Author: Adam Breed

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),

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

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

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

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 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

FlightSimCon is an annual flight simulation and aviation conference for pilots and aviation enthusiasts. This year’s event takes place on June 11-12, 2016 at the New England Air Museum, on the grounds of Bradley International Airport just north of Hartford, CT. The event is designed to promote and expand the use of at-home flight simulation using platforms like Prepar3D. It’s a great chance to explore others’ setups, interact with vendors, attend seminars on improving simulator performance, and speak with flight simulation personalities. Registration for the 2016 event is now available at www.flightsimcon.com. For just $60, attendees can get full, 2-day