What now ?

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:30 am

Surfing the site I still don't understand if this is a stand-alone flight sim or something to use along with another sim like FSX or similar. I mean, buying the Professional Licence and not being a FSX (or whatever) owner, do I have some planes and a world to fly in ?

Thanks

Legacy Support · Post by **Legacy Support** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:45 am

Hi Aquila,

Thanks for your post and interest in Prepar3D. Yes, this is a standalone simulation product. It is compatible with many FSX add-ons as it is derived from the same source code, which in turn created Microsoft ESP, the commercial version of FSX. This is the software that Lockheed Martin purchased in order to create Prepar3D. It has a whole-Earth database and aircraft that ship with the product for people to fly in.

More information on the product can be found on our website in the Product Overview page: http://www.prepar3d.com/product-overview/

Regards,

John Nicol

Principal Engineer, Prepar3D

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:57 am

Hi and thanks for your prompt answer John.

I'm planning to buy the Professional Licence but, since a demo isn't available, I would like to know which planes are included. I'm asking this because in the Product Overview page this info isn't shown.

lionheart · Post by **lionheart** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:19 pm

Maule Orion

Piper J3 Cub

Mooney Bravo

Robinson R22

Beechcraft Baron 58

Beechcraft King Air 350

P-38 Lightening

Lockheed Constellation

Neptune Submersible

FSMP · Post by **FSMP** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:53 pm

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Quote from Aquila on May 2, 2012, 11:57

Hi and thanks for your prompt answer John.

I'm planning to buy the Professional Licence but, since a demo isn't available, I would like to know which planes are included. I'm asking this because in the Product Overview page this info isn't shown.

On the P3D website, it states:

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Refund Policy
Lockheed Martin Prepar3D® Software License 60-Day Refund Policy

What Software Licenses Are Eligible for a Refund?
All Lockheed Martin Prepar3D® software licenses that are purchased come with a Lockheed Martin 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Lockheed Martin will refund your purchase price subject to policy guidelines and license agreement provisions.

60 Day Refund Policy would seem to be even better than a limited time DEMO

Legacy Support · Post by **Legacy Support** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:34 am

Geoff,

Not for demo purposes though. That would be a mis-use of the intent and could jeopardize our refund policy.

John

Dumpcore · Post by **Dumpcore** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:07 am

One solution is to try the developer license for 10$. You can test it for a month, your addons, your hardware, etc. and if like, purchase your license.

Regards,

Dump

FSMP · Post by **FSMP** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:28 am

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Quote from John Nicol on May 3, 2012, 08:34

Geoff,

Not for demo purposes though. That would be a mis-use of the intent and could jeopardize our refund policy.

John

John

Thanks... I realize I did not not really understand what he was looking for. It seemed to me, he wanted to DEMO the product toi HIMSELF, to evaluate it, as he did not seem clear of what P3D was.

Malky · Post by **Malky** » Tue May 22, 2012 4:46 am

To save me having to buy to demo it or the $10 to trial. What is the maximum number of screens that has been proven to work with this software? No matrox or other splitters. No horizontal spanning, lets say one PC with 3 dual head video cards that can connect 6 screens. I KNOW FSX CAN'T do it. Can PREPAR3D?

Post by **Beau Hollis** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:38 am

I can verify that 4 monitors spanning two video cards works fine on my dev machine. We should scale up to 8, but I don't have a hardware setup to test more than 4.

Beau

Malky · Post by **Malky** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:46 pm

Thanks Beau. We did a fair bit of research to find a PC that had 4 PCI2-16 slots. The PC has 3 8800GTS, each card hooked up to 2 monitors (using the 2 DVI outputs on each card). It may be a challenge to find a PC that can take those cards, however, some ATI cards have 6 outputs , but need active adapters from the video ports to allow all 6 monitors to work.

Post by **Beau Hollis** » Tue May 22, 2012 6:14 pm

It's undocumented, but I have been able to push more than the AMD hardware spec with non-active adapters provided when using the same exact model monitor for the additional displays (using a FirePro 8800). When I tried swapping out of my monitors for a different model I could only push 2 or the 3. You can also use display port directly on newer displays.

Malky · Post by **Malky** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:10 pm

We have tried some ATI card with 6 outputs, (2 DVI, 4 video port) but only puts out 2 screens when using passive connectors.

We have also bee nsticking to 22" monitors but 2 dell and 4 ELO.