Community projects?

gap · 05-04-13, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

Good to hear of your progress on the log generator

There's no need to rush anything; you are involved in many projects, and it is not always possible to work on all of them.

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Feel free to release the generator any time you are ready.

It would be good if, while I am working on other stuff, people started getting accustomed with the new features of the log generator. I hope to release the new version before the next week; I onli need to give it the last touch ups

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

I have also taken advantage of the past several days to get some much-needed work done on my thesis (it is now very, very close to being finished

) and have also tried to take advantage of the gorgeous weather we have been having recently.

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

I received a response this morning from Mr. Helgason regarding the use of uboat.net's coordinates data.

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He suggested using the BdU KTB available at uboatarchive.net to obtain the data more quickly and easily.

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What do you guys think?

Imo uboat.net as main data source; KTB logs available on uboatarchive.net a secondary source, in case of dubious data or missing from uboat.net

keysersoze · 05-04-13, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

It would be good if, while I am working on other stuff, people started getting accustomed with the new features of the log generator. I hope to release the new version before the next week; I onli need to give it the last touch ups

Which features do you mean? I think everyone is up to speed with what has been released so far.

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Originally Posted by gap

Imo uboat.net as main data source; KTB logs available on uboatarchive.net a secondary source, in case of dubious data or missing from uboat.net

Agreed

gap · 05-06-13, 01:53 PM

version 2 of the U-boat logs generator ready:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7725fcao9988kc1

list of new features:

coordinates divided by a comma (e.g. 53.31N, 08.12E), as used by uboat.net, are now accepted.
new "magic number" format. It now encompasses the following information:

doctrine / report / veterancy level / days elapsed / total patrol days / fuel left / distance to the next refitting point / ships attacked / torpedoes loaded
added several base port presets. You should select them as patrol start/ending locations instead of setting a coordinate. List of ports currently featured:

Bergen
Bordeaux
Brest
Brunsbüttel
Cadiz
Danzig
Eckernförde
Fedosia
Flensburg
Gotenhafen
Hammerfest
Hela
Helgoland
Horten
Jakarta
Kiel
Kirkenes
Kobe
Königsberg
Konstanza
Kristiansand
La Pallice
La Spezia
Las Palmas
Libau
Lorient
Mandal
Memel
Messina
Narvik
Neustadt
Penang
Pillau
Pola
Salamis
Sewastopol
Singapur
Skjomenfjord
St. Nazaire
Stettin
Surabaya
Swinemünde
Toulon
Travemünde
Trondheim
Vigo
Warnemünde
Wilhelmshaven

If you meet any port not included in this list, you should report it, specifying the coordinates that you have used for it, and I will add it to the next version of the generator.
Added two new "current activity" selectable items:

heading to refitting area
refitting aborted

You should use the heading to refitting area tag from when the boat start heading for the refitting rendez-vous to when she gets refitted. Select refitting aborted if for any reason the refitting had been cancelled. A "succesfull refitting" report will be generated at the end of a string of consecutive heading to refitting area tags, unless the next tag is refitting aborted, shadowing single unit, shadowing convoy, attacking contact, avoiding enemy warships, avoiding enemy planes, facing warship attack, facing air attack, facing combined attack, U-boat destroyed, in which case it is intended that the refitting was cancelled or postponed. The refitting aborted tag will generate a refitting aborted report, whereas the other tags won't generate any special report, but the ones previously connected with them.

When a succesfull refitting report is generated, the fuel left counter will be updated (according to the distance to base/next refitting rendez-vous) as well as the torpedo loaded counter (up to a max of 4 torpedoes depending on the number of ships attacked since the patrol start/last successful refitting).
Added a Show refittings at sea on map option, to display on map the locations of the recently added tags.
A tonnage sunk data entry cell now replaces the previous crew ranking input. You should enter there the tonnage sunk by the
U-boat commander, from the beginning of his career (even though in another boat) to the current patrol (current patrol included). Captured ships or ships sunk by mine shouldn't be counted. Warship tonnage and damaged ships should count as "normal" tonnage.
See the discussion between me and keysersoze a few posts back, for further detail on this topic.

