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Numbers (#) refer to GitHub issues.
For example: #3 is https://github.com/albar965/littlenavmap/issues/3.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.11
This is a bugfix release which addresses the winds aloft download issues.
## Known Issues
Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/SCENERY.html#load-scenery-library-dialog-msfs-apt-navdata .
See user manual for general known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems-msfs .
## Changes from 2.6.10 to 2.6.11
### Weather
* Fixed `Error downloading or reading wind data` issue. Adapted URL for winds aloft download to
NOAA changes and added `atmos` as directory. #623
* Now suppressing wind and other downloads with log warning message if URLs are empty. #623
* New decompression methods to speed up weather and track downloads.
* Now showing airport weather symbols on higher zoom levels. Avoiding simple line on wind barb
which can be confused with low wind.
### Flight Plans
* Corrected approach identifier in FLP flight plan export and loading for Aerosoft aircraft. Now
using ARINC identifier for approaches and ignoring transitions of type `VECTOR`. Adapted changed
keywords in file for CRJ. Problems still appear when loading flight plans into the aircraft. This
will be fixed in one of the next updates.
* Added extra entry for Aerosoft MSFS CRJ in multi export to avoid loading issues because of a
too long file name.
* Added patch by Slawek Mikula to support loading of Aviamaps flight plans. #616
* Exporting online network flight plan files from menu now correctly remembers last used folder for
each format.
### Other
* Adjustments to drawing. ILS, online aircraft and AI aircraft are now shown at higher zoom levels.
* Added support for new VATSIM JSON version 3 data feed. Better update rate for online networks is now
one minute for VATSIM and PilotEdge and two minutes for IVAO. Allowing centers and clients (VATSIM
prefile) without coordinates now throughout program. Keep in mind that the real center boundaries are
not depicted yet. #606
* MSFS: Now ignoring invalid content types like `Unknown` in MSFS `manifest.json` file which are
often set wrongly by add-on developers. This kept add-on airports from showing up.
* Fixed issue where userdata CSV backup files could not be loaded and had to be manually
corrected before import.
* Updates for detection of military airports and name capitalization.
* More small user interface corrections.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.10
This is a bugfix release which addresses a crash that can occur when loading flight plans.
## Known Issues
Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/SCENERY.html#load-scenery-library-dialog-msfs-apt-navdata .
See user manual for general known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems-msfs .
## Changes from 2.6.9 to 2.6.10
* Fixed crash that occurs when showing the dialog `The flight plan had no valid start position` on
startup. This kept the user from starting *Little Navmap*.
* Removed wrong warning dialog about start position when loading MSFS flight plans. MSFS cannot
load start positions like gates from a flight plan file.
* Fixed missing time, fuel and altitude values for departure and destination legs in flight plan
table.
* Corrected message in progress tab which gave the wrong impression that program is already
connected when using a network connection.
* Fixed issue where minimum zoom was wrongly set in the elevation profile in some cases. As a
result the user could not zoom in to the minimum of around 4 NM and was stuck at much higher levels.
* Changed keyboard shortcut for `Create Approach` in context menus to `Alt+Shift+R` to avoid
overlap with `Calculate Flight Plan`.
* Added new sub menu `Track Sources` in menu `Flight Plan` which allows to enable or disable the
different track systems to load. Note that AUSOTS is disabled per default since there are no flex
tracks available for almost one year and the service is unreliable causing download errors.
* More small user interface and map display improvements.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.9
This is a bugfix release which addresses an unrecoverable crash on startup when downloading tracks.
## Notes
Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/SCENERY.html#load-scenery-library-dialog-msfs-apt-navdata .
## Known Issues
See user manual for general known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems-msfs .
## Changes from 2.6.8 to 2.6.9
* Fixed unrecoverable error when downloading PACOTS tracks.
* Improved error handling for unreadable track information. Program now logs an error message
instead of crashing.
* Fixed error when reading procedures with invalid or unknown approach types from FSX, P3D and MSFS.
Now logging error instead.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.8
## Notes
Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/SCENERY.html#load-scenery-library-dialog-msfs-apt-navdata .
## Known Issues
See user manual for general known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems-msfs .
## Changes from 2.6.7 to 2.6.8
### Help and Manuals
* Revised German user manual for spelling and grammar errors.
* Small additions and corrections to English manual.
### General
* Reverted change that was needed for work around a MSFS crash which occured when connecting. Now
fetching destination and departure for AI aircraft again.
* Fixed unrecoverable crash on startup which can occur with Mercator projection zoomed far out.
* Resolved crashes when showing information for VOR and NDB having no type like `High` or
`Terminal`.
* Added error handling for missing layout file on startup if `Load window layout from last used
file` in `Options` on page `Startup and Updates` is checked. Removing or renaming the layout file
resulted in an unrecoverable crash on startup.
* Fixed procedure display issues for turn bow after circular legs.
Example: LGSR VOR-B transition BINKI.
* Fixed issue where weather from FSX and P3D was not transferred across networked connections.
* Logbook details (route preview and trail) on the map are now only shown if one entry is selected
in the logbook search result table. Selecting more than one entry shows only the direct connection
lines if enabled. This fixes performance issues when selecting many logbook entries.
* Added warning dialog when user switches to offline mode.
* Fixed issues with disappearing flight plan and measurement lines. Lines might still disappear
near the poles for long flight plan legs depending on zoom factor.
* Navaid resolution when loading flight plans or switching scenery databases is now more tolerant
for wrong ICAO regions. Navaids were marked red with an error in the flight plan table before if
the region did not match.
* Fixed issue resulting in degraded drawing performance for airport diagrams. This was most visible
on large airports.
* Various drawing and user interface corrections.
