Quick poll on what MS sim you use

[brett 2,285]

Just wondering, is P3D just an upgraded FSX, wouldn't there be a file somewhere in FSX that holds your keycommands, along with other settings, that could then be 'dropped in' to P3D.

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

Apart from the aircraft I have Ship Sim 2008 and Ship Sim Extremes. Both done by V Step. I've had great fun with both, They take me back to my old occupation and It's amazing to find out that I still have the skills required to navigate a variety of ships! 

[Kevin Firth 114]

Kevin,

 

What exactly does "creating an entry in the P3D2.cfg file that refers to the FSX install location" actually mean? I know I sound thick, but if it really is as simple as it sounds, then I might consider trying it. Of course, what I really need is for my addon planes to work, and that includes the PMDG 737NGX, QW146, Flight1 CCM, and RealAir Duke/Turbine Duke.

 

Hi Chris,

 

I just meant creating entries in the scenery.cfg file, which I did using sceneryconfigeditor.  In reality I just copied and pasted large sections of my FSX scenery.cfg into my P3D2 scenery.cfg, then checked them in SCE to make sure they were valid   Hence there was no necessity to install everything from the source files again, especially for huge disk munching content like photoscenery.  I just couldn't be bothered to go through that. 

 

Just to be sure I didn't break anything though, I copied across all files from my FSX autogen /Texture /modules /sound /(some) simobjects folders that WEREN'T already in the relevant P3D2 folders (so I could be confident that any addons that used files in them could also access them in P3D2.

 

I admit it sounds like a bit of a lash up job, but my heath robinson'esque P3D2 install felt absolutely painless and seems to work just fine.  I started up the Twotter at Plockton in the new autogenesis region the other day and was getting over 50fps.

 

The only 2 things that cause me not to move completely away from FSX now are:

a) the NGX isn't supposed to work in it (although other people have got it to do so, I haven't tried at all...yet)

b) some addon nightlighting is ASM based and doesn't work properly in P3D2

 

Cheers K