John Venema Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 For DVD products Ed will be updating the migration tool for P3D2. The only requirement is that you have our addons installed in FSX first so they can be migrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holi Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks John, I hope it is valid for P3D v1.4 as well.....I will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 For DVD products Ed will be updating the migration tool for P3D2. The only requirement is that you have our addons installed in FSX first so they can be migrated. Sorry to bother: Does that also work for the download versions installed in FSX? In that case we could use the (unchanged) FSX/P3D-version of the Orbx-add-ons in P3D 2.0 until the updated versions are provided. That would be fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Watson Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Will the problem of FTX night light where they are always visable, even with zero visability at night, be fixed in P3D, I really miss CAT III landings at night in fog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks for the Head up, no need at all to buy on release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenicoll Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Excellent update.. Thank you very much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 There may be some small upgrade fees applicable if a developer decides to embark on a "Version 2.0" upgrade. To be clear, Orbx does not charge for 1.x upgrades, only 2.x upgrades. Depending on the number of hours required to update an airport, there may be a small upgrade fee. That really is up to each developer and the number of hours they devote to the upgrade. Also be aware that the photoreal ground imagery will double in size inside the airport fence if a "non-shadow" version is added. Wouldn't mind paying upgrade fees but have you considered making products that only works with P3Dv2? Or is it too early asking for that...maybe in a few years when most people have migrated.. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 For DVD products Ed will be updating the migration tool for P3D2. The only requirement is that you have our addons installed in FSX first so they can be migrated. Thanks for this John I'm looking forward to that tool as a good number of my Orbx packages are on DVD. The thing is after the migration I'll still have FSX on my system which I will then want to remove from my PC ......so...will the migration tool provide me with an FSX removal option so that in the end I'll only have P3D2 on my system? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrat Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Thanks for the info John. Is there a chance of having a 'sticky' somewhere that lists all the products that are ready for P3D2? It'll just mean updating it when a new P3D2 region/airport becomes available. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonchie Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 For DVD products Ed will be updating the migration tool for P3D2. The only requirement is that you have our addons installed in FSX first so they can be migrated. Any possibility Ed could provide instructions on how to setup dummy folders if we no longer have FSX installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Hello everyone, I've been reading various websites, forums, blogs and generally absorbing the "buzz" around the imminent release of Prepar3D 2.0 (P3D2), and I feel it is important for us as a company to set expectations for our customers about the level of compatibility of our very large library of products. Regions All our regions will be compatible, but they will require new installers to firstly get their patch level consolidated to current versions, and then to add P3D2 option to the installer to make them FSX/P3D1/P3D2 ready. We will make these region installers a priority. Concurrent to that we are now adding the FTX Global 3D lighting and improved performance to all our regions. For example, many customers are now able to experience YMML at 30FPS with autogen maxxed using this new tech, so we won't be making new consolidated installers until each region has the new lighting installed. So please bear that in mind - this is a process that will take some months, please don't expect all our regions to be instantly upgraded and P3D2 ready when Lockheed release the new sim. AU SP4 has been done, and NZ North/South is next, followed by PNW. ... Yours in updates Will there also be P3D V2 specific fine tuning in the updates? For example the number of autogen could likely be increase due to the new DX11 capabilities, right? I would love to fly over PNW, PFJ and SAK with even more autogen trees than there are today. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vora Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Will there also be P3D V2 specific fine tuning in the updates? For example the number of autogen could likely be increase due to the new DX11 capabilities, right? I would love to fly over PNW, PFJ and SAK with even more autogen trees than there are today. Just a thought. The number of autogen trees per cell has always been a global variable you could set in FSX.cfg. Since that is a global thing I don't think that it can be done per FTX region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The number of autogen trees per cell has always been a global variable you could set in FSX.cfg. Since that is a global thing I don't think that it can be done per FTX region. My understanding is that the number in the FSX.cfg is only the upmost limit of such trees. It remains a decision of the developer how dense they "seed" the trees in one specific place. But I may be wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 "FTX Global We will make a new FTX Global installer which is FSX/P3D1/P3D2 ready. We have already got this working during P3D2 testing so we'll ensure that is a priority for the release so at least you have a base level of Orbx available for P3D2." If I buy Global over the weekend and then get the 1.1 patch come Monday I will need to run this new installer first then and it will begin from there? Is this coming out over this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Also will it be possible to install my old YMML etc, Aus airports on Monday with just global installed. What would I need to install them, I'am new to global so forgive me. Will they work with global and v2. I don't mind them not being perfect as long as there in and working is all I ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Hi Dave, I just check the FSS and FTXG is "V2 ready" now. So simply download and go flying the new world on Monday . Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thank you very much Till I've just looked and now the Question is do you need the 1.1 patch or is that a new full up to date version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLonger Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thank you very much Till I've just looked and now the Question is do you need the 1.1 patch or is that a new full up to date version? The new version is called 110 so it's P3D 2.0 ready AND it has the 1.1 patch build in. EDIT My advice: wait until somewhere this week until you download the updated installer. Last week I downloaded the old installer (thinking only the installer exe would be updated) and I had it downloaded in 10 minutes. Right now it will take me 6 days or so to download the files so the servers are very busy! So I decided to wait and not download it today already: if more people do that it will help those who really want it today. I don't expect being able to completely download P3D 2.0 tomorrow anyway (for the same reason as I can't download this new version) so why the rush... Relax and download it all when servers are calm again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 its 3 hours for me after 1.5 hours, a very slow 300kb/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I'm impressed by your customer commitment John - and a touch worried. The ORBX support for their products has always been an object lesson for others, but maintaining this level through a platform switch like this must have big financial implications - which might not have been foreseen when you first started out down the long trail. The time all these updates and re-working will take must cost money - I would hate to see ORBX vanish in a financial puff of smoke one day next year! And I'm sure not alone there - the grief would echo round the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsaghaa Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 John one question : LM announced that it will be possible to have P3D et P3DV2 side by side in the same pc : what's about FTX Global ? Do we need to desinstall FTX from P3D before to install it on P3DV2 ? Thanks Jean Luc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 No you don't need to uninstall FTX from P3D1 in order to install it into P3D2. Just run the installer twice; once for V1 and again for V2. If you have the HDD space, go for it I'm impressed by your customer commitment John - and a touch worried. The ORBX support for their products has always been an object lesson for others, but maintaining this level through a platform switch like this must have big financial implications - which might not have been foreseen when you first started out down the long trail. The time all these updates and re-working will take must cost money - I would hate to see ORBX vanish in a financial puff of smoke one day next year! And I'm sure not alone there - the grief would echo round the world! Orbx is a very financially stable company with healthy revenues from many product sources. Because we sell nearly 100 products, we don't rely on a single product to be successful in order to survive, and sometimes we have hits, and other times misses. That is the key to growing a small business - product diversity. That said, we won't be making P3D2 installers for all products in a single week - we are staging the rollout over 12 months or so, and in this way we spread the workload. The developers themselves will stand to benefit from doing this work, because it creates a third platform for their airports and in the long term the labour cost of doing the work will be returned to them as P3D2 becomes the new defacto platform and customers seek content to install into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remko Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Quick question, if one were to purchase and install all ORBX products to date, what size Disk would be required? I am about to purchase a brand new SSD for P3D2 and would like to size it for growth. With FSX and ORBX products I purchased to date I've now filled up my 120GB current SSD. Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hi Remko. That's a tough question to ask, but from my perspective, I thought a 128gb SSD was big enough when they first came out a few years back, but that changed quickly. I now have a 240gb ssd and it's getting too small. I think that it's a general rule of thumb to buy the biggest (without sacrificing speed) drive you can afford. The 480 and 500Gb SSD's have come down in price and are somewhat affordable, that's certainly my next choice, if the 1 TB drives don't arrive soon and are affordable. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dons99 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hi. Glad to hear you are on top of P3DV2. I purchased and loaded it last night and it is finally the sim that everyone would want; and for me; a simulation trainer for a student pilot, that gives real performance and offers real world sceneries for total immersion while training. I had P3D 1.4 and as good as it was , it suffered from the same 4G run out of memory problems as FSX, but had much better frame rates.. I finally wound up using P3D soley with ORBX, megascenery and other sceneries on FSX. Both systems still crashed. FSDT CYVR was beautiful with ORBX , but crashed out of memory with heavies.(PMDG).. So that other purchasers are not disappointed, it is important to note that I have a high end system that finally P3DV2 can utilize. I am running Windows 7 professional. (did my homework and do not recommend Windows 8. Have it on my lap top and this computers copy on the shelf.) , Intel ® Core i7 - 3770 CPU @ 3.5 GHz. (do not overclock), 32 GB of RAM on a 64 bit system and with TWO(yes TWO) Nvidea GeForce GTX680 video cards. All I have done so far is load the simulation with all of the sliders maxed out. As REX weather was already set up for use with FSX and P3D, it loaded seamlessly to my use with P3DV2.I have Global loaded. That is all so far except for the Alabeo piper and R66. They loaded fine. I went to CYVR and the sim gives 40 plus frames per second. At altitude about 25 frames per second. Water over second narrows , Vancouver is phenomenal. And I am sure that if I were to scale back a bit the frame rates would be much higher. Once you get all of your product sent over. I will go P3DV2 only. Too advanced to use the other simulators. Don Schlecker... I use Track IR and a 47 inch monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horden2 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Some troubles with trees in Prepar3d V2 and Honolulu (FTX Global) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsaghaa Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 John Just a question : when you say that AU SP4 installer is ready for the V2, is that online on FSS site ? can we bought it now ? Thanks Jean Luc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Petford Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Could we possibly have a list of all the addons which have been upgraded added to the first post of the thread? This could then be updated as more products are made compatible. