Prepar3d 2.5 is out

hschuit said:
Dag, I am (almost) sure you did these checks yourself already but just in case:

Are all required global environment/specular/fresnel maps present in the P3D .\Texture folder ? Many FSX addons use these global files:

Fresnel_Ramp.dds (or .bmp)
GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome.dds
GlobalEnv_AC_Glass_T.dds
GlobalEnv_AC_Glass_spec_T.dds
GlobalEnvTest.dds

And this is a long shot: I would delete/rebuild the shader cache (located in "C:\Users\your username\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin").
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Only the fresnel ramp was missing from the texture folder.
I rebuilt my shader cache many times, I have been experimenting with the HDR settings you see :)

Thanks
Dag
 
Just bought it and so far not happy. I run three gtx 980 cards and thought that because Nvidia now had a profile for this sim that at least two cards should work in SLI. Wrong, viewing the cards usage and temps in Afterburner showed me that the top card ran around 70 degrees but the other two were loafing around 40 degrees. I tried several things including setting the cards up as alternate frame rendering but still the top card in the stack did all the work while the other two took a nap.

SLI in this sim is not perfected yet so I guess refund and try again some time in the future when they get that ironed out.

Oh, by the way, FSX uses all three cards equally.
 
DagR said:
No joy on getting the reflections back like in 2.4 :-(

Best
Dag
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Can you post a screenshot of what you're actually getting in the sim ?
Are you sure you hadn't installed some alternative "envmap" texture in your P3D 2.4 ?
 
I don't really understand the benefits of more than one card anyway with any game. Anyone care to supply a primer for me? It strikes me as a bit of a cash cow for the card makers. Am I wrong or just mean and poor?
 
Daube said:
Can you post a screenshot of what you're actually getting in the sim ?
Are you sure you hadn't installed some alternative "envmap" texture in your P3D 2.4 ?
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I did a full clean reinstall of 2.5, the only way to go I am afraid. And no, I did not put in any custom envmap. Will post some screenies on monday.


Best regards
Dag
 
Naismith said:
I don't really understand the benefits of more than one card anyway with any game. Anyone care to supply a primer for me? It strikes me as a bit of a cash cow for the card makers. Am I wrong or just mean and poor?
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I'm certainly the wrong guy to supply a primer, but my impression is that SLI with GPUs are subject to the law-of-diminishing-returns. I'm given to understand that adding a second card with SLI won't simply double your available GPU power (as many assume, in error) and adding a 3rd card certainly won't triple it etc. etc... According to this you'll actually end up getting less value for money the more you set out to achieve. For these reasons alone I'm sticking with a single card.

Andy
 
Here's how my P-38s look. These both hadd a nice metallic shine to them in earlier versions. This is after the hotfix for 2.5 but they looked just the same before. Dull glass and very dull fuselage.
Many aircraft have similar features, especially on the canopy glass. I refuse to believe they are supposed to be like this.

best
Dag
 

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DagR said:
Here's how my P-38s look. These both hadd a nice metallic shine to them in earlier versions. This is after the hotfix for 2.5 but they looked just the same before. Dull glass and very dull fuselage.
Many aircraft have similar features, especially on the canopy glass. I refuse to believe they are supposed to be like this.

best
Dag
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I have the same problem and I did change over the envmaps...
 
Dumonceau said:
I have the same problem and I did change over the envmaps...
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Do you mean you got rid of the problem by copying over different envmaps?
I tried several with the same result. To me it seems like the diffuse alpha channel is not read by the sim.

Dag
 
I'm considering updating to v 2.5 but has i've just remastered my PC and installed v 2.4 with various aircraft and scenery add-ons, can I get away with just uninstalling v 2.4 leaving the aircraft add-on folders in place and installing v 2.5? My scenery is already on a separate drive to P3D so that shouldn't cause issues apart from Orbx Global Base & Monument Valley?
 
dharry said:
I'm considering updating to v 2.5 but has i've just remastered my PC and installed v 2.4 with various aircraft and scenery add-ons, can I get away with just uninstalling v 2.4 leaving the aircraft add-on folders in place and installing v 2.5? My scenery is already on a separate drive to P3D so that shouldn't cause issues apart from Orbx Global Base & Monument Valley?
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I don't think so,P3D 2.5 folders have been restructured, The SimObjects folder is no longer in The root P3D folder,I think this restructuring was the reason a Fresh install was needed instead of a patch.
 
Also, you won't be able to activate your 2.5 install if you don't uninstall the 2.4 first.
 
Now installed 2.5 and everything runs smooth once again...

Need some help...how to stop those lines on upper right corner ( fps and coordenates) from showing everytime I start P3D? Know about shift-z , tried to find out how to disable this featute, done that on 2.4, forgot how and not able to find a way on 2.5 settings.

Thanks
 
Beaufighter said:
Now installed 2.5 and everything runs smooth once again...
Need some help...how to stop those lines on upper right corner ( fps and coordenates) from showing everytime I start P3D? Know about shift-z , tried to find out how to disable this featute, done that on 2.4, forgot how and not able to find a way on 2.5 settings.
Thanks
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Launch your default flight, then remove the TextInfo banner with [Shift+Z], then save your default flight. Next time, your default flight will start without the banner. You will still be able to make it visible during the flight with [Shift+Z].
 
hschuit said:
Launch your default flight, then remove the TextInfo banner with [Shift+Z], then save your default flight. Next time, your default flight will start without the banner. You will still be able to make it visible during the flight with [Shift+Z].
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Hi
Thanks....
 
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