### Flight Plan
* Fixed issue where waypoints inserted for procedure endpoints received wrong altitude when saving
or exporting flight plans right after calculation. This causes error messages when loading the
resulting LNMPLN files. #608
* Now extracting ICAO airport idents for waypoints, NDB and VOR for MSFS export. PLN element
`ICAOAirport` was missing before and caused crashes when loading flight plans in MSFS. #614
* Split up export options for JARDesign and Rotate aircraft to allow export for both separately.
* Corrections to X-Plane FMS export. Using DEP and DES keywords now instead of truncating ident.
This allows to reload the plan in *Little Navmap*.
* Fixed regression where circle-to-land approaches could not be loaded by X-Plane due to missing
destination runway.
* Fixed flight plan export for FSX and MSFS which used the wrong coordinates for destination
element `DestinationLLA` in flight plan. This confused third party programs.
* Corrected wrong departure position for saved LNMPLN and FSX/P3D PLN flight plans. Now uses
position from parking, helipad or runway/start for PLN `DepartureLLA` and LNMPLN `Start` element.
#613
* Fixed issue where LNMPLN flight plan procedures were replaced with waypoints inadvertently if
enabled in export options menu. This happened when saving LNMPLN plans with multiexport.
* Removed extra space to fix flight plan export for iFly (`.FLTPLAN`).
* Other small corrections for flight plan export.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.7
## Known Issues
* No SID and STAR yet from MSFS scenery library. This will come with a future update.
* MSFS multiplayer traffic is not shown in *Little Navmap*.
See user manual for further known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
## Changes from 2.6.6 to 2.6.7
### Help
* Updated German online and included PDF manual as well as legend for changes in version 2.6.
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/de
* Corrections to English online and PDF manual as well as map legend.
### MSFS
* **Added workaround for the simulator crashes that were introduced with the MSFS 1.12.13.0 update.**
This was possible due to a hint in the official forum. The workaround disables the display of departure and
destination for AI.
### User Interface
* Corrected issue where status bar was hidden on first start or after first installation.
Now forcing status bar to be visible again when updating from any older version to 2.6.7.
* Flight plan calculation window changed to appear near cursor on first show to avoid random
placement off screen.
* Added recovery if main window gets off screen after changing monitors. Puts window back on top
left of main screen if it is not visible.
* Fix for Windows removing file extensions when these are hidden in Windows Explorer. This prevented
saving of map images.
* Winds aloft now scanning for the latest dataset to avoid outdated reports. Note that reports
might still be outdated at times which happens if no newer one is available.
### Map and Elevation Profile
* Fixed cut off altitude labels on the elevation profile left area.
* Measurement lines now use the declination at the end to calculate magnetic great circle course at
end of line. The start course is still calculated based on start declination or attached
navaid declination.
* Fixed issue where wrong `Too many objects` message was shown and map performance degraded with
tracks enabled.
* Fixed several issues when centering route or flight plan legs with very long flight plans.
* Fixed issues when painting aircraft trail around the anti-meridian.
* Now painting full aircraft trail even when jumping long distances.
* Adjustments and optimizations for taxiway label drawing. Map shows more labels now.
* Markers are now fetched from the simulator database in default scenery mode just like the ILS.
Previously markers from add-on sceneries were not visible.
* Fixed issues where marker tooltips appeared after hiding ILS and markers.
* Fixed zooming functions with keyboard input in map where normal zooming was not possible on US
and other keyboard layouts.
* Disabled home key which zoomed the map all way out when hit accidentally.
* Fixed crash when disabling all labels for measurement lines.
This caused the program to crash on startup which was hard to recover.
### Procedures
* Fixed issue where intercept procedure legs were not calculated correctly.
Examples: LGKO SID 32 KOPA3A and LILJ SID DOL1W.
* Small improvements in procedure drawing for turn legs to avoid too large course
discrepancies between label and line caused by drawing turn.
* Corrected drawing for several procedure leg types and labels in elevation profile.
### Scenery Library
* Now also including MSFS scenery with content type `CORE` which kept *Little Navmap* from loading
some add-on airports.
* Now skipping file `maintenance.bgl` from Navigraph update in MSFS scenery library which caused
warnings when loading.
* Airport names now loaded from base scenery with Navigraph update in MSFS. Were missing previously.
* Now omitting scenery library entries which are marked with `active="false"` in `Content.xml`.
This lets *Little Navmap* to recognize changes made by scenery management tools now.
### Flight Plan and Export
* Now always adapting departure and destination airport names to the names taken from
the selected scenery library. This also affects the proposed files names when saving or exporting
flight plans. Behavior before was confusing since it kept an airport name from a previously used
simulator scenery database.
* Flight plan calculation now correctly omits waypoints which are part of a procedure.
These should be avoided for en-route navigation and are excluded now from
calculation except for airway waypoints.
* Folder names are now remembered correctly for MSFS and FSX/P3D manual flight plan export instead
of using an arbitrary place depending on scenery library selection.
* Now setting voice type to `Full` as a default for vPilot export since other values produce
error messages.
* Applied workaround for XML files with wrong encoding in header. This
helps to read wrongly decoded ForeFlight flight plans which are saved in UTF-16 while having a
UTF-8 indication in the file header.
* Fix for GPX export to allow saving of files and trails without flight plan.
An empty flight plan does not disable the export menu item now and allows to save only the trail as GPX.
* Fixed issue with X-Plane FMS plans where long airport idents like `XRP0001` cannot be loaded by
the simulator. Idents are now truncated to six characters.
* Exported FLP flight plans `Aerosoft Airbus and others` and `Aerosoft CRJ` now get a suffix
`01.flp` to avoid import problems in the aircraft. Note that the number is static and is not counted up.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.6
## Important
* The data exchange protocol has changed. You have to update *Little Navconnect* (if using
remote/network connections) and *Little Xpconnect* (if using X-Plane) too. Both are included in
the *Little Navmap* download package.
