS on same C: drive?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by rod321

    Here's a follow-along for you fellow Sim Pilots. Please excuse my waffle, I'll try to edit and get to the chase. YES, MSFS does indeed run perfectly on the same C : drive as my P3Dv5 AND P3Dv6.

    Any flight simulator will always be a representation (Nick Cooper's insight) of reality rather than a clone of reality at the time and environmental conditions of that snap-shot. MSFS does a great job, and I am very interested in keeping at it. P3D also does a really satisfying job too e.g. when displaying Orbx region plus excellent airports. I feel greater control with P3D (using mouse and X52 joystick), so I am having more successful, incident-free flights. I will definitely not bin my enjoyable P3D simulators for years to come. Likewise, I will continue to practise and enjoy the more sophisticated  and better visual quality MSFS. 

    Still hoping for the full range of Orbx scenery (regions and loads of airports) for the new generation P3Dv6. Said plastic card needs prising from cobwebs and sending Orbx plenty plenty dosh. Another reason to keep with P3D is that I don't think A2A are going to quickly make their classics and warbird fleet available for MSFS. LM's small aircraft are crude, so I'm keen to get my mits on good-lookers for P3Dv6. Lo and behold, Real Air's fantastic Beechcraft Turbine Duke V2 for FSX can be resurrected and runs in P3D V6 (I think only for people who previously bought it, several years ago). Miracles can happen.

    Rob Abernathy was absolutely on the ball about memory-saving by file storage (Orbx Libraries) in the D :drive so protecting the 3 growing C : drive simulators.  A consequence of all this is that I have an external back-up E :drive (USB into the PC) of just 1TB which is now bubbling up to the brim. All my PC concerns have been dealt with my accessible Midlands Computers, Telford, who built my super high-end PC.  So, come Monday, they will remotely configure a new 4 TB external back-up dive for my 2 PC drives.  Sorted! 

    Happy flying folks and thanks again to Rob Abernathy.

    P3Dv5&v6 PLUS MSFS on same C: drive?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Many thanks, for taking time to reply to this twit.

     

    Acted straightaway on your advice and found highly reliable instructions left by Nick Cooper on a post, as how to move an Orbx Library (and scenery contents) to another location; in my case D : drive.

    Rob, you've saved my C:drive 175 GB !!!

    Just goes to show how impressed I am with Orbx, and will keenly remain so for years to come (definitely for P3Dv5 AND v6 products; and after your reassurance, probably for MSFS)

     

    You've given me confidence and that is a much appreciated gift

    Rod

    EGBB raising  my glass of ale to you, Sir

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    P3Dv5&v6 PLUS MSFS on same C: drive?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Getting ready to do more Orbx shopping, when my favourite targets (hopefully soon) become available.

    Up to now on recent posts, I've been waffling (sorry) about P3D and MSFS as if they are mutually exclusive. Maybe they are not. I honestly don't know! So I bet you folks will have experience to answer this:

    QUESTION: Is it feasible/possible to run MSFS from the same C : Drive, if that same C : Drive also has P3D (V5 &/or V6) installed (but not actively running); and vice versa?

     

    Treating like they are 2 completely different "games", obviously I'm not thinking of running then simultaneously nor linking/bridging them in any way.

    My SSD C : Drive has the two P3Ds installed and yet still has over 1TB FREE. Please take it that I have a very good medium-to-high end set up (Win 11, 32GB RAM, RTX 3090, i7-12700)

    BUT please assume I'm low tech in me noddle

    And I've put this in 'general discussion' because it applies to your different sections below.

    Rod

    EGBB the lionesses are knockin' in goals

    PS don't tell anyone my 8/1 bet Japan to take title

    P3D V6

    in Prepar3D

    Posted

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Hi professionals and fellow simmers

    After this morning's flight I'm a very happy boy and so I want and must put things in context, give credit where credit is most definitely due and to show my good motive (following the above post)

    (With PC and X52 controller stick) I've just flown P3DV5.4 fabulous (pre-sim2.0) Comanche 250 with full atmospheric Orbx scenery Southampton EGHI to channel islands Alderney EGJA (with sounds of wave a-crashin' and seabirds a-screechin), at the solice of dawn and not-so-blue, typical weather Orbx 7).

    Today's fab experience and real pleasure is totally due to the years or labour by Scott, Lewis, Nick et al and Anna Cicognani et al at Orbx.

    Obviously, with trust and loyalty to the super team at LM P3D, I want to keep P3D v5.4 (for years to come) AND keep up to date withP3D v6 and beyond. (Without need to be lured into a video game platform).

    Thank you folks.

