P3D 3.4 to be released May 30 - 64bit!

[Sandy]

www.prepar3d.com/latest-news/

And also here (highly recommended to view this post, partially quoted below): www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6305&t=124599

Prepar3D v4 has been announced

More details will be released over the next week with Prepar3D v4 being directly available from Prepar3D.com on May 30, 2017 at 2:00pm EST.

Please see here for the official announcement www.prepar3d.com/latest-news/

Prepar3D v4 System Requirements prepar3d.com/system-requirements/


New Features:

-64-bit Application
-Unicode Compatible
-New User Interface Design
-Compiler and SDK updated to Visual Studio 2015
-Regions of updated Airport & Terrain Data
-New 3D Rain/Snow system
-Scripting capabilities (Scenery/Model/Material)
-Dynamic lighting support
-Added PDK functions to draw primitive objects
-Updated Documentation with new SDK and samples
-Support for loading managed dll add-ons
-Support for local SpeedTree wind effects

... (( much more info follows, including screenshots of the updated interface)) ...

[Sandy]

Please note this is an incremental update... not a major version change. This should mean that the update is *free* to existing P3D v3.x subscribers. Although I am quite certain that a full reinstall will be called for, so we'll see how well Orbx plays this time.

[pivo11]

Well, well, something else to think about.  Thanks, Sandy.

[scottb]

I'm glad to hear about the free update since I just bought 3.4 .

-Scott

[Deleted]

Me too. But I understand that all 3rd party addons compatible with v.3 may not be compatible with v.4. I will wait to see what impact, if any, that may have on my sim.

[Sandy]

Apparently I'm an idiot... this isn't 3.4, it's a complete new version step. So yeah, re-purchase likely required. Sorry folks, I was looking at this wrong.

[scottb]

No problem Sandy. My 3.4 is running great, much better than my FSX was. I'm waiting for dust to settle and wait for some add-ons to be available and then consider the switch.

-Scott

[olderndirt]

Apparently the switch for aircraft isn't too complicated.  Just flight is already offering a couple of theirs for aerofly fs2.

[Sandy]

For anyone who only recently (within the last 60 days) purchased P3D 3.4, this will be of interest to you:

If you have purchased a previous version of Prepar3D within 60 days, you can request a refund and then purchase the desired license of Prepar3D v4.

Found here: www.prepar3d.com/news/2017/05/114192/

[scottb]

Thanks for the info Sandy. I think I'm going to leave it alone right now. I have uninstalled FSX to use P3D 3.4 exclusively right now, since most of my add-ons work. I'll re-visit v4 once compatibility issues get sorted out.

-Scott

[spud]

ORBX scenery for P3D v3.4 is on hold due to a last min. clitch (5/31/17 2245 CDT)

[Deleted]

Is that P3D v3.4 or P3D v4? I have read that not all of the sceneries will be compatible early on with v4 such as the addon airports and vector. I'll give this another year before considering the purchase of a new version.

[Sandy]

Version 4.

[penzoil3]

Made the jump, downloading now, ordered a hybrid, 1 TB drive for it, that will be here tomorrow.
Flight Sim addict, why no; I can quit anytime, really I can, really...

[Sandy]

Orbx has a new version of FTX Central up. If you install P3D V4 alongside, not over or instead of your existing FSX/P3Dv3, it will slowly move all the stuff over into v4 without having to download everything. Though I did have to download Global Base. Also, you must actively select each package to download and install by placing each area in the download que. Central will go through each one and copy files into v4 at that time. Took a couple hours on my rig.