I emailed the admin of a site called simroutes because they have a database of routes most likely to be used by virtual airlines and vatsim for the online air traffic control services they provide. Since this is flight sim related I figured that this information might benefit the gaming community as a whole. Please don't deluge this guy with emails as he really doesn't have much time to solve our problem and as you'll read on he doesn't have the capability to solve it either no matter how much he wants to. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SimRoutes Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Shade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: Re: assistance with a problem
> Hi Scott, > > When I originally started putting together the export feature, I had two > targets in mind; the 767: Pilot in Command (now the Level-D767) and FSNAV. > Unfortunately the FSNAV developer is tight fisted with revealing the > details/format of the FSNAV file. Unlike the other applications we export > to, FSNAV is not a straight text or XML based file. I did receive some > rather old (circa 98) instructions but decided against implementing it > since > the format used by 4.7 has apparently changed significantly. > > I was hoping that FSNAV would eventually release an FSX version complete > with an SDK of some sort. I'm not sure where they are at with that. > > Your best bet might be software like Ernie Alston's FSBUILD which does a > great job of creating FSNAV flight plans. If you don't want to fork over > the > $20 (well worth it) then there is an older free copy of FSNAV 1.x which > also > converts to FSNAV. Yes I know this means forking out more money - or > having > to use ANOTHER application, but unfortunately there isn't much I can do > about it at this time - regardless of how much I'd love to provide the > feature for you. > > Additionally I've had less than zero time for development the past few > months since child #2 arrived. I've got a list of feature requests as long > as the great wall of China, with close to no time available to implement > them. Perhaps my lottery number will come up next week so that I can > retire > and spend more time on SimRoutes ;) > > I really wish that someone else out there had an online application that > would convert route to the FSNav format but as far as I can tell only > Ernie > (FSBuild) has managed to do it. > > Cheers, > > Ian Elchitz > Calgary, AB- Show quoted te > > On 11/21/07, Scott Shade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello, my name is Scott. I'm visually impaired and use fs-navigator to >> fly >> the aircraft I use in flightsim 2002 as its functions give me access to >> the >> autopilot functions for easier control of the aircraft through the >> keyboard. >> I notice that you don't offer export to fs-navigator as one of your >> options. >> Is it possible to add this as your routes seem to match up better with >> what >> I'm likely to use on vatsim? I'm told that development on fsnav has >> probably stopped for now, however, if you could offer support for the >> export >> of your plans to it being version 4.7 that would really help me and a >> few >> other blind pilots who are trying to use flight sim. Thanks much, >> >> Scott >> >> > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
