Tim K Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hi all! The past weeks have been extremely exciting in the flight sim community! Like some of you, I am wondering which direction I want to go in the future. FSX has been my platform since it came out and I ran it on my old Dell Inspiron laptop getting 10 fps. Ha. The good old days, right? Since then, I have run it on 2 other computers and eventually got into addons and tweaking and like everyone else, began running into OOMs. Like the rest of you, I have been sacrificing beautiful scenery for virtual space and just waiting for a better option. Well, now, just in the past few weeks, many options have emerged. Aerofly. Flight Sim World. And now, P3d v4. I have reservations about Aerofly and Flight Sim World (topics for a different thread) and so, in the sense of exploring options, my question is this.... If I would decide to switch from FSX to P3d v4, could I install the beautiful sceneries I bought from ORBX for FSX into P3D v4? Or would I need to buy them again for P3D? To clarify, I have bought many great sceneries from ORBX for FSX. Would I need to buy them again for P3D v4 or would I be able to install my current ORBX sceneries into P3D v4 through FTX Central? Thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopperle Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 The first pinned topic in this forum gives you the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 On 2/20/2017 at 3:15 PM, John Venema said: I just wanted to reassure those with a sizeable investment in Orbx products for P3D that you won't be asked a penny more to upgrade. Yes, I saw that post. But my specific question is: Does this comment also apply to a switch from FSX to P3D v4 or just from P3D v3 to P3d v4? Based on John's post and based on the setup of FTX Central, I am assuming the sceneries I bought and installed in FSX would also install into P3D v4 without having to buy them again, but I just want to make sure that his comments also apply to a platform switch from FSX to P3D v4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 You won't have to pay to move from FSX to P3Dv4. You *will* need to re-download everything again since the products are built differently for P3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, John Venema said: You won't have to pay to move from FSX to P3Dv4. You *will* need to re-download everything again since the products are built differently for P3D. Thanks for clarifying John! That was what I figured, but wanted to make sure! I LOVE ORBX sceneries but I also wanted to think about possible future investments before deciding on a direction. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARKH55 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 this is great news i plan on moving on from fsx steam and get p3dv4 now I know I can buy more scenery with the sale and not have to pay for it again hope fully the redownload wont be a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Hi Tim, I'm like you, tweaking my rig for FSX for years, and to be honest, OOM where not bad at all except lately. But I had it. For 90$ or around for AF2 (complete), what you get for you money is out of this world period. I'm on a somewhat budget and a full new rig is out of the question (well let's wait and see) for now, since I thought that AF2 would be hard to run I uploaded a few thing on my old 2600K (OC at 4.4) rig. But to be honest I didn't have to do so because it made no big difference. Again, I will also move to P3D V4 but the minimum spec are not out yet. So anyone with a fairly good old rig can run AF2 easily. What I did in the past 2 week: -upgrade my GPU to a 1060 6G (from a 590 1.3 G) -Added RAM (16) -Bought WIN10 (fresh install) -Bought a 500 gig SSD drive and a second 3TB HD -New 1000W power supply and new transportable case, yes because I can't download big file from home. For now nothing convince me of buying a 7600K for 450$ or around + new mobo + new DDR4 (750$) I just finished up my new install yesterday and there is no FSX on it... for now AF2 run in the 100FPS in most area. I said 100FPS And like 50 wile filming with Bandicam... 50FPS wile recording As smooth as silk I have to had a last thing, being a real pilot the feel of the small plane in AF2 is out of this world, the take off, landing, constant trimming is exactly how a plane feel for real. Voila, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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