Can I clear the flight plan for free flight?

[Capt_Drunkbeard]

Sorry if this is in the wrong place or is a dumb question, I'm new here, and am not a real pilot.

Every time I sign into a multiplayer free fly session, the copilot keeps trying to direct me to Naples. I keep hearing ATC comms from one of the beginner level missions. Copilot keeps ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about me being at the wrong altitude, or being too far east or west. Is there any way to clear out a destination or a waypoint? I just want to fly around, but it wont shut up, and i don't want to just mute it.

I've deleted all of my saved games, and I've gone so far as to uninstall and reinstall the game, but the issue is still there.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for any advice you might be able to offer.

[pirateinparadise]

Create a new flight starting on the ground with NO flight plan.

Save that flight making sure to check the box to make that flight the default flight.

[Capt_Drunkbeard]

I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip!

[Capt_Drunkbeard]

I cant seem to make that happen. i tried clearing the route, but it wont let me proceed until i enter a NEW route. I don't want any route. I want a blank slate.

[TextRich]

It sounds like you accidentally saved your to-Naples mission as the default. So every time you start a free flight it carries over instructions for that mission. That is my guess.

I know that uninstalling FSX:SE through Steam does NOT completely erase all the sim's files. For example I did a reinstall a few months ago and my pilot records were still there. The sim keeps a few files to make reinstalling easier. So the default flight is saved in a folder not in the Steam folder.

Try Googling reset default flight in FSX and hopefully you will know which folder to modify/delete to fix your problem. I don't have enough experience with this to be 100% certain.

[pirateinparadise]

Originally posted by Capt_Drunkbeard:

I cant seem to make that happen. i tried clearing the route, but it wont let me proceed until i enter a NEW route. I don't want any route. I want a blank slate.

What does "clearing the route" mean? Startup FSX, and from the main screen click the "Free flight" button on the left side. You will see the page with the spinning aircraft.

Select the aircraft you want by hitting the "change" button under "Current aircraft". Then pick your starting airport and gate or parking spot using the "change" button under "Current position". Do the same for "Current weather" and "Current Time and Season".

At this point you have built a flight. Unless you go into flight planner and select an existing flight plan or build a new one, you still have no flight plan (or "route"). Click "Fly Now" on the lower right corner. When everything gets loaded, press the ";" key. The save flight dialog box will appear. Input a name for the flight, and then click the 'make this the default flight' checkbox at the bottom and hit the save button.

When you start FSX, it will use the settings in this flight as your default settings. Then, you can go into Multiplayer without a flight plan.

[Capt_Drunkbeard]

Thanks for your input folks. I was able to get to the bottom of the issue. I did save during a training mission, and accidentally made that my default flight plan. From that point forward, no matter where i was, even in free flight or multiplayer, that flight plan would load. I used the in-game option to 'delete all saved games,' which had no effect. the saved file no longer showed up on the missions list, but continued to load anyway. Even when I set up a session with no flight plan, this one would load automatically.

To fix this, I had to go into 'my documents,' where your saved flight plans are stored. I had to manually delete the file from there.

Apologies for any incorrect terminology, my background is all nautical, and I haven't yet mastered pilot speak.

Thanks again for your help.