After a flight, as I prepare to exit the game, an option I see often on the selection line
is called ‘validate’ . Does anyone know what this is for ?
Dave
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Hi @Eclex4768,
I think what you are referencing is related to “confirm” or “are you sure?” action. A while back there was a topic on this:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/enter-validate/309424
If you can post a screen capture, that would help. 
I think I know what’s being referred to here.
There is actually a short piece of dialogue that exists at the bottom of the screen which uses the term “validate” which pops up now and then.
I’ll try and grab a screenie of it too.
It means “save & close”.
Yes. It is visible on the button bar below, before you return to the main menu after flight.
I think that this “VALIDATE” is a message (it is not a button, Enter won’t do anything)
I’m watching logged 1 for landings all the time, and I noticed when
-“VALIDATE” is not visible at all, you probably won’t get logged 1
-“VALIDATE” is visible quite long, you probably won’t get logged 1
-“VALIDATE” just visible for a short moment, that’s good sign (log 1)
This not exact, you cannot tell if you have a good landing until you go to the Log. Actually I think it tells you that MSFS is in the process of validating your landing. It sais little about the outcome logged 0 or 1. One of my early MSFS wishes is to give us a nice landing report, like you get on the challenges.
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I think this is exactly it.
I often exit flights without ever touching the mouse. ( I don’t like having to switch between mouse and KB all the time.) Esc pauses the flight, then at the bottom is a list of choices - End is to exit the flight. Press the End key, and the Enter/Validate option pops up. So the key order is Esc > End > Enter. Once the main menu is back up, it’s Esc > Enter to exit to desktop.
It’s a major drawback MSFS is missing a complete manual. I never imagined it would be left to the user to find out what this - and some other functions - are supposed to do.
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The boxed version has no manual either does it?
Yes. It is visible on the button bar below, before you return to the main menu after flight.
I think that this “VALIDATE” is a message (it is not a button, Enter won’t do anything)I’m watching logged 1 for landings all the time, and I noticed when
-“VALIDATE” is not visible at all, you probably won’t get logged 1
-“VALIDATE” is visible quite long, you probably won’t get logged 1
-“VALIDATE” just visible for a short moment, that’s good sign (log 1)This not exact, you cannot tell if you have a good landing until you go to the Log. Actually I think it tells you that MSFS is in the process of validating your landing. It sais little about the outcome logged 0 or 1. One of my early MSFS wishes is to give us a nice landing report, like you get on the challenges.
I cannot detect a pattern to when the “validate” button appears and when it doesn’t. If it does, I always click it in the fond hope that it increases my chances of actually getting credit for a landing in my logbook, but all aspects of being credited for landing seem to be a crapshoot.
I have made full-stop landings, returned to the main menu from the runway, and been credited for a landing… or not.
I have taxied to a parking space, shut everything off, and been credited for a landing… or not.
I have done basically a touch and go, come back around, come to a full stop on the runway but without shutting down and been credited for two landings because it counted the t&g.
At this point I’ve basically started ignoring it.
Some airports simply don’t log 1, others are easy. I avoid airports that don’t give a proper log 1. Maybe it would be good to have a list somewhere, but it’s a lot of work to find out where log 1 goes easy and where it does not. I suspect this “Validate” thing is the actual calculation of the log 1, but it cannot be influenced by mouse click, or Enter… and its appearance sais little about log 1 or not.
Using the “Objectives” window as a tool yields some interesting results. While it does not seem to guarantee that a landing will be registered or not it does highlight some wierd behavior of the game.
If you stray back onto a runway after departing it then the Obectives reset to “take off” - this is problematic on narrow or poorly defined grass and dirt airstrips.
This does at least allow me to know when a flight won’t even complete to the exit window but even with perfect landings which end with “End flight” in objectives quite a few of these do not get registered to profile.
So there is definitely a disconnect betweem “Logbook” where flight departure>arrival>duration are logged and “Profile” where landings and stats that might count towards achievements are logged. It’s like they are two completely independent logs which do not cross reference.
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