[REL] 3D TDC and Radar Range Unit

[I'm goin' down]

I was bound and determined to get an accurate course and speed reading. I got the course to correspond with the TDC solution. Speed is another matter. I measured distance between plots 1 and 2 at 1766 yds. versus 2100 yds. and speed was 13 versus 26 kts. Then on my third plot some minutes later the course was way off and the speed was a mere 83 kts!! This is too hard.

[Nisgeis]

Remove cameras.dat from the mod before installing it, not after. I've updated that poist to read 'If you want to use it with TMO, I'd advise removing cameras.dat from /mods/3D TDC and Radar Range Unit v3.01/data/library/cameras.dat'

Post up the plot data you recorded, e.g.

Time Bearing Range
0:0 276 23,040
3:0 265 21,060
6:0 253 19,380

etcetera. Also post up a screenshot of your plot if you can and I'll have a look at it and see if I can work out what you are doing wrong. As you are having probelms, are you playing with map contacts on yet?

[I'm goin' down]

There is no camera.dat file in my mod. The data/library file/ has a file called US Sub Parts. The only camera.dat file is in the main SH4 folder. If you have updated the mod in the last week or so, that might be the problem. I have version 2.05. Where can I download the most recent version?

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

There is no camera.dat file in my mod. The data/library file/ has a file called US Sub Parts.

It sounds like you deleted every instance of cameras.dat off your computer. You might have deleted the camera from TMO if you did that and are using it. Only delete files from within a mod! Latest version is in the link in the first post, here it is again:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1901

Version is 1.01. When you have downloaded that mod, remove the cameras.dat from that mod and that mod only if you are using TMO. If you did delete the cameras.dat from the TMO mod, you'll have to download that again as well.

Post up your plotting data.

[sergei]

Just to make this absolutely clear IGD, remove the camerat.dat from the mod folder before enabling the mod

[I'm goin' down]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

It sounds like you deleted every instance of cameras.dat off your computer. You might have deleted the camera from TMO if you did that and are using it. Only delete files from within a mod! Latest version is in the link in the first post, here it is again:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1901

Version is 1.01. When you have downloaded that mod, remove the cameras.dat from that mod and that mod only if you are using TMO. If you did delete the cameras.dat from the TMO mod, you'll have to download that again as well.

Post up your plotting data.

version 2.05 was another mod I think. but I did not have the version of the radar mod that I just downloaded. I will work on this later, as I am exhausted and frustrated.

[sergei]

See PM

[I'm goin' down]

I installed the correct version of the mod. I am not sure what I had. I still screwed up the plot, but I can keep replaying it until I get it right. I am in the midst of a rain storm so I am using the TBT to send range and bearing. Sergei, I will look for you PM.

[sergei]

I was asking Nisgeis to see PM.
Sorry for the confusion.

[Nisgeis]

Version 1.02 released for stock.

Sergei sent me a change he'd done to the labels graphics and we had a little chat and expanded the idea and came up with this modification to enhance the switches to allow you to see better what mode you are in:





As you can see there are now four range labels and the tips of the pointers are creamy coloured to enable you to see more easily where they are pointing. PREC means 'Precision' mode and is the mode to use when using the triangle to measure the range exactly.

Download link is in the first post, or here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1901

[razark]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Sergei sent me a change he'd done to the labels graphics and we had a little chat and expanded the idea and came up with this modification to enhance the switches to allow you to see better what mode you are in:

Thanks y'all! That had been bugging me.

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by razark

Thanks y'all! That had been bugging me.

Feedback = updates, you quiet lot .

[I'm goin' down]

Hypothetical: I get a reading on course and speed that is obviously incorrect. I want to start over. How can I clear the TDC so it does not utilize the incorrect bearing, range and speed data to calculate course and speed once I input new readings?

I do not think I would have been admitted to the Naval Academy!

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

Hypothetical: I get a reading on course and speed that is obviously incorrect. I want to start over. How can I clear the TDC so it does not utilize the incorrect bearing, range and speed data to calculate course and speed once I input new readings?

The estimate course and speed button will use your last two bearing and range entries, so you can't 'clear' it, but you can take two accurate readings. You enter point A and point B and then calculate the course and speed between those points. There's no point in clearing it... just send two correct measurement points.

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

I do not think I would have been admitted to the Naval Academy!

No, because you won't answer questions like 'do you have map contacts turned on' and you won't post your plot data when asked .

[I'm goin' down]

I turned map contacts on for my recent mission, but I did not see any including the warship that is now closing. Maybe I nturned them off my mistake. I'll check.