The Prepar3D team is excited to announce the first Hotfix update to Prepar3D v4.0 (4.0.28.21686). It can be downloaded immediately from the Purchased Downloads section of the website. It addresses many reports and requests from our forum users. For those that are interested in updating, only the Client installer is required for most fixes present in Prepar3D v4.0 Hotfix 1. The Content, Scenery, and SDK installers are optional. Each fix listed below is categorized per installer. Please note you must first have Prepar3D v4 installed to utilize any of the standalone installers (Client, Content, and Scenery). To install the new
Author: Adam Breed
Prepar3D® Software Manager & Technical Lead
Prepar3D v4 – Available Now!
Prepar3D v4 is now available for purchase and digital download directly at the Prepar3D Store! The Prepar3D v4 release brings many exciting changes and enhancements to the platform. This new release completely changes the simulation landscape with a comprehensive baseline update to a 64-bit architecture. Higher resolution visuals, more objects, increased data precision, larger scenarios, and improved performance are now all possible at levels never seen before in the product’s history. The sky’s not the limit! Additionally, the Prepar3D v4 release brings dynamic lighting, rain/snow particles, global 3D trees, increased autogen draw distances, a fully reworked software development kit (SDK),
Announcing… Prepar3D v4
Lockheed Martin is proud to announce that the next generation of simulation and training will start on May 30, 2017 with the public release of Prepar3D v4. The release culminates over eight years of Lockheed Martin development and welcomes major enhancements and new capabilities. Prepar3D v4 completely changes the simulation landscape with a comprehensive baseline update to a 64-bit architecture. Higher resolution visuals, more objects, increased data precision, larger scenarios, and improved performance are now all possible at levels never seen before in the product’s history. The sky’s not the limit! Additionally, the release brings dynamic lighting, rain/snow particles, global
Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 3 – SLI Update
The Prepar3D team is excited to announce the third Hotfix update to Prepar3 v3.4 (3.4.22.19868). It can be downloaded immediately from the Purchased Downloads section of the website. This hotfix is to address reported issues and incompatibilities with SLI mode of NVIDIA hardware. We would like to extend a strong thank you to the NVIDIA team for working with us directly to resolve these issues! If using NVIDIA hardware, please ensure your graphic card drivers are updated to at least 378.49 before updating to Prepar3D v3.4.22.19868. For those that are interested in updating, only the Client installer is required for
Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 2 – Live!
The Prepar3D team is excited to announce the second Hotfix update to Prepar3 v3.4 (3.4.18.19475). It can be downloaded immediately from the Purchased Downloads section of the website. It addresses many reports and requests from our forum users. For those that are interested in updating, only the Client installer is required for Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 2. The Content, Scenery, and SDK installers are optional. You must first have Prepar3D v3 installed to utilize the Client only installer. To install the new Client, you must first uninstall your current Prepar3D v3 Client via Programs and Features in Windows Control Panel. The
Free ForeFlight Mobile Plug-in from Flight1 Tech
Flight1 Aviation Technologies has released a free software plug-in for Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and Microsoft Flight Simulator X that sends GPS, AHRS, and Traffic data from the simulator to ForeFlight Mobile on an iPad or iPhone. “Pilots know that the more closely they re-create the mental experience they have in the airplane, the more valuable their training in a simulator can be,” says Flight1 Aviation Technologies President Jim Rhoads. “Many of our customers use ForeFlight Mobile on an iPad or an iPhone when they fly, connected to an external GPS or ADS-B device,” he explains. “While they can certainly use
Showcasing FSFlyingSchool PRO 2016
FSFlyingSchool’s artificially intelligent talking instructors give instant interactive instruction to pilots on any flight, in any powered airplane, anywhere in the world. The instructors watch and comment on over 70 different areas of airmanship. Full pilot logs of each flight are maintained and can be analyzed by the pilot to identify any problems. The chief instructor will observe and instruct the pilot on aspects of their flight, such as ground and air traffic, taxiways at the current airfield, and weather conditions. Pilots can even talk to the instructor and get plenty of helpful information and advice on demand. In addition,
Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 1 Released!
The Prepar3D team is excited to announce the first Hotfix update to Prepar3 v3.4 (3.4.14.18870). It can be downloaded immediately from the Purchased Downloads section of the website. It addresses many reports and requests from our forum users. For those that are interested in updating, only the Client installer is required for Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 1. The Content, Scenery, and SDK installers are optional. You must first have Prepar3D v3 installed to utilize the Client only installer. To install the new Client, you must first uninstall your current Prepar3D v3 Client via Programs and Features in Windows Control Panel. The
Hotfix for Prepar3D v3.3 Released
A hotfix has been released for the Prepar3D v3.3 Client. The v3.3.5 hotfix is available now and can be downloaded from your Downloads page. This update only requires an update to the Client. See the Prepar3D v3 Download and Installation Directions for more details on how to quickly update. If this is your first time downloading v3.3, it is automatically included in the available downloads. This hotfix corrects two major issues identified quickly after release: Third party scenery visual anomalies. Various visual artifacts, increased memory usage, and missing features. Multiplayer sessions only showing other players if they were the last
Prepar3D v3.3 – Live Now!
Prepar3D v3.3 is available now! The Prepar3D v3.3 update brings several new features and numerous platform, rendering, SimDirector, SDK, and multiplayer updates – including improved rendering performance, enhanced stability and usability, an improved add-on installation process for developers, and numerous other bug fixes and improvements. This new release welcomes the reintroduction of Multichannel. Professional Plus licenses now have the ability to utilize the new and improved Multichannel capability to configure multiple PCs to run Prepar3D concurrently, increasing performance on multi-screen and dome setups. This groundbreaking update further expands the immersion Prepar3D can provide and unleashes the ability to use multiple