FSX Planner Release 24 available

ZBlueSoftware are continuing to rapidly update FSX Planner, with Release 24 now available:

After the the release of version 23 of FSX Planner we’re continuing to polish the application. This latest release fixes several bugs associated with the decompiling process and the error checking process, among others. In addition it introduces some new functionality, including the ability for FSX Planner to update itself, thus removing the need to redownload and reinstall new versions.

Updates in Release 24

• An update feature has been incorporated into FSX Planner. This is available by selecting File -> Check For Updates. This allows you to download and install future updates without having to redownload and install the entire FSX Planner application.
• Synchronizing the tower scenery object to the tower viewpoint now only tracks the latitude and longitude. This allows for different altitudes between the viewpoint and scenery object.
• When opening xml files, both the airport icao code and the file name are now used to see if the airport is already open. This allows for multiple versions of the same airport to be open simultaneously as long as they are saved in different files.
• A button labeled ‘add names’ has been added next to the name field in the taxiway path properties display. This button is a shortcut to the Add Taxiway Path Names dialog.
• When FSX Planner is closed a dialog will be displayed for each open airport asking whether or not you want to save the airport.
• Moving an apron or a fuel trigger is now an undoable event.
• The type and size of the plane used to represent the simulator plane is now remembered between sessions.
• Background images can now be turned on or off individually. This lets you have multiple images associated with an airport, but only have certain ones displayed at one time.

Bug Fixes in Release 24

• Fixed a bug which prevented runway taxiway path numbers for runways between 1 and 9 from being displayed in the properties display after an airport had been decompiled form a bgl file.
• Fixed a bug which caused the approach leg fix type to be occassionally decompiled incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that caused certain jetway scenery objects to be decompiled incorrectly, resulting in errors when trying to compile the airport to a bgl file.
• Fixed a bug that caused FSX Planner to hang while certain airports, such as PAWD, were being decompiled if the runway contained certain objects.
• Fixed a bug that was due to rounding errors causing incorrect altitude warnings when running error checking.
• Fixed a bug that caused Tower altitude checks to be calculated as above sea level instead of above ground level.
• Fixed several bugs associated with object locking that allowed aprons and fuel triggers to be moved even if they were locked.
• Scenery objects did not have their display name set when an xml file was opened. This resulted in blank display names for all scenery objects until the scenery object’s properties were displayed. This bug has been fixed.
• Fixed a bug that caused GUIDs to be decompiled incorrectly.

For more information about FSX Planner please visit www.zbluesoftware.com/fsxplanner.

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