Express Navigation Tool

[Fopsie]

I got a bit lazy with having to adjust my VTOL’s direction the entire time while doing long TP runs like Nea’s.

So ‘n picked up a book on C++ and created an application to calculate the direction in degrees between the two teleporters so that I can aim my VTOL spot on and not have to sit there for 25 min and adjust, TY MA for adding the compass with degrees into the VTOL hud..

I was so exited to create my first application and not just script but soon ran into a wall when I got to the part where I wanted to create a GUI for the application. The next day ‘n picked up a book on C# and started to recode the application. This time working on the GUI and coding at the same time. Man how much simpler GUI is with C#

At first the application was aimed around making a simple calculator that determines the distance between 2 points and the direction in Degrees but soon evolved into calculating ETA and estimated fuel usage. This is about as accurate as it will get without working in acceleration and elevation (note elevation will include how high you have to go up from start point to clear all mountains before going down again and even that changes your fly speed). I have included the stats of all vehicles including land based vehicles just for interest sake. I haven’t seen the Helicopters HUD so I don’t know if it has a compass that displays in Degrees.

I also included lists with all the teleporter names and locations for every continent and planet (foma and CP not included as its not needed there). It may be a bit out of date and have a few teleporters missing as I haven’t checked for new teleporters sins its creation a few weeks back

Below is the application that came out of this.

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Note this app is basically still in its Beta phase though it does work fine. You will require Dot Net 4.0 in order to run the application at this moment as at the time of creation I did not know I have to select what Dot net framework to compile for and my copy of Visual C Sharp has expired. At the moment I’m flooded with work and will be for the next 2 weeks before I can resume work on this application and add new features and fix bugs and spelling errors.
There is some know bugs in the application for example I haven’t implemented the Help screen yet even though a menu for it exists and sometimes when just randomly messing around with the application it crashes. It also does not have error handling in for when the location entry has been put in incorrectly (not entered as xxxx yyyy) and may crash.

The file current version can be downloaded from HERE
46KB MD5 : 32DF96846154090E75EBA93DD8446980
Any constructive feedback, questions or recommendations for this application is welcome.

[Cyborg Bill]

Haveing an auto pilot feature for tp runs and such would be nice.... However are 3rd party softwares not against the Eula any longer?

Im a computer illiterte when it comes to software programming so for someone to write an outside program and get it to work within the game kinda makes me squirm and wonder if simple stuff like this can be done then major things can be as well. Then I go back to seeing the same names a few times an hour in the hof list when I am lucky to global 2 times a month and hof every 3 to 6 months and I start forming theories.

[TimUnleashed]

Hey Fopsie,

This looks good. I've been meaning to ask - when you've got the result and it tells you you need to go at 54.61 Deg, what do you do next?

The best thing I can think of is to get my compass out and hold it over the screen and estimate, which isn't much more accurate than looking at the map and guessing in the first place. I might be missing the point though...

Cheers,

Tim.

[red]

I could use an auto-pilot feature. I often find myself wandering off to procure a snack.

[Jenny ferr]

TY MA for adding the compass with degrees into the VTOL hud..

To you who asked what to do, I dont own a VTOL but I guess it's when you fly it in 1st person mode you see it...

And Cyborg using this cant be illegal if it works as I think, as it has nothing to do with EU, unless you read the coordinates or something but if you put it in manually I doubt it's a problem

[Telgard]

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[Jenny ferr]

So it interacts with EU in any way?

If not I fail to see how calculating the angle and distance between two points can be against EULA, as then you wouldn't be allowed to calculate this in your own head either

[Telgard]

So it interacts with EU in any way?

If not I fail to see how calculating the angle and distance between two points can be against EULA, as then you wouldn't be allowed to calculate this in your own head either

Oops..yea, its not scripting anything to occur. Its just calculating data outside of MA. Sorry, misread the op.

[Fopsie]

Hey Fopsie,

This looks good. I've been meaning to ask - when you've got the result and it tells you you need to go at 54.61 Deg, what do you do next?

The best thing I can think of is to get my compass out and hold it over the screen and estimate, which isn't much more accurate than looking at the map and guessing in the first place. I might be missing the point though...

Cheers,

Tim.

Hi Tim.

On some of the vehicles (VTOL and Hovercraft) it is possible to view the degree your pointing in when in 1st person mode) Dont quite know about the other vehicles but buggy definatly dont have a compass in degrees

VTOL



Hovercraft

[Fopsie]

To you who asked what to do, I dont own a VTOL but I guess it's when you fly it in 1st person mode you see it...

And Cyborg using this cant be illegal if it works as I think, as it has nothing to do with EU, unless you read the coordinates or something but if you put it in manually I doubt it's a problem

yes currently this appliaction does not interact with the game in any way. It runs offline and can only take coordinates out of a premade list or manual entry.