.PLN not loading in MSFS2020

[Asqaro]

I’ve exported a flight plan from to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (.pln) format from Navigraph but it is not loading unless I adjust the generated .pln file.

The issue seems to be the value of the ApproachTypeFP in the generated .pln file.
Navigraph sets the value to VOR DME, but MSFS2020 is expecting no space: VORDME
If I make this change the .pln file will load.

In MSFS2020 the approach will not be set after loading (but at least the rest of the plan works)
This seems to be an unrelated issue though, since the approach also isn’t set with plan files generated by MSFS2020.

Navigraph route:
LDDU/29 MOKU1V MOKUN L187 RODON DCT PITAS PITA2C LGKR/BEDEX.D34-U

Error when importing in MSFS2020:

(xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: (xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: 
Line:   155
Column: 0
Error:  'ApproachTypeFP' -  (0x80070057)



(xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: (xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: 
Line:   151
Column: 0
Error:  'ATCWaypoint' -  (0x80070057)



(xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: (xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: 
Line:   4
Column: 0
Error:  'FlightPlan.FlightPlan' -  (0x80070057)



(xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: (xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: 
Line:   2
Column: 0
Error:  'SimBase.Document' -  (0x80070057)



(xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: (xmlstream)AceXML Parser Error
Source: 
Line:   0
Column: 0
Error:  Unable to load XML file. (0x83600FC1)

[skysail]

Hello Anne! Welcome to the forum.

You are absolutely correct. Along with the VOR DME case, the NDB DME LOC (BACK CRS) types were also causing issues for MSFS.

I know this is an old post, but fixing the above issue was actually one of the first things I got to do as a developer at Navigraph. All the above cases should now be working as expected, with an output of VORDME, NDBDME, and LOCALIZER_BACK_COURSE respectively.

Thank you for your feedback and sorry for the late reply!

Regards,
Malte