So I've been having this problem with the Timuquan mission series where FSX crashes somewhere in the first few minutes. The error was usually in panel.dll, leading me to believe it was something with gauges. After a bit of troubleshooting, I discovered that the .PLN files appear to have been created with Plan-G. Plan-G puts some schmutz in the files, specifically in the Lat and Long coordinates.
Here's a line from a FSX flight planner created .PLN:
<WorldPosition>N41° 49' 36.17",W90° 19' 49.91",+000708.00</WorldPosition>
And here's one from a Plan-G export file:
<WorldPosition>N53° 14' 54.14",W132° 0' 28.59",+000000.00</WorldPosition>
Whatever that 'Â' character is, it seems to cause havoc with FSX. I could pretty much make Timuquan03 crash on demand by bringing up the GPS.
The fix for most of them was to open the .PLN with the FSX flight planner and just save it again. Timuquan 03 was a special case, as it wouldn't save at all. Recreating it in FSX planner, then hand correcting the coordinates to match the original fixed it. I was finally able to run it all the way through.
Has anyone else experienced this?
My setup
FSX Deluxe w/Acceleration in DX10
FSX running on F: drive (SSD)
i7-4770K
16 GB RAM
2 x GeForce GTX660 in SLI
3 x 1920x1080 monitors
Windows 7
