gsumner Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hi If I update my magdec.bgl in P3Dv5 do I have to manually update it in EFBv2 also ? Graham Edit: Moved to proper thread by Admin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hi Graham, which simulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsumner Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hi sorry, Its p3dv5. I see the updates are available for this on :- https://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids3.html thesedays. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Yes, correct. This will update the magdec.bgl in P3Dv5 (...scenery\base\scenery). After updating the magdec.bgl, you should not forget to rebuild the database (Function "Update Simulator"), so the new magdec.bgl will be considered in the EFB database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsumner Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 So you are saying dont copy the file, the update utility will find it in the p3d folder and update accordingly. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiloJuliett Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Where would you copy it to? Just make sure you run the Database Builder after you updated the file in your sim. EFB will consider all the data your flight sim "knows". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsumner Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, KiloJuliett said: Where would you copy it to? Just make sure you run the Database Builder after you updated the file in your sim. EFB will consider all the data your flight sim "knows". I would copy it here :- C:\Users\**USER**\Documents\AivlaSoft\EFB2\Server\DbBuilder\Base Where a copy of it already exists that may need replacing. Im sure you must have a copy on your machine. My hardware sim runs over several computers. Each sim avionics computer has a nav data folder which must contain the same magdec.bgl or things go weird. Im just checking this copy doesn't need updating too Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewulf47 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, gsumner said: I would copy it here :- C:\Users\**USER**\Documents\AivlaSoft\EFB2\Server\DbBuilder\Base Where a copy of it already exists that may need replacing. Im sure you must have a copy on your machine. My hardware sim runs over several computers. Each sim avionics computer has a nav data folder which must contain the same magdec.bgl or things go weird. Im just checking this copy doesn't need updating too Graham No Graham, This copy of magdec.bgl is not used for MS-based simulators. For these always the magdec.bgl of the respective simulator is used. The copy of magdec.bgl you mentioned in the **\EFB2\Server\DbBuilder\Base is exclusively used for X-Plane as X-Plane does not provide this kind of a magdec table. So in short - you don't need to update it. It does however also not cause any trouble if you do so, as I explained before. it is definitely NOT used in the DataBuilding Process for MS-Based simulators (FSX, P3D). HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsumner Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 OK Thankyou Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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