A Beginners Guide to Prepar3D | How To Get Started 

Love when timing works out like that! Just give me shout if you have any questions.

@@TheFlightSimDeck For sure! Thank you sooo much your videos have been a blessing

what airliners come stock with ver3?

Same here

@@astra7291 Just got mine now, have 3 sims now, but despite the others i have, i keep coming back to p3d!!

just bought 10 mins ago, downloading now..

@@chrisadish me too I got the game to fly the QW 787-8

@@astra7291 same here, but with my quality wings 757 freighters! I flew quite a bit past few nights, stable as a rock and not a single crash like buggy msfs2020!! I'm actually thinking of deleting it now and wait till it matures.. and stick to p3d since I have so much addons for it already. This is my go to now!!

Hi Paul! Very welcome! Yes Chaseplane is fantastic for organizing your views, to which you can map to buttons if you want. Here are a few more videos I’ve done that go into more detail about it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EtjY2AyPaF8.html m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3i_M49Ad7DA.html m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u0oh53TKhZk.html

I did one for XP11 too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-puJIgfh5Evo.html

Very welcome!

Michael Freitas all I had footage and experience with honestly. I think I’ll put a slash on the web page to recommend both. I just wanted to get the idea of Rex out there at least.

The Flight Sim Deck they’re both great products 👍🏻 once again thanks for making this video, you’re one of my favorite RU-vidrs keep up the great work

Mapping it under axis? It just doesn't work at all?

Raven Neo it has AI aircraft that taxi and fly around. But if you mean AI that flys your plane no.

Correct, and you can turn it off in the settings I think. Can’t remember now but if not, it’s still very small and you save $140.

No, only on v4

Yes, some are missing but the app FSUIPC picks up where the default P3D control UI lacks.

TrackIR :)

Correct that is all.

A lot of FSX aircraft are available for P3D but you have to purchase them separately. It’s better than MSFS as far as available study aircraft, but the default scenery, aircraft, and weathers are miles behind. You can make those areas much better but $$$

Quality Wings does it

If it didn’t created a desktop shortcut you should be able to use the Windows search bar (bottom left). Type Prepar3D and it should come up. If not, search installed programs and make sure it’s in the list there.

Thanks man! Took almost 3 weeks to put together.

What kind of planes do you like flying. P3D v5 is great. But depending on your PC and planes you like to fly you might want to try XP11 or MSFS too.

@@TheFlightSimDeck well my pc is not the best so thats why i have been using fsx because it can run x plane 11 but not so smoothly and with mfs it runs pretty bad so thats why i have been thinking p3d because it isnt so outdated like fsx and i like flying passenger planes

Yes, which you can turn off the watermark. Basically they want you to pay $200 but if you’re a student it’s $60. That’s the only difference is the price.

@@TheFlightSimDeck yea i have the academic as its the cheapest, but always curious whats in the profesional license haha

For versions P3D v1-3 not much had changed. After v5 the environment, clouds, lighting, performance got way better. Also a lot of planes have come out for it that are not available for FSX.

Hi Jeff, very exciting! If you go the Prepar3D route, the FSLabs A320 is hands down the best. For years this was THE best study level A320 in all of flight sim. www.flightsimlabs.com/index.php/a3xx-master-series-a320-3/ On X-Plane 12 the Tolis A319/21 is the best on that platform. But during last year on Microsoft Flight Simulator, a developer named Fenix released and A320, and it seems Airbus pilots agree this is the one now. I could geek out all day telling you about the level of detail they go into. If you have a couple of hours to spare, these gentlemen invited an A320 captain on their podcast to discuss why the Fenix is arguably the best rendition of an A320 ever created. He said it's letting him practice things he hasn't done since his check ride days. Happy to answer any questions you have. But I would start here because they cover it all on this specific topic. 34:30 timestamp is where this discussion starts. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QprFIoEx6ew.html

agreed with above. fenix a320. the ecams in particular are real & from airbus. study-level. the entire aircraft really.

It's a sdk version, so just for developing. This isn't the game and it's payed monthly

The opening footage was default but the rest is mostly payware. It runs OK in VR. You have to have the right scenery. There is a lot of old stuff out there that just isn't optimized well at all.

I crop it out of frame. It’s always at the top so easy to do.

Hey man! I would love to do that but that would illegal for me to do. You’ll have to hustle some money.

No FSX is a different program. Its 32bit.

You need this: hifisimtech.com/asp3d/

@@TheFlightSimDeck thank you !actually was aware of it ,but yeahhh .when Xplane give you live weather free but I’m so in to pdv4 will definitely Need active sky

Yes it does. Has been since v3 I think.

Did a few videos with it on the channel. Need to add it to the site.

Hi Andrew, yes this method still applies. We’re at P3D v5.3 now. Still has the same license packages.

@@TheFlightSimDeck fantastic, thank you! And thanks for putting together such an awesome video. I've always wanted this as FSX is getting a bit long in the tooth now!

Have to say, it works well! I'm in the process of migrating things over, but I have to say so far so good. Beats all FSX editions. Clearly not a patch on the latest Microsoft sim, but it'll do for me and it's far cheaper! And I don't need to be online. Thanks again!

You see a $9 one?

I think it’s Shift + Z. If not you can search in the key assignments for “Coordinates/frame rate (cycle)” and map it. Also if you have an Nvidia card you can turn on an fps counter in the GeForce Experience app. It will show the number in the corner you pick.

Yes XP 12-8 is supported.

@@TheFlightSimDeck But not Prepare3D?

@@hmabboud whoops I forgot which video I was on. It works for P3D.

@@TheFlightSimDeck Thank you, sir!

Academic is for students. Not specifically for flying but for anyone attending an actual education program of some sort. But regardless, everyone buys the academic one.

@@TheFlightSimDeck I am a student(not in aviation) so academic is good?

@@Kavci034 Yes, good to go if you're a student.

​@@TheFlightSimDeckCan I still use TacPack in the Academic version and drop a JDAM?

I agree, If I had to pick one it would be XP11.

The Flight Sim Deck with VR , and it’s like flying for real , closest thing to reality ! Prepard has a better graphic thou , or it used to have , I hate trees 🌲 on X-Plane ! 🤣

😂

No. MSFS sucks.