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RainbowChaser


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2011-04-06 15:53:20 - Re: Starting practice races
Rod - for what it is worth, no-one on SOL (including the Admins) gets paid to do anything... its all done because folks love SOL!!!
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Rod


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2011-04-06 16:12:59 - Re: Starting practice races
To RC. I know that. I was just stating that I do SOL for 'fun'. If I let a router, or brain's program do it for me, the HE has the fun.
I do hope that those who work out these programs have fun doing it.
And I hope they aren't offended when I don't utilize all of their hard work, and persist in doing it myself.
I used a router in the VORG, and at one time in the VORG I had four boats running, not because I wanted them, but because I had lost contact with the program because of my inexperience with running the racing program and I got mixed up and replaced the missing boats, only to find them again when I got more expert at it. Trying to run several boats at once was just too confusing.
I hope this clarifies my words, above, which seem to have been mis-interpreted.
If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
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2011-04-08 05:34:31 - Re: Starting practice races
Yes Rod it is indeed fun creating tools for use with SOL, and no there is absolutely no offence as to whether people choose to use them or not, although it is always nice to hear someone finds a tool you created useful and/or has helped them to race. I mostly make mine available to maintain the 'free for any/all to use' philosophy :-)

And for the record, brainaid's toolbox does not do anything for you, it just allows you to enter DCs in a Date/Time format instead of a decimal hours offset like in the SOL client, and also to easily adjust a DC - in the SOL client you need to completely replace it (which is all brainaid's DC Editor does to, just in a more user friendly manner). Also to set or delete multiple DCs in a single go.
So in terms of setting a DC for start of practice race it is probably the best way to do so, as you can directly enter the exact time you want it to fire (and it has nothing to do with your own PC clock).
I help develop the client interface for the best online ocean racing sim there is... __/)/)_/)__

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