OpenCPN Version 5 Beta Release 4.99.1426

[nohal]

Originally Posted by yachtvalhalla

On startup of beta +3bb0e39 a window appears which I hope will not in the final version.
Terry

Where did you get this build? Such a commit does not exist in whole OpenCPN's history...

If you want to download builds from Appveyor, make sure you are downloading builds from the master branch, unless you are specially interested in some specific pull request...

Pavel

[bdbcat]

Terry...
re:
"On startup of beta +3bb0e39 a window appears which I hope will not in the final version."


Is this new? Since when? Anyone else see this?


Thanks
Dave

[nohal]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Terry...
re:
"On startup of beta +3bb0e39 a window appears which I hope will not in the final version."


Is this new? Since when? Anyone else see this?


Thanks
Dave

Dave...

As I have already written one post above, this is sure not a build from the master tree. Maybe something from https://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN/pull/1232 ...

Pavel

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Terry...
re:
"On startup of beta +3bb0e39 a window appears which I hope will not in the final version."

Is this new? Since when? Anyone else see this?

Thanks
Dave

Yes new. Was not on previous beta.


Terry

[nohal]

Originally Posted by yachtvalhalla

Yes new. Was not on previous beta.


Terry

Terry...

Please read the last few posts and pay attention what you are downloading. It will save you a lot of frustration and us some time. The appveyor CI platform builds a lot of stuff for us, not all of it is the latest code. Please if you really must use these builds and not the ones we release as beta (Which means we are done with what we want you to test), use only the ones coming from the master branch:

[nohal]

This is what you do on the "Current build" page:

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by nohal

Terry...

Rebuild your chart database, please...

Pavel

I had used 'Scan charts and update database' which gave the large outlines. After doing 'Force Full Database Rebuild' they are OK.


Learning something all the time. Or is this a problem?



Terry

[nohal]

Originally Posted by yachtvalhalla

I had used 'Scan charts and update database' which gave the large outlines. After doing 'Force Full Database Rebuild' they are OK.


Learning something all the time. Or is this a problem?



Terry

No, this is not a problem. The "Scan charts..." checks if the files changed on disks and re-reads them only if they did. That was not the case. If it did something different, it will be doing the full rebuild (And was the same slower).

Pavel

[geoffr]

Dave,

I've just installed the latest build and it fixes the chart outline as expected. I do have two questions/problems:

1. While playing with Chart Scale (Ctrl-Left/Right) with the last version I notice that a left click on the piano bar was no longer hiding the charts, still true. Not sure why this happened. The left click no acts the same as it does with KAPs. Is this intended?

2. I get weird screen artifacts when scrolling around with a higher detailed chart - see video link below (also mbtiles link below). Is this my PC?

Video:
2019-03-12 09-43-39

Mbtiles: Lake_Huron_North_West-Google_Navionics_Z16_Z18

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by geoffr

I notice that a left click on the piano bar was no longer hiding the charts, still true. Not sure why this happened. The left click no acts the same as it does with KAPs. Is this intended?

Geoffr,

I think you will find that for mbtiles charts the action is different from KAP charts. This is a battle I lost when discussed on the Flyspray tasklist. The answer was it is designed that way.

Here's my writeup for new users regarding how to view KAP versus mbtiles charts. Hoping to ease the frustration during the transition to O5.
Download here.

Terry

[bdbcat]

Terry...


Not necessary to click on the "red X". Clicking anywhere in the piano key will toggle the tile overlay visibility.


Thanks
Dave

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Terry...

Not necessary to click on the "red X". Clicking anywhere in the piano key will toggle the tile overlay visibility.

Thanks
Dave

Dave

Thanks for the correction. New link for KAPvsMBTILES.

Terry

[geoffr]

Terry,

Yes I know mbtiles and kaps are supposed to act differently on the piano bar.. mine aren't now, hence my video & question!

btw your document link didn't work for me..

Geoff.

Originally Posted by yachtvalhalla

Geoffr,

I think you will find that for mbtiles charts the action is different from KAP charts. This is a battle I lost when discussed on the Flyspray tasklist. The answer was it is designed that way.

Here's my writeup for new users regarding how to view KAP versus mbtiles charts. Hoping to ease the frustration during the transition to O5.
Download here.

Terry

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by geoffr

Terry,

btw your document link didn't work for me..

Geoff.

Sorry .. try this one.


Terry

[Lance]

Can someone direct me to an easy source to down usable charts on Open CPN.
I go to chart downloader but get stuck without the URL ?
I want the West Coast of Australia Indian ocean , specifically AUS755 .
Thanks Lance