Installation and Configuration

How to install the FSCharter plugin for X-Plane and set it up

Installation

FSCharter is a drop-in plugin, so just expand the installation archive FSCharter.zip into your <X-Plane11>/Resources/plugins folder. You should end up with the following file structure:

<X-Plane11>/
  Resources/
    plugins/
      FSCharter/
        lin_x64/FSCharter.xpl
        mac_x64/FSCharter.xpl
        win_x64/FSCharter.xpl
        Licences.html
        ReadMe.html

Configuration

1. Start X-Plane and select any plane.

2. FSCharter's Settings Window should open automatically. If not, you can open it from the menu by selecting "Plugins > FSCharter > Setttings".

3. In the "Log In" section enter the E-Mail address and password, with which you are registered at FSCharter. (You can paste from the clipboard using [Strg-V] resp. [Cmd-V] on Macs.)

4. In case you are taking part in the Early Access program, make sure to select Early Access in the "Environment" section on the right-hand side. Your login must match the environment!

5. For future auto-start you may want to tick the options

   1. Save password in settings and

   2. Open 'Select Aircraft Window' on startup.

6. Click [Login] and the plugin will log into the FSCharter platform.

7. On success, the Select Aircraft Window opens and presents the list of aircraft you own on FSCharter.

Check for Updated Plugin

At startup, the plugin checks the download server for a new plugin version. If it finds one then you are informed with a screen message like this:

Message when updated plugin is found

Also, the menu item "Download Updated Plugin" becomes available, which directly downloads the new FSCharter.zip archive.

To update the FSCharter plugin, exit X-Plane, expand the downloaded archive, and overwrite the content of <X-Plane11>/Resources/plugins/FSCharter with the content of the archive.