Hi, Here is a strange problem,I use Plan-G VER.3.1.3.113 using OPEN CYCLE MAP without any problems, however my brother using the same version of PLAN-G cannot get a map (unadulterated by messages) from any of the 4 options although he could use OPEN CYCLE MAP before. Is this option no longer aivailable?

Hi, I have downloaded and installed your latest Bete version of Plan-g and find it's working very well  with no problems found (in P3Dv2.5+) I have noticed in the 'options' page under 'Map Provider' there is a section under dealing with 'subscription maps', In an earlier version of Plan-G, 21.something the terrain maps were more detailed than they are now,I believe Google used to provide these detailed maps but no longer do. Do you know of any subscription maps that can be bought to use with P-G that would provide what Google did in the past?

Hi ,Problem solved by updating to latest build.

Hi ,Over the last couple of days all my Navaids (ILS feathers,NDB'S Vor's)and restricted airspace and IFR waypoints have stopped displaying on my screen, I have carried out 2 database updates for P3Dv2.5 (my only flight sim) without any joy ,can anyone advise a cure please as all navaids are switched on on the toolbar? Thanks

Hi Tim, I tried going to Plan-G/files/fs connection, and then changing from Sim Connect(where it had always previously been) to FSUIPC  and now it's working well. I don't know why the previously would work with P3D and not FSX , but its all working now, T|hanks for your help.

Hi Tim, Are you saying that my localhost port should something other than 0 ? What I don't understand is why my P3D Works (using VPilot) in both P3D and Fsx . Where the Plan-G files does the Port  number reside?

Hi Tim, I am sending you another Plan-G log that I did this morning. When I am online with another person they can see my (red aircraft icon) when they have connected to PG3, I cannot see my yellow aircraft or their red one, I hope this helps. Plan-G appears to be fully functional when I am in P3D and online via Vpilot.....09:15:05.7

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09:15:05.7 Starting Plan-G (W7 edition), build 3.1.1.94
09:15:05.7 OS is Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
09:15:06.0 InitDataFolder
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_NAVI.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\UserWaypoints.sdf
09:15:06.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\MEF.sdf
09:15:06.8 Map tiles cache: C:\Users\DAVID HACK\AppData\Local\GMap.NET\
09:15:07.0 Program in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Plan-G v3.1.1
09:15:07.0 Data in: C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files
09:15:07.0 IsDataLoaded: FSX
09:15:07.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
09:15:07.7 Starting timer
09:15:08.0 IsDataLoaded: FSX
09:15:08.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
09:15:08.0 IsDataLoaded: FS9
09:15:08.0 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
09:15:08.1 IsDataLoaded: P3D
09:15:08.1 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
09:15:08.6 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
09:15:08.6 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
09:15:10.2 Stopping timer
09:15:10.2 StartMap
09:15:10.2 Connection string: metadata=res://*/Data.FSData.csdl|res://*/Data.FSData.ssdl|res://*/Data.FSData.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5;provider connection string='Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf'
09:15:10.8 NdbsInBounds 22
09:15:11.2 VorsInBounds 20
09:15:11.8 AirportsInBounds 50
09:15:14.2 AirspaceInBounds 105
09:15:14.3 NdbsInBounds 22
09:15:14.3 VorsInBounds 20
09:15:14.4 AirportsInBounds 50
09:15:14.5 AirspaceInBounds 105
09:15:24.3 Initiating SimConnect connection.
09:15:24.3 Connect
09:15:24.3 SimConnect.Connect - Remote. Mode = IPv4 Server = localhost Port = 0
09:15:24.3 Connect: BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect+SimConnectException: Open: iPort value is invalid
   at BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect.Open(String strAppName, String strHostName, Int32 iPort, Boolean bIsIPV6)
   at Plan_G3.Model.SIMCONNECT.Connect()
09:15:24.3 SimConnect connection failed.
09:15:24.3 Disconnect
09:15:24.3 Disconnected from sim
09:16:12.7 Initiating SimConnect connection.
09:16:12.7 Connect
09:16:12.7 SimConnect.Connect - Remote. Mode = IPv4 Server = localhost Port = 0
09:16:12.7 Connect: BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect+SimConnectException: Open: iPort value is invalid
   at BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect.Open(String strAppName, String strHostName, Int32 iPort, Boolean bIsIPV6)
   at Plan_G3.Model.SIMCONNECT.Connect()
09:16:12.7 SimConnect connection failed.
09:16:12.7 Disconnect
09:16:12.7 Disconnected from sim
09:17:20.6 Initiating SimConnect connection.
09:17:20.6 Connect
09:17:20.6 SimConnect.Connect - Remote. Mode = IPv4 Server = localhost Port = 0
09:17:20.6 Connect: BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect+SimConnectException: Open: iPort value is invalid
   at BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect.Open(String strAppName, String strHostName, Int32 iPort, Boolean bIsIPV6)
   at Plan_G3.Model.SIMCONNECT.Connect()
09:17:20.6 SimConnect connection failed.
09:17:20.6 Disconnect
09:17:20.6 Disconnected from sim
09:17:21.1 Initiating SimConnect connection.
09:17:21.1 Connect
09:17:21.1 SimConnect.Connect - Remote. Mode = IPv4 Server = localhost Port = 0
09:17:21.1 Connect: BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect+SimConnectException: Open: iPort value is invalid
   at BeatlesBlog.SimConnect.SimConnect.Open(String strAppName, String strHostName, Int32 iPort, Boolean bIsIPV6)
   at Plan_G3.Model.SIMCONNECT.Connect()
09:17:21.1 SimConnect connection failed.
09:17:21.1 Disconnect
09:17:21.1 Disconnected from sim
09:17:44.1 Cleanup
09:17:51.9

