Rebuilding the shader cache of the simulator helps fix problems suddenly coming up without a proper cause. The reasons explained in my Post 58: Rebuild FSX Shader Cache for FSX. It is applicable to P3D as well.
There are friends asking if it is possible to automate the deletion process right before the running of FSX or P3D, when needed.
Surely it is possible. Continue reading
Yes, you saw it right. Besides the usual gauge instruments, you can now put the GPS onto the FIP !
Last November, Alexey Podrezov’s FIP Customizer gave us the ability to freely replace the FIP’s default product image as well as to easily disable the serial number from showing up on the FIP.
This summer, Alexey further enhances his utility by adding a number of great features to it. The new utility is called the FIP Toolkit.
In addition to the already mentioned “GPS Display” function, the utility can also project Continue reading
My logic of tuning the rudder pedals for Prepar3D in the first place was to reduce the sensitivity of the axis control, assuming the adjustment could make them more manageable. Also, it was 
based on the default setting in P3D as well as all the good results I got from my experience in FSX (as shown in the setting pictures on the right).
Sadly, after all the adjustments I made over the years as described in Post 242, 248 and 249 for P3D, I still had difficulties to avoid over-steering and under-steering the aircraft during taxi, especially at turns. Continue reading
As the predecessor or more accurate the parent of P3D, MS FSX of course possesses the same characteristics via changes from the Eight (8) Thresholds in Heights and Thicknesses as mentioned in the last two posts regarding cloud effects in P3D.
Perhaps some of you have figured out that the remaining five (5) thresholds that decisively transform cumulus cloud appearance besides the Base Height are all related to the Cloud Thickness.
It’s true that varying cloud coverages Continue reading
Although by changing the base, ceiling, thickness and coverage values of the cumulus cloud from P3D’s Advanced Weather option, one can generate different cloud effects, there are Eight (8) Basic Thresholds that actually determine the ultimate appearance of the cumulus cloud in the simulator.
The first three (3) relates to Continue reading
Not sure how many of you knew about this Sunglare Effect tweak I recently found on YouTube as well. Picture below explains the result without me saying much about it.
The tweak is good for both FSX and P3D. Download link can be found from the description of the author’s video.
To me, Continue reading
Perhaps many of you knew about it already, Voice-activated Checklist allows running through checklists via voice command. This interesting stuff I only found recently on a Youtube video by Paul Endersby, who is the author of the utility.
Latest version is v0.5 and it comes by default with the A2A C172 Trainer Checklist. Continue reading
On and off I received queries about the possibility of removing the serial page on the Flight Instrument Panel (FIP). The concern was not just purely an aesthetic preference 
because the LCD of the FIP could easily get burnt if any image is left on for a long period of time (See my Post 144). This is in particularly true to users who seldom switched off FIPs in their cockpits. Unfortunately, there is no easy solution since the page is hard-wired to the driver of the device by the manufacturer. In response to these concerns, Continue reading
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