My affair with P3D hasn't been so "Rosy". I made the install to my "D" drive, the same drive where FSX
resides. The install went smoothly and it started ine the cockpit at I think, Norfolk NAS. I changed to
the yellow Piper Cub and discovered that my throttle on my Sidewinder joy stick did not work. I perused
the forums and found that I had to copy a file from FSX. I got brave and loaded the Orbx linker program
to link all of my Orbx stuff. The FTX Central was pointing to the FTX Central for FSX. I copied my AI over
and it appeared nicely. I have been working on Hollis with Rod Jackson so I took a look at that and
it was OK. While doing all of this switching, I experienced several CTDs. I installed Tongass by using
the old spoof method of putting fsx.exe the the P3D folder and re-registering to make it think that P3D
was FSX. The install went normal and I went to Sitka for a check. The runway elevation was wrong
and I experienced the old "the bay is full of trees" syndrome. A terrain config problem. I moved my
Carenado aircraft over and they worked except the cockpit is not click-able. The fix for that is to turn
off the water reflections.
Perhaps things would be OK with the up and coming Orbx Migrator but to me, it's not ready for prime
time. If you like to experiment, fight CTDs and such, go for it. For me, it goes on the shelf until the
dust settles. There is a long way to go before it is ready for the average user but I am sure with
all the tinkering that is going on with the engineering minded folks attacking this thing, it will be our
next flight simulator.
This is not a rant or a complaint. When you invade new territory, you expect this. Just my humble
opinion.