* Reload the scenery library database to see fixes and improvements.
* *Little Navmap* asks to create a recommended folder structure for files on first start after updating to 2.6 versions.
Let the program create the paths if you like to use them and move your files accordingly.
Note that this is purely optional. All Files of *Little Navmap* can be stored in any place.
## Known Issues
See user manual for known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
## Changes from 2.6.5.rc1 to 2.6.6
* Fixed issues where flight plan related ILS had no tooltip and could not be clicked.
* Solved update problems with elevation profile when creating new and empty flight plan.
* Corrected wrong or missing error message for flight plans starting with a procedure instead of an airport.
* Corrected display for transparent runways so that polygons below are visible.
* Replacing more obscure minute signs like apostrophes now before reading coordinate in user interface.
* Excluding Navigraph manifest file now to avoid error messages with package "navigraph-maintenance"
when reading MSFS scenery data.
* Made yellow addon highlight rings smaller.
* Fixed issue where procedure labels along the line disappeared while flying.
* Added Dutch draft translation. Thanks to Eddy Crequie for his work.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.5.rc1
## Important
* Update to the latest beta Navigraph navdata update for MSFS if you use it.
* Reload the scenery library.
## Known Issues
See user manual for known problems:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/APPENDIX.html#problems .
## Changes from 2.6.4.beta to 2.6.5.rc1
### Help
* All help buttons and links are functional now in the program.
* English online manual is now complete. Available for download in PDF, EPUB and MOBI format:
https://albar965.github.io/pages/26/littlenavmapmanuals.html
#### New Chapters
* Flight Plan Route Calculation: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/ROUTECALC.html
* Flight Plan Multiexport: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/ROUTEEXPORTALL.html
* Tracks: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/TRACKS.html
* Edit Flight Plan Position: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/EDITFPPOSITION.html
* Edit Flight Plan Remarks: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/EDITFPREMARKS.html
* Window Layout: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/LAYOUT.html
* Network Setup: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/NETWORK.html
* Start: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/START.html
* Directories: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/FOLDERS.html
#### Updated Chapters
* Flight Plan Formats: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/FLIGHTPLANFMT.html
* Options: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/OPTIONS.html
* Installation: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/INSTALLATION.html
* Menus and Toolbars https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/MENUS.html
* Introduction https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/INTRO.html
* Map Display: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/MAPDISPLAY.html
* Legend: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/LEGEND.html
* Elevation Profile https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/PROFILE.html
* Logbook https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/LOGBOOK.html
* Connecting to a Flight Simulator https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/CONNECT.html
* Tutorial - Building a VFR Flight Plan: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/TUTORIALVFR.html
* Tutorial - Building an IFR Flight Plan with Approach Procedures: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/TUTORIALIFR.html
* Tutorial - Creating an Aircraft Performance Profile: https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/TUTORIALPERF.html
### Flight Plan and Export
* Fixed issue where airways were not selected in flight plan calculation after a SID exit point
resulting in not optimal flight plans.
* Corrected wrong display of distance in leg ident (e.g. `TAU+4`) in flight plan which showed too
small numbers in some cases.
* Added missing `All files` filter in all flight plan file save dialogs.
### Logbook
* Now excluding flights with wrong simulator time (negative duration) from logbook statistics.
This can happen if a simulator reports wrong UTC time or a user changes the simulator time during
flight. Correct these manually if you see this.
* Added the missing total flight time numbers in logbook statistics dialog. Rearranged logbook
statistics and put more important tables on top.
* Changed ordinate order in GPX file export to fix Google Maps import issues.
### Procedures
* Corrected selection of SID and STAR with multiple runways in procedure search when right clicking
on leg.
* Added keyboard shortcut `Return` for `Show procedure`.
* Now denying to add procedures which are completely broken due to missing navaids.
This is needed to avoid crashes.
* Solved issue where warning dialog appeared twice after adding procedure.
* Fixed inaccessible keyboard shortcuts in procedure search.
### Map
* Fixed slowdown and freezes in map when showing only add-on airports forced with high detail levels.
* Adjusted MORA number display for dark maps like CartoDark for better visibility.
* Fixed several issues where elevation profile was not updated after merging performance or
changing the performance profile.
* Fixed display and flight plan issues with SID UNIT7K and others at LIMJ.
* Now always drawing approach ILS and airport diagram from flight plan even if these features are disabled in map.
Allows to hide all map features and show only the important flight plan related ones.
* Corrected rendering order if airport diagram is active when changing detail level. Airspaces are
now always disabled at the same zoom distance independent of detail level to keep them from disappearing
at higher zoom levels.
* Fixed issue where ghost tooltips could appear for airspaces when changing detail level.
* Limited localizer width to 20 degree to avoid excessive values from FSX and MSFS distorting ILS
display.
* Fixed issue with missing or wrong longest runway surface for airports read from MSFS.
### User Interface
* Corrected main window title which showed wrong AIRAC cycle for scenery libraries which do not
support one (FSX, P3D and MSFS).
* Now omitting thousands group separator in range ring radius list in options since it can cause problems with
regional settings using space as a separator. Sorting range ring radii after saving now. #590.
### Weather
* Fixed issue where VATSIM weather was only downloaded and updated once after start.
* Now correcting VATSIM weather URL from http to https on startup to avoid outdated METARs from the
wrong address.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.4.beta
## Important
* _Little Navmap_ might ask again to create the recommended folder structure for files.
This can happen once after updating translations since the folder names depend on the selected language.
Let the program create the paths if you like to use them and move your files accordingly.
