Problem creating X-Plane database

[geochaben]

Hello,

I was having a problem getting the navigation database to build, it was hanging.

I tried again and finally, mysteriously, got the database to run, but I am missing instrument approaches (when I right-click on an airport the "Instrument Approaches" item does not display. Also I am missing RDPM airspaces, and probably some other things I haven't discovered yet. I checked the Plan-G_log.txt and found lots of error messages.

I am attaching the Plan-G_Log in hopes a solution may be found. I am running Windows 7 64-bit, X-Plane 10.25, and Plan G 3.1.

[sky one]

Hello,
X-Plane doesn't contain airspaces data; you can use a little trick: download FSX airspaces data from X-Plane.it[1] (you need to be registered but it's free) and use them with X-Plane DB. I made a video-tutorial[2] about importing these airspaces data in Plan-G: it's in Italian, but maybe it could help non-Italian speakers too.

Ciao
Cristiano

[1]: http://www.x-plane.it/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16525&start=15#p181712
[2]: Plan-G: importazione punti utente e tabella spazi aerei on Vimeo

[geochaben]

Thank you for your response. I registered with x-plane.it and was able to get the airspaces file, and it works. I still don't have instrument approaches, and waypoints (unless I just need them for Italy.) Anyhow, it was good to get the airspaces, thank you.

I am still very concerned about the error messages in the log file, such as:

19:16:33.1 Error processing earth_nav.dat.: 6  40.75644400  016.94085000   1184        10  300321.163  LIBV 32L GS
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at Plan_G3.Data.XPlaneDB.readNavaids()
19:16:33.1 Error processing earth_nav.dat.: 6  28.27461100  068.45741900    185        10  300327.389 MCCT OPJA 33  GS
System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
   at System.Number.ParseSingle(String value, NumberStyles options, NumberFormatInfo numfmt)
   at System.Single.Parse(String s, IFormatProvider provider)
   at Plan_G3.Data.XPlaneDB.readNavaids()

Are these errors normal? If not, how do I fix this? Do I need to re-install X-Plane?

[tim arnot]

I'll look into those errors - I don't think they cause a problem. There's certainly no need to go reinstalling anything.