use without PBR ?

[ai1]

I use P3DV4.5, but have only updated the client and never installed the content parts of P3D to include PBR.
Is it possible to use this scenery without the PBR content updates or will there be textures missing/black?
Thanks.

[american398]

You should be ok, I used it today on the previous version (4.4) and it was fine.

[ai1]

Thanks for the answer american398. But it's already from pre PBR versions (4.2 I think) that I only updated the client. So I have none of the PBR stuff installed. Version 4.4 already has pbr, or do you also have none of that content installed ?

[american398]

Im pretty sure both 4.4 and 4.5 clients will give you PBR material even if you are using older content. Its the client that is the most important thing when updating versions. Now if you want PBR material on default aircraft or default scenery/autogen then you would have to install the Content and scenery portions of the update. But as long as you have AT LEAST the 4.4 client, you should have PBR material from FSDT.

[ai1]

OK, thanks !

[virtuali]

If you update with just the Client, PBR *usually* works, but not entirely.

There have been reports of black or transparent textures even with 3rd party content ( PMDG airplanes, for example ), so our suggest is to always update the Content in any case.