Author: Adam Breed

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

We are pleased to announce the release Prepar3D v3.2! The new v3.2 update brings several new features and numerous platform, rendering, SimDirector, SDK, SimConnect, and multiplayer updates – including increased performance for multiple views and touch gesture support. For Professional Plus users, Prepar3D v3.2 introduces the SimOperator instructor operator station (IOS) and new native Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) support. The Prepar3D v3.2 update is available now and can be downloaded from your Downloads page. If you currently own a valid Prepar3D v3 license, there is no charge to update to Prepar3D v3.2. Prepar3D now offers separate updates for the Client,

Today announces the release of the first update to Prepar3D v3! The Prepar3D v3.1 update is available now and can be downloaded from your Downloads page. If you currently own a valid Prepar3D v3 license, there is no charge to update to Prepar3D v3.1. For the first time, we will be offering separate updates for the Client, Content, and Scenery. This will make updating faster and easier than ever before. Please be sure to read the Prepar3D v3 Download and Installation Directions for more details on how to update to the v3.1 release. The Lockheed Martin Prepar3D team loves hearing

UPDATE: Deadline has been extended to January 4th, 2016! In January 2016, Otronicon will take place in Orlando, FL at the Orlando Science Center. Otronicon is the premiere technology event that you can’t afford to miss. At Otronicon, guests walk on the cutting edge through state-of-the-art gaming and simulation technologies, including military and medical simulators not typically available to the public. The four-day event features: Interact with industry leaders and educators and learn about STEM careers Experience the future of games and design See the latest in medical and military technologies Check out workshops and panels led by industry pros

Prepar3D v3 has introduced numerous new features, including the addition of Adobe® Scaleform®. We’ve utilized this technology inside of our application to provide a more visually appealing and responsive experience with our menus, on-screen information, and modeless user interface windows such as the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) window. This technology isn’t just for internal use and in this blog post, it will be described how scenario developers can use it too! Our scenario creation tool, SimDirector, has been updated with new objects that aid in creating a rich content experience. To help integrate Scaleform content creation into the existing scenario

Prepar3D v3 is available now! It can be purchased directly from our online Store. Please see the Introducing Prepar3D v3 announcement posting and the Lockheed Martin press release for more information.

This Wednesday, September 30th, at 1:00 PM EST Prepar3D v3 will be available for purchase and digital download via the Prepar3D Store. Prepar3D v3 allows developers and users to build and experience advanced simulated training environments using a new slate of features that simplify development and augment the training experience. Prepar3D v3 further simplifies training scenario creation with major updates to SimDirector, the industry leading simulation courseware creation tool. Prepar3D v3 also welcomes enriched training capabilities by incorporating Autodesk® Scaleform® support, which improves the user interface and expands gauge and panel training capabilities. The new release also features a new

This morning our website team made a few major updates. First, we have completely overhauled our support forum. This was a major request from the community. The Prepar3D forum now features improved search functionality and private messaging. All accounts have been automatically populated on the new forum. Your original username and password should continue to work. The new forum capabilities will greatly enhance interaction between Lockheed Martin, the developer community, and our outstanding users. Next, the store has been reworked to better handle purchases. The store account is now separate from your forum account and allows a better purchasing experience