Quote from: tim arnot on January 25, 2011, 09:54:27 AM
Plan-G has to use IE, because it is the only browser that can be embedded within an application. It's also the only browser you can guarantee everyone will have. And no, I believe the MS fix is universal, although I'm no IE expert.

Makes sense, thanks Tim. (I'm no programming expert, so wasn't sure if apps embedded the default browser in the same way as they launch links externally in the default browser.) Obviously the one benefit of Microsoft's dubious practices is that you can pretty much guarantee every system has IE on it...

Great, thanks Tim! (Impressively speedy response!)

I've also been getting these timeout warnings with relatively few overlays enabled (Win7, ~10meg cable connection, Core i7-950 w/ 12GB RAM and GTX 470 GPU). I see that the suggested solution is to follow this Microsoft document's suggestions:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q175500

Before I consider doing that, I wanted to make sure I understood a couple of points, though. My default web browser isn't IE, it's Google Chrome. (I only use IE for banking, partly to ensure it's completely separate from regular web browsing, and partly because my bank doesn't allow access with Chrome.)

Does Plan-G respect the user browser selection, or does it always use IE regardless of how the PC's configured? And is there any way to restrict the solution above to only apply when running Plan-G? I'd prefer not to have web scripts potentially lock up my browser, because I'd changed the setting to let Plan-G take more resources...

Would it help if two of us held our breath together?

Now we just need one more person to hold their breath with us, and we'll have an Arlo Guthrie-certified official organization. ;-)

Quote from: tim arnot on July 02, 2010, 09:28:31 AM
In 0.9, you need to use airports for intermediate waypoints if you want weather reports for them. Plan-G won't figure out the nearest weather station from a VOR or other navaid. This is something that will be improved in 1.0.

I'm relatively new to Plan-G, and have just tried out the weather feature for the first time. I'm wondering if you can tell me whether this improvement was ever implemented?

The reason I ask is because I've just tried loading a flight plan from KLAS to KORD, and I only get weather information for my current location, plus my departure and arrival points -- nothing for any intermediate points. I have all three checkboxes (download weather from NWS, display nearest weather, and update local) checked in Plan-G's options, and FSX is currently connected with my location updating correctly.

My flight plan is attached for reference.

Hi all

Quick bug report for you -- I tried searching the forums, but the only similar issues I could see didn't seem applicable here (my waypoints are all full degrees / minutes / seconds, and there aren't any negative values).

The attached flightplan is exported from Ultimate Traffic 2, and when loaded into Plan-G, all but the first and last waypoint locations are incorrectly shown as if they were on the prime / Greenwich meridian (longitude zero).

Flight Sim X loads, displays, and flies the same flightplan just fine.

The same problem has been noted in Plan-G v2.0.2.x and the just released 2.0.3.486 on Windows 7 64-bit. Hope this is helpful in improving future versions of Plan-G!

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Michael R. Tomkins