The Official Prepar3D 2.0 Thread

ghutchison14078 · 16 Nov 2013 at 12:34

This thread is for all discussion relating to Lockheed Martins' Prepar3D V2.0 Flight Simulator

Release details and discussion on avsim forum

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/426105-prepar3d-v-20-will-come-out-in-november/

Some images released from developers now that the NDA is lifted.

All the lighting / bloom effects are "out of the box" with P3D 2.0

cuffylad · 16 Nov 2013 at 13:10

Fantastic, do you know how much it is going to cost?

ghutchison14078 · 16 Nov 2013 at 13:50

cuffylad said:
Fantastic, do you know how much it is going to cost?

Hopefully similar cost to the current P3D v1.4 Academic license - $50

Paul2k12 · 16 Nov 2013 at 17:43

Looking forward to seeing how this pans out! Seems like a statement will be made by LM this Monday so hopefully it won't be long.

colinmcr · 16 Nov 2013 at 17:44

This looks incredible, when and where will it be available to purchase?

ghutchison14078 · 16 Nov 2013 at 17:50

colinmcr said:
This looks incredible, when and where will it be available to purchase?

Can more than likely purchase directly from Lockheed Martin, from the website they sell the current Prepar3D version on:

http://www.prepar3d.com/

Exact launch date of V2.0 is unknown, but the developers themselves have said it's looking very likely to be this month sometime

This WILL replace FSX as the dominant PC flight simulator platform

thingemajib · 16 Nov 2013 at 19:33

Warhead1979 · 17 Nov 2013 at 05:43

I've spent a small fortune on fsx add-ons, planes, scenery, weather etc etc will I be able to use them on prepar3d I gave up with fsx just over a year ago from frustration and far to many ctd.

ghutchison14078 · 17 Nov 2013 at 11:55

Warhead1979 said:
I've spent a small fortune on fsx add-ons, planes, scenery, weather etc etc will I be able to use them on prepar3d I gave up with fsx just over a year ago from frustration and far to many ctd.

Here is a chart showing a good cross-section of addon compatibility

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap28TYpbzOOKdEFuR0h0bTJsZDFLcDRQQWZ4aC1uRFE#gid=0

Also here is a thread on the Aerosoft forum that details how to tweak some of their products to support P3D

http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/54998-how-to-get-aerosoft-products-working-in-prepar3d/

PieEater · 17 Nov 2013 at 12:39

Any news on whether LM will license P3D for home entertainment i.e. gaming use? Probably not something that would bother most folks but currently if you use P3D for "personal/consumer entertainment" you are in breach of the end user license - http://www.prepar3d.com/support/end-user-license-agreement-eula/

ghutchison14078 · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:14

PieEater said:
Any news on whether LM will license P3D for home entertainment i.e. gaming use? Probably not something that would bother most folks but currently if you use P3D for "personal/consumer entertainment" you are in breach of the end user license - http://www.prepar3d.com/support/end-user-license-agreement-eula/

No it isn't looking likely that the EULA will include an entertainment license....the academic license will be what most simmers will purchase...to "learn" all about flight

Mr.Cookie · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:25

is the academic available to all or do you have to jump through some hoops to get it?

Housey · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:34

So help me here chaps. Is this a completely new product, or is it a rebuild of the MS FSX foundations into something new? I'm out of touch, was a bit of a player some years back but last 4 of 5 years I've not really got into Flightsims much, but always found it a good way to lose a few hours and chill out from a busy week.

ghutchison14078 · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:37

Current academic version is readily available to all; as far as i know there are no plans to drastically alter the current EULA for the new version.

http://www.prepar3d.com/frequently-asked-questions/

ghutchison14078 · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:39

Housey said:
So help me here chaps. Is this a completely new product, or is it a rebuild of the MS FSX foundations into something new? I'm out of touch, was a bit of a player some years back but last 4 of 5 years I've not really got into Flightsims much, but always found it a good way to lose a few hours and chill out from a busy week.

P3D 2.0 is still based on the FSX engine and code - but it has been heavily altered to make it more efficient.

It will now properly utilize modern multi-core CPU's and now fully supports DX11 and thus can take advantage of current GPU technology.

Details here:

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/426105-prepar3d-v-20-will-come-out-in-november/

Housey · 17 Nov 2013 at 13:42

OK thanks.

Is anyone taking a clean sheet approach to Flight Sims these days, new engine etc?

ghutchison14078 · 17 Nov 2013 at 14:54

Housey said:
OK thanks.

Is anyone taking a clean sheet approach to Flight Sims these days, new engine etc?

AeroflyFS is the other platform of interest at the moment.

A recent significant update added navaids and increased autopilot functionality to the aircraft

It is still limited to just Swiss scenery locations at the moment

Warhead1979 · 18 Nov 2013 at 07:01

ghutchison14078 said:
Here is a chart showing a good cross-section of addon compatibility

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap28TYpbzOOKdEFuR0h0bTJsZDFLcDRQQWZ4aC1uRFE#gid=0

Also here is a thread on the Aerosoft forum that details how to tweak some of their products to support P3D

http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/54998-how-to-get-aerosoft-products-working-in-prepar3d/

Thanks for the info, just checked and 95% of my add ons will work.

Paul2k12 · 18 Nov 2013 at 16:35

Here are some more screenshots of New York City X which is going to be available for P3D.

http://drzewiecki-design.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=264&sid=6c0c29ddc80234f937df9c3b475922fa

The fog certainly looks good!

Paul

picnic · 18 Nov 2013 at 16:51

I'm looking forward to seeing NY X in P3D as I get massive texture redraw problems in FSX with it. When it's not doing those redraws it's one of the best scenery addons I've ever seen and doesn't kill the frame rate in the same way as VFR London does (the Horizon/Aerosoft one. No idea what the official product name is now)