Plan G Version 4 in P3D V5

[bernief]

Hello Tim.

I have been using Plan G with P3D v5 for some time. By and large it is pretty good but has a couple of irritating things that you may be able to fix.

When I generate a flight plan (.plg version) using intersections, I get a description saying E or T. In version 3, it used to generate a description "NAMED"". I know it is a small thing but what does E and T mean? See screenshot



Also when I go to File/Options/Locations and browse to the P3D v5 Scenery.cfg location and click on the .cfg file and press OK, the file location goes into the P3D Scenery.cfg dialogue box instead of the P3D v5 dialogue box. I then copy the location into the P3D v5 dialogue box to satisfy my reasoning that there should be something in that box. If I delete the entry in the P3D Scenery.cfg box, Plan G just crashes. See attached screenshot.



i am also having problems getting Plan G v4 to connect to a networked computer that has P3D on it using SimConnect. I have tried lots of different combinations of .xml files (I presume the UTF-8 encoding is the correct one I have attached a screenshot of one that I have tried. Do I also have to add a SimConnect,cfg file to the slave computer. If I do, what information is required?



Hoping you can fix these little enoying things.

Cheers Bernie

[tim arnot]

E = Enroute, T = Terminal. I'll look at improving the descriptions.

Also when I go to File/Options/Locations and browse to the P3D v5 Scenery.cfg location and click on the .cfg file and press OK, the file location goes into the P3D Scenery.cfg dialogue box instead of the P3D v5 dialogue box. I then copy the location into the P3D v5 dialogue box to satisfy my reasoning that there should be something in that box. If I delete the entry in the P3D Scenery.cfg box, Plan G just crashes.

ok, I'll look into that.

i am also having problems getting Plan G v4 to connect to a networked computer that has P3D on it using SimConnect. I have tried lots of different combinations of .xml files (I presume the UTF-8 encoding is the correct one I have attached a screenshot of one that I have tried. Do I also have to add a SimConnect,cfg file to the slave computer. If I do, what information is required?

Firstly, make sure that the IP address you have used is correct (it does not appear consistent with most domestic network setups -- I'd expect a 192.168.x.y address, not a 10.1.... one). It must also be the address of the PC running P3D, not the one running Plan-G.

You will need to create a Simconnect.cfg file on the Plan-G computer. It can be in either My Documents\ or your plan-G program folder. The information needs to match what is in your xml file. So for what you've shown:

[SimConnect]
Protocol=IPV4
Address=10.1.1.59
Port=4506
MaxReceiveSize=4096
DisableNagle=0

Finally, make sure the Plan-G connection is set to SimConnect P3D.

[bernief]

Hello Tim.

I have finally got SimConnect working. I followed your SimConnect.xml example on page 8 of the Quick Start Guide. Unfortunately you left out the final line of the document:

</SimBase.Document>

Once I put that in and changed the FS Connection Parameter to SimConnect 2 (FSX/MSFS), Plan G connected straight away.

Cheers Bernie

[tim arnot]

Thanks, I'll correct it.