User Manual in P3D
A318/A319/A320/A321
Professional
The A318/A319/A320/A321 In P3D
Vol
1
01-03-18
16 April 2019
TERRAIN DISPLAY
Just like the Weather Radar the Terrain Display is an overlay on the Navigation Display. The terrain is
shown in colors depending on the height of the terrain in relation to the altitude of the aircraft.
A/C Altitude +2000
50% Red
A/C Altitude + 1000
50% Yellow
A/C Altitude -250 <> +500
25% Yellow
A/C Altitude -1000
50% green
A/C Altitude -2000
16% Green
A/C Altitude >2000
Black
Note that the terrain and weather cannot be displayed at the same time and that the same control it used
as the weather display to set the transparency of the overlay.
CONNECTED FLIGHT DECK
This is another special feature almost no other add-on has. Connected Flight Deck (CFD from now on)
allows you to connect your computer running the Aerosoft bus to another computer running the same
aircraft. Using CFD is not complex (not as complex as flying an A318/A319/A320/A321 anyway) and
following these steps should help you in getting connected. On our forum you will find a specific support
forum for CFD.
You will need a voice connection of course if you are not in the same room. You can use Skype or any
other VOIP service. But for gaming we prefer TeamSpeak (http://www.teamspeak.com/) or Discord
(https://discordapp.com/).
A few things to keep in mind when using CFD:
• Use the same weather engine if possible (otherwise make sure the weather is as similar as
possible) as our weather radar will send the WX overlay from the master to the slave computer.
• Stability is more important than bandwidth in the connection, but still a broadband connection is
needed.
• You do not need to be connected to any online flying service like IVAO or VATSIM, but it most
certainly is possible. One of the pilots needs to be active, the second needs be online as
observer.
• You do not need any of P3D standard ways of connection, as this is a fully stand-alone
connection.
• Vol 9 of the manuals contains a complete procedural flow of what is done by each pilot. Unless
you are very experienced it is a good idea to have this on hand.
• Hifisim’s ActiveSky is the only weather tool we know that guarantees the same exact weather is
both systems have the same settings.
• Do not forget to say ‘I have control’ when you take over flying the aircraft.
• When both pilots try to fly the aircraft you will hear the computer complain (“Dual Input”) and
after it has decided who won it will say either “Priority Right” or “Priority Left”.