You can copy/paste your old logs in the new log generator, and make then the required adjustements, without need to re-enter all the data again (just make sure that only input cells -the white ones- are copied/pasted, or the generator won't accept the new data)

That's all, I think

keysersoze · 05-06-13, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

version 2 of the U-boat logs generator ready:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7725fcao9988kc1

list of new features:

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That's all, I think

Awesome gap. Thank you for your hard work

I'll go through all of the currently-uploaded logs and convert them to the new format. I will also finish off the rest of U-34's patrols. After that, I think we can finally kick this project off properly.

gap · 05-06-13, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

Awesome gap. Thank you for your hard work

I'll go through all of the currently-uploaded logs and convert them to the new format. I will also finish off the rest of U-34's patrols. After that, I think we can finally kick this project off properly.

let me know in case you spot any error: I have updated the spreadsheet during my spare time, and I could have made several mistakes

keysersoze · 05-06-13, 04:37 PM

Am I going crazy, or did uboat.net change their format for listing coordinates? I was trying to do U-34's second patrol, but they seem to have switched from the old deg/min + compass direction to a coordinate plane format

Is anyone else seeing this?

gap · 05-06-13, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keysersoze

Am I going crazy, or did uboat.net change their format for listing coordinates? I was trying to do U-34's second patrol, but they seem to have switched from the old deg/min + compass direction to a coordinate plane format

Is anyone else seeing this?

yes, you are right, and this is happening just after your email to the site owner...

maybe they don't like our using their data.

I will tweak once more our calculator spreadhseet, and I will make it to accept the new coordinate format, but I couldn't ever imagine that v 3 would have been that short-lived

volodya61 · 05-06-13, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

yes, you are right, and this is happening just after your email to the site owner...

maybe they don't like our using their data.

As we say in such cases - like the best, but it turned out as always..

(not sure of the accuracy of the translation

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05-06-13, 01:53 PM	#3
gap Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CJ8937 Posts: 8,215 Downloads: 793 Uploads: 10	U-boat logs generator v.2 version 2 of the U-boat logs generator ready: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7725fcao9988kc1 list of new features: coordinates divided by a comma (e.g. 53.31N, 08.12E), as used by uboat.net, are now accepted. new "magic number" format. It now encompasses the following information: doctrine / report / veterancy level / days elapsed / total patrol days / fuel left / distance to the next refitting point / ships attacked / torpedoes loaded added several base port presets. You should select them as patrol start/ending locations instead of setting a coordinate. List of ports currently featured: Bergen Bordeaux Brest Brunsbüttel Cadiz Danzig Eckernförde Fedosia Flensburg Gotenhafen Hammerfest Hela Helgoland Horten Jakarta Kiel Kirkenes Kobe Königsberg Konstanza Kristiansand La Pallice La Spezia Las Palmas Libau Lorient Mandal Memel Messina Narvik Neustadt Penang Pillau Pola Salamis Sewastopol Singapur Skjomenfjord St. Nazaire Stettin Surabaya Swinemünde Toulon Travemünde Trondheim Vigo Warnemünde Wilhelmshaven If you meet any port not included in this list, you should report it, specifying the coordinates that you have used for it, and I will add it to the next version of the generator. Added two new "current activity" selectable items: heading to refitting area refitting aborted You should use the heading to refitting area tag from when the boat start heading for the refitting rendez-vous to when she gets refitted. Select refitting aborted if for any reason the refitting had been cancelled. A "succesfull refitting" report will be generated at the end of a string of consecutive heading to refitting area tags, unless the next tag is refitting aborted, shadowing single unit, shadowing convoy, attacking contact, avoiding enemy warships, avoiding enemy planes, facing warship attack, facing air attack, facing combined attack, U-boat destroyed, in which case it is intended that the refitting was cancelled or postponed. The refitting aborted tag will generate a refitting aborted report, whereas the other tags won't generate any special report, but the ones previously connected with them. When a succesfull refitting report is generated, the fuel left counter will be updated (according to the distance to base/next refitting rendez-vous) as well as the torpedo loaded counter (up to a max of 4 torpedoes depending on the number of ships attacked since the patrol start/last successful refitting). Added a Show refittings at sea on map option, to display on map the locations of the recently added tags. A tonnage sunk data entry cell now replaces the previous crew ranking input. You should enter there the tonnage sunk by the U-boat commander, from the beginning of his career (even though in another boat) to the current patrol (current patrol included). Captured ships or ships sunk by mine shouldn't be counted. Warship tonnage and damaged ships should count as "normal" tonnage. See the discussion between me and keysersoze a few posts back, for further detail on this topic. You can copy/paste your old logs in the new log generator, and make then the required adjustements, without need to re-enter all the data again (just make sure that only input cells -the white ones- are copied/pasted, or the generator won't accept the new data) That's all, I think Last edited by gap; 05-06-13 at 02:06 PM.

05-06-13, 04:37 PM	#6
keysersoze Ensign Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: USA Posts: 226 Downloads: 346 Uploads: 0	Am I going crazy, or did uboat.net change their format for listing coordinates? I was trying to do U-34's second patrol, but they seem to have switched from the old deg/min + compass direction to a coordinate plane format Is anyone else seeing this?