Waypoints not showing up in FSX after loading flight plan.

[Wigwag]

I upgraded my CPU the other day but have noticed something strange since then. I draw up my flight plan in Plan-G with waypoints etc, save, then I load that flight in FSX. The Dep and Arr airports show up in FSX but none of the waypoints, it's always a direct GPS looking route that shows up in FSX. Prior to this upgrade I'm cetain all the waypoints showed up. I even loaded up a previous flight in Plan-G which had waypoints, and then loaded it in FSX and the waypoints are gone.

Although I was told the CPU upgrade was straight forward, maybe it messed somthing up. Any ideas?

[Wigwag]

I tried something different. I loaded the flight in FSX first with waypoints and to the point where my aircraft was parked at the departure gate. Then I started Plan-G and connected and loaded the flight in Plan-G, all my waypoints were there and my flight path. I completed the flight with Plan-G and it worked great.

One thing I noticed (don't know if it means anything) but when I save a flight plan in FSX it ends with .PLN in capitol letters. When I save a  flight in Plan-G it ends in .pln small letters. Also when I looked at flight plans I had saved before the CPU upgrade that were done in Plan-G they used to end in .PLN  but when I load those flights they appear in FSX with no waypoints and just a direct route. So maybe then .PLN or .pln does not matter.

[tim arnot]

If it loaded the plan files okay before, it sounds like the problem is witrh FSX. Have you tried creating a plan with waypoints from within FSX itself?

The upper/lower case extension shouldn't make a difference.

[Wigwag]

Yes , when I create the flight plans from within FSX it works great, all waypoints show up in the FSX GPS and the FSX World Map as well as Plan-G map. But when I create a flight plan in Plan-G the waypoints don't show up in the FSX GPS or the FSX World Map. Now although the waypoints don't show (just a direct route to destination) the Dep and Arrival airports do including the departure gate I had chosen when I created the flight plan in Plan-G.

I could create all my flight plans in FSX first, but my preference is to do them in Plan-G because its a much nicer program and easier to use.

Just guessing but maybe I should try to unistall and re-install Plan-G?

[tim arnot]

Could you upload some of the plans here, and I'll see if anything's wrong with them.

[tom]

Just an observation that may or may not help ..... but sometimes I have found in FSX that the above occurs (ie start and finish points load but no intermediate waypoints), and by loading the same flightplan AGAIN (ie a second time over the top), all becomes as it should.

I have no idea why, but it always works for me when this happens.

Cheers

Edit :  On reflection, it is probably when using plans produced on other than FSX ... in my case Plan-G & Vatsim VFR online flights.  Bit odd, but there must be a reason.

[Wigwag]

Wow Tim, that is very nice of you to offer. However, I tried Tom's suggestion and it works like a charm. I just hit the load flight button a second time and all the waypoints showed up. GREAT!!!

Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.