Cannot see UK Airspace

[tim arnot]

Ok, assuming you went through this site: http://soaringweb.org/Airspace/UK/HomePage.html what you appear to have downloaded is the heights layer, from the bottom link. I don't know what a "heights layer" is, but it ain't airspace.

What you need is the top link, "AS Select". That'll give you a few options, and then generate the file "uk2020-07-16.txt". Copy that to the airspaces folder, rebuild, and you'll be golden.

[Fotofantom]

Golden days indeed Tim.  Looks like most of the problems were user generated, I can take that.

Thanks very much for your efforts and assistance.  I think the application is fantastic and certainly helps with my simulated VFR flight planning.

One minor point, and it may be another user issue but I can't fathom it at the moment, the vrp's still don't identify when I hover over them. I'm sure they did in v3.2.2 but I've deleted that version and can't check. I think the airports used to identify when hovered over as well but they don't at present. Not worried too much about that now, I can see airspace.

A donation coming your way.

Happy days.

Jim

[tim arnot]

Yes, airports, naiads, VRPs should all pop up information when you hover over them.
One reason why they might not is if you have the Plan-G window overlaying the flight sim window. Where they share the same screen space seems to interfere with things like tooltips and context menus - that's the same for any application on top of the sim.

Donation received, thank you. That's very generous.  :)

[Fotofantom]

No worries with the donation, the software and your assistance in resolving issues has been well worth it. I appreciate the time you've taken in producing the application and in resolving my issues.

Regarding the VRP's, I think there is a problem that has appeared in v4 that wasn't seen in v3.2.2. Looking at the 'User Waypoints' menu items, if I only have 'VRP' selected, the VRP's appear. If I click on 'Airstrip', the VRP's disappear. If I then unclick 'Airstrip', the VRP's do not reappear until I unclick 'VRP' and re-click 'VRP'.  It's as if there is interaction between these 2 buttons where 'VRP' switches them on and 'Airstrip' switches them off. Also, there is no popup with VRP's and airports even when Plan-G is the only application running on my pc.

I only mention these points because this is the Alpha version and I think you benefit from having as many testers as you can get.  I was a software developer back in the day and know the value of having random sympathetic testing carried out by non-development staff.

I've attached the log file in case there is evidence in there for you.

Keep up the good work.
Jim

[tim arnot]

It's an entirely new data engine, so the waypoints table has been rebuilt from scratch. It's entirely possible that something is behaving differently. Were there any waypoints in particular you were looking at?

[Fotofantom]

Not really looking for any waypoints in particular, just noticed the difference between versions. The fact that they popped up when you needed to identify them was useful. For instance, if ATC tell me to depart Liverpool via Seaforth I can find it by hovering over the VRP's on the map around the Liverpool area. Otherwise I revert to using the paper version of the map.

It's not a worry if v4 doesn't have the feature, it's just that it was useful.  The fact that VRP's appear and disappear with the selection of 'Airstrip' seems a little odd but I can get around that.  Just thought that you should know what I found.

Thanks
Jim