* Update to the latest beta Navigraph navdata update for MSFS if you use it.
* Reload the scenery library.
* The manual was not updated yet. Neither the English nor the translated
version. Help buttons and links are functional but point to placeholder pages.
## Known Issues
### MSFS
* _Little Navmap_ cannot read SID and STAR from MSFS. Documentation about MSFS format changes are
needed in SDK.
* MSFS multiplayer and real-time AI cannot be displayed yet. These do not appear in the SimConnect
interface.
* Simulator weather cannot be shown for MSFS since SimConnect weather functions are deprecated and
do not deliver data. Needs update or documentation in MSFS SDK. Use NOAA weather which gives you
the most up-to-date weather reports.
* MSFS seems to have clear concept of scenery order (`Content.xml` seems unreliable)
and there is no information in the SDK about this. Add-ons are loaded by alphabetical order by
_Little Navmap_. To put an add-on to the end of the loading list add a `z_` to the folder name,
for example.
* Flight plan loading in MSFS is flawed and does not produce any error messages if it fails. Quite
often MSFS cannot load its own plans correctly.
* Country names are missing in MSFS translation tables and are not available in _Little Navmap_,
therefore.
* Add-ons using the `.fsarchive` encrypted format are not supported. _Little Navmap_ will show only
the stock airport instead of the add-on if a package is locked down like this.
* Some aircraft mods do not report correct fuel flow to work around simulator limitations. This
cannot be fixed in _Little Navmap_.
* Some airports files like `LEMG.bgl` cannot be read due to unknown format. _Little Navmap_ reports
`Error: readInt for file "...OMITTED.../LEMG.bgl" failed. Reason 1`.
Exclude the airport file from reading in options on page `Scenery Library Database` or simply
ignore the message. The stock LEMG and all other airports are not affected by this.
### Other
* Dock window layout in _Little Navmap_ can change when resizing or maximizing window and back.
Qt limitation.
* Window is restored in normal state when changing from a maximized window to fullscreen and back.
This is a Qt limitation.
* The flight plan calculation might pop up shortly or the main window might flicker when starting the
program. This can be ignored.
* The height of the elevation profile window cannot be reduced in some cases. Reset to default window
layout which fixes this. Rearrange or move the elevation profile window to another position which
usually solves this. Save the layout once you have a working one. This is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Zooming with touchpad or magic mouse does not work properly on macOS. Use the navigation overlay
or one of the other options on page `Map Navigation` in `Options` if you think it is unusable. This
is a limitation in the used Qt library.
## Changes from 2.6.3.beta to 2.6.4.beta
* Added region codes again to MSFS flight plan export. Missing region codes resulted in empty
waypoints when loading into MSFS.
* Corrected runway surface for longest runway of airports which was not determined correctly for
add-on airports while reading scenery library from MSFS.
* Calculation for selected flight plan legs corrected. Showed
`Cannot calculate flight plan between selected legs.` for a correct selection between procedures.
* All context menus now allow correct selection for departure or arrival procedures for round trips
where departure is equal to destination.
* Fix for missing preferences menu on macOS which happens for some translations.
* Now excluding all alternate airports more than 1000 NM from destination from parsing in route
description. Problem was `KYIP METRO2 DUNKS J70 PMM KBIV` read PMM as far alternate airport
instead of VOR.
* Removed runway smoothness indication for all simulators except X-Plane.
* Moved menu `Airspace Sources` from view menu to `Scenery Library` -> `Airspace Libraries`.
* Removed `Scenery Library` -> `Show Database Files` menu item since it is a duplicate of
`Tools` -> `Files and Directories` -> `Show Database Files` which is doing the same.
* Saving the LNMPLN flight plan format with multiexport now avoids showing save as dialog
when clicking save.
* Added missing fixes (like the inaccurate scalebar) from 2.6.0.beta for map overlays to Linux versions.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.3.beta
## Important
* _Little Navmap_ might ask again to create the recommended folder structure for files.
This can happen once after updating translations since the folder names depend on the selected language.
Let the program create the paths if you like to use them and move your files accordingly.
* Update to the latest beta Navigraph navdata update for MSFS if you use it.
* Reload the scenery library.
* The manual was not updated yet. Neither the English nor the translated
version. Help buttons and links are functional but point to placeholder pages.
* X-Plane users: Update _Little Xpconnect_ to see time related bug fixes.
## Known Issues
### MSFS
* _Little Navmap_ cannot read SID and STAR from MSFS. Documentation about MSFS format changes are
needed in SDK.
* MSFS multiplayer and real-time AI cannot be displayed yet. These do not appear in the SimConnect
interface.
* Simulator weather cannot be shown for MSFS since SimConnect weather functions are deprecated and
do not deliver data. Needs update or documentation in MSFS SDK. Use NOAA weather which gives you
the most up-to-date weather reports.
* MSFS seems to have clear concept of scenery order (`Content.xml` seems unreliable)
and there is no information in the SDK about this. Add-ons are loaded by alphabetical order by
_Little Navmap_. To put an add-on to the end of the loading list add a `z_` to the folder name,
for example.
* Flight plan loading in MSFS is flawed and does not produce any error messages if it fails. Quite
often MSFS cannot load its own plans correctly.
* Country names are missing in MSFS translation tables and are not available in _Little Navmap_,
therefore.
* Add-ons using the `.fsarchive` encrypted format are not supported. _Little Navmap_ will show only
the stock airport instead of the add-on if a package is locked down like this.
* Some aircraft mods do not report correct fuel flow to work around simulator limitations. This
cannot be fixed in _Little Navmap_.
