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FS2004 AI Flight Planner - Couple of possible minor bugs

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Fixed, also. That particular routine was not written to expect duplicate ref numbers. It now is.

Keep up the good work. We'll have AIFP2 bug-free in no time;)

Don
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Thanks for that. From what I am seeing, it is still leaving both aircraft with the same reference number. Would it be possible to have it renumber the aircraft on merge if they both use the same number? IIRC it used to do that
 
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While the previous version did renumber the aircraft, it appears from the old code that it did not renumber the corresponding references in the flight plan.

The answer to you question is "Yes, it would be possible" but not easily. Currently, at the time the problem is detected, the flight plans haven't been loaded.

My intent was that, once you received this message, you'd abandon the merge temporarily and fix the problem manually (e.g., renumber the aircraft in one of the files in the usual manner, which would also update any FP references.)

If you see this as a frequent occurrence, I'll try to fix it later. But, right now, my main interest is getting AIFP2 stable - which I taking much longer than I had hoped given the amount of testing to which it was subjected. Please remind me in a few weeks if you think it worthwhile.

Don
 
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I have made a fkight plan (VECC-VABB-CYYZ-VABB-VECC) and have noticed in the display window the VABB-CYYZ leg is departing one day later than planned using local times. In the left it shows 2/00:58 on the right it shows day as Wed, I have tired to manually change it but still shows as Wed. Also on the time table display it shows arrival into CYYZ on day early
 
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Thanks for the report, Kuky. So I don'r have to invent a flight plan that may of may not show the problem, please send me the one you are using and tell me what specifically to look for.

Don
 
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Another small bug is that the bgl is not created/saved as per the name suggested in the compile window. The compile windows says "Traffic_xxx.bgl" and the file is saved as "flightplans_xxx.bgl".
Strange!
Ghiom
 
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Another small bug is that the bgl is not created/saved as per the name suggested in the compile window. The compile windows says "Traffic_xxx.bgl" and the file is saved as "flightplans_xxx.bgl".
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Can you provide some details, please. I am unable to duplicate.

DOn
 
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Don

I did send the file but it did not upload, I have tried a few times to upload it but there seems to be a problem uploading. I will try again later. I also get flightplans_xxx.bgl
 
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Kuky, please send the file to the e-mail address shown in the AIFP2 readme.

DOn
 
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Another small bug is that the bgl is not created/saved as per the name suggested in the compile window. The compile windows says "Traffic_xxx.bgl" and the file is saved as "flightplans_xxx.bgl".
Strange!
Ghiom
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I had that today running V2.1.06. I renamed the resulting file to Traffic...
 
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Another small bug is that the bgl is not created/saved as per the name suggested in the compile window. The compile windows says "Traffic_xxx.bgl" and the file is saved as "flightplans_xxx.bgl".
Strange!
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AIFP does not expect to find a traffic file names "FlightPlans***.bgl" and therefore doesn't know how to handle it. (Not saying this is the way it should work, I'm just explaining the situation.) If you had named the .bgl anything else, it would have worked.

Incidentally, There's something wrong with the file you sent me (Flightplans_AIC_WI10.bgl). Windows does not recognize it as a".bgl" file - which may have contributed to the problem you are experiencing .
Don
 
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Hi Don,

My files had the standard naming convention, Flightplans*.txt. Airports*.txt and Aircraft*.txt. On compiling, the resulting bgl had the name Flightplans*.bgl.
 
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Hi Don

On line 3,4 & 11 departure time is 00:58 on day 2, 4 & 6 (Tu Th & Sa). ON the right shows We Fr & Su
 

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The DOW issue turns out to be a line of code I should have deleted some time ago.

I plan to re-release this weekend if no further issues reported.

Don
 
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In the time table it shows the flight arriving one day early, Mo We Fr. In the fight plan it is Tu Th Sa. The departure side seems to be fine
 

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I regret the day I first thought about adding a local time capability.

The arrivals side of the timetable doesn't seem to take into account the day change. It will!

Don
 
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