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 John Just a question : when you say that AU SP4 installer is ready for the V2, is that online on FSS site ? can we bought it now ? Thanks Jean Luc No Australia SP4 is not ready for P3D 2.0 yet, we released the SP4.003 patch last week to add the FTXG lights but we have not yet recompiled the entire all-in-one installer to be triple-sim ready. That will happen soon. So far, only FTX Global has been updated for P3D2. We will create a new pinned topic to update all products that have been made P3D2 ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 No Australia SP4 is not ready for P3D 2.0 yet, we released the SP4.003 patch last week to add the FTXG lights but we have not yet recompiled the entire all-in-one installer to be triple-sim ready. That will happen soon. So far, only FTX Global has been updated for P3D2. We will create a new pinned topic to update all products that have been made P3D2 ready. That would be great thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vora Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 So far the talk was about the AU SP4 combination. What about us early birds who have the AU regions Gold, Blue, Green and Red seperately? Will the triple installers come out at the same time or later, or can the guys with all 4 regions download the new AU SP4 file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 ......... We will create a new pinned topic to update all products that have been made P3D2 ready. John, may I suggest that the planned P3D2 ready topic be a locked topic. No need to have to read a gazillion atta boy posts to find out when the latest P3D2 ready ORBX product is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleyd Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 "That said, we won't be making P3D2 installers for all products in a single week - we are staging the rollout over 12 months or so, and in this way we spread the workload. The developers themselves will stand to benefit from doing this work, because it creates a third platform for their airports and in the long term the labour cost of doing the work will be returned to them as P3D2 becomes the new defacto platform and customers seek content to install into it." May I have a clarification on the above quote? It seems to say two things: 1. It may take up to a year before we can use one or more of our purchased products in P3D V2.0 2. There may be a cost to obtain one or more of these updated products that will run in P3D V2.0 Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Some troubles with trees in Prepar3d V2 and Honolulu (FTX Global) I think I saw a post at Avsim forums where someone tried bumping the texture resolution up to 4096 and it fixed the trees . I had the same exact problem (Ford's Island and other parts of the Islands) when I had my Texture Resolution at 2048 . when I bumped it up to 4096 the very strange , blocky , distorted tree texture were fixed . I too am running FTX Global 1.1 and unfortunately did not check this problem with default textures only . I'm sure it will all get ironed out over time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanM Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 No Australia SP4 is not ready for P3D 2.0 yet, we released the SP4.003 patch last week to add the FTXG lights but we have not yet recompiled the entire all-in-one installer to be triple-sim ready. That will happen soon. So far, only FTX Global has been updated for P3D2. We will create a new pinned topic to update all products that have been made P3D2 ready. Thanks John - that'll sure help. And really liked your response to Ariel above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzle Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 For DVD products Ed will be updating the migration tool for P3D2. The only requirement is that you have our addons installed in FSX first so they can be migrated. As always, excited about the superlative quality ORBX always brings to the simulation experience! Thanks so much to all of you for your hard work!! I just had a hardware issue with my system, so I've taken the opportunity to reinstall windows and have REPLACED FSX with P3D 2.0. Does your above statement mean I'll have to reinstall FSX in order to use my considerable DVD collection of regions and airports?? Thanks in advance, Drizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Fly Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Excellent news, John! I was already impressed by the quality of your service, I couldn't imagine it could be even better than it was before - well, you just keep proving it can. ORBX is really an outstanding company. A quick question - I don't remember if that was some rumour or if it was an official announcement, but I had the impression someone said the autogen trees in NA regions would be updated to more efficient (performance wise) models, such a the ones used for NZ. Is that kind of update also planned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernies Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 HI John and the team, Is there any further update on when Australia SP4 and PNW will be ready for P3D2? Sorry, but flying without the regions is just not he same. Kind regards Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siege2 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I Have just purchased the EU England a couple of days ago for P3D2 and found out I need a compatible installer for it, reading that global has it already I am assuming that there is installers getting pushed out soon for the all products and should check my downloads for an update. is this correct what I am thinking. thanks Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Cheese Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ken, simply reading the first thread in this post will tell you in what order the new installers are being made and when you can roughly expect their release. Cheers Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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