Java Killed My P3Dv2

[Paul Domingue]

I went to test a model in P3Dv2 and it crashed at startup with unusual screen flashes while it was trying to load. I reinstalled P3D and still crashed on startup. I thought it might be some software that I had recently installed so I started uninstalling one at the time and trying P3D. It kept crashing until I uninstalled the latest update of Java. As soon as that Java update was gone P3D was back to normal.

Is there any kind of relationship between P3Dv2 and Java?

 

[Dumonceau]

Apparently P3D does not use Java, but some plugins for Nvidia cards do!

http://prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/is-java-needed-for-p3d/

You might want to consider upgrading your vid card drivers and then updating java!

Hope this helps!

Johan

 

[Paul Domingue]

Thanks Dumonceau, this makes sense with the screen flashes I was seeing. I think my Nvidia drivers are up to date but I'll check to make sure. If they are not I install them and test the Java update.