* Some airports files like `LEMG.bgl` cannot be read due to unknown format. _Little Navmap_ reports
`Error: readInt for file
"C:/Users/USER/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalCache/Packages/Official/OneStore/asobo-airport-lemg-malaga/scenery/LEMG.bgl" failed. Reason 1`. Exclude the airport
file from reading in options on page `Scenery Library Database` or simply ignore the message. The
stock LEMG and all other airports are not affected by this.
### Other
* Dock window layout in _Little Navmap_ can change when resizing or maximizing window and back.
Qt limitation.
* Window is restored in normal state when changing from a maximized window to fullscreen and back.
This is a Qt limitation.
* The flight plan calculation might pop up shortly or the main window might flicker when starting the
program. This can be ignored.
* The height of the elevation profile window cannot be reduced in some cases. Reset to default window
layout which fixes this. Rearrange or move the elevation profile window to another position which
usually solves this. Save the layout once you have a working one. This is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Zooming with touchpad or magic mouse does not work properly on macOS. Use the navigation overlay
or one of the other options on page `Map Navigation` in `Options` if you think it is unusable. This
is a limitation in the used Qt library.
## Changes
### Translations
* French, German and Italian user interface translation completed.
Thanks to Patrick for adding the French translation!
* Updated Chinese translation. Thanks to John Liu for providing a first draft!
* Other translations are work in progress.
Note that you can change the user interface language in the options dialog on page `User interface`.
### User Interface
* Added new splash screen image by Günter Steiner.
* Fixed freezing on startup on macOS Big Sur.
* Fixed several problems with dialogs hidden behind main window when using `Keep in Foreground`.
* Added support for coordinate parsing from Wikipedia which uses special characters to minute and
second symbols. Coordinates like `40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W` (note ″ and ′ instead of " and ') can now
be directly pasted into _Little Navmap_ dialogs.
* Corrected parsing of coordinate format longitude/latitude (reversed order compared to usual format).
Now swapping coordinates in this format only if no designators N, S, E and W are given. See options
dialog on page `Units` and tooltip on coordinate format box.
* Added `Manual Wind` menu item to weather menu which is a clone of the checkbox in the fuel report.
### Flight Plan
* Corrected wrong calculation of time to next waypoint where time was not affected by wind.
* Fixed missing aircraft information when elevation profile and performance data cannot be
calculated.
* Now checking for path validity more often in multiexport dialog to catch path changes done
outside _Little Navmap_.
* Auto renumbering all user flight plan positions (green rectangle) that match default pattern
prefixed with `WP` like `WP1`, `WP2` or `WP99` now. Note that positions are already renumbered when
loading a plan.
* Waypoint names and positions for user created approaches now correct when exporting plan.
* Problem with wrong active leg sequencing in some procedures solved.
* Fixed procedure query for airports which have a different ident in sim and navdata. Procedures
were not shown before. Example: Vanderhoof which is AU4 in some simulators vs. CAU4 in Navigraph
where procedures are loaded from Navigraph database.
* Fixed crash when loading LNMPLN flight plans with an empty waypoint list and added error message.
* PLN files for FSX, P3D and MSFS now have altitude set for all waypoints.
* Removed ICAO region code from MSFS export to improve loading in simulator.
### Map
* Fixed problem where procedure legs like arcs could disappear when zooming.
* Improved drawing of procedures with curves and arcs when following in elevation profile.
* Reduced size of VOR and NDB symbols in lower zoom levels on map.
* Flight plan details reduced on map display.
* Tooltips, map click and menus now working on add-on airports if all other airports are off.
Before some menu items like `Set as destination` where disabled although airport was visible.
* Corrected display for manual wind. Map and tooltips now show wind based on manual setting instead
of a probably enabled online wind source.
* Enabled `Set as Destination` and `Set as Departure` in map context menu again to allow round
trips where destination is equal to departure.
### Elevation Profile
* Fixed wrong display of mouse hover position and wrong waypoint position in elevation profile for
some procedures. Example: Norwich (EGSH), via NWI1 and NDB FN27 (N27) to runway 27.
* Removed green elevation ramp in profile for legs longer than 2000 NM when using online elevation
data. Now filling long legs with zero elevation if maximum length for online data is exceeded.
* PAPI slope for approaches now shown again on elevation profile.
* Tooltip in elevation profile not showing up in front of other windows anymore.
* Set minimum size for elevation profile to avoid corrupted display.
* Fixed issue with missing update in tooltip data after flight plan altitude change.
* Several crashes in elevation profile and context menu fixed.
* More improvements in profile.
### Other
* Adjusted detection of MSFS Navigraph navdata update to avoid all airports being detected as add-on.
* Fixed parsing of the incomplete METAR date which gives only day of month. The error could result
in reports having the wrong date one month back.
* Fixed issue where METAR reports might not be updated in index which could result in old reports
shown.
* Now imitating MSFS if an scenery update like the Navigraph navdata update tries to reuse the
ident of an airport for a new one. Example: Boyd Field (54XS) in MSFS which actually Bar C Ranch
Airport (54XS) in real life at another location. 54XS is shown in the old and wrong location by
MSFS while the Navigraph update assigns the ident to the new and correct position.
* Fixed issue where military airports were not recognized in add-ons.
* Limited logging for online network connections to avoid log flooding with high frequency
connections.
* Fixed issues where the wrong UTC time might be sent by _Little Xpconnect_ X-Plane in some cases.
* Made display of head- and tailwind consistent. Arrow down `▼` now indicates headwind and
arrow up `▲` indicates tailwind in all parts of the program.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.2.beta
## Important
* All multiexport options now reset back to default due to internal format changes.
## Important for MSFS Users
* Remove the MSFS Community folder from the ignore list in _Little Navmap_, `Options`, page
`Scenery Library Database` if you added it with Little Navmap 2.6.0.beta.
The exclusion to avoid the crash is not needed anymore.
