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villaloha
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Unable to open game

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Hello. I tried to get my P3DV4 to open a several times but it won't work. All I see is black. I updated my NVIDA video card. 32 GB ram memory, 6 TB (3 TB used) There are over 100 airport add ons. I do not want to un-install and re-installed. Can anyone please help? Thank you.
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Martyson
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villaloha wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:45 pm Hello. I tried to get my P3DV4 to open a several times but it won't work. All I see is black. I updated my NVIDA video card. 32 GB ram memory, 6 TB (3 TB used) There are over 100 airport add ons. I do not want to un-install and re-installed. Can anyone please help? Thank you.
@ villaloha .

"I updated my NVIDA video card. "
What does that mean?

Is your P3D default flight the F22 at KVPS?

Is P3D running in the Task Manager?
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villaloha
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I updated my video card driver in hoping it would work but not.

I tried with default but nothing. I had to open, exit, open, exit like 20 times and finally it open. In the past it used to open 2 or 3 attemps but this time, over 15 attempts. I find this unusual. Can anyone teamview my game and see why or what is causing problems?
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What are your complete system specs?

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System: i5-12600K@4.9 GHz, ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-I motherboard, 32 GB 4800 MHz DDR5 RAM, Gainward RTX 3060 w/ 12 GB DDR6 VRAM, Windows 10 Pro.

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villaloha
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Intel i7-8700 CPU 3.20 GHz 3.19 GHz

RAM 32GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTZ 1070 Ti

Hard drive 6 TB (3 TB used)
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villaloha wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:13 pm I updated my video card driver in hoping it would work but not.

I tried with default but nothing. I had to open, exit, open, exit like 20 times and finally it open. In the past it used to open 2 or 3 attemps but this time, over 15 attempts. I find this unusual. Can anyone teamview my game and see why or what is causing problems?
@ villaloha ,

You mentioned:
"I tried with default but nothing."

But, my question was:
Is your P3D default flight the F22 at KVPS?

Meaning: Before reporting this problem in the forum?
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villaloha
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Is your P3D default flight the F22 at KVPS?

Yes I changed from KCAK default to F@@ at KVPS.

Now I can't open my game at all. I can't understand why or what is preventing from opening?
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villaloha wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:20 pm Is your P3D default flight the F22 at KVPS?

Yes I changed from KCAK default to F@@ at KVPS.

Now I can't open my game at all. I can't understand why or what is preventing from opening?
@ villaloha .

Which aircraft was in your previous P3D default flight?
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villaloha
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Re: Unable to open game

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CRJ-200 I purchased from Virtualcol FS Software. Should I change to default F22?
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I'm having the same issue but the f22 will load at VPS, if you try and change anything else it just spins and locks up.
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Rhino2604 wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:37 am I'm having the same issue but the f22 will load at VPS, if you try and change anything else it just spins and locks up.
@ Rhino2604 ,

You could review / run through all the General Debugging Steps :
https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopi ... 2&t=123246
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Re: Unable to open game

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Hello! I'm using P3DV4 not V5.

Delete the following generated folders/files. This will result in any add-ons being removed/disabled.
%PROGRAMDATA%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5
%APPDATA%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5

I cannot delete as there are over 300 add-ons. Can anyone please teamview to find what's wrong with my P3D? I have tried everything I can think of and Google but nothing has changed.
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