bummer

balus · Post by **balus** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:18 pm

I completed my first flight but after exiting Flightsim FSACARS decides that it has crashed and dumps the data! 12 hours of flight gone. Luckily I use FS Flight Tracker as well - can I submit a report based on that data?

maj · Post by **maj** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:49 pm

"Scott, You must save your flight or send the log(in FSacars) BEFORE you close FS. Check with your regions administrator for the FlightTracker info."

Post by **esurfman** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:09 pm

"Scott, send it in. I'll have a look at it."

balus · Post by **balus** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:11 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(maj @ Mar 19 2006, 11:49 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Scott, You must save your flight or send the log(in FSacars) BEFORE you close FS. Check with your regions administrator for the FlightTracker info. [right][snapback]7658[/snapback][/right] </div> Thanks Mark, I guess I just learnt that [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]"

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:10 am

"There is a work around to this. When ACARS posts an POSREP, it is recorded in a text file named ""ACARS.TXT"". Simply rename this file to somthing like ""KORDKMIACrash.txt"". Then, restart FSACARS, log in and start as normal. When you arrive at your destination, close out FSACARS as normal, but DON'T SEND IT! Just exit the program. Open your saved .txt file with Notepad and copy that data. Now open the new ACARS.TXT file with notepad. The first entry will be FSACARS initialization data (as though you just took off) and can be removed. Just paste the data from the saved file into the ACARS.TXT file, making sure that data is placed BEFORE any of the data in the new ACARS.TXT file. This is VERY important because it ensures the date/time stamps are in the right order. Double check it for accuracy before you save it. Restart FSACARS. When asked if you are at the departing airport, say ""no"". This defaults FSACARS into ""send"" mode only. Now you can send your ACARS.TXT."

balus · Post by **balus** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:26 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hawkeyeted @ Mar 19 2006, 02:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>There is a work around to this. When ACARS posts an POSREP, it is recorded in a text file named ""ACARS.TXT"". Simply rename this file to somthing like ""KORDKMIACrash.txt"". Then, restart FSACARS, log in and start as normal. When you arrive at your destination, close out FSACARS as normal, but DON'T SEND IT! Just exit the program. Open your saved .txt file with Notepad and copy that data. Now open the new ACARS.TXT file with notepad. The first entry will be FSACARS initialization data (as though you just took off) and can be removed. Just paste the data from the saved file into the ACARS.TXT file, making sure that data is placed BEFORE any of the data in the new ACARS.TXT file. This is VERY important because it ensures the date/time stamps are in the right order. Double check it for accuracy before you save it. Restart FSACARS. When asked if you are at the departing airport, say ""no"". This defaults FSACARS into ""send"" mode only. Now you can send your ACARS.TXT. [right][snapback]7666[/snapback][/right] </div> Ok, I followed your instructions and it went, who knows whether it will be right or not [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] thanks for your help. edit: hmm didn't quite work - looks like it only captured the little test flight I did to close the file properly. There are two profiles listed though, could be promising, may just need a little massaging."

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:23 am

"Yeah....didn't quite work as I thought either. It worked or me once, and I thought I did it as described earlier. I'll try fiddling with it to see what happens........."