Hi Jonathan,
But the option to load the last plan saved in FS exists and we know that works okay in FS9. I think it's only fair to FSX users that some investigation is undertaken to determine why that route is not flown as well as in FS9. Could it be down to the small differences in mag var? How long would it take to investigate and make recommendations based on your findings? Is this something only Enrico can do or do you have access to the source code too?
I agree that plans should be created using the CDU but if the file format used by the CDU can be determined then external software should be able to create plans equally as accurate. Clearly there are small differences which is why Pete also has this problem with his plans. We've already made progress on identifying what type of plans the CDU doesn't like but not why it doesn't like them. Would it take Enrico long to work out why? He can be provided with examples by Pete.
Did the EGCC-EIDW plan I gave you earlier work okay when you entered it manually? Just to check this you should enter EGCC/Rwy 23R as the departure point and then choose the WAL1R SID.
If you then press the LSK to display the available airways from WAL it caused the CDU to crash with error 55 - file already open. There are several jet routes available from WAL so it has to work.
I've only returned to FSX to help with this problem. FS9 is my preferred sim at present and doesn't suffer with this turning-in problem. I think your many FSX users would appreciate an investigation into whether this problem can be fixed.
Maybe a survey would help showing how many people fly which sim and how they get their plans into the CDU? That would show you the size of the problem and whether a fix is realistic.
What I fail to understand is if a series of waypoints is manually entered in the CDU and the same waypoints are selected in external software and supplied to the CDU why would it process the two sets differently. I would hope your curiosity would get the better of you and you would want to know why. ;)
Cheers.