Waypoints not showing up in FSX after loading flight plan.

Started by Wigwag, December 19, 2009, 05:12:04 AM

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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.

Tim. @TimArnot

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.

Tim. @TimArnot

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.
Cheers


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.