* Update to the latest beta Navigraph navdata update for MSFS if you use it.
* Reload the scenery library if you use MSFS.
## Known Issues
### MSFS
* Little Navmap cannot read SID and STAR from MSFS. Documentation about MSFS format changes are
needed in SDK.
* MSFS multiplayer and real-time AI cannot be displayed.
* Simulator weather cannot be shown for MSFS since SimConnect weather functions are deprecated and
do not deliver data. Needs update or documentation in MSFS SDK. Use NOAA weather which gives you
the most up-to-date weather reports.
* MSFS has no clear concept of scenery order as far as I can see (`Content.xml` seems unreliable)
and there is no information in the SDK. Add-ons are loaded by alphabetical order by Little Navmap.
To put an add-on to the end of the loading list add a `z_` to the folder name, for example.
* Flight plan loading in MSFS is flawed and does not produce any error messages if it fails. Quite
often MSFS cannot load its own plans correctly.
* Country names are missing in MSFS translation tables and are not available in Little Navmap, therefore.
* Add-ons using the `.fsarchive` encrypted format are not supported and most likely never will.
### Other
* Dock window layout in Little Navmap can change when resizing or maximizing window and back.
Qt limitation.
* Window is restored in normal state when changing from a maximized window to fullscreen and back.
This is a Qt limitation.
* The window layout might not be restored precisely on startup in some cases. This is a limitation
in the used Qt library.
* The flight plan calculation might pop up shortly when starting the program. Simply ignore this.
* The height of the elevation profile window cannot be reduced in some cases. Reset to default window
layout which fixes this. Rearrange or move the elevation profile window to another position which
usually solves this. Save the layout once you
have a working one. This is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Zooming with touchpad or magic mouse does not work properly on macOS. Use the navigation overlay
or one of the other options on page `Map Navigation` in `Options` if you think it is unusable. This
is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Program hangs on macOS Big Sur beta. Investigating.
## Changes
### Translations
* Italian user interface translation completed. Thanks to Flavio for his work!
* German program translation completed.
* Other translations are work in progress.
Note that you can change the user interface language in the options dialog on page `User interface`.
### Scenery Library
* Now checking for all paths `Community`, `fs-base` and `fs-base-nav` before recognizing a MSFS
installation as valid. This should help to avoid detection issues with remains from
previous or other installations.
* Airports in folders prefixed with `asobo-airports-` in `Official\Steam` or `Official\OneStore`
are now flagged as add-ons.
* Fixed issue where program could appear frozen while counting files before loading scenery.
* Fixed detection for military airports in MSFS and extended detection with international phrases
like `Militärflugplatz`.
* Now capitalizing all airport names for FSX, P3D and MSFS to fix wrong designators like `Afb`.
* Added checking for database file modifications outside application now. Showing a warning dialog
if changes are detected. This should make clear that Little Navmap has to be closed before
updating databases.
### Map Display
* Changed `force add-on` airport display functionality completely. Now keeping add-ons airports
visible on map independent of zoom level if this option is selected in the toolbar or the
menu `View` -> `Airports` -> `Force Show Add-on Airports`. Add-on airports are now shown
highlighted with a yellow ring per default.
Add-on highlighting can be disabled in options dialog on page `Map Display`.
The colors can be adjusted in the configuration file `little_navmap_mapstyle.ini`.
* Changed display when increasing or decreasing detail level on map. Now also scaling icons, texts
and other map object features. Detail level can now be used to show airport diagram earlier.
* Flight plan waypoints are now shown with higher detail level which results in more text and
larger symbols. Flight plan display is now also affected by detail level changes.
* Resetting label options for flight plan line (options dialog on page `Map Display 2` tree element
`Flight Plan`) on first start to distance and magnetic course since course was switched off in
some cases.
* Increased map details for certain zoom factors. Certain navaids are now shown earlier as
small triangles (waypoint), rectangles (VOR) or points (NDB) symbols depending on zoom.
* Fixed issue where context menu was all disabled if shown by menu key and mouse not over map.
* Fixed handling of map overflow when showing the maximum number of objects on the map. User now
gets a warning `Too Many Objects` in the status bar if a result exceeds the limit. This is needed
to avoid program freeze situations. This fixes the half filled map without warning message.
* Added missing shared library file back to fix the broken offline map themes.
The hotfix is not needed anymore.
* Fixed issue where waypoints were queried from the database with tracks not loaded. This slowed
down map rendering significantly.
* Fixed issue where context menu item to select parking was disabled on departure airport.
* Added option to enable or disable AI and user aircraft background text fill. AI/multiplayer and
user aircraft label colors are now configurable in `little_navmap_mapstyle.ini`.
* Fixed issue where ghost tooltips were displayed for missed approaches.
* Added option to show indicated altitude at user aircraft label on map. This is now the default
altitude shown in the label.
This can be changed in options on page `Map Display 2` in the tree on the right at `User Aircraft`.
* The elevation profile now uses indicated altitude for aircraft position to avoid discrepancies in
display when flying at flight levels.
* The map is now also centered and updated with disabled aircraft display. The active leg (magenta line)
is now correctly updated on the map and elevation profile in this case.
* Other display improvements.
### Weather
* Fixed issue with NOAA weather downloads where a missing internet connection or wrong web address
flooded the log and caused the program to crash. Now applying a grace period of three minutes after
an error which blocks new downloads for METAR requests. Online weather is updated every ten minutes.
### Flight Plan
* Added option to extract flight plan for selected plan range and save it into a new file.
Select a range of flight plan legs not touching alternates or procedures.
Then right click into the table and choose `Save selected Range as Flight Plan`.
This will not replace the current plan but add the saved file to the recent files list.
