thrapt's flight planner 1.0 now!

Discussion in 'Warbirds International' started by thrapt, Jul 4, 2002.

  1. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    Apologise, some features are missing (including the keyhelp generation tool) but I need a break and vacations (I'm still a human being), so I'll release the 1.0 version now, even knowing we will find a few bugs (very few probaly)

    Download here:

    http://www.inf.ufsc.br/~paim/tfp.html
    (Added some mirrors for downloading. If one is not working, try the other)

    New in this release:
    • Three routes: Make your plan with three different routes.
    • Estimated time of arriving calculation: Very estimated btw.
    • BriefRoom: A chat-system for organize, make and exchange plans
    • Flags: Now you can move the flags freely and they will be saved with the plan
    • Colors: You can change your route color
    • Save/Load: You can save and load your missions (file size avg: 900 bytes)
    • Radar pos: The program calculates the radar pos of each waypoint (5.6.2, 4.2.1...)
    • Heading bug corrected
    • A few more things I always forget

    To be added:
    • Keyhelp generation tool
    • More planes presets
    • Plane's info pages, for information on ordance and general issues.
    • Anything you want? Contact me

    Known problems
    • ETA is based only in the level speed of planes (yet!). So, if you want to climb to, let's say, 30.000 feet, you will take more time than the indicated for sure.

    Remember to take a good look in the readme.txt

    Comments are very welcome
    thrapt@uol.com.br
     
    Last edited: Apr 6, 2004
  2. illo

    illo FH Beta Tester

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    bump
     
  3. -exec-

    -exec- FH Consultant

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    here you are, illo ;)
     
  4. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    thank you :)
     
  5. -nicae-

    -nicae- Well-Known Member

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    my attempt to help to make TFP better :)

    1. add to the name of the program: Freehost.
    with this (and "www.wbfree.net" in the readme), if people from iEN want to use the program, they cant help knowing about us :)

    2. when de-selecting all radars, the circles remain on the map. to remove them, you need to 'clear', but then all routes are gone, and you need to re-do everything

    3. in mission type menu: it is Escort, not Scort :)

    4. (IMHO) make "make plan" button to "render plan". when i look at it, it seems like i need to push that button to start planning. but then it opens map in paint and the briefing in .txt

    5. create option of making arrows coming from flags. this way we can indicate cons from f7 that head W, NW and N, for example.
     
    Last edited: Jul 6, 2002
  6. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    On the radar form if you de-select a field and hit apply, the circle will be erased. Just try :)

    All other suggestions otw

    Valeu :D
     
  7. -nicae-

    -nicae- Well-Known Member

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    didnt work:
    i selected 2 fields, and hit apply. circles showed up.
    then hit deselect all (notice that all fields go inversed, not deselected!), deselected manually, etc, i wasnt able to make those two fields dissapear. all others appeared and dissapeared normally. funny :)
     
  8. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    I'll see what's going wrong :shuffle:
     
  9. hrtman

    hrtman Well-Known Member

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    thumbs up

    -=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=-


    -Thrapt


    You stud :super: That is some cool software.

    Sugestions to FH developers :znaika: please integrate this software so it can be played online in WB in flight. :flyer:


    -hrtman


    -=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=--=<>=-
     
  10. -nicae-

    -nicae- Well-Known Member

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    maybe attach it to FHLauncher - and make it part of every FHers life, encouraging teamwork! :)
     
  11. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    it could be integrated with WBChat...
     
  12. thrapt

    thrapt Well-Known Member

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    Just a question that came in mind now:

    Anyone ever used the tool as a V-1 launcher calculator? If yes how is the efficiency?

    Well I think I'll make this kind of calculator in two weeks...
     
  13. -nicae-

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    two weeks sounds great :)