Aircraft compatibility in Prepar3D V4

Lots of the UKMIL aircraft work fine - especially the helis do. Like the Puma and CH-47, they are no upmarket in the systems though... But visually they are great!
 
A few more from Carenado are now V4 compatible - sorry if this is already known..


  • B200 King Air HD Series
  • C90B King Air HD Series
  • V35B Bonanza
  • F33A Bonanza
  • PA-28 181 Archer II

Nice to see the V35B Bonanza which I'm sure was originally only for FSX :)
 
Sorry its a few days old,

Majestic have released the P3Dv4 Dash8-400

Its not a free upgrade, there is a small fee ie about $20USD to update
 
Carenado Installers- are they now all for both FSX and P3D?

I have been running FSX for several years now and have many Carenado/Alabeo aircraft.
I plan on moving to P3DV4.x in the new year.
My latest Carenado aircraft purchase for FSX, the 'PA31 CHIEFTAIN 350' came with a dual installer for both FSX and P3D - it actually asked me what sim to install into.

Just wondering if anyone knows, when I move to P3DV4 and when I go over to Carenado site to re-download all my listed aircraft in my file there - will they all now be the same dual installers, or will I have to re-purchase every aircraft again for P3DV4 ?
 
MZee1960 said:
Just wondering if anyone knows, when I move to P3DV4 and when I go over to Carenado site to re-download all my listed aircraft in my file there - will they all now be the same dual installers, or will I have to re-purchase every aircraft again for P3DV4 ?
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MZee - I can only tell you my experience. I had about 6 Alabeo / Carenado aircraft in FSX. I transitioned to P3Dv4 when it first came out. In time (2, 3 months) all my Alabeo / Carenado aircraft were converted to P3Dv4 and I have all of them working in P3Dv4 now. I backup all my downloads, so maybe you should download all your Carenado aircraft now and save them to backup just in case. The Carenado site identifies all aircraft available on P3Dv4 and that should tell you which ones are not yet P3Dv4 compatible.
 
MZee1960 said:
I have been running FSX for several years now and have many Carenado/Alabeo aircraft.
I plan on moving to P3DV4.x in the new year.
My latest Carenado aircraft purchase for FSX, the 'PA31 CHIEFTAIN 350' came with a dual installer for both FSX and P3D - it actually asked me what sim to install into.

Just wondering if anyone knows, when I move to P3DV4 and when I go over to Carenado site to re-download all my listed aircraft in my file there - will they all now be the same dual installers, or will I have to re-purchase every aircraft again for P3DV4 ?
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All Carenado and Alabeo updates from FSX to P3Dv4 are free, regardless of whether you brought them from the Carenado store or from
a third party vendor. However, in most cases you will need new keys, the original ones won't work. How you get the new keys varies by
vendor. The Carenado shop will have the new keys right beside your download links, if the plane has been updated.

I have just about all available Carenado and Aalbeo planes, some from the Carenado shop and others from various third party vendors,
so I've gone through just about all the hoops.

Most Carendos and all Alabeos have now been updated to include P3Dv4 installers. Only the very earliest Caranado releases have not been
updated yet (Carenado worked from the latest to earlier releases). They have now updated back to the C185F. But you can always check on
the Carenado product pages to confirm if one of their early releases has the P3Dv4 installer yet.

I hope that helps. - Rob

PS: I might add that the updated installers allow you to install to more than one format on the same PC. So if you purchase a new Carenado
with the new updated installer, you can install to both FSX and to P3Dv4 if you so desire.
 
rvn817j said:
MZee - I can only tell you my experience. I had about 6 Alabeo / Carenado aircraft in FSX. I transitioned to P3Dv4 when it first came out. In time (2, 3 months) all my Alabeo / Carenado aircraft were converted to P3Dv4 and I have all of them working in P3Dv4 now. I backup all my downloads, so maybe you should download all your Carenado aircraft now and save them to backup just in case. The Carenado site identifies all aircraft available on P3Dv4 and that should tell you which ones are not yet P3Dv4 compatible.
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RobM said:
All Carenado and Alabeo updates from FSX to P3Dv4 are free, regardless of whether you brought them from the Carenado store or from
a third party vendor. However, in most cases you will need new keys, the original ones won't work. How you get the new keys varies by
vendor. The Carenado shop will have the new keys right beside your download links, if the plane has been updated.

