Archive82 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I have downloaded and installed Plan G and created a flight plan with it, connected to FSX but now what? It creates *.plg flight plans which FSx does not recognize and so how do I really use it when flying FSX...or how do I get FSX to recognize the Plan G flight plan. And furthermore when flying in FSX how do I 'see' the plan G overview...tracking, other aircraft, position...etc. Neat way to create flight plans with lots of detail and control, but not useful unless I can fly the route saved and look at the Plan G page while flying. Maybe I'm just confused about its usefulness. Need some help from the Plan G veterans. -=dcp=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 If you use the Export menu it offers a few different options. The first option is for FSX and P3D flight plan format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I find Simbrief with its download facility to a particular aircraft's flightplan folder by far the best. You only have to enter the path once, for each aircraft, if your flightsim is on a different HD or SSD drive to your C drive. For Aerosoft 300xx family there is a common flightplan folder, which is good. It is free too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archive82 Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 John - will look at the export function...did not notice it...makes sense. If I can load the Plan g flight plan it will solve several problems that are inherent in the basic approach programmed into FSX. It does not answer my question about how one 'sees' the Plan G view/screen/moving target when flying with FSX...or do you need to close ('P' - pause) FSX, switch to Plan G and then reopen FSX? Ian: I have no idea what Simbrief is...will Google it and explore. I have my FSX on an SSD drive with the C drive. Not into Aerosoft. Thanks to both. -=dcp=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzelle Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Archive82 said: John - will look at the export function...did not notice it...makes sense. If I can load the Plan g flight plan it will solve several problems that are inherent in the basic approach programmed into FSX. It does not answer my question about how one 'sees' the Plan G view/screen/moving target when flying with FSX...or do you need to close ('P' - pause) FSX, switch to Plan G and then reopen FSX? Ian: I have no idea what Simbrief is...will Google it and explore. I have my FSX on an SSD drive with the C drive. Not into Aerosoft. Thanks to both. -=dcp=- You'll need to set up FSUIP to track your flight if memory serves. Full instructions are in the docs. In X-Plane, I find AVI Tab very useful for that all important ground fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Simbrief is great for airliner and long IFR routing. Plan-G or Litle Navmap are better for VFR, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I simply save my plans a *.PLN.. no problems then..Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Another good similar program is Little Navmap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Actually I have changed my allegiance recently, Little Navmap is the better of the two in my opinion..Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Speaking about Plan-G and Little Navmap (LN).... Has someone found a solution for exporting Visual Reference Points (VFR) made in Plan-G, convert them (?) and import them in LN? I do have a large set of VFR's and actually don't want to create them again in LN, if there is a more simple solution. Thanks in advance Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_A Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 5:21 AM, Archive82 said: It does not answer my question about how one 'sees' the Plan G view/screen/moving target when flying with FSX...or do you need to close ('P' - pause) FSX, switch to Plan G and then reopen FSX? -=dcp=- If you are running FSX full screen, you can use alt-tab to flip back and forth between the sim and the Plan-G window. If you run FSX in windowed mode, you can position the Plan-G and sim windows next to each other. Or you can have Plan-G on a second monitor, or on a second PC/laptop. There is no need to pause the sim. (you may want to deactivate 'Pause on task switch' in the FSX options). You connect the programs together either via the built-in SimConnect, or the third party FSUIPC (XPUIPC for X-Plane). Some additional configuration is needed when connecting over a network, but it's explained in the manual and readme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolingbrokejq Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Tim A...Have used PLan G on FSX for a long time with no problems running it on a second monitor in "extended" display mode. Just switched to FSX SE and am having a problem.Plan G shows fine on my 2nd monitor before i start the sim. But once the sim is running, Plan G disappears from my 2nd monitor. I have an HP with i5 core processor and 8G of system memory and never had a problem with this same computer and running it loaded down with 3rd party apps. Aside from the basic ORBX sceneris and a few small airports I running FSX SE just as it downloads. Would appreciate any help. Thanks and Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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