Ray Proudfoot

I bought Ben Gurion last month. I guessed Aerosoft wouldn’t lower the price even though sales for P3D must be close to flatlining. Performance is good but given I have an i9-13900K, 32Gb RAM and a 4090 I’d expect nothing less. I’m more than satisfied with P3Dv5. When I look at the state of MSFS I have no desire to buy a sim with so many unresolved issues.

@Kalnon, no worries. Yes, love the aircraft but with the weather so glorious here in England I haven’t been in front of my PC for over a week.

I’m interested in Ben Gurion Airport for P3Dv5. When searching for it there is a premium for the P3D and XP versions compared to the MSFS one. Why? Sales for P3D have plummeted and many other sellers have discounts for their P3D stock. But Aerosoft never does. How about matching the MSFS price? https://www.aerosoft.com/en/search?sSearch=Ben+gurion

@Kalnon, I bought it and the 300ER expansion pack the day after that post. If it’s still available then Aerosoft have got more sense than PMDG. Flew Manchester to Singapore last week. Great performance and no streaming problems!

I've discovered on AvSim it is.

I'm considering Napoli for P3Dv5 but the compatibility list stops at v4. Is it okay with v5? https://secure.simmarket.com/aerosoft-napoli-x-fsx-p3d.phtml

Given PFPX was made available for home users I fail to understand your point. The software has performed flawlessly for years. Monday's glitch was just that, a glitch as Stephen suggested. Planning a flight this morning with AS running and all is well.

Hi Stephen. Validation is part of the process to complete the planning process. If you say there was a server issue yesterday that probably explains the problem. I’m out today it will try tomorrow. Thanks.

Later... Active Sky runs on my P3D computer and is currently turned off so no access to weather for PFPX. Running PFPX on my laptop I'm now able to complete the process. It looks like there was something in Wx that PFPX didn't like. I'll continue to test on Wednesday and report back.

This morning I downloaded and installed the latest Rad Restrictions file kindly provided by Sharky. But when planning a flight the process is hanging when Validate Flight is selected. I know Esc will stop the process but it doesn't release the flight. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix other than using the previous cycle?

Many thanks Joe. That's very much appreciated by me and many others I'm sure. @Mathijs Kok, one question. I bought this airport from PC Aviator, not Aerosoft but of course it's an Aerosoft product. I've tried to contact them several times but no reply. Any chance that when Joe provides the P3D update you could make it available to me please? I can provide a receipt.

Agreed but I had to do an internet search to find contact details for him. It would be helpful if those were included.

You replied before reading my next post.

The developer is Jo Erlend Sund. He has developed Oslo too and was interviewed here. https://www.simflight.com/2024/06/19/interview-jo-erlend-sund/ He has his own website and can be contacted here… https://www.joerlendsund.com/contact I’ll be writing to him and suggest others unhappy about him not updating P3D EDDK do the same. Perhaps if enough of us do it he’ll help us out.

Ricardo at LatinVFR supplied updated fixes for Barcelona when 07/25 runways changed. The problem buying from Aerosoft is they don’t tell you who the developer is. Perhaps if they did we could ask him to update the files. Runway designation changes are very infrequent. Perhaps every 20 years. Once done they won’t need doing again.

Tom, there’s a difference between developing and making a minor change. Updating a few taxiway signs and the runway markings is not a big effort. Aerosoft made plenty of money selling it. You should “encourage” the developer to update it for P3D as many have remained loyal to that sim.

I made these selections on the Advanced Route Finder and for the first time got no warning messages about a feature no longer supported. Is this the best way to plan?

Many thanks Stephen! Problem resolved after updating my data that hadn't been touched since Dec 2020. I now have a sensible flight profile with just one step climb for my 777-300ER. I wish we could meet one day and I could personally thank you for all the help you've given me over the years.

He's a star man! I hope he's a lot younger than me! Will do. That looks spot on. 230, 350 and 370. Once I've landed I'll update my files and report back.

I've found the file by Sharky in the downloads section. Thanks Stephen, appreciate your help as always. I'm flying the route now with step climbs using the PMDG777. I'll update my files and report back when done. Hopefully it fixes the problem and one more job I need to to each AIRAC cycle. Was it a better profile when you planned it?

Ah, no. Haven't touched those in ages. Is it something I need to regularly update? Are they still provided? Link please.

PFPX. I'm using one version behind the last one provided. 2.03 just in case it's relevant.

Hi Stephen, sorry, here it is... N0470F250 LIST2R LISTO UL612 HON UN859 CPT/N0468F230 Y321 PEPIS/N0490F370 Q41 SAM UP83 BOLRO UP87 UPALO UN862 TERPO/N0488F310 UN872 ERIGA/N0447F190 R14 EPIXO A5 LOTEE/N0486F370 DCT ABUPI DCT BEXAL UN866 KONBA KONB2X

I appreciate PFPX is no longer supported but with a lot of expertise out there I'm hoping someone can assist with this strange problem. I don't normally check the Charts tab when creating my flights but when looking at the vertical profile for this EGCC-GCTS flight it seemed very odd the aircraft would be required to climb, then descend and then climb again than descend multiple times over mainland Europe. I selected OPT for Cruise Altitude and 2000 for Step Climb. If I select MAX and no Step Climb all is well. But on longer flights a step climb may be necessary which is why I chose that option. This is clearly not how real routes are flown. Could anyone explain why PFPX is doing this and can I make any changes to prevent it happening other than selecting MAX / No Step Climb?

After mentioning the probability the PMDG will soon be removed from here over at AvSim a couple of people expressed the desire to purchase before the shop finally closes its doors. Perhaps Aerosoft could hold fire for a while.