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I need a 'no frills' tutorial. Why does AIFP report "airport ICAO" is available only in when addon airports have been populated
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Here is the line (in AirportsList.dat for CAE5 which is the one I am trying to use -
Canada|British Columbia|Whistler|Whistler - Green Lake|50.1436749100685|-122.948999851942|633.0M|CAE5|||||C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\cae5-whistler\Scenery\World\scenery\cae5-airport.bgl||||+
I can send the zipped file if you want.
Canada|British Columbia|Whistler|Whistler - Green Lake|50.1436749100685|-122.948999851942|633.0M|CAE5|||||C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\cae5-whistler\Scenery\World\scenery\cae5-airport.bgl||||+
I can send the zipped file if you want.
No need. That confirms the collect addons was fully implemented.
Incidentally, re my query on "Added my addon airport and saved", it is helpful if you use the "system" terminology, in this case "Collect airports". That way, it's much easier for me to understand.
Incidentally, re my query on "Added my addon airport and saved", it is helpful if you use the "system" terminology, in this case "Collect airports". That way, it's much easier for me to understand.
Whew! Yes, it's early AM. Couldn't sleep.
BTW, thanks for the donation and sticking with me on this one. The error had been there since the introduction of MSFS 18 months ago. Strange it's not surfaced before. I guess not many people are "manufacturing" flight plans from scratch for MSFS.
BTW, thanks for the donation and sticking with me on this one. The error had been there since the introduction of MSFS 18 months ago. Strange it's not surfaced before. I guess not many people are "manufacturing" flight plans from scratch for MSFS.
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I know about that BUT (as a tip although it may not work for you) I found when I had a ("IT") problem which I couldn't work out (eg an important monthly run program crash) and I was tired, I went to bed and more often than not when I woke I immediately thought of the possible solution and often it turned out to BE the correct solution. Sort of a step back and look at it from the outside.
Again well done. Now grabs some zzzzz's
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Good morning Don,
Hope you had a good nights rest.
BTW do I remember seeing your name associated with the Vancouver+ and/or Victoria BC water airports for FSX years ago (in the readme)?
Lastly should I then use (k) in place of any other versions ie that the latest version on the web site 3.4.1.14 contains fixes?
Hope you had a good nights rest.
As I am using addon airports other users may not have encountered the issue (as they probably have not been creating flight plans using addon airports). FS2020 has heaps more airports than FSX eve did and so probably not too many new (addon) airports developed for FS2020.
BTW do I remember seeing your name associated with the Vancouver+ and/or Victoria BC water airports for FSX years ago (in the readme)?
Lastly should I then use (k) in place of any other versions ie that the latest version on the web site 3.4.1.14 contains fixes?
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Sorry to report what appears to be a bug in the latest (14) version.
It seems to be 'pointing' to the 13 version.
I unzipped it to a separate folder and run as administrator.
When I add my aircraft and save as it displays the folder AIFP3413\work instead of AIFP3414\work
I know that I probably can manually change the directory but thought it might be a problem for other users.
I tried removing the entire folder containing version 13 to see what would happen but then it selects (folder) Documents which is also incorrect.
Similar problem when I collect airports and save. They never get saved to the AirportsList.dat. Well maybe they get saved to the 13 version but when I attempt to use it the airport cannot be found.
OK I manually changed the directory on save and it works. I cannot remember when I first installed AIFP having to navigate to the correct folder when saving and so assumed that AIFP worked that out. Must be something saved to the registry to determine the correct location.
It seems to be 'pointing' to the 13 version.
I unzipped it to a separate folder and run as administrator.
When I add my aircraft and save as it displays the folder AIFP3413\work instead of AIFP3414\work
I know that I probably can manually change the directory but thought it might be a problem for other users.
I tried removing the entire folder containing version 13 to see what would happen but then it selects (folder) Documents which is also incorrect.
Similar problem when I collect airports and save. They never get saved to the AirportsList.dat. Well maybe they get saved to the 13 version but when I attempt to use it the airport cannot be found.
OK I manually changed the directory on save and it works. I cannot remember when I first installed AIFP having to navigate to the correct folder when saving and so assumed that AIFP worked that out. Must be something saved to the registry to determine the correct location.
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You should download and use the latest general release, i.e, 3.4.3.14. Any release with an alphabetic suffix is a development release. A general release supercedes all previous development releases.
AIFP displays the release number in the title bar of the Main Panel. I know of no mechanism in AIFP that would designate a folder in 3.4.3.14 as belonging to 3.4.3.13. Indeed, except for AIFP's internal folders, all folder names are assigned by the user.
AIFP displays the release number in the title bar of the Main Panel. I know of no mechanism in AIFP that would designate a folder in 3.4.3.14 as belonging to 3.4.3.13. Indeed, except for AIFP's internal folders, all folder names are assigned by the user.
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Thanks Don. I did download the latest and it was the latest (14) that I referred to.
It seems that it isn't a problem as I manually navigated the the work folder in the AIFP 14 folder and it all worked correctly. I was concerned that the latest version was using the work folder in the 13 version and thought that it could have been hard coded in the application. It must be using data/pointers from one of the windows user folders (eg last one used by the user, like a cookie) to determine what folder to use. I firstly had looked in every AIFP menu for a preferences type menu item where I thought that such information came from but could not find one.
It seems that it isn't a problem as I manually navigated the the work folder in the AIFP 14 folder and it all worked correctly. I was concerned that the latest version was using the work folder in the 13 version and thought that it could have been hard coded in the application. It must be using data/pointers from one of the windows user folders (eg last one used by the user, like a cookie) to determine what folder to use. I firstly had looked in every AIFP menu for a preferences type menu item where I thought that such information came from but could not find one.
Don, I am no longer getting an errant message of any kind. I am using the latest release3.4.3.14. I am able to create a flight plan using my project KMDN without issue. As to the abandon entry message. I only get that when AIFP does not have a airport with that icao in the airport list. Everything works as should for me. Thanks.
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