NZFF

A big criticism of the LM Prepare 3D is the lack of a proper start menu page whereby the aircraft type, departure airfield, time of day and weather can be preset prior to launch.
This freeware program fixes that. Perhaps a good interim measure until LM creates one of their own (which they should have done long before now).

Simlauncher V1.0

Avsim file name: simlauncher10.zip

Now that looks very promising. Just grabbed it for P3D

Cheers,


Ade

The way things are going i do believe P3D is going to be my future buy ........ For a hardened FS simmer be interesting to see the results , first another HD .

This looks really promising and much better than the previously available third party P3D launcher. Nice attractive interface, selection from your aircraft list with thumbnails, set airport and starting position, weather, date and time. Works for FSX as well as P3D.

Only problem is it fails when loading the flight with a .dll error - MSVCR110.dll missing.

The developer has been informed by various people on AVSIM. Hopefully he'll issue a fix or workaround as this could be the answer to our prayers as far as starting P3D is concerned


Ade

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 29 2012,11:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The way things are going i do believe P3D is going to be my future buy ........ For a hardened FS simmer be interesting to see the results , first another HD .

I'm running FSX and P3D concurrently on the same HD. P3D has all the Orbx Australian scenery linked from FSX using their migrator program plus direct installs of NZNI and NZSI. That way I can keep FSX for my VLC install and P3D for Orbx stuff. I've also got some P3D-specific planes installed, the Bronco, Rapide and our old friend the Hudson. Not much, but it's a start and good enough for testing.

I'm holding out for P3D 2.0 and automatic updating. Once that's in place, provided the FSX compatibility is maintained I'll move over entirely to P3D. Not looking forward to reinstalling everything but I've done it before and may have built a new PC by then anyway.

Once I get some time to resume my NZ national tour I'll post some screens from P3D for comparison


Ade

Thanks Ade , i've still got enough to keep me occupied with FSX and its best to wait for the more defined P3D , be looking forward to seeing those screens .

AdrianPetford wrote:

QUOTE (AdrianPetford @ Oct 30 2012,12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Only problem is it fails when loading the flight with a .dll error - MSVCR110.dll missing.
Ade

The file is part of Visual C++ 2012 which you may not have on your computer.
It can be found here.

Thanks cowpatz

Maarten, the developer has also said he's compiling a new build with the relevant runtime included. Should be out within the next day or so.

I'm looking forward to giving this a try as it's exactly what I've wanted

Cheers,


Ade

Version 1.2 out now with Visual C++ runtime included.

Now up to version 3.2. Many new features added and bugs fixed. This developer is really proactive.

Think i'm going to need another HD very very shortly , get this P3D ... or maybe a completely new PC .. a hard drive for each simulator ... course one large one to keep CLOD and ROF happy for when my war type brother stops by .