Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - DVA Route Plotter and FSX ATC

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | DVA Route Plotter and FSX ATC

DVA10968
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Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 11:37 ET by Cheikh Ndao

Fellow Pilots,
I am having some setbacks with the route plotter and ATC clearance. This is recent, say about a week ago or so. When i plot my route using the DVA route plotter and download it(btw FSX version is selected) FSX ATC does not allow me to request IFR clearance until i am airborne. Is anybody having the same issue?

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
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Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 11:45 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Don't use default ATC.

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 11:46 ET by Cheikh Ndao

Andrew, thanks for the reply! What software do you suggest?

DVA6497
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366 legs, 574.8 hours
14 legs, 20.0 hours online
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Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 14:00 ET by Ken Tucker

Radar Contact is OLD but very effective at "realistic" ATC. There are others out there, I can't recall them though.

Cheers!!

Ken Tucker

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 14:10 ET by Cheikh Ndao

thanks Ken, i will check out RC!

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 14:38 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Whenever I am not online I use Radar Contact. It is relatively easy to use, but provides realistic ATC from startup to shutdown.

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 15:01 ET by Cheikh Ndao

Thanks Andrew, i will purchase and check out RC. I did some reading about it, sounds very interesting

DVA8502
Captain, B757-200

Joined on April 13 2010
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Folkston, GA

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Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 20:25 ET by Timothy Thomas

before you go spending money listen to my 2 cents. as someone who has it, but finds it way to Un-Realistic to use. i used it all the time for years, until i started flying IRL, on Vatsim, and listening to Live ATC. i gave it a fair chance a few months ago, but it blew it. i no longer ue it. in my experince ive found Default ATC to be the best. you just have to know how to use it. a few tricks and some edit voicepack mods and it works well.

the issue you are having happense from time to time. i belive its something to do with the PLN files of the flight plan itself. however its happened to me useing the default flight planner. not shure intierly what causes it. however its only happened to me one time since i started useing FSX (when it came out). and the time it did, on my next flight everything worked. it may just be one of thoues thing. however if its happening on every flight. try running a flight without useing any addons. use the default planner and depart the same airport you did on the offending flight. i think the issue is something with the PLN file. i know DVA route plotter dosent exactly write the files correctly for FSX.

Timothy Thomas

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 20:28 ET by Timothy Thomas

questions. what airport where you departing?

Timothy Thomas

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 20:34 ET by Cheikh Ndao

ATL,CVG,CUN and many more Tim.

Posted onPost created on November 13 2012 20:38 ET by Cheikh Ndao

The weird thing is, it has worked just fine until this passed Wednesday

Posted onPost created on December 05 2012 23:31 ET by Timothy Thomas

well i can kinda confirm its dephinitly the route plotter. not to long ago i did a flight useing the route plotter to generate the flightplan, and i could not get a IFR clerance on the ground.

the DVA plotter uses the old format for PLN files that was used on FS9. however there was changes in the way the file is written bettween the FSX and FS9 vertions.

Timothy Thomas

Captain, B757-200

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