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  • 2010-07-02 20:08:25
    Re: Great Circle Route
    Board » General Discussion
    A2 said @ 2010-07-02 19:55:49:
    You're Right :)

    & 'F' stands for Fumes
    Oh? I thought it meant something else! Like in "Oh f... - forgot to fill!"

    BTW, I have tried uploading an avatar, how long does it take to appear by my posts?

    --- Last Edited by SeaMiGo at 2010-07-02 20:10:01 ---
  • 2010-07-02 18:42:34
    Re: Great Circle Route
    Board » General Discussion
    Doesn't "E" mean "enough"?
  • 2010-07-02 17:47:26
    Re: Great Circle Route
    Board » General Discussion
    Thanks for your help. Perhaps I should have worded my Q differently: Is the distance to go shown by the game calculated along the great circle, or does it assume a flat ocean? I infer from your answer however that it must be the great circle distance. Thanks again.
  • 2010-07-02 15:23:37
    Great Circle Route
    Board » General Discussion
    Forgive me if this subject is covered elsewhere, but does the game take into account that the shortest route over longer distances is a Great Circle? Or do the game maps not account for this?
  • 2010-06-13 19:45:04
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    Moicy boocoop, all!
  • 2010-06-13 19:18:38
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    Son's computer seems to have been hit with a trojan infostealer. Computer was frozen from yesterday afternoon to this morning. Have been busy trying to sort that one out all today. Just tried SOL again on my XP machine & BINGO, voila, eureka, whatever - it worked, weather downloaded, chart is up, going to check it out now.
  • 2010-06-13 13:05:44
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    Hi Rainbow Chaser, I updated Java to v6 update 20 (build 1.6.0_20-b02) yesterday. I believe I now have latest everything. Hope to try connecting later on another Vista computer with cable connection to the router.

    --- Last Edited by SeaMiGo at 2010-06-13 13:07:32 ---

    Tried IE8 on the XP machine last night with same result.

    --- Last Edited by SeaMiGo at 2010-06-13 13:11:16 ---
  • 2010-06-13 01:39:52
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    Captjack I am in Barbados. I am also using a wireless home network router. I tried your suggestion to disable, re-enable & reconnect but it has made no difference. I will try to connect on another Vista machine with cable connection to the router and let you know if it works. If it is worth anything, I have been playing on the VirtualRegatta.com site for the last year with no connection problems.

    Update: I have updated Java to v6 update 20 (build 1.6.0_20-b02). Shut down computer & restarted. Reloaded game and same thing: stuck at "Waiting for weather download...". Only thing left is to try other computer which my son is hogging. Will have to wait till he goes to bed.

    --- Last Edited by SeaMiGo at 2010-06-13 02:17:42 ---

    --- Last Edited by SeaMiGo at 2010-06-13 02:18:40 ---
  • 2010-06-13 00:29:31
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    kalle said @ 2010-06-13 00:14:54:
    You need flash player 9 or higher. Other than that, if you are using internet explorer, try Firefox instead (or Chrome or Safari).
    Thanks for trying to help. See my first post: Windows XP Home 2002 SP3, Firefox 3.6.3, Adobe Flash 10,1,53,64; 1 Mb/s connection
  • 2010-06-12 22:33:30
    Re: Stuck at "Waiting for weather download..."
    Board » Technical Support
    No corporate or other proxy. Java usually updates automatically. How can I check if it needs to be updated now?

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