Is there a specific place where flight plans should be saved? I know that flight plans generated with FS are supposed to be saved in "Flight Simulator Files". The tutorials that come with RC4 are automatically put in FS9 "My Flts" folder, not "FS Files". After I downloaded 4.01 and go through flight planning, starting FS, then RC4, I get the error that says "Unable to write to FS Filesto ---- - Will not save .RCD Files". (I posted this problem earlier). I have changed the flight plan storage folder to both of the above mentioned places but still have the problem. Before installing 4.01, I put my flight plans in with the tutorial flight plans (FS9 My Flts) and had no problems. After installing 4.01, I get the error message no matter where I put the flight plans. Been working on this all day and can't figure it out. Anybody else have this problem? By the way, what is a .RCD File?Thanks.Jim

Yes I have same problem.Bill M

an .rcd file is what is saved when you save a flight while flying with rc. you can then load that flight from a .rcd file, and pick up where you left it, when you saved itthe reason you are getting the error, is because the path i'm going to try to write to, is read only, or i don't have permissions to write to it.or there is no registry entry for the fs path, so i don't know where to write itif this is a widefs setup, i don't have permissions to write to the network share, or the path is not shared.jd

So what is the solution? I installed the the update on main pc and RC4 is on main pc. Nothing changed except the update.Bill M

it's an informational message, that says you can't save .rcd files.the solution?hard to say what is unique on your machine. start up rc, click debugload the .plnclick start rcclick quit rczip up the .log and send it to [email protected]

What is the answer to my question as to where the flight plans should be saved? Or does it matter?It just seems strange that 4.0 worked ok but when 4.01 is installed, with no changes to my system, that the error appears.Jim

i think the .pln's have to be in "my documentsflight simulator files" for fs9 to know where to load the .plni/rc doesn't care where your .pln files are4.01 has new code, to make sure i can write where i need to write. that is why 4.01 acts differently than 4.0 - it has nothing to do with your machinejd

Same problem here-not sure what to do. Just installed the update-now have this problem-worked fine before...http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

and you were able to save a .rcd in the 4.0 original .exe?jd

To be honest-I ran 4.0 fine. I am not even sure what a .rcd is(I don't have time to look into it right now)-I just get this error message when I try to run after the update upon starting.Never had trouble running 4.0.http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

an rcd file is a rc save file. every time you save a flight via the fs menu, or by pressing ; rc saves a rcd file. you can then load a rcd file later, and pick up fs/rc at the same spot.if you're not saving, you wouldn't have seen a problem in 4.0if you had tried to save, you would have gotten a run time error, because i can't write to where your .pln/.wx/.flt files are.that's why i have this check in 4.01it's just an information message. you can still run 4.01, it's just letting you know that .rcd's aren't going to be saved.jd

Ok-I was going by memory-I guess mine is a little different.I run it and I get "c:programfilesrcv4rcv3.dat was not found" RC cannot continue.Then it shuts down....http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

that tells me the .exe you are running, is in a directory all by itself. did you install the update into the same rcv4 directory? are you sure you don't have a rcv4rcv4 directory? where is the shortcut pointing to?jd

Thanks for the quick response-it is of course my mistake.I forgot that I had installed the original on my second hard drive.Thanks for the quick answer and sorry for my screwup-running happily now!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg