After SU14, I can't start a hotstart from opposite end of a departure runway

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Before SU14 (PC), my steps to fly simple hotstarts from opposite end of a departure runway were to:

  • Find and select departure airport in World map
  • Select opposite end of desired departure runway
  • Ignore blank settings in Arrival airport portion
  • Make changes to flight conditions only if desired
  • Click FLY until spawn at desired runway position/heading, no problems ever

With SU14:

  • Changes are reflected correctly in World map after selections have been made as above
  • After clicking “FLY”, hotstarts are always spawned at original position/heading
  • This also happens after setting a VFR/GPS round trip, selected departure heading is ignored by the Sim
  • In other words, now all of my world file departure runway position/heading are ignored
  • Performing the steps in differing sequence makes no difference
  • There are no saved flight plans in the main “LocalState” folder
  • Community folder contains only one aircraft, but this also happens with default aircraft as well
  • Being unable to find forum postings about this with SU14, issue is probably at my end

Anyone here have any suggestions for a reason, bypass, or fix? Thanks

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Hello there! Try this: Go to Options >> Assistance options >> User experience >> ATC enforce flightplan = ON or OFF. (If enabled ATC will follow the departure and arrival specified in the flightplan; if disabled ATC will decide the active runway and approach depending on current conditions, including weather and performance.) This new feature was introduced with SU14!

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That’s a good new feature, I missed seeing that in any of the release notes.

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Good suggestion, but no change even after all of those options are set to Off.
Thanks anyway, and still hoping for more good suggestions.

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This issue is back with SU15 Beta, I can’t select the opposite side of the runway I’m noticing today. ATC Enforce Flight Plan is OFF in assistance options.

I’m using MMPR (Orbx) and the Horizon Sim 787.

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That option should be set to ON, not OFF if you want to start on the runway you’ve decided in the flight planner.

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Great that fixed it, the wording makes one assume the opposite. ATC Enforce Flight Plan, as in ATC Enforces the Runway… but alright cool! Glad that worked!

Thank you!

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Yes could be confusing, you should read it like this: ATC enforce your Flight Plan

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Or even “Enforce Pilot’s Flight Plan”, which I think would be more intuitive

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