Saving a plan in FSX and FS9 format

[AuPif]

First, thanks for making this wonderful planner available!

I am using a russian aeroplane in FSX (Tu-154 b2) that in turn uses a navigation calculation routine requiring flight plans in fs9 format. So, I have been creating my navs by running fs9, with fsnav, just for this purpose. Plan G works very well for me in FSX. I have tried to export  to fs9 format using the export procedure, by selecting FS2004 format, however  when I do so, Plan G still saves under FSX format. Is it not working because I am using an FSX data base and Plan G is not designed for this? Or is there a step I am missing when going from one format to the other?

Thanks in advance for any advice that may be provided.

AuPif.

[tim arnot]

No, export is not dependent on the data source. Open the plan in notepad, you'll see it's clearly different from an fsx plan.

[AuPif]

I have opened the plans with notepad. That's how I see what format they are in. And a plan exported under "export as 2004 flight plan" still is written as a fsx flight plan. Here is, attached, a small plan I have saved in various ways:

- exported as FSX format
- exported as FS2004 format (both above files are in FSX format)
- same plan made and saved under FS9 (in FS9 format this one)

I wonder if I am not doing something incorrect when I do the FS2004 export. Is there a special step different from FSX export?

Thanks if you can help.

AuPif.

[tim arnot]

Ok, looks like you have to change to the FS9 data set to export as FS9 format.

[AuPif]

Thanks for the clarification. Plan G is such a nice tool, we tend to ask too much...

AuPif.

[tim arnot]

I'm sure there was a reason I did it that way, but I don't remember what it was. I'll look at it in the next update and see if it's an easy fix...