I have just about all available Carenado and Aalbeo planes, some from the Carenado shop and others from various third party vendors,
so I've gone through just about all the hoops.

Most Carendos and all Alabeos have now been updated to include P3Dv4 installers. Only the very earliest Caranado releases have not been
updated yet (Carenado worked from the latest to earlier releases). They have now updated back to the C185F. But you can always check on
the Carenado product pages to confirm if one of their early releases has the P3Dv4 installer yet.

I hope that helps. - Rob

PS: I might add that the updated installers allow you to install to more than one format on the same PC. So if you purchase a new Carenado
with the new updated installer, you can install to both FSX and to P3Dv4 if you so desire.
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Hi Jay and Rob,

Thank-you, both for the prompt response. I purchased all of my aircraft directly from the Carenado or Alabeo sites.

I have copies of all my FSX aircraft addons (including the installers - the 'application' files) on an external hard drive and have kept all the original keys for them as well.
I noticed that Carenado/Alabeo also keep all purchases on file under my account there, but I just did not know if those 'earlier' installers were solely for FSX as I recall not seeing a P3D option way back then.
Good to know that their installers are now all being updated to work in both sims.

I realize that over the holidays, lots of these addons may well go on sale - hence my reason for asking as I did not want to waste $$ buying aircraft for FSX, and re-buying the same for P3D a few months later.

I guess I will just have to 'bite the bullet' and re-buy my A2A aircraft once I get P3D as I have not found mention of any dual installers at A2A. Luckily it's only a couple aircraft, lol !
 
I have not seen anybody mentioning the planes from Dino ? (excepted for a discussion about HUDs).
I have transfered the T-45 directly from my P3Dv3 to my P3Dv4 and it seems to work correctly. I didn't spot any display problem, the two MFDs are turning on and displaying the artificial horizon and such.
However, I haven't tried to navigate to any menus in the MFDs. In the cockpit, all is fine and seems to work ok so far.

One funny thing I never noticed before: when looking at the plane in spot view, some areas are clickable. If you click on the engine nozzle for example, the engine covers appear or disappear. Some other area also trigger the red security labels "remove before flight" in various places. Finally, some click spots on the side of the cockpit trigger the retractable ladder elements.
Unfortunately, none of these work when you are avatar mode :/

What about the other planes from Dino ? I haven't tried the Tomcat or the S-3.
I also wonder if the F-35s would work ? There's one included by default, so I guess the gauges for instruments are already fine, aren't they ?
 
Daube said:
I have not seen anybody mentioning the planes from Dino ? (excepted for a discussion about HUDs).
I have transfered the T-45 directly from my P3Dv3 to my P3Dv4 and it seems to work correctly. I didn't spot any display problem, the two MFDs are turning on and displaying the artificial horizon and such.
However, I haven't tried to navigate to any menus in the MFDs. In the cockpit, all is fine and seems to work ok so far.

One funny thing I never noticed before: when looking at the plane in spot view, some areas are clickable. If you click on the engine nozzle for example, the engine covers appear or disappear. Some other area also trigger the red security labels "remove before flight" in various places. Finally, some click spots on the side of the cockpit trigger the retractable ladder elements.
Unfortunately, none of these work when you are avatar mode :/

What about the other planes from Dino ? I haven't tried the Tomcat or the S-3.
I also wonder if the F-35s would work ? There's one included by default, so I guess the gauges for instruments are already fine, aren't they ?
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I have used his Tomcat and T-45 in V4 with no problems, except that the Tomcat needs Tacpac to change the weapons load and that is not yet available for V4, but it flies great. Oh and the F-35 included in P3D actually is Dino's model.
 
Thanks a lot ! I didn't think about checking the blog at all :/
Glad I can reinstall the Tomcat and the Eurofighter as well, even if TacPack features are missing, for now :)
 
Ant's Airplanes T-28C and T28D Trojan are now fully V4.1 compatible, along with the T28A Donationware, which is a great way of trying out the finished product. If you like the A you'll love the C and D :). Vendors should all have the new version now, mine came from Just Flight.
 
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