A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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Aircraft is working well gents:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RotpSVYxEto[/youtube]

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Re: A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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Hey Rob,

What graphics settings are you using in p3d? In NVidia Inspector?

Many thanks,

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sionalford wrote:Hey Rob,

What graphics settings are you using in p3d? In NVidia Inspector?

Many thanks,

Sion
Nevermind, I think it is here....

http://www.robainscough.com/Prepar3D_Settings_2.html

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Re: A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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And the A2A C-172 still works ... less the red tail light ... which totally ruins the experience and I'm just going to stop all my flight simulation until it's fixed :wink:

And how come no bug splats on the window and how come I only see my female passenger in external views not in my VC ... and how come she doesn't slap me when I put my hand on her leg? Gaaa, so unrealistic ... I'm giving up.

... he he he

Enjoy.

Cheers, Rob.

EDIT: on a serious note, this 2.2 release has a few extra features I didn't have in my Beta 2.2 ... noticed a few issues with performance when using many cloud layers and fog and using the Terrain "cast" shadow slider. Time for SLi/Crossfire and a bird told me that's coming up next.
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The only thing I've noticed with the A2A 172 and P3D 2.2 is the Mindstar add-on GPS units cause a lockup if selected. I'm still tinkering with panel.cfg though, to try to make them work.

The default plane works fine but I deleted all the Dat files just to be safe.

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robains wrote:And the A2A C-172 still works ... less the red tail light ... which totally ruins the experience and I'm just going to stop all my flight simulation until it's fixed :wink:
The bigger problem is that when the beacon doesn't work, I found that the Taxi and Landing lights also didn't work correctly (in v.2.1 ... haven't verified this in v.2.2 yet).

The above can be fixed by reloading the A2A C-172 after the aircraft is running and the lights are on (but this sometimes damaged the aircraft).

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Can any of you tell me what I have to do to install the C172 into P3Dv2.2?

I downloaded a fresh copy of the installer last night, as I had read on Avsim that this allows an install without having to trick P3D into thinking it's really FSX. However, when I run the installer and change the folder to where my P3D installation is (e:\Prepar3D), when I close the browse selection window, the location to install is automatically changed to e:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X. I have my FSX installation on drive D:\ however.

I'm afraid to push the button on this in case I screw up my existing FSX install. My question is, I guess, do I still need to put a dummy FSX.exe into P3D in order to install this?

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I don't have FSX installed on my current PC, so I cannot be 100% sure, but I would suggest putting a dummy FSX.exe file in your Prepar3D v2 directory. Then see if you can direct the C172 install to that directory.

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Arwen wrote:I don't have FSX installed on my current PC, so I cannot be 100% sure, but I would suggest putting a dummy FSX.exe file in your Prepar3D v2 directory. Then see if you can direct the C172 install to that directory.
I agree with this. Worked great for me.

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FSX.exe in the P3D directory will allow all of the A2A aircraft to be installed without the need of any special tools. I keep a copy of the FSX.exe in my P3D folder and it causes no problems. I have the B17, P47, P51 and C172 all installed and working in P3DV2.2. If you do not have FSX on your computer, I have heard others say that you can make a copy of the P3D.exe and simply rename it to FSX.exe and that works also.

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Re: A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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Thanks gents,

will give it a go.

Cheers
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Re: A2A C-172 in P3DV2.2 beta 2

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Rob, may I ask what settings your using for P3D 2.4. I just purchased it and will be installing the 172 but my sim doesn't look as sharp and AA is not very good. Are you using NVI- I thought it didn't work? If your using it, mind sharing your settings? Also, is there any cfg to P3D 2.4 to make the sim run better? Thanks in advance.

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