Please kindly note that site software will be almost totally replaced during next few weeks. It will be moved to Joomla 1.5 (but I'm also considering something like WordPress with a Forum) and probably all membership info will be lost. While that means a new registration needed, it will solve problems that current version's having now, such as having to click twice to get to forum or lost password system not always working as it should. Sorry for inconvenience.

The WEB software has been upgraded due to a deface which happened last day. Site should now be protected however some malfunction may happen during the next few days: if so, it'll be caught and corrected, for any issues try to come back later.

Here we are with the periodical Super Flight Planner development report. I have not decided yet for a public release as a unexpected uncompatibility between IPC system and Wilco 777 - the modern Airliner package has forced me to do further investigations (still to no luck). Although this aircraft is so demanding in graphics resources to be pratically unflyable with FSX unless you have a Q6600 quadcore (even with the most powerful CPU you have rather low frame-rate), I don't like my routines being involved in system leaks. However here is what's been done so far (since version 4.0.0.640):

• Fixed: Airways are now handled and drawn correctly. This investigation let me fully understood about methods to handle Flight Simulator routes. Therefore, I'll maybe re-introduce airways insertion on auto routing very soon. *** NOTE ***: since the miscomputation lied in the database wizard you have to rebuild database if you want to obtain correct routes.
• Added: Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are now shown on the moving map.
• Added: when you use a projection different than spherical, SFP now also display the worldwide GMT time difference table on extreme north/extreme south.
• Changed: Vista compatibility - aircraft data file and logbook database are now stored to User folder. Since we need to run the program as Administrator under Vista in order to write to Program Files directory, this is from now on being avoided. It also enhances Super Flight Planner by making it fully multi user. As a matter of fact, each user can now have his own aircraft list and logbook database (and a single the logbook database is already multiuser itself!).
• Fixed: Re-added Islas Baleares map layer to installation package (which I forgot to include in the former release).
• Added: new FSUIPC feature: Tune frequency. If a Vor or an ILS is selected on the moving map, the command gets enabled. In case FS is running, SFP send its selected NAV frequency to FS NAV2 radio. If NAV is an ILS, SFP will set NAV1 frequency as well as align NAV1 OBS to the correct ILS bearing.
• Added: when saving a flight plan, the saved file is written to Recent Flight Plan List (before: wrote only upon opening plans)
• Added: there is a Save Flight Plan and Save Flight Plan As feature now (before = Save As only).
• Added: When printing Flight Plans, SFP now prints ILS courses on closest navaids page.
• Added: Flight Plan Details panel, just under the flight plan listview, now shows the estimated required fuel in LBS . Note, this is approximated. When planning fuel, you have also to take care about pax and baggage load, hold time, alternate, etc. so this value may be totally different.
• Fixed: Super Flight Planner was uncorrectly showing descent rate instead of descent speed while calculating final waypoints.
• Fixed: when unchecking Use Toc/Bod switch, SFP is stripping TOC and BOD (correct routine). It wasn't stripping TOC/Bod, however.
• Added: new IPC link option: the status window, to monitor general flight data, such as speed, location, altitude...
• Added: new IPC link option: the GPS monitor. This is a simple text style-like display which monitors GPS data with waypoint incrementing/decrementing.
• Added: new IPC link option: the Autopilot monitor. This completely replaces the old Fly-To command, as you are allowed to control Flight Simulator Autopilot directly.
• Added: Database Wizard has now logging capabilities. Just to be made clear, this won't solve scan problems. It will help me however to discover offending BGLs or unhandled situations more easily.

As you can see, the list of new additions, fixes and changes is rather long, therefore it's well worth the wait.
Have fun,
Alex

The download system has been changed from Remository to Docman, a faster, lighter and simpler download manager. Hopefully that should solve the various download problems reported during past days.

A couple of new FAQs have been added to FAQ section, under Super Flight Planner 4 category: Airports on the water and IPC Issues.
Enjoy.

It seems that blank page load bug on Forum has been fixed. Enjoy.

While waiting for proper documentation, FAQ section as been updated with an entry to help people get started using the new logbook feature. Hope it helps...

We will replace old download system which seems to give downloading troubles with another. I am now configuring it locally on my home machine, therefore the final replacement will take just a little time. All people having trouble dowloading latest Super Flight Planner, kindly wait a couple of days and then retry. Meantime I have uploaded RC3 once again, if download is right, SFP Version should yield 4.0.0.640.

A site software is being planned - therefore we might expect some troubles

The photo gallery has been updated with two new screen-shots of the upcoming Super Flight Planner release.
Enjoy.