Flight Plan Problem

I tried to compile the flight plans, and it near the end of the whole process, I get a black pop up window: with a path directory on the navigation bar.... I just click on the "x" corner to close it, then back to TCC and it says "finished"is this normal?

Yes, you must wait for the black screen to close all by itself. As Soaranden says, the compiling doesn't complete until the black window closes.

What do you mean by, "... there are a few repeat flights"?

To get rid of undesired traffic at your local airport, just fo the following:

1. Go to the "Flight Plans" screen.
2. Select the "Airline/Carrier" for one of the undesired airlines/carriers.
3. Right-click in the "Flight Plans for Airline/Carrier"window, and sort by "Airports (first leg)."
4. In the "Flight Plans for Airline/Carrier" window, scoll to the ICAO codes for your airport.
5. Right-click any flight plan that you don't want, and click "Delete."
6. After deleting all undisired flight plans, click the "Save Changes" button, then click the "Exit" button.
7. Do not generate traffic again on the "Traffic Generator" screen. Any traffic generation subsequent to your deleting undisirable flight plans would simply generate new undisirable flight plans.
8. Do go to the "Traffic Movements" screen, and click the "Compile Traffic X Flight Plans" button.

Either prior to or anytime subsequent to doing the compile in step 8 above, you can create your own additional flight plans for your airport on the "Flight Plans" screen.

One more odd thing, there are two flights scheduled to land at same the time I created my new flight which was CanAir B737-200 at arriving from CYYZ at 0924. These two conflicting flights are: from Iberia!! And they are small commuter planes(jets) Hmmm.
When you Compile the files, what name should I 'save as' with? and is there anyway I can like reboot the whole thing so it works?

One thing that I should have mentioned in my recent postings regarding deleting undesirable flight plans is that an additional technique can be used when it is difficult to find a specific flight plan because the particular airline/carrier has many flights and the particular flight may be using your specific airport as a destination rather than as a departure point. For example, if a particular airport has a VFR flight that cannot be found by searching for a specific airline/carrier's flights by searching for the airport's ICAO code under "Departure" within a sorted departure airport list within "Flight Plans for Airline/Carrier" on the TCC's "Flight Plans" screen (and since there is no means to sort by "Destination" airport), scrolling the entire list to find occurrences (if any) your airport's ICAO code under "Destination" takes time and a great deal of patience. Much easier is to open the .tcc file for the airline/carrier with Excel, and then do a search. For example, the file for VFR flights within the United States is TX_VFR_USA.tcc. The file is in the following path:

Microsoft Flight Simulator X\JustFlight\TrafficX\Presets\Data\Schedules\Flight Plans

From having opened the file in Excel, the column containing the ICAO codes for destination airports can be sorted. Finding the flight plans that have your airport as a destination becomes a simple matter. Do the same by opening in Excel the .tcc file for any airline/carrier whose offending flight or flights you are having difficulty finding. You can make changes or do flight deletions from within Excel, save the file, then rerun the Traffic X compiler from the "Traffic Movements" screen.

Very Important Tips:

1. Back up any file before opening it in Excel.

2. In Excel, it's safer to do a search for occurences of the ICAO code rather than a sort. If you use a sort rather than a search, be certain the order of all columns synchonizes with the new order of your sorted column.

3. To avoid generating additional unwanted flight plans, remember not to generate traffic again on the "Traffic Generator" screen. Just do a compile of your flight plan changes, additions, and/or deletions on the "Traffic Movements" screen.

Soaranden wrote: One thing that I should have mentioned in my recent postings regarding deleting undesirable flight plans is that an additional technique can be used when it is difficult to find a specific flight plan because the particular airline/carrier has many flights and the particular flight may be using your specific airport as a destination rather than as a departure point. For example, if a particular airport has a VFR flight that cannot be found by searching for a specific airline/carrier's flights by searching for the airport's ICAO code under "Departure" within a sorted departure airport list within "Flight Plans for Airline/Carrier" on the TCC's "Flight Plans" screen (and since there is no means to sort by "Destination" airport), scrolling the entire list to find occurrences (if any) your airport's ICAO code under "Destination" takes time and a great deal of patience. Much easier is to open the .tcc file for the airline/carrier with Excel, and then do a search. For example, the file for VFR flights within the United States is TX_VFR_USA.tcc. The file is in the following path:Microsoft Flight Simulator X\JustFlight\TrafficX\Presets\Data\Schedules\Flight PlansFrom having opened the file in Excel, the column containing the ICAO codes for destination airports can be sorted. Finding the flight plans that have your airport as a destination becomes a simple matter. Do the same by opening in Excel the .tcc file for any airline/carrier whose offending flight or flights you are having difficulty finding. You can make changes or do flight deletions from within Excel, save the file, then rerun the Traffic X compiler from the "Traffic Movements" screen.Very Important Tips:1. Back up any file before opening it in Excel.2. In Excel, it's safer to do a search for occurences of the ICAO code rather than a sort. If you use a sort rather than a search, be certain the order of all columns synchonizes with the new order of your sorted column.3. To avoid generating additional unwanted flight plans, remember not to generate traffic again on the "Traffic Generator" screen. Just do a compile of your flight plan changes, additions, and/or deletions on the "Traffic Movements" screen.

Hey! Thanks again. I did a search (under the VFR_Canada flight plans) but I could not find any flights from Iberia landing at London, Ontario. I was going to try the Excel method, but I was a little worried about deleting files from such a document!
I tried something else, and by not means, I probably shouldn't have, but I did it anyways. I deleted the old flight plans files that are created in the two occasions I compiled. I had renamed them differently twice and since you said I should only have one , I compiled it again but this time with the name trafficX .
Hmmm it did not work! instead there were more new flights, British Airways, Swiss air, etc. all small commuter planes...... it so frustrating!:(
So at the end, I uninstalled the whole Traffic X and reinstalled it. Now everything is back to 'normal'   I wonder, is there a way to compile only new flights? instead of compiling the whole entire file?
thanks! any other thoughts would be great!!

artifact wrote: ..... One thing I noticed too, that sometimes the flights are too close behind, so the second plane has to "go around' but it never lands!! Or the first plane lands and as soon as the reverse trust is deployed and the airplane stops, the plane disappears! etc, etc.

If you only tick North America flights then you should only get North America flights. That's the theory.  But, that said, what actually happens may be different from what is expected. There have been a few posts in this and other forums about strange behaviour from Traffic X if you untick some of the options. For example, if you untick rotorcraft and gliders, you may not get any commercial aircraft at all. If that happens, you just tick everything, including rotorcraft and gliders, and compile again to get commercial aircraft back.

Just a comment on the Iberia commuter planes landing at London, ON.  If you still have that problem you may want to check the flight plans for Air Nostrum (ANS).  That is Iberia's commuter airline and is set up as a separate airline in Traffic X.