* Fixed crash while calculating elevation profile with cruise altitude below
destination airport elevation.
* Corrected wrong distance calculation for an approach where a course intercept leg follows an
initial fix. Example EGPB LOC FF09 via D244L.
### Export
* Export paths now remain unchanged when switching simulator after first initialization.
Paths can still be adapted to the currently selected simulator by using reset.
* Now ignoring MSFS path for FSX and P3D aircraft. Best guess for export paths improved.
* Added descriptions with more details in tooltip for multiexport dialog.
* Added native LNMPLN flight plan format to multiexport.
Note that using this option will clear the change flag (the `*` in the window title plus further
question dialogs asking to save file).
It will also set the current filename to the exported file name.
Furthermore, it will add the filename to the recent files list.
This way the LNMPLN export option behaves exactly as if the user called `Save` or `Save as`.
* Now stopping export and showing warning dialog if one or more paths are invalid instead of silently
ignoring the error.
* Removed Garmin export option for waypoints from options dialog. Added new entries in multiexport
dialog instead.
* X-Plane FMS export file name now using a dash in file name for better readability.
* Changed default F1 GTN export path to `F1TGTN`.
* Small improvements and several fixes in multiexport configuration dialog and context menu. Fixed
missing update (not switching to bold font) of table when checking for export.
* Airac cycle was not correctly applied in some cases and resulted in using the current month
and warnings in X-Plane.
### User Interface
* Changed default window layout to one where dock windows `Search` and `Simulator Aircraft` are
merged into a tabbed view. This avoids the frozen (not resizable) elevation profile window.
Look for the tabs `Search` and `Simulator Aircraft` on the lower right side of the main window.
* Removed wrong rounding to nearest 0.025 MHz for COM frequencies.
* Added source indicator for COM frequencies in information window. Either `Navigraph` or
`Simulator` depending on scenery library selection.
* Now showing add-on and closed airports throughout the whole program in italic underline and
strikeout respectively.
* Route description dialog now properly updates result list in macOS when using interface
style `macintosh`.
* Fixed issue where fuel report remained active but was not updated due to failed top of descent
calculation. Now clearing window and showing orange warning message if this is the case.
* Now showing an excerpt of the waypoint remarks in the next waypoint section of the progress
display.
* Added calculated altitude for next waypoint to aircraft progress display.
* Added link to download section to the help menu.
* Now showing ice and condition column in progress only if not equal to none.
* Further user interface improvements and fixes.
===============================================================================
# Version 2.6.1.beta
## Important
## Important for MSFS Users
* Remove the MSFS Community folder from the ignore list in _Little Navmap_, `Options`, page `Scenery Library Database`
if you added it. The exclusion to avoid the crash is not needed anymore.
* Update to the latest beta Navigraph navdata update for MSFS if you use it.
* Reload the scenery library if you use MSFS.
## Known Issues
### MSFS
* Little Navmap cannot read SID and STAR from MSFS. Documentation about MSFS format changes are
needed in SDK.
* MSFS multiplayer and real-time AI cannot be displayed. Needs SDK updates or more documentation.
* Simulator weather cannot be shown for MSFS since SimConnect weather functions are deprecated and
do not deliver data. Needs update or documentation in MSFS SDK. Use NOAA weather which gives you
the most up-to-date weather reports.
* MSFS has no clear concept of scenery order as far as I can see (`Content.xml` seems unreliable)
and there is no information in the SDK. Add-ons are loaded by alphabetical order by Little Navmap.
To put an add-on to the end of the loading list add a `z_` to the folder name, for example.
* Flight plan loading in MSFS is flawed and does not produce any error messages if it fails. Quite
often MSFS cannot load its own plans correctly.
* Country names are missing in MSFS translation tables and are not available in Little Navmap, therefore.
* Add-ons using the `.fsarchive` encrypted format are not supported and most likely never will.
### Other
* Dock window layout in Little Navmap can change when resizing or maximizing window and back.
Qt limitation.
* Window is restored in normal state when changing from a maximized window to fullscreen and back.
This is a Qt limitation.
* The window layout might not be restored precisely on startup in some cases. This is a limitation
in the used Qt library.
* The height of the elevation profile window cannot be reduced in some cases. Rearrange or move the
elevation profile window to another position which usually solves this. Save the layout once you
have a working one. This is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Zooming with touchpad or magic mouse does not work properly on macOS. Use the navigation overlay
or one of the other options on page `Map Navigation` in `Options` if you think it is unusable. This
is a limitation in the used Qt library.
* Program hangs on macOS Big Sur. Investigating.
### Going back to stable Little Navmap 2.4.5 after trying the beta
The scenery databases of the new beta versions are not compatible with Little Navmap 2.4.5. Delete
the databases files from the settings folder of Little Navmap if you see crashes and exceptions
containing messages like `no such column`. You can find information about the folder and the files
here in the documentation:
https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/2.6/en/FILES.html#databases
You can safely delete the following files since they can be created again by reloading the scenery library:
`little_navmap_fsx.sqlite`, `little_navmap_fsxse.sqlite`, `little_navmap_p3dv2.sqlite`,
`little_navmap_p3dv3.sqlite`, `little_navmap_p3dv4.sqlite`, `little_navmap_msfs.sqlite` and
`little_navmap_xp11.sqlite`
## Changes
### MSFS
* Fixed issue with `NOT NULL constraint failed:tmp_waypoint.ident Unable to fetch...` caused by
incomplete waypoints emitted by MSFS BGL compiler. Navaids with empty names are now ignored and
printed into the log with BGL file name. Do not forget to remove the community folder from
exclusion list in Little Navmap.
* AI aircraft names are now correctly shown instead of the user aircraft name for all AI.
* Fix for update issues where wrong aircraft positions are emitted while user is in MSFS menu.
