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I learned that Steve passed away some time ago. But his models can be found now on the Sim3D website at https://sim3d.snabbserver.com.

I think I found it. Similar to the vehicle beta π/180 is used and the formula should be:
decimal = (degrees - 180) * (π / 180) if beta value is >180
decimal = (degrees - 180) * (π / 180) + 2π if beta value is <180

Hello, does by chance anyone know which formula Ilan used for the wind_beta value in the situation files? I can't find out how the decimal value in the file is derived from the wind direction in the sim. Thanks.

I tried the tool. While it seems to improve AA with not much of a frame hit, it also produced some weird artefacts and flickering. I am afraid it is not really suitable for VSNG.

Have you tried the Android version of OpenCPN and adding a TCP connection to it with the parameters from VSNG's NMEA output?

Here is what ChatGPT managed to do after some heated discussion, give it a try. Happy to hear what you think and please point out bugs or omissions. import os import math from math import radians, degrees, sin, cos, atan2, sqrt def dead_reckoning(lat, lon, course, speed, hours, wind_speed, wind_dire...

Here it it is, that's yours after one more run with ChatGPT. I'll send mine later. import math import random import os from datetime import datetime def get_ship_coordinates(file_path, ship_name): with open(file_path, 'r') as file: lines = file.readlines() for i in range(len(lines)): if lines .start...

SOLVED: Not sure I get it. When I run your script I get the error IndentationError: expected an indented block after function definition on line 6 I modified the location of the VS situations and also the name of my last situation. Also tried with just entering the path to the VS situations. I ran y...

I guess you have a better understanding of ChatGPT's character. Do I understand correctly that VS has to run to use your script? Mine was intended to work without VS.

That's amazing, I will try it out later. I spent some time today to try my own script, but compared to yours mine is quite crappy. I didn't manage to tell it to properly consider longitude and latitude when calculating the new position. Please don't laugh too loud. import os import math from geopy i...

In my situation file the speed is given as 3.88 while the real speed is 7.5, and the heading is given as -2.97 while the heading in game is 190. How are these values to be translated? It seems that the speed in the file is 50% of the real speed and that one degree of heading is multiplied with 0,017...

I am at a very early state of tinkering with that. The idea is to read the VS situation file, take the necessary data to start a dead reckoning for a future time and then rewrite the position information back into the situation file. This would allow to run the ship offline during the night or other...

Wow, thanks a lot for taking the time to explain in that detail. Great job.

That sounds great, however it goes a bit beyond my technical comprehension. Would you mind explaining it by an in-game example? Also, any explanation of how you asked AI to write that script? I would like to try something similar with an offline dead reckoning script. Thanks.

Truly looking forward to this. In the meantime, do you think it would be possible to write a script which takes the position, speed and course of a vessel upon shutting down VS and from there doing sort of a dead reckoning to get the position updated regularly, finally writing back the new position ...

That's a nifty feature with the Windy map. I think there are lots of options to deal with ship movement data.

I am afraid that the models are gone for new customers. I have no idea what happened to Steve and why the site disappeared. He made fabulous models and I hope that nothing too bad happened to him.

Hi Sean, Thank you. I had an idea that you access your whole PC remotely to control VS. Now, if there was a tool which enables us to see our ship and its waypoints through a server, this would be great. Similar to how Sailaway does it, in a perfect world the option of an offline mode would be added ...

Great job, thank you.

Sean, if I may ask, how do you get control over VS from a tablet and how do you broadcast the voyage to Twitch? Which tools are needed for that?
Cheers, Hans.

I just found out that the weather menu crash apparently does only happen if the 32bit exe is used. For some reason, my shortcut had pointed to that executable.

It happens randomly, but can be always reproduced when accessing the weather menu.

Hello, I updated to version 9.8, but it crashes every time, either while loading the situation or when going to the weather settings.
Win10 with the latest Nvidia Driver. Anyone else having these issues? Thanks.

Thanks, great idea.

Interesting, how did you grab the map? Screenshot or some export function? And which map background file did you replace in VS? I tried it with a scenery map but that resulted in a strange look. Thanks for a heads up.

That was solved in 9.5. Thank you Ilan.

Hi, have a look here: https://robsvsfaddons.weebly.com/adriatic--italy.html

Hello, has anybody noticed that the docking line positions, i.e. the connection to the docking points on the pier, are not saved with the situation? Is that related to the ship model or the scenery used or both? Anchor settings seem to come back properly after a reload of the scenery.

Hello,

Quick question: I have a PM which appears as sent, but in my outbox, not doesn't show up in the sent messages folder.

Should I assume that it was sent or rather that it is stuck in the outbox?

Thanks
Hans

Amazing list of improvements. Thanks a lot.