albar965/littlenavmap v2.8.12.rc1

Version 2.8.12.rc1

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Direct Download

► Windows 64-bit Installer (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.12.rc1-Install.exe
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.12.rc1.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.12.rc1.tar.gz

Other Versions:

► Windows 32-bit Installer (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.12.rc1-Install.exe
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04 for Debian or older systems) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.12.rc1.tar.gz

Zipped Windows releases without installer are available in the alternative download locations below or from the release assets at GitHub - Little Navmap Releases - Version 2.8.12.rc1 (scroll down to Assets).

Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta, development or release candidates:

► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive

Notes

This is a release candidate of Little Navmap which fixes several issues and adds a few new features.

Note that the user manual was not updated yet for new features like the installer.

Notable changes are a fix for the "waypoints moved North" issue in MSFS as well as a new Windows installer.

Note that the installation of map themes has changed. Furthermore, there are changes in the scenery library
menu and in the flight plan route description. See below for more information.

macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Changes from 2.8.11 to 2.8.12.rc1

Simulators

• Added support for Prepar3D v6. Note that this is untested. Let me know if you find any issues.

Installation and Startup

• Added Inno Setup installer packages. This installs
  Little Navmap for all users in the folders Program Files for the 64-bit package or
  Program Files (x86) for the 32-bit package. Both can be installed in parallel. The installer
  creates start menu entries for all included programs as well as most important files and links.
  File types can optionally associated with Little Navmap which allows to load a plan by double
  clicking on a LNMPLN file in Windows Explorer. Little Navmap is either started or a running
  instance is used to load a plan. Note that there is no need to install or modify any files in the
  installation folder. See also
  Little Navmap User Manual - Map Themes
• Improved the detection of an already running instance of Little Navmap. Removed warning
  dialog for Program is already running situation. Instead the Little Navmap window is
  brought into foreground and any file passed to the program is opened. This is working on
  Windows, macOS and Linux.
• Now passing all command line parameters for flight plan, performance and layout files to an
  already running instance to load the files. This is supported on Windows, macOS and Linux.
• Now checking all files passed on the command line without parameters for type of file to load
  like flight plan or performance file.
• Using full configuration path for locks and data exchange keys. This allows to run more than one
  Little Navmap instances when using separate configuration folders.
• Updated MSFS SimConnect DLL to the latest version 0.21.1.0.

Map

• Added configuration option for degree grid in view menu. Select menu View ->
  Show Map Grid Configuration to change color of grid lines and labels.
• Fixed issue where split user aircraft trails from previous version 2.8.10 were read wrongly
  and appeared connected.
• Corrected loading of oceanic tracks to avoid disappearing flight plan after load.
• Now creating two backups for main trail file little_navmap.track to avoid data loss on update.
• Now backing up configuration and track files with ..._update-backup.N suffix after installing
  and starting a new version.
• Corrected issue where map grid was drawn below landmass in some offline maps.
• Menu and toolbar items for airspace altitude filter are now correctly selected again after restart.
• Fixed missing flight plan waypoint tooltips and click spots with airway or track display enabled.
• Added theme open flightmaps to included map themes.
  This is a modified version of the map theme by
  AmbitiousPilots including changes
  from b-faller.
• Now showing top level map image tile correctly for open flightmaps instead of an black area.
• Fixed more issues with the external map theme folder where maps having more than one layer like the
  open flightmaps map theme could not be used.
• Updated map theme file example.dgml.
• Corrected checking for duplicate elements of sourceDir in map theme DGML files for maps having
  more than one layer. This avoids the issue where different map themes might overwrite data in the
  cache folder.

Userpoint and Logbook

• Fixed problem where no error was shown when importing invalid userpoint or logbook CSV files.
• Fixed issue where an aborted CSV import might corrupt the undo data.
• Update CSV import and export for userpoints to allow unit suffixes in altitude. Now detecting
  suffixes m for meter and f for feet to import altitude in respective units. Feet is
  default when using no suffix.
• Fixed various issues with units in userpoint edit dialog. Now correctly setting and displaying
  metric units for Visible from and Elevation or altitude. Corrected Visible from display in
  userpoint search result table. Now using more precision in userpoint altitude to avoid rounding
  errors between units.

Flight Plan and Export

• Corrected wrong error message for procedures having MAP lower than airport altitude.
  Example: FAUP RNAV UP1F1 (R35)
• Fix in flight plan export for MSFS where waypoints are moved to North. Thanks to Github user
  eaides for the hint. #1038
• Added selection box for IFR or VFR flight plan type to route description.

Other

• Fixed issues where X-Plane simulator weather was not loaded from manually set folder without a
  X-Plane installation. The weather was not loaded and wrong warning dialog was shown.
  This is the case when Little Navmap runs on an networked or remote computer and the weather
  is loaded from a shared network drive from the flying computer.
• Flight plan route description dialog is now updated on style change.
• Moved AI and online aircraft menu items to sub-menu in View to avoid menu size limitation.
• More fixes in weather to skip unneeded reading of ActiveSky weather files. These are now read
  on demand if ActiveSky sky options like tooltips is enabled.

Little Navconnect Version 2.8.7

• Added support for system tray icon. Close button on window frame now optionally minimizes window to
  system tray. Enable this in menu Window -> Minimize to system tray. The tray icon is always
  visible. System tray icon shows last five messages from log in tooltip. #712
• Tray icon has a context menu to restore window, show settings and more. Left click the tray icon to
  restore or minimize the Little Navconnect window.
• New option Window -> Start minimized to system tray to start program without opening a window.
• Fixed various issues with text field updates causing warnings in log file.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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