Rodger Pettichord Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi all. One thing I'm running into with P3D4 is its inability to play well with others. Whatever else was true of my old FSX system, I could abuse it and it would keep on ticking. With P3D4, on the other hand, the system has frozen on me twice now as it rejected add-ons or simply ate itself. Thankfully, I have a great computer tech available, a man of infinite patience, but even he is beginning to wonder as we do our third re-install of system, scenery, and planes. To be honest, this experience is making me eagerly anticipate the new MSFS 2020 system. It will have its glitches, as we all know, but in theory I won't have to do a reinstall every six weeks. And that's all I have to say about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Do you have an overclocked CPU? Or memory O/C ? I've had that happen with V4 and reduced both a tad and it stopped doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBend91 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I use to have have CTD's and blue screen's of death with FSX , I can count on one hand any system crashes with P3D over the last couple of years . Very stable sim platform (P3D) IMHO ; I am sorry you are having issues Sir . Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Rodger, at least you have the reinstall thing down pat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Hi Rodger, I've had a few hard crashes with P3D v4.5 myself, even with a decent PC. No idea why but it's never causes a reinstall of everything! Sorry to hear it's been such a pain for you. I think something is going on in that PC of yours other than just P3D. Over clocked anything like Lawrence mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Goes back to the Technician tomorrow. I'll refer him to this thread. Thanks, folks, for thoughts and ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 7 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Goes back to the Technician tomorrow. I'll refer him to this thread. Thanks, folks, for thoughts and ideas. Rodger, maybe this helps This sounds a little like my story when I changed over to P3D about 10 month ago FSX use to crash and I put it down to OOM. Hence the change over to P3D . That Sim also crashed several times and then I did a complete reinstall. It still CTD . My hardware was pretty new and was set up for the task. The good lady from P3D was most helpful but could not solve the problem. So I called in the expert Technician. Check the Graphic card OK, checked the CPU, OK Checked the mother board, OK Checked the power supply , OK Checked the heat sink & heat output of the CPU , Not OK ! The technician then installed a AUD$ 50. hydraulic cooler system and the problem was solved . Since then, I did not had a single crash Keep faith in your tech guy he will find the fault Good luck Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Sorry to learn of your PC difficulties Roger. I went through similar frustrations with FSX a few years ago and learned those problems are enough to pull your hair out. In then end I solved mine by throwing money at it and getting a new PC built for me. I explained the problems to the tec guy, he gave me details of how to overcome them. I got a new PC with everything he suggested doubled! Cost a bomb and took forever to get everything back on even though most of it was on back-up discs but did the trick! Hope you get over yours soon mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hi Roger. I know the feeling well as we all have and yes hope your problems are solved soon and yes computers and Flt Sims can be a pain in the rear so to speak some times so let’s hope you get yours sorted soon. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveller Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hi Roger Pettichord, I know that talking without knowing the problem "in loco" is not wise ... But, anyway, I can say that I never reinstalled P3D. Of course it has its glitches, but with patience and constantly watching the issues presented on this site, I have allowed myself to go on ... doing my simulated flights. Do not give up! When you find an issue, present it here, we'll sort it out before going for a drastic solution to reinstall P3D. Anyway, I appreciate your mood ... Good simulated flights, buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Thanks, everyone. I'll get the computer back tomorrow. The tech did a full reinstall and made a backup. I'll start reinstalling ORBX and planes. Third time's a charm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriebe Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Look forward to seeing back online Rodger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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