X-Plane says I need a Professional Key

There are a variety of situations where you really do need a Professional License for X-Plane! You can read more about these licensing situations here

Often the simulator will show an error like this if you have accidentally enabled a special projection setting.


X-Plane includes a variety of projection tools that do require a Professional Key but these can be enabled by mistake!

If you see a message like the one above and you are not using a projector, follow the steps below to resolve the issue!

  1. Open the Developer Menu in X-Plane
  2. Open Projection Parameters
  3. Make sure that no boxes are checked in the this pop-up window.

That should fix this!

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