I have become a believer... P3D is the way forward!

Well I am still dithering after all this time. I have a fairly new, very high end rig that runs FSX smoothly and what stops me is facing all the up front installation time and bother with various port-over patches and fixes (FTX for example, among others).

Lazy? Yes, but I have very limited time for simming so want to be able to use the time I have flying. Not sure of the resulting gains being worth it. I do like the look of the cloud shadows in some screenies I have seen.
 
For what it is worth to you, in my opinion the flight experience in P3D is so much better than even a good running FSX that there is no competition. Still after a decade the best PC rigs you can buy have problems with running FSX smoothly, that is a sign of the major graphic problems/issues we have had to face with FSX. P3D seems to be much more optimized and all over much nicer looking, but keeps all of the add ons. That is a very sweet deal for us simmers.

I installed P3D at lunch time and was up and running on an aprox 70% add-on capability by the early evening, most of the stuff I copied directly over and it worked just great. ORBX need the trick which has been mentioned above, but most other of the advanced add ons have installed with little or no problems. Just start with what you are currently flying the most and take the rest later when needed. For me right now I think it is only Tacpak which I miss, but the P3D version is rumored to land very soon.
 
I ended up downloading the individual files for the Academic version, after trying to download the "all-in-one" zip 4 times. After uninstalling V2.4, it installed seamlessly. First flight (default) was blown away. Will be reloading most stuff this coming weekend. No more FSX purchases for me. No dual load purchases such as A2A offers, either. P3Dv2 ONLY from now on!! Goodbye FSX!:jump::applause::a1310::applause:
 
modelr said:
I ended up downloading the individual files for the Academic version, after trying to download the "all-in-one" zip 4 times. After uninstalling V2.4, it installed seamlessly. First flight (default) was blown away. Will be reloading most stuff this coming weekend. No more FSX purchases for me. No dual load purchases such as A2A offers, either. P3Dv2 ONLY from now on!! Goodbye FSX!:jump::applause::a1310::applause:
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I agree wholeheartedly! FSX-Steam was a nice try, but it will never come close to P3D v2.x! And at least you don't have to go through steam, which I hate with a vengeance. The only reason it resides on my rig is called Cliffs of Dover...

Johan
 
Well good luck to all you Professionals, Developers and (mostly) Academics - have fun.......nono, sorry, not fun, I didn't mean fun......
 
Well, P3d actually cost less than many fs addons so it should be in easy reach for most I think as a natural evolution from FSX. That was the reason behind sharing my p3d experience so far. It is just to good to not tell the other people here at the soh.
 
At first I thought, doesn't P3D have its own forum here at SOH. Then I realized that it does have its own forum, but with P3D being such a limited market the post would probably not be noticed.
 
Well, I think you all have finally sold me on it. Will have some spare time in a week or so and will convert myself then!
 
I'm waiting for the Superbug, and then I'll be making the leap. In the meantime, I refuse to torture myself by installing it and experiencing how awesome it is. lol
 
Very much looking forward to the F-18F myself too which I understand will be in the next release. It looks much better than the E in my eyes...
 
You may as well get it now if you can! ;) because you'll want to fine tune the settings to make it as smooth as butter before you install the Super Bug and TacPack...get acquainted with P3D's idiosyncrasies...then all you will have to do is install and fly!
 
Once I can afford to build a new PC, I'll be making the move to P3D. I've been looking forward to being able to use it for some time now, as the whole "atmosphere" of it looks like it really adds to the immersion factor.
 
As developers, we've been watching (very VERY closely) just how much of the market is P3Dv2. At this point, it looks like it is about 25% and rising steadily.

We have also watch the release of FSX Se with great interest. That one, however, isn't having such a big effect yet. Perhaps later but for now, it is looking like people mostly bought it to have a back up.
 
mmann said:
At first I thought, doesn't P3D have its own forum here at SOH. Then I realized that it does have its own forum, but with P3D being such a limited market the post would probably not be noticed.
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Many of us tend to post over here because it's more active. The P3D Forum is quiet because everyone is too busy flying in this amazing world to bother posting, lol.
 
That is so true! I haven't time to do any work... to much not having fun! :biggrin-new: P3Dv2.5 did it to me this time around!
 
No joy on my end with P3D.. Low frames, stuttering, etc. Pulled most everything back a bit.. Nothing over 24 frames but a time or two at 34.. Nothing installed.. vanilla.

On the other hand, the new rig I built runs FSX much better than expected.. 30 frames pretty solid, fluid movement with high settings.


Just goes to show nothing is perfect...

Very glad I only purchased the 10 a month thing...
 
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