Prepare 3D Version 5

[Filonian]

Apparently it's advised to do a complete uninstall-reinstall this time. Haven't done it myself yet, I'll do it over the weekend.

Thanks Dave.

Likewise.

Graham

[Scorpius]

Load times much much quicker now.

Nev

[Buggyman]

Flight planner is up the creek. Take ages to load up a flight plan and then is unable to give the routing/flight time and fuel required.

IMHO not a good patch. What next a patch to the patch?

ATB



Allan

[Airspeed]

Judging by the above posts and a couple of reviews on youtube, I think I should delay any plunge into this arena.
Some of the scenery looks magnificent, but the runways seemed to lack realism, and though the youtubers praised the clouds, I found them rather stiff.

[Buggyman]

Mike v5 is a leap forward. Apart from the relatively minor niggles I have encountered so far it I a giant jump in the atmospherics department. The clouds are no longer balls of cotton wool, there is a smoke/haze that replicates the real thing and I am very happy with it.

That said, I think this release has been rushed with corners cut probably so it will be established and in use long before FS2020. So, if you can hold off a couple of weeks and then buy the - hopefully - vice-free version then do so.

Meanwhile, I am going to push on and enjoy the good bits of v5.

ATB


Allan

[Airspeed]

Mike v5 is a leap forward. Apart from the relatively minor niggles I have encountered so far it I a giant jump in the atmospherics department. The clouds are no longer balls of cotton wool, there is a smoke/haze that replicates the real thing and I am very happy with it.

That said, I think this release has been rushed with corners cut probably so it will be established and in use long before FS2020. So, if you can hold off a couple of weeks and then buy the - hopefully - vice-free version then do so.

Meanwhile, I am going to push on and enjoy the good bits of v5.

ATB


Allan

G'day Allan,
I've had REX Soft Clouds for so long, I don't recall what the default FSX sky looked like, in fact, I forgot that it was still installed.

[DogTailRed2]

Anyone with VR care to comment on the visual improvements if any?
My main driver these days is VR.

[Airspeed]

In the youtube reviews, I think both I watched said that VR wasn't interfacing at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI5_34DMAoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXHuXFda69I

[DaveG]

Just spent a bit of time flying around Orbx TE GB in a helicopter in VR. I used stereo mode rather than single pass otherwise true sky is disabled, but even with the performance hit that had it was still a lot smoother than I had in 4.5, and looked so much better.

[DogTailRed2]

Just spent a bit of time flying around Orbx TE GB in a helicopter in VR. I used stereo mode rather than single pass otherwise true sky is disabled, but even with the performance hit that had it was still a lot smoother than I had in 4.5, and looked so much better.

Cheers Dave.
What's Stereo Mode? Is that a new setting in PrePar3dV5?
BTW what headset are you using?