Celestial Navigation Revisited

[reaper7]

Brilliant Posts 11Bravo, some great learning ahead

Did the GMT Fix I sent you work ok

[11Bravo]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Did the GMT Fix I sent you work ok

I tested the last 2 of the 3 you mailed me. The first one I could never run because my old computer can't handle the windowed mode. The other 2 I ran full screen and they run but a bit jerky, but I can still test them.

I fire up the app, then the game, then I load my Nav390321_N00W45 test mission. But I get the same results for sunrise and sunset times that I posted above in this thread. The clocks still have the base time zone offset.

N00 W45
Nautical Time Zone +3

Game clocks read
SR Mouse Time 0307
SR Screen Time 0607

Almanac
SR Zone Time 0604
SR GMT 0904

SR=Sunrise time

Are you seeing something different?

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by 11Bravo

I tested the last 2 of the 3 you mailed me. The first one I could never run because my old computer can't handle the windowed mode. The other 2 I ran full screen and they run but a bit jerky, but I can still test them.

I fire up the app, then the game, then I load my Nav390321_N00W45 test mission. But I get the same results for sunrise and sunset times that I posted above in this thread. The clocks still have the base time zone offset.

N00 W45
Nautical Time Zone +3

Game clocks read
SR Mouse Time 0307
SR Screen Time 0607

Almanac
SR Zone Time 0604
SR GMT 0904

SR=Sunrise time

Are you seeing something different?

Sent you 2 new files, that hopefully get it working for you.

Can you send me all your test missions.

There are only Nav390321_N00W08 to Nav390321_N00E07 in the downloaded pack.

[11Bravo]

Great. Sent you the files. I also updated my download to include the new navigation missions.

Cheers.

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by 11Bravo

Great. Sent you the files. I also updated my download to include the new navigation missions.

Cheers.

Cheers Mate, also re-sent those previous 2 files (I forgot to compile them ) so they had no chance of working.

[11Bravo]

@reaper7

I was able to test both apps, but in a limited way, as the performance of my old computer is not very good. My max time compression was 256 which prevents me from cruising very far. Here is what I found...

TimeZones app worked perfectly. The Mouse Time read the correct local Zone Time and the Screen Time read the correct GMT. Matched almanac sunrise and sunset times. Clocks changed crossing time zone lines and continuted to match almanac SR/SS times.

However, this deserves to be tested by someone with more horsepower under the computer case. I can recommend a proper testing regimen, based on my work in this thread, but improved with some other observations to make. If you want me to write it up, let me know.

Navigation app didn't seem to work as designed? Stock behavior only.

Fixing the clocks would be quite a coup. I will concentrate on understanding the stock behavior of the clocks to support your fix and educate those who wondered how those damn things worked all these years.

Great work reaper7!

[P_Funk]

This is so thrilling. I haven't been this excited by an SH3 project since the first Open Hatch mod thread surfaced.

I was always interested in real navigation but the limitations really kept me from wanting to go all in with it. This has now really piqued my interest.

I gotta commend you on making some of the most exciting mod work in a long time, and completing your second stage in time for my birthday no less!

I will be watching this closely as you move forward.

EDIT. Btw I found randomly in a download in the SH3 section on this site amongst some of Carnovaro's misc files a sun and moon chart for the lat and long of London for the duration of the war. I don't know if its just taken from the actual almanac or if its actually observed from the game. Not sure if that would help you at all. The moon stuff is only for the different phases of the moon but the sun chart is for rise and set.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1487

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by 11Bravo

@reaper7

Navigation app didn't seem to work as designed? Stock behavior only.

Great work reaper7!

Have you tested it with the latest file I sent Navigation2, I sent this to you and Makman after some code changes.
This has been confirmed by Makman to be working on his machine, should be in you u-boot-hahd email to give it a try.