[EFB v2 Server Error]

Thank you very much - that resolved the problem!

 

Frans

[EFB v2 Server Error]

Prepar3d v3.4, single machine

In December of 2018, EFB v2 worked fine. In January 2019, however, I cannot start the server. I get the error dialog in the image below. I reinstalled the server, but the error did not go away.

 

Frans Kes

[Showing Airports and Intersections?]

That is difficult for me to show in an image, but luckily there are plenty of examples out there. For example, the FSX and Prepar3D Maps and Flight Planners do just that (other tools like Plan-G also do that). If one turns on airports (and ILS feathers) and intersections (and Victor or Jet airways), they are displayed. By hovering the mouse over one of these objects, relevant information (such as their names, ILS data, or airport data) pops up. To me, this is much more useful than a big list of VORS and intersections when adding waypoints. This is the kind of information that a real pilot would have available in his/her flight bag.

 

But as I said before, EFB already does a great job, but it could be better...

[Showing Airports and Intersections?]

Although I like the look of the EFB maps, I miss not seeing airports and intersections that are not associated with my flight plan, especially when making or modifying a flight plan. I find that I often need another source to show me the information I need. Is there a way to enable this in the current version of EFB?

[EFB for Prepar3d Please...]

P.S. One also has to point the fsx registry entry to the Prepar3D folder, and point the EFB folders to the Prepar3D equivalents (doing these alone allowed me to use EFB without actually connecting). But with the shortcuts, EFB is fully active.

[EFB for Prepar3d Please...]

I flew with EFB fully connected to P3D yesterday (before that I used it unconnected). I learned how to do this in the AVSIM Prepar3D forum. To get EFB to connect, create a shortcut to Prepar3D.cfg called fsx.cfg and a shortcut to Prepar3D.exe called fsx.exe. That's it. EFB does everything it did with fsx.

 

The slight initial downside is that most P3D options have to be reset, as it thinks that it is starting over (my controls worked, though).

[EFB Navdata Location]

Sorry, I just found the databases in the C:\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator C\Aivlasoft folder. The Navigraph update worked fine. Silly me!

 

Frans

[EFB Navdata Location]

I would like to update the EFB AIRAC navdata, but I would prefer to back up the Aivlasoft-supplied set before I run the install. Does anyone know where this database is kept, and what it is called?

 

Frans