FSX FA-18 GPS and SEQ button crash problem solved.

Hi,
Some of us encountered crashes while trying to display a flight path from a flight plan on the MFD on the FA-18 panel.
To avoid this always check if your flight plan is displayed in the FA-18 flight panel before to press the SEQ button.
Be aware that even if your flight plan and flight path is displayed in the default GPS panel this does not mean that it is also in all the gauges of the aircraft you are currently flying. For instance in the HSI dispay of the FA-18's MFD.

When you want to display a flight path on the FA-18 panel you should always proceed as follow:

1) On one of the three MFDs, press the MENU button, then HSI button, to display the HSI.

2) Now on the HSI display press the GPS button and only if your flight plan shows there you will be safe to display your flight path.

3) Get back to the HSI display by pressing the HSI button and now press the SEQ button and you will see your flight path on the current HSI display.

If the flight plan did not show when proceeding # 2 above you have to reload it from the "flight organiser" menu of FSX before to do all the above procedure again. Make sure you reload the flight plan only. Do not load or reload a  saved flight because this will not work.
Flight plans included in a saved flight are always shown on the default GPS panel of FSX. However they never load automatically to the FA-18 panel. If you reload the aircraft the flight plan will be gone from the FA-18 as well, but not from the default GPS. So you may believe that everything is fine and then when you press SEQ : FSX crashes. Applying the easy procedure described above will let you fly with no FSX crash.
All this is a bit tricky because the simulator reacts fine to flight plans as well the default GPS. Its only a bug in that specific, FA-18 MFD gauge.

I hope this helps.

Blue sky  ,

Kim