- Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:11 am #520812 I am very new to the Vatsim community i connected, well attempted to for my first time tonight and when i filled out the information and connected in said "Syntax Error 4", i am unaware on what this means i stay connected bu i am unsure if this a big error, also all the text on the text table at the top of the screen is red is this bad? or not has anybody else encountered this problem or just me, any solutions? please get back to me i look forward to playing on Vatsim .

- Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:35 am #520842 This error comes direct from the network and indicates that you've buggered something up in your flightplan entry. (XSB doesn't validate flightplans at all - it just bundles up what you give it and gives it to the network).

If you want any assistance with this at all, you'll need to provide more information (such as what you're trying to enter into the flightplan, and what you set as your aircraft type during connection).

You may also want to read the VATSIM new pilot's guidance about flightplans as that may already cover what you're doing wrong.

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Please post any support related questions to the XSquawkBox support forum rather than private messaging me, thanks.

- Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:08 pm #520851

This error comes direct from the network and indicates that you've buggered something up in your flightplan entry. (XSB doesn't validate flightplans at all - it just bundles up what you give it and gives it to the network).

If you want any assistance with this at all, you'll need to provide more information (such as what you're trying to enter into the flightplan, and what you set as your aircraft type during connection).

You may also want to read the VATSIM new pilot's guidance about flightplans as that may already cover what you're doing wrong.

https://gyazo.com/af31864e2ae6a58b11ccf54307dfa0f9
This is what i fill out and it says it, this looks correct

- Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:04 pm #520859 Then the error is in the flightplan itself (the only reason the connect box is important is aircraft type in the flight-plan comes from the connect box).

You'll need to share the flightplan details too.

XSquawkBox - Developer/Maintainer

Please post any support related questions to the XSquawkBox support forum rather than private messaging me, thanks.

- Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:24 pm #520861

Then the error is in the flightplan itself (the only reason the connect box is important is aircraft type in the flight-plan comes from the connect box).

You'll need to share the flightplan details too.

https://gyazo.com/8d943f4cc804e944c4d25062e96b2207
Thats my flight plan, If there is something wrong with it please tell me

- Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:21 am #520866

Then the error is in the flightplan itself (the only reason the connect box is important is aircraft type in the flight-plan comes from the connect box).

You'll need to share the flightplan details too.

It says it before i fill out my flight plan though but it might still have something to do with it

- Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:58 pm #520873 Put 33000 as the cruise rather than FL330.

Oakland ARTCC

- Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:04 pm #520874

It says it before i fill out my flight plan though but it might still have something to do with it

If you see this error when you try to connect and before you send a flight plan, then the flight plan would have nothing to do with it. Given that it appears you haven't made any connections to the VATSIM servers yet, my guess is that something in your login details is incorrect.

Nothing looks amiss in the information we can see in your screenshot of the Connect window. The only thing we can't see, of course, is your password. Are you copying-and-pasting the password from an e-mail? If so, I recommend you type it manually. To my knowledge, your password should never contain any non-alphanumeric characters - such as a ':' (colon).

- Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:07 pm #520876

It says it before i fill out my flight plan though but it might still have something to do with it

If you see this error when you try to connect and before you send a flight plan, then the flight plan would have nothing to do with it. Given that it appears you haven't made any connections to the VATSIM servers yet, my guess is that something in your login details is incorrect.

Nothing looks amiss in the information we can see in your screenshot of the Connect window. The only thing we can't see, of course, is your password. Are you copying-and-pasting the password from an e-mail? If so, I recommend you type it manually. To my knowledge, your password should never contain any non-alphanumeric characters - such as a ':' (colon).

Thank you so so much it was the password!