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by Northfeeder
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Bumper collision and Rope tension
Replies: 3
Views: 18877

Re: Bumper collision and Rope tension

... many of the vessels while touching the dock, bouncing back aggressively, even some rolling over on the side of the dock. hi, you could try to adjust the values for kt and kd for each "point" in the elements. I fixed several vessels that way. If you set the value to 0 the boat will not...
by Northfeeder
Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:01 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Accurate Scenery Object Placement Help
Replies: 3
Views: 3913

Re: Accurate Scenery Object Placement Help

Yes correct, if you want to recreate correct positions you should use the objects.txt If you have known reference position for a building, let us assume a 3D model of a building with its origin (where the x,y,z axis meet) at the Southeast corner you can check the position in a map and write it right...
by Northfeeder
Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:38 am
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Question
Replies: 2
Views: 3138

Re: Question

Hi,

check under Tools/Parts, you find a button "pause animations"
by Northfeeder
Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Lidar to VS NG?
Replies: 2
Views: 4073

Re: Lidar to VS NG?

I think it should work as long as you can transform it to a Terrain Matrix file (.bin/.txt), you can also use GeoTif etc. The problem with high resolution matrix is that the files get really big very quickly (exponentially) and it will impact the performance of the game. If you choose a small scener...
by Northfeeder
Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:32 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: NMEA settings
Replies: 3
Views: 5151

Re: NMEA settings

these are NMEA sentence codes. I assume you choose what data VSNG will export to other devices by activating them: The codes in VSNG translate to: GPRMC - Recommended minimum specific GPS/Transit data GPZDA - Date & Time GPHDT - Heading True GPROT - Rate Of Turn GPVHW - Water Speed & Heading...
by Northfeeder
Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:52 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Suggestion: NMEA heading sentence
Replies: 2
Views: 4315

Re: Suggestion: NMEA heading sentence

Have you updated to the latest version? This should work now! You should get a seperate vector in openCPN now showing the motion indepentent from the ships HDG.

regarding sceneries I work on a few different projects whith correct positions for ports and beacons... works perfect together with openCPN.
by Northfeeder
Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: New Boats Models Suggestion
Replies: 5
Views: 7490

Re: New Boats Models Suggestion

Hi,

you might want to check out this website.

http://www.animatedexistence.com/vs/

These are older models made for VS7 so you have to tweak the vehicle.cfg a bit to make them work perfectly.
by Northfeeder
Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:23 pm
Forum: Release notes
Topic: Virtual Sailor 9.4 is out
Replies: 6
Views: 22060

Re: Virtual Sailor 9.4 is out

You can activate the different animations the vessel might have. Like Bowvisor on ferries. etc.
by Northfeeder
Fri Nov 12, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: My multiscreen VSNG with Open Cpn
Replies: 6
Views: 12626

Re: My multiscreen VSNG with Open Cpn

Very nice, good work

What program do you run in the lower center screen next to openCPN?
by Northfeeder
Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:22 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Obtain elevation data for scenery design
Replies: 2
Views: 7106

Re: Obtain elevation data for scenery design

Hi, there are quite a few sourced, depends a bit what area you would like to cover. Gebco offers combined land and bathy but in a low resolution. https://download.gebco.net/ If you look for higher resolution (only land data) you can use the following: http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html Hope th...
by Northfeeder
Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:26 pm
Forum: Vehicle Simulator
Topic: New up-coming Add-On
Replies: 66
Views: 200705

Re: New up-coming Add-On

Very nice, good work.
by Northfeeder
Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:12 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: Screenshots
Replies: 47
Views: 389474

Re: Screenshots

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1714157319419168615/9F875A506C7E508D2E909AF42A01681AD5691E7F/?imw=1024&imh=542&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true The Scenery is WIP and I'm busy creating Lights and Beacons. This is Tingholmen light with the ci...
by Northfeeder
Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:38 pm
Forum: Virtual Sailor NG
Topic: What does NG Means??