Testers required for Prepar3d v4 'Real NZ' Dunedin installer
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:30 pmI'm looking for some people who own Real NZ Dunedin, and want to install it in Prepar3d v4.
In particular, at least one with FTX NZSI, as I normally test this in FSX, but with the new v4 installer, things are done a little differently.
The new installer has no effect on your P3D installation, everything is external, which makes it easy if you ever need to reinstall your simulator -- the scenery will automatically be picked up and activated the first time you run a re-installed simulator.
However, I'm not too sure how this will live with FTX NZ, which IS installed in your simulator system, and may or may not require a small alteration to the NZTI FTX elevation. So testing will include a visit to Taieri, just to see if the elevations are correct, and if not we'll work out a solution.
Real NZ Dunedin is the same, except for some dynamic tarmac lighting. The installer will also install the VLC Libraries, which have been slightly tweaked to fix a few old issues, plus it includes the dynamic lights. It'll also install SODE if required. The Autogen Config Merger Tool is no longer used for Prepar3d v4.
I'm not sure how many have come across the new 'add-on.xml' method for adding anything to Prepar3d, but this is a beautiful system, which keeps your scenery separate and clear from interference from other addons. I will explain some things to testers, but the main thing to understand is that although the scenery appears in the Library within the sim, it doesn't live in scenery.cfg, and you can't edit it from the Library! If you want to turn it on/off, you do so via the Options/Addons menu, but this does require a sim restart.
PM me, or send an email via my site, if you are able to test this next week.
In particular, at least one with FTX NZSI, as I normally test this in FSX, but with the new v4 installer, things are done a little differently.
The new installer has no effect on your P3D installation, everything is external, which makes it easy if you ever need to reinstall your simulator -- the scenery will automatically be picked up and activated the first time you run a re-installed simulator.
However, I'm not too sure how this will live with FTX NZ, which IS installed in your simulator system, and may or may not require a small alteration to the NZTI FTX elevation. So testing will include a visit to Taieri, just to see if the elevations are correct, and if not we'll work out a solution.
Real NZ Dunedin is the same, except for some dynamic tarmac lighting. The installer will also install the VLC Libraries, which have been slightly tweaked to fix a few old issues, plus it includes the dynamic lights. It'll also install SODE if required. The Autogen Config Merger Tool is no longer used for Prepar3d v4.
I'm not sure how many have come across the new 'add-on.xml' method for adding anything to Prepar3d, but this is a beautiful system, which keeps your scenery separate and clear from interference from other addons. I will explain some things to testers, but the main thing to understand is that although the scenery appears in the Library within the sim, it doesn't live in scenery.cfg, and you can't edit it from the Library! If you want to turn it on/off, you do so via the Options/Addons menu, but this does require a sim restart.
PM me, or send an email via my site, if you are able to test this next week.