how to use fstarrc to make fs2004 .pln file

[sambucca]

i found the explanation to fstarrc not clear enough for me to understand how to use fstarrc to save a flightplan i made in flitestar so that it is compatible with the fs2004 flightplanner.

i "printed" the navlog and got to save it. but how do i convert the file into a .pln file so that my fs2004 flightplanner can read it and atc can use it for clearances?

[JSkorna]

Hi,

This has nothing to do with Pete's products.

[jd]

fstarrc is a little program pete wrote that takes fstar flight plans, and creates a file that radar contact use. (that's what the rc is for at the end)

jd

[JSkorna]

Sorry, my mistake!

[Pete Dowson]

Apologies for the delay in my reply -- as announced in this Forum I've been away with no Internet access from 24th September until 12th October.

i found the explanation to fstarrc not clear enough for me to understand how to use fstarrc to save a flightplan i made in flitestar so that it is compatible with the fs2004 flightplanner.

i "printed" the navlog and got to save it. but how do i convert the file into a .pln file so that my fs2004 flightplanner can read it and atc can use it for clearances?

First make sure al the files from FStarRC ZIP are in the same folder as your FliteStar program. Then you run FStarRC instead of FliteStar -- it loads the latter for you.

For an FS PLN file you merely need to edit the FStarRC.INI file (found in the same folder as FliteStar and FStarRC to give it the folder path for the FS2004 file, and it will make a PLN file and place it there for you. No conversion is needed.

Can you please explain what you found confusing in the documentation, so I can improve it?

Regards,

Pete