August 30, 20178 yr I fill out my flight plan between two well-known airports and then I click ok, but there's a pop up that reads; The following characters are invalid for file names <>:/\1?*. This prevents me from filing a flight plan.
August 30, 20178 yr jetsmell very little info you provide ... can you please give some more detail.. Jorge
August 30, 20178 yr I remember having an issue with an airport that has a proper name associated with it and it had a "/" separating the names - when I removed that backslash the planner accepted the format
August 30, 20178 yr 9 hours ago, pracines said: I remember having an issue with an airport that has a proper name associated with it and it had a "/" separating the names - when I removed that backslash the planner accepted the format Exactly. Some of the airport names in P3D have these characters in them. Just remove the offending characters in the file name and you will be good to go. Russ Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, Retired Former T-33A Crew Chief Former B-1B Crew Chief / Flightline Maintenance Expediter Former Learjet Corp. Quality Inspector Formerly Young (😩)
August 30, 20178 yr That is an annoyance for sure. The default seems to be to put those characters in the name so you have to remove them. Been there, it is a pain. Bill Bill N7IBG
August 30, 20178 yr 53 minutes ago, Bill Griffith said: That is an annoyance for sure. The default seems to be to put those characters in the name so you have to remove them. Been there, it is a pain. Bill Yeah, but it is what it is, I guess. Whoever was in charge of entering the airport names didn't think about it too much... Russ Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, Retired Former T-33A Crew Chief Former B-1B Crew Chief / Flightline Maintenance Expediter Former Learjet Corp. Quality Inspector Formerly Young (😩)
August 30, 20178 yr 13 minutes ago, b1bmsgt said: Yeah, but it is what it is, I guess. Whoever was in charge of entering the airport names didn't think about it too much... Russ That is my feeling too. Bill Bill N7IBG
August 30, 20178 yr Moderator Actually, in some earlier versions it made no difference. A version or two ago LM made some adjustments to how the flightplans were parsed - not allowing certain characters was one of the changes. Fortunately there are very few "bad" names comparatively but it is still annoying. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.