    Rod
    EGBB and egg and mayo sandwich
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    Zingier Airman Basic Posts: 8 Joined: 20 Jul 2023 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    P3D is dead, sorry, it's not just a2a who won't update for it, pretty much all developers have said NO.
    The new Comanche flies absolutely amazing, better than the last one, in a sim environment that is astounding.
    A2A is right for not wasting resources to update their aircraft for a platform where like only 5 stubborn people remain.
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    rod321 Staff Sergeant Posts: 251 Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Location: Birmingham, England

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Hi Zingler
    thanks for your "sorry" and I'm delighted for you that your flight sim experience is astounding.

    Yup, I might be typical of the P3D'ers, super stubborn.

    What do you think of the pre-sim 2.0 set of A2A planes Bonanza, Comanche, Texan T6, Cherokee, Spitfire?

    What's a typical MSFS'er?

    Rod
    now enjoying KLAX (impressive FSDT airport+ atmospheric Orbx Cal region)
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    bullfox Technical Sergeant Posts: 889 Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Orbx has said it is updating to P3Dv6.
    Ryzen 7 5800X3D liquid cooled, OC to 4.5 ghz, Radeon XFX 6900XT Black edition, 2 tb M2 drive, 32 gb ddr4 ram, Asus Hero Crosshair VIII mother board, and some other stuff I forget exactly what.
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    rod321 Staff Sergeant Posts: 251 Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Location: Birmingham, England

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Hi bullfox ....... and other "stubborn " ones.
    I'm guessing you've been sim flying 25 years plus, deserted and badly let down by slippery Microsoft in the noughties and been loyal and served well by highly reliable LM P3D for the last decade plus. With LM, I feel I've been progressing and each new P3D version is a thrilling pinnacle in my life-long path.

    So, for a huge chunk of my life-time, an O.A.P. and NHS retiree, I've been equally thrilled with my investment in A2A. Over other publishers, I near exclusively (STILL) use my A2A fleet and will continue so, for my stay here.

    And how fantastic I think Scott's videos are pre-2.0 Comanche 250 and Texan T6. I still watch 'em every now and again. They're in my premier league with e.g. with Travelling Willburys videos etc. etc.

    You are right, bullfox, to post that wonderful Anna Cicognani of Orbx has promised P3D v6 updates (and I'm praying for more; personally I'd like Birmingham airport, Cork, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Cologne).

    Here's to stubbornly progressing, resisting disappointment, chin up!

    And having faith in the good'ns, the 'leaders in this field'; that is A2A

    Rod
    EGBB better get out there mow lawn before precipitation "pi.xxxxx.es down", escape and fly A2A later on, maybe around Los Angeles or Edinburgh to Dundee.
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    Zingier Airman Basic Posts: 8 Joined: 20 Jul 2023 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Okay, I'm very happy with what the present and the future holds, flying the Comanche in msfs2020, is the best simming experience I have ever had,all I'm missing is the smell of Avgas and g-forces.
    The last time I flew in p3d I felt like going through a time tunnel back to 2010, it is so outdated, it still reeks so much of fsx, there is no loyalty in reselling the same product full price 6 times, and at the end product still has no good camera system, no sloped runways, navaids are outdated, and you have to search the internet just to have matching VOR and ILSs frequency, what made p3d good were the add-ons, you basically had to replace everything default, ground textures with Orbx, cameras with chase plane, weather with active sky and etc. Now with almost all great developers shifting away from it, what's left?
    I'm sure p3d will still have its uses for whatever military purposes Lockheed uses it, but for the general consumer market, it is pretty much dead.
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    Zingier Airman Basic Posts: 8 Joined: 20 Jul 2023 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    And expecting A2A to update for it is just unrealistic, you can like it as much as you want, but you can't deny that almost all of p3d user base has shifted to Msfs, the market for p3d is stale, while for Msfs is bubbling with not only old p3d users( like myself by the way), xplane users, and newcomers, not only that, but A2A is much less limited in this new platform, because they have access to the new technologies and aren't bound by old outdated software, just look how much better the textures in the new Comanche are. I simply think you are missing out on much, but hey, each to their own.
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    rod321 Staff Sergeant Posts: 251 Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Location: Birmingham, England

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Hi Zingler

    thank you for taking time to describe things in detail. I applaud you and think these are superb and educative posts! Not quite 10 out of 10, though! You omitted to answer my question and say what you thought and rate about the pre-2.0 fleet of A2A planes: Spitfire, T6 Texan, Bonanza, Cherokee and Comanche etc

    Even though I'm really sat in cloudy Birmingham GB, I've just "flown" out of (FSDT) Los Angeles KLAX, designed for P3DV5 AND P3Dv6, and south along the coast at a couple of thousand feet and then used ATC to fussily give me a runway. But, blow it, what I cannot deny is how much I've been immersed and enjoyed this. So I cannot join in and rubbish my experience and flight simulation hardware and software. I totally accept that what I'm enjoying is MERELY A FAIRY GOOD REPRESENTATION; not an excellent copy of reality, a fickle dynamic thing too; even somewhat subjective after our ape brains have processed it, hence "the human touch", amateurish.

