Within the flightsim eco-system there are a number of great flight planning tools available, which got me thinking about whether I could make a converter tool to let us use the output 'flightplan' in Virtual Sailor somehow.
My personal favourite VFR (Visual Flight Rules for the non aviation among us) planning software is Plan-G, which I have used a lot over the years. What Plan-G does, which makes it useful for VS is allows you to add a waypoint anywhere on the map at the click of the mouse.
https://www.plan-g.app/app.php/home
Here I have created a 'flight' plan in Plan-G for the Wellington to Picton Ferry Service....
I save this plan, then in VS:NG Set up my vessel, and save a situation for the flightplan to be inserted into, and run my converter tool.
Select the Plan-G file on the left, and the VS Situation file on the right, then hit convert..
Here you can see a list of waypoints which have been read by the converter.
Finally, load the situation back into VS and see all the converted waypoints on the map
Bear in mind my programming skills are near-non-existant, I would probably write code in crayon if it wasn't for the fact that I was likely to eat the crayons before I got done!
Download the beta version here:
http://ta4ksim.com/downloads/PLG2VSNG_1.0.4.zip
I offer this to the community, and I hope someone finds it useful!
SeanG
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Within the flightsim eco-system there are a number of great flight planning tools available, which got me thinking about whether I could make a converter tool to let us use the output 'flightplan' in Virtual Sailor somehow.
My personal favourite VFR (Visual Flight Rules for the non aviation among us) planning software is Plan-G, which I have used a lot over the years. What Plan-G does, which makes it useful for VS is allows you to add a waypoint anywhere on the map at the click of the mouse.
[url]https://www.plan-g.app/app.php/home[/url]
Here I have created a 'flight' plan in Plan-G for the Wellington to Picton Ferry Service....
[img]https://i.imgur.com/LP3CAEh.png[/img]
I save this plan, then in VS:NG Set up my vessel, and save a situation for the flightplan to be inserted into, and run my converter tool.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/QPlE4d5.png[/img]
Select the Plan-G file on the left, and the VS Situation file on the right, then hit convert..
[img]https://i.imgur.com/uUlgbKY.png[/img]
Here you can see a list of waypoints which have been read by the converter.
Finally, load the situation back into VS and see all the converted waypoints on the map :)
Bear in mind my programming skills are near-non-existant, I would probably write code in crayon if it wasn't for the fact that I was likely to eat the crayons before I got done!
Download the beta version here: [url]http://ta4ksim.com/downloads/PLG2VSNG_1.0.4.zip[/url]
I offer this to the community, and I hope someone finds it useful!
SeanG
<editted to fix a broken link>