swift installation in parallel with P3D v4 and P3D v5
If you want to keep two versions of Prepar3D for online flying, a second swift can be installed so both P3D versions can co-exists and have independent model sets.
This has been tested with swiftinstaller-window-64-0.9.4.276
with P3Dv4.5
and swiftinstaller-window-64-0.9.4.366
for P3Dv5 with Hotfix1
.
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Install a second swift by using different installation locations (directories). For example
swift-0.9.4-64bit_P4
andswift-0.9.4-64bit_P5
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If you want to use the FLAi models for model matching:
- Copy the folder FLAi with the
add-on.xml
fromDocuments-Prepar3Dv4 Add-ons
toDocuments-Prepar3Dv5 Add-ons
. - Note: This is using the existing FLAi package on your computer, no new download necessary.
- Copy the folder FLAi with the
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For the new second swift installation for P3Dv5:
- Start swift Launcher - Mapping Tool and create a new model set and press
save P3D
- Ensure the correct path to the P3D version, this is set in: Settings -> Simulator basics. If necessary set it manually to
P3Ddv4
for the first andP3Dv5
for the second one.
- Start swift Launcher - Mapping Tool and create a new model set and press
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To distinguish between the two swift versions, create
swiftguist.exe
links on the desktop, such asswiftguist.exe Pv4.5
and the other oneswiftguist.exe Pv5
.