Fsbuild-2 Flight Planner

I have created a flight plan for IR302 out of KMUO using Lat/Lon, I can build the route and it does get saved to my C:\<user>\my documents\flight simulator file. I open FSX\w Acceleration, open the flight planner and I see the KMUO-KMUO.pln file, I select it and click on open, but the plan does not load into FSX, the plan stays blank, not even the airports are entered.

I can copy the plan here later.

Make sure to copy the full content of the .pln file generated... what you are encountering is usually a sign that something wasn't right in the pln.

DJ

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0">
<Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
<FlightPlan.FlightPlan>
<Title>KMUO to KMUO</Title>
<FPType>IFR</FPType>
<RouteType>HighAlt</RouteType>
<CruisingAlt>7000</CruisingAlt>
<DepartureID>KMUO</DepartureID>
<DepartureLLA>N43° 02' 36.00" , W115° 52' 20.00",</DepartureLLA>
<DestinationID>KMUO</DestinationID>
<DestinationLLA>N43° 02' 36.00" , W115° 52' 20.00",</DestinationLLA>
<Descr>KMUO, KMUO</Descr>
<DeparturePosition>12</DeparturePosition>
<DepartureName>MOUNTAIN_HOME_AFB</DepartureName>
<DestinationName>MOUNTAIN_HOME_AFB</DestinationName>
<AppVersion>
<AppVersionMajor>10</AppVersionMajor>
<AppVersionBuild>60905</AppVersionBuild>
</AppVersion>
<ATCWaypoint id="KMUO">
<ATCWaypointType>Airport</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 02' 36.00",W115° 52' 20.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>KMUO</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4335N11508W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 35' 00.00",W115° 08' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4335N11508W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4359N11400W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 59' 00.00",W114° 00' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4359N11400W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4339N11340W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 39' 00.00",W113° 40' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4339N11340W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4327N11328W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 27' 00.00",W113° 28' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4327N11328W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4318N11319W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 18' 00.00",W113° 19' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4318N11319W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4254N11314W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 54' 00.00",W113° 14' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4254N11314W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4251N11314W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 51' 00.00",W113° 14' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4251N11314W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4248N11313W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 48' 00.00",W113° 13' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4248N11313W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4238N11312W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 38' 00.00",W113° 12' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4238N11312W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4219N11315W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 19' 00.00",W113° 15' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4219N11315W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4207N11318W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 07' 00.00",W113° 18' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4207N11318W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4203N11345W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 03' 00.00",W113° 45' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4203N11345W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4142N11447W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 42' 00.00",W114° 47' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4142N11447W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4126N11533W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 26' 00.00",W115° 33' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4126N11533W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4136N11612W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 36' 00.00",W116° 12' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4136N11612W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4152N11706W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 52' 00.00",W117° 06' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4152N11706W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4230N11706W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 30' 00.00",W117° 06' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4230N11706W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4250N11706W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 50' 00.00",W117° 06' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4250N11706W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4126N11533W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 26' 00.00",W115° 33' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4126N11533W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4137N11533W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N41° 37' 00.00",W115° 33' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4137N11533W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="4200N11533W">
<ATCWaypointType>Intersection</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N42° 00' 00.00",W115° 33' 00.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>4200N11533W</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
<ATCWaypoint id="KMUO">
<ATCWaypointType>Airport</ATCWaypointType>
<WorldPosition>N43° 02' 36.00",W115° 52' 20.00",</WorldPosition>
<ICAO>
<ICAOIdent>KMUO</ICAOIdent>
</ICAO>
</ATCWaypoint>
</FlightPlan.FlightPlan>
</SimBase.Document>

Two things: remove the gate number from DeparturePosition; then go through and rename all ATCWaypointIDs and ICAOIdents to have no more than five letter names.

DJ

OK I will try that, is there a way in FSbuild to name the way points something other than the Lat/Lon point?

Yes, but it's tedious. You can edit the route grid before export and then select 'build from grid' before building... The odd thing about all this is that FS2004 couldn't care less how long the names are.

DJ