These caused Little Navmap jumping back to the old position and wrong progress updates. Now
omitting wrong positions with an invalid state like no groundspeed and position 0/0.
* Exporting MSFS flightplan now reverts type to `Direct` if using VFR to avoid MSFS changing plan
to IFR.
* MSFS exported flight plans now have special characters like umlauts or accents replaced or
removed. Note that MSFS cannot load flightplans that have special characters in the filename or
path.
* Localizer heading for MSFS now saved correctly in scenery database.
* Fixed issues where the default instead of changed simulator paths were used in some dialog windows.
* Changed default MSFS Steam flight plan path to base folder `Microsoft Flight Simulator`
(`LocalState` on MS installations).
* Also looking in `...\Official\OneStore` and `...\Official\Steam` folders for purchased add-ons now.
These are added with add-on flag to the database and are shown italic and underlined on the map.
* Updating administrative names like city in airports now. This also corrects missing city and
airport names for the Navigraph navdata update.
* Adapted to Navigraph navdata update 12 for MSFS. Little Navmap only reads required features which
are: Airports, COM and ILS. Everything else is ignored and not needed since it can be updated with
a more complete dataset by Navigraph directly for Little Navmap.
* Corrected ILS course for Navigraph update in simulator. Slight variations like for EDDM remain.
### Other
* Added option to restore window layout from last loaded file on startup. This is the file on top
of the `Recent Window Layouts` menu. See options dialog on page `Startup`.
* Improved handling of dock window layout. Now applying dock state after window shown. This might
cause a small visible layout change after loading but solves issues when restoring the layout.
* Fixed issue where layout of maximized windows was not restored properly.
* Fix for blinking aircraft when updating weather over SimConnect. This affected FSX, P3D and MSFS.
* Better sensitivity and handling for zooming when using touchpad (better, yet limited on macOS).
* Compass rose settings are now saved again from `Options` on page `Map Display 2`.
* Fixed issue where magnetic declination was not created correctly for locale which do not have a
dot as decimal separator. Declination was 20 degrees off near VORDME STN
in X-Plane, for example. #564
* Updated to world magnetic model 2020. This will be used to calculate X-Plane declination when
loading the scenery database or as a fallback if the file `magdec.bgl` is not available.
* Changed drawing of online airspaces for better visibility. Add center circle.
* Fixed issue with long route legs causing garbled elevation display when using online elevation.
* Removed unused Marble OsmPlugin, Pn2 and Pnt Plugins.
* Added error message when trying to load missing KML file.
* Corrected route calculation to allow calculation of selected between last leg of a SID and
first leg of an arrival procedure.
* Fixed issue where procedures disappeared with low detail settings.
* Clean up of user interface in flight plan calculation dock window to avoid window resizes due
to error messages.
* Fixed error `Bind name "flightplan" does not exist` when importing logfiles from CSV or X-Plane.
* Display of time to next waypoint and fuel at next waypoint in progress tab corrected.
* Added new columns for distance flown and more to logbook search table.
* Fixed issue where NOAA weather was not updated despite showing download message.
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Version 2.6.0.beta
Highlights:
* MSFS support. Little Navmap detects MSFS installation paths, can read the scenery library,
follows user aircraft and can save/load flight plans also with procedures.
See `MSFS Limitations` below for known issues.
Star airports in MSFS get a five star rating in Little Navmap.
* Oceanic tracks: NAT, PACOTS and AUSOTS. Visible on map and can be used in flight planning as well
as for automatic plan calculation. See `Flight Plan` -> `Download Tracks`.
* Multi-export: Export more than one flight plan format at once with just one click. Formats and
paths are configurable. See `File` -> `Multi Export Flight Plan Options`.
* Improvements to logbook: A log entry now gets track and flight plan attached which can be saved
or shown in preview.
* Improved flight plan calculation. Can now calculate across regions which are void of airways. Can
use oceanic tracks, avoid RNAV airways and more options. `Flight Plan` -> `Calculate Flight Plan`.
* Little Navmap now uses its own flight plan format which allows removing most of the
warning dialogs. Flight plan saving and loading logic has changed completely.
* User can add remarks or comments on flight plan and flight plan waypoints. See tab `Flight Plan
Remarks` in `Flight Planning` dock window. Right click on flight plan waypoint in plan table or map
and select `Edit Flight Plan Position Remarks`.
* Program suggests to create a recommended folder structure on first startup. Click
`Do not show this dialog again` and press `Cancel` if you do not like this.
* Better map context menu with sub-menus for easier selection of actions if more than one map
object is below clicked position.
* Replaced title bar information for mouse hover in elevation profile with tooltip window
showing more information.
* User can now select font for user interface and map display. Options dialog on pages `User
Interface` and `Map`.
See https://b612-font.com for an open source font used in aviation.
* Free user interface language selection (if translation available). Change this in the dialog
`Options` on page `User Interface`
* Fullscreen mode maximizes map on one click or key press of `Shift+F11`. See `Window` ->
`Fullscreen Map`.
* Save and load window layouts for dock windows. This also saves toolbar positions and the main
window size. See menu `Window`. Layouts are saved separately for both normal and fullscreen mode.
* Optionally focus and raise dock windows or main window on mouse hover. Change this in `Options`
on page `User Interface`.
* Option to disallow docking windows from snapping back to main window when moving around. Can be
toggled in menu `Window` -> `Show all floating Windows`.
* Many changes in user interface for more usability. Better error reporting for flight plan
and other issues.
* Added new map display options. Text size and line width for airways, labels for measurement
lines, airport diagram features and more. See dialog `Options` on pages `Map Display` and `Map
Display 2`.
* Now reading and showing X-Plane frigate and carrier as AI.