Tim

Here are the two SimConnect.xml files. One from P3D the other from FSX. They look the same to me. Should there be one for Plan-G? If so I cannot find it.

Looks like I was premature in saying all was OK. It works in P3D but not FSX. Databases seem to be OK in FSX as some addon airports (not in original FSX) are included but still when FSX Data is selected, it will not connect to sim. When using P3D it doesn't seem to matter which dataset I select, the user aircraft is showing. Checked file locations etc but no good.

Log file is attached (I hope)

Tim.

Looks like I found the problem. As I said I have FSX and P3D running on the same computer. I only recently installed P3D and had spent a few days playing with it, but had not used Plan-G, apart from setting up the database(s). So when I tried to use Plan-G for a flight I didn't think about selecting FSX or P3D Data as it always defaulted to FSX when that was all I had. All seems Ok now though.

Sorry about wasting your time.

Tim, its just a single PC, but I have both FSX and P3D on it both working OK.

Did a C:\ search for *.log files and cannot find anything that looks like a PlanG log file. Where should it be 

Just upgraded to latest version and cannot connect to FSX or P3D. Both databases appear to be setup OK, but when I move the mouse over the "Connect" icon it highlights yellow then orange as I click but will not connect. The "Disconnect" icon is not highlighted as are the Lock and Free buttons but the Sync is highlighted.

Tried messing about with SimConnect settings in Options - FS Connection to no avail.

Don't know about SimConnect.xml file, didn't have to do anything about that file before, with earlier versions.

Didn't have this problem in previous versions. So far everything else seems OK.

I have searched the manual and this forum, but cannot find a way to create a flight plan without using airports listed in FSX. I am trying to set up plans using bush strips (in Australia), these strips are appear in the FSX scenery as grass or gravel strips, but are not listed in the airports list.

Plan G shows them on the map (examples Nullarbor Motel YNUB, South Australia and Caiguna YCAG, Western Australia) but will not allow me to use them in the "Quick Plan" set up.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks Tim
Mesh and scenery are all original default for this area. I have noticed in several other areas that the spot elevation feature is different to the contour lines, but the particular area where I had the problem has, by far, the largest difference I have found. Perhaps I should check for real world elevations at known spots, like mounrains etc and see how they measure up.

The flight I was setting up has a particularly nasty approach and landing with no escape route, (unless you are in an ultra-light or a military jet), not the DC3 I was using, so I was spending considerable time in getting my approach plan correct. I didn't want an unexpected landing into the side of a mountain.

Never mind, probably something I (we) can live with in an otherwise excellent program.

I am having a problem planning an approach to Malaga SKLA (Columbia). The airport is correctly stated as 6702ft, but elevations for the surrounding terrain are unclear. Terrain view at high zoom, shows contour line of 2100m about 0.2nm from the threshold. This is probably correct, but when I hold the mouse over the contour line to get a spot elevation it gives me 9094ft. Conversion of the 2100m contour should be 6889ft, so why am I getting 9094 ft on the spot elevation?
d.woody

Hi EchoTango
Yes I did look there before I posted, there was mention in 1 of the posts of unzipping the RAR files . I didn't have any RAR files only the downloaded GZ file. What I didn't realise was that the GZ file had to be unzipped. I wasn't sure that post was really addressing the same problem as mine. Anyway it seems to be sorted now.

Thanks SAPilot

The GZ file looked just like an ordinary file, so I didn't think of it being a zipped file. WinZip didn't want to open it initially but it finally worked. When I unziped it the size went from 11,349KB to 126,563KB so that explains it, and it now seems OK. just need to work on it a bit more to set up a flightplan over some mountains to test it out.

I have just downloaded and installed Plan-G and it looks good so far. I have also downloaded one DEM file (l10g.gz) as per instructions in the manual, but i cannot get the "Plan Elevation" box to become active in View. I have opened one of the flight plan examples, and have FS9 open. I put the DEM file in the Plan-G\DEM folder. Is there something else that needs to be done?

d.woody