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[transmitterdan]

Originally Posted by bvimatelot

Hi Wingsail, thanks. They disappeared from Open cpn but are still in the folder on my computer. Trying to rebuild the database, all other folders of encs, rasters and vector charts load with no problem but the loading dialog does not show that its even trying to load them.

If you post the last session of your opencpn.log file that might give a clue as to the cause of the problem. Find opencpn.log using the ? toolbar button.

[bvimatelot]

Thanks again but I've already tried that, with no luck! Next step - the developers....!!

[bcn]

Silly question: are you using chart groups? What happens if you select "All charts", the "0" key?

[transmitterdan]

Originally Posted by bvimatelot

Thanks again but I've already tried that, with no luck! Next step - the developers....!!

Where did you post your log file? I will be happy to look at it.

[HenrikB]

Hi everyone,

I do not find the menu for changing the toolbar in the user interface tab. What am I missing?

[bcn]

Right-click on the Menu bar ("the hamburger")?

[HenrikB]

Mine looks like this:

[bcn]

And what are you missing?

[HenrikB]

Originally Posted by bcn

And what are you missing?

I want to select the toolbar containing current and tides for example There should be 3 different options for toolbars?

[HenrikB]

Originally Posted by bcn

And what are you missing?

This part:

[bcn]

Those don't exist anymore, I fear.


To toggle Tide and Currents you have two places - the display menu might be the preferred one (down right).

[HenrikB]

Originally Posted by bcn

Those don't exist anymore, I fear.


To toggle Tide and Currents you have two places - the display menu might be the preferred one (down right).

Oh, that´s why they do not show anymore

[wingssail]

Originally Posted by transmitterdan

You can’t use mbtiles with OpenGL turned off. Some plugins (radar) require OpenGL.

Well, now I have run into another problem related, I think, to OpenGl.

I've been making charts using IMGKAP, and have made many of them, and they work well.

Yesterday I ran into a problem where a couple of new charts would not display properly. When I clicked on the blue bar the "Chart Quilting" option gets turned off and then new chart displays but the background becomes the world chart default.

If I turn on OpenGL that problem disappears however then I have the issue I mentioned previously where waypoints become invisible at times when OpenGL is used.

Here is a excerpt from the log showing what is happening:

12:06:43 PM: Loaded CM93 Dictionary from G:\CM93\CM93-2012FR +wd +scts +Orion + Carinthia\
12:06:43 PM: OpenChartUsingCache, NOT in cache: cache size: 1
12:06:43 PM: OpenChartUsingCache: type 3 G:\CHARTS\Mexico\Mexico Raster Scan Charts IMGKAP\cleofas.kap
12:06:43 PM: Creating new chart
12:06:43 PM: Initializing Chart G:\CHARTS\Mexico\Mexico Raster Scan Charts IMGKAP\cleofas.kap
12:06:43 PM: Metrics: m_display_size_mm: 344 wxDisplaySize: 1920:1080
12:06:44 PM: Loading World Chart Q=0 in 0 ms.
12:06:44 PM: Background world map loaded from GSHHS datafiles found in: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\gshhs\

Hope this rings a bell for you,

Fred Roswold

[bcn]

The chart outlines are visible? O ("Oh") triggers outlines...


You might have disabled quilting - being in single chart mode. The Q key triggers quilting.
(the chart piano rectangles have rounded corners with quilting On and sharp ones with quilting Off)

[wingssail]

Originally Posted by bcn

The chart outlines are visible? O ("Oh") triggers outlines...


You might have disabled quilting - being in single chart mode. The Q key triggers quilting.
(the chart piano rectangles have rounded corners with quilting On and sharp ones with quilting Off)

In the tests I did chart quilting was enabled. I opened the box on the right side of the screen and confirmed that.
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OpenGL disabled:
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The chart piano bars had sharp corners.
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The chart outline was there on the screen, in the proper place.
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When I clicked on the blue bar the chart appeared, the backgound reverted to the world chart, and quilting was disabled. (on O 4.2, the background became solid black).
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OpenGL enabled:
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The chart piano bars had sharp corners.
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The chart outline was there on the screen, in the proper place.
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When I clicked on the blue bar the chart appeared, The backgound remained the normal chart and quilting remained enabled (but I am stuck with the problem of waypoint visibility previously encountered with OpenGL.)
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This behavior is not entirely consistent or repeatable. At the moment I cannot get it to fail.