    I am using what I have collected and actually possess RIGHT NOW. I am stubborn and resilient. I will not bin these classic and super A2A P3D planes (pre-2.0) and the intricate art of soon-to-be-updated Orbx scenery. (I will not bin my fascinating and evocative collection of 400 years of clay pipes. I will not give up with my fun attempts to REPRESENT 1960s and 1970s music.)

    Good luck in your pursuit of excellence in flight simulation; with the frustration that "fickleness" inevitably brings. I wish you enjoyment, Zingler. I look forward to reading and learning more about my hero's at A2A and MSFS and learning more about aircraft and flying (mostly GA).

    Rod
    EGBB off to represent a fairly good lamb curry, albeit not the excellent authentic dish. But first, this OAP will belt out on my beautiful old guitar and cackle and wail along to my representation of Small Faces 'Lazy Sunday' (even though it's Saturday in reality).
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    bullfox Technical Sergeant Posts: 889 Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    I mostly flight sim in the winter. In the rest of the year I have outdoor things to keep me occupied. Which is lucky this summe since it gives me time for P#D6 and the Comanche to get the bugs worked out befor I plung in. I tried Xplane 10 or 11 or 12 or what ever it is but did not seem much of the point. My plan is later this year to update to P3D6 and venture into MSFS

    Right now I'm busy with astrophotography, RC flying, and Gaarden Railroading. I also follow politics closely. Another of my hobbies which is lots of fun.
    Ryzen 7 5800X3D liquid cooled, OC to 4.5 ghz, Radeon XFX 6900XT Black edition, 2 tb M2 drive, 32 gb ddr4 ram, Asus Hero Crosshair VIII mother board, and some other stuff I forget exactly what.
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    rod321 Staff Sergeant Posts: 251 Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Location: Birmingham, England

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Wow, bullfox. Wow! How very, very interesting and great fun AND you've got a balance with indoors, outdoors, our planet's ground and atmosphere and outer space, summer and winter.

    And I'm thinking much the same as you; keep flying P3D (v5 AND v6) waiting for updates/fixes. And I will continue with LM for my stay on this 'ere planet

    AND (ZINGLER'S EARS A-BURNIN'), pension permitting, another PC for MSFS (as well as P3D!) or adapting my current machine. I'll have to take advice from my experts at Midlands Computers, Telford. But where to put another PC in my 6'x8' office? And I don't want to fanny-around with a second monitor or X-BOX (whatever that is) and youngsters gaming environment controls, menus etc. But it all sounds like an expensive OTT hassle, for this old git who hasn't even got and definitely doesn't want a mobile phone because the world would constantly bother me with their own agenda, disturbing my concentration, and wasting my precious time. (I would have the mobile turned OFF all the time! I've noticed mid-chat that people look down to answer their mobile, then I just walk away, insulted!)

    Best wishes to you both

    Rod EGBB
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    bullfox Technical Sergeant Posts: 889 Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Contact: 

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    The only hobby I have that doesn't requre chagring batteries is flight simming. Every other hobby, including following politics (the laptop) requires charging batteries. I get older. I have to double check all the batteries to be sure thay are charged. Seems like to a great extent now days we are slaves to batteries.
    Ryzen 7 5800X3D liquid cooled, OC to 4.5 ghz, Radeon XFX 6900XT Black edition, 2 tb M2 drive, 32 gb ddr4 ram, Asus Hero Crosshair VIII mother board, and some other stuff I forget exactly what.
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    rod321 Staff Sergeant Posts: 251 Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Location: Birmingham, England

    Re: P3Dv6

     

    Hiya Bullfox, Zingler and all,

    thanks Bullfox for taking the time to step forward with your posts. I don't feel so negated. Please keep checkin' those batteries! It's bloomin' worth it! Though don't bother chargin' the mobile phone!!

    So, all charged up with P3Dv5, I've just taken off IFR, pre-2.0 Comanche from Edinburgh EGPH at 5.30 am, Orbx7 dimmer weather, and landed Dundee EGPN (Orbx Scotland Region and Airports). That was really wonderful! There's no way that I would ever bin LM P3Dv5 or P3Dv6 (with even more potential)!! If YOU, dear reader, have a spare hour and fly the same flight then I believe many, many of you would agree with this. Don't bin P3D! And Anna Cicognani's Orbx is astounding! All great REPRESENTATION of flight (thanks to Orbx's Nick Cooper's analysis).

    (Of course, feel free to splash to the cash on hardware, redesigning your set-up, to investigate the pro's and cons (surely) of MSFS; with it's superior Comanche and a range of aspects. Which I might just do, if I think can mustering the funds and resources justifies it)

    From an ethical/humanitarian stand, "everyone should get flows of dosh for labour and end-product". I have absolutely no problem, even pleasure, in buying any version of P3D. Each version is a distinct stand-alone flight simulator. Of course, one SHOULD pay for each version. It would be downright mean and stupid to assert otherwise. And with that logic, I happily accept and offer to buy Sim 2.0 (etc) Comanche 250 as if it were a completely new product! Of course it is! Got my plastic card in sweaty mits and ready to buy, for aircraft/s compatible with P3D v6. And ditto, for buying all Orbx scenery Global, Regional and Airports to fit P3D v6.

    When you see how wonderful Orbx products are for P3D v5 why wouldn't one buy 'em. They are new products. Software, just a few £10's each compared to a few £thousands for new hardware. All relatively excellent value compared to the cost of an extra PC (or a disastrous and wasted holiday to the fires in the Mediterranean. Wishing your recovery, folks)

    Rod
    EGBB great times for flight sim
     

    Orbx Central for P3Dv6?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by rod321
    grammar

    Many, many thanks Anna,

     

    you're a star, so you are!

     

    Thank you for not forgetting us loyal P3D-ers.

     

    Oxbx Global, Regional AND AIRPORTS are unmatchable, fantastic and great value for money. They work perfectly, so atmospheric and immersive, on P3Dv5 and so I look forward to fully enjoying take off, cruise and landing for P3Dv6 (and beyond, as Buzz Lightyear puts it). 

     

    I promise you my loyalty  and a certain plastic card

     

    As Frank Ifield sings "I remember you. You're the one that made my dreams come true!". Maybe, Anna, you can suss that I'm a smidgen happy after reading your generous post.

     

    No longer gloomy 'ol,

    Rod

     

    PS c'mon ye Lionesses ..................c'mon ye Matildas

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    Orbx Central for P3Dv6?

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    But then again, if you were a sporting person in Aussie, what would be your immediate priority, tweaking Orbx products for P3Dv6, after they've been so satisfying in v5.4, OR spectating the Women's World Cup? 

     

    P3Dv5.4. works fantastically, from my PC and X52 Pro stick,  in terms of performance, reliability, mostly Orbx scenery and functioning of my set of A2A planes (plus Diamond DA-62 and Golden Eagle C421).

     

    I'm keeping my long-term loyalty with LM AND I think it's a superb thing for flight simulation that A2A has launched Comanche 250 with Accu-Sim 2.0 on the microsoft video games platform and controller. 

     

    Patiently, also loyal and trusting Orbx.

     

    Rod

    EGBB Aston Villa fan but please don't tell my Birmingham City neighbours

     

     

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    Orbx Central for P3Dv6?

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    G'day Walter, craigeaglefire and ReinFlight

     

    Many thanks for heads-up on SODE which I've now updated and registered on both v5 and v6.

     

    Great job for standing up and stepping forward and merely asking for a bit of top-down communication. I don't think that's an unreasonable request after our several £100's over several years near-exclusive LOYALTY.

     

    Now retired and sort-of recovered from 34 years NHS service, I was very familiar and resilient (being a Viking!) to being blanked out, cold-shouldered by senior managers for being individualist, and strong-minded, evidence-based practice.  Surely I wont see that in the flight sim world too; whether it's by leading producers of the best aircraft and scenery. Surely not!

     

    Rod

    EGBB right, back to me steak pie and veggies plus butter 'n salt

     

    PS I must declare I've always had great support from Nick Cooper

     

    Orbx Central for P3Dv6?

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    G'day Walter, craigeaglefire and ReinFlight

     

    Many thanks for heads-up on SODE which I've now updated and registered on both v5 and v6.

     

    Great job for standing up and stepping forward and merely asking for a bit of top-down communication. I don't think that's an unreasonable request after our several £100's over several years near-exclusive LOYALTY.

     

    Now retired and sort-of recovered from 34 years NHS service, I was very familiar and resilient (being a Viking!) to being blanked out, cold-shouldered by senior managers for being individualist, and strong-minded, with evidence.  Surely I wont see that in the flight sim world too; whether it's by leading producers of the best aircraft and scenery. Surely not!

     

    Rod

    EGBB right, back to me steak pie and veggies plus butter 'n salt

     

    PS I must declare I've always had great support from Nick Cooper

     

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