21:44:33.5        Hi Tim, I hope this the file you require, David Hack

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21:44:33.6 Starting Plan-G (W7 edition), build 3.1.1.94
21:44:33.6 OS is Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
21:44:33.8 InitDataFolder
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_NAVI.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\UserWaypoints.sdf
21:44:33.8 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\MEF.sdf
21:44:33.8 Creating C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data
21:44:33.8 Creating C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Charts
21:44:35.4 Map tiles cache: C:\Users\DAVID HACK\AppData\Local\GMap.NET\
21:44:35.6 Program in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Plan-G v3.1.1
21:44:35.6 Data in: C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files
21:44:35.7 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:44:35.7 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:44:35.7 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:44:35.7 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:44:35.7 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:44:35.7 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:44:35.7 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:44:35.7 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:44:36.1 Starting timer
21:44:36.1 DownloadCurrentMetars thread started
21:44:36.1 Metar18Z.TXT started
21:44:36.1 Metar19Z.TXT started
21:44:36.1 sTAF12Z.TXT started
21:44:36.1 sTAF18Z.TXT started
21:44:36.1 lTAF18Z.TXT started
21:44:36.1 lTAF12Z.TXT started
21:44:36.3 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:44:36.3 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:44:36.4 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:44:36.4 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:44:36.4 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:44:36.4 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:44:36.4 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:44:36.4 Data Source = C:\Users\DAVID HACK\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:44:38.6 Stopping timer
21:44:38.6 StartMap
21:44:38.6 Connection string: metadata=res://*/Data.FSData.csdl|res://*/Data.FSData.ssdl|res://*/Data.FSData.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5;provider connection string='Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf'
21:44:39.1 NdbsInBounds 0
21:44:39.2 VorsInBounds 0
21:44:39.3 AirportsInBounds 0
21:44:39.4 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:44:39.5 NdbsInBounds 0
21:44:39.5 VorsInBounds 0
21:44:39.5 AirportsInBounds 0
21:44:39.6 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:44:40.0 sTAF18Z.TXT done
21:44:40.2 sTAF12Z.TXT done
21:44:43.7 lTAF12Z.TXT done
21:44:44.3 lTAF18Z.TXT done

Hi,Further to my previous post ,I am able to connect  to P3D  in  the usual way without any problems.

Hi, I have recently installed P3D and  version V3.1.1.94 .  Now I find FSX will not connect to Plan-G  Can anyone suggest a possible reason for this,is there a setting I may have missed. I do not have the twosims running at the same time.

Thanks to all who offered help with my recent map problem, this matter has now been fixed with the help of Barry McRae( GA group BFSG) The problem lay in the Locations folder, it was an error in the FSX Scenery.cfg:
now corrected and all working fine.

Hi Tim ,I have made sure Plan-G 3  is allowable through my fireway and it does not appear to have made any difference. Do you know why it seems that I cannot take a screenshot using Fraps,it works for FSX.

Hi, I use FRAPS for screenshots, but for some reason it won't make a shot of my Plan-G 3 screen, is there any reason for that?

Hi, I  have tried each of the 6 map providers and have found no difference

Please add to my previous message ,I also get a dark blue gridded screen with an error message in red..... Exception: No data in local tile cache   and in the  centre of each square in a lighter blue than the backround......   We are sorry but we dont have imagery at this zoom  level  for this region  (zoom 9 area Norway)  I hope this additional information will help with this problem.