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EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Sorry, Bruce. I only read your first post after answering you last post ;)

The thing is: you can continue as you are doing now. You are actually automatically appending to your original ehf file (filename is date and time of creation), thuis continuing your flight. Which is OK, but it bears a risk: you can only continue on, and if you experience a crash (either your plane, FS, or your PC), you risk looking the ehf file, and need to start all over. Plus, you cannot start a new assigned flight, and continue you ferry afterwards. For thàt to work, you need to have an intermediately saves file as described above.

@Andrew: it does not seem to be recording correctly... It should indicate a status in the middle box (like "parked", "cruise", etc.)

EHM-2131 Bruce:
Hello E_J, thanks for the info Think l have it OK now, will  save each leg along with FSX   Regards Bruce EHM2131

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
@Andrew: your picture shows a filename with square brackets, which is not the way FL saves files (not even with "Save As"). So I'm thinking you renamed the file afterwards, with File Explorer (Assuming Windows). That would probably mess up the CRC check inside the verification by FL, because the date/time of the file has changed.
I am afraid you'll have to start over from the last correctly saved FL file (or from EHLE...)

@Bruce: correct. Preferably "Save As" with a different name after each leg, so you can revert to any intermediate leg, should sh#$%t hit the fan ;)

EHM-2097 Andrei:
And a few more clarifications:

There is no "Save As..." function (OK, I forgot about this myself), FL4 automatically saves using the same filename.

However, it is safe to rename the file in Windows as the above mentioned checksum only concerns the file content, not the name or date.

As of the means to be sure FL4 is appending to the existing file, here are a few hints.

1) There is no need to save the EXACT configuration in FSX. FL4 has a reasonable tolerance radius when it comes to position. As long as you save the EHF file after landing, parking and shutting down the engine, you may reload the file when parked with the engine off at a different stand on the same aiport.

2) Start FL4 (which will attempt to load and reuse the previously saved flight) after setting the proper configuration in FSX (location, aircraft status etc). OR, after you set the proper configuration in FSX, reload the EHF file.

3) Do not be afraid of the worrysome magenta display! When resuming the flight at a different airport (than origin / destination) it is normal to see "on ground" in magenta

4) You know that the flight is resumed at an intermediary airport when:
- The FSX maeeage appears "Recording flight from... to ..." (the overall origin and destination are shown)
- In the flight details screen, you see details changing (like time, airspeed if there is wind, or fuel burnt)
- When leaving the stand, the FSX message appears "Taxi" (if the ground speed > 5kt)
- The status changes from "on ground" to "taxi" and "climb", as appropriate

5) Also, in the flight details page there is a "Debug" tab that shows a piece of information particularly useful for this kind of flight, the "current leg index". This should read "1" during the first leg, "2" after first intermediate landing and so on.

Hope this helps

Andrei

EHM-2131 Bruce:
Hello Andrei, A very good post, answered a lot of questions, and a look into the workings of FL4 too, very interesting article, Regards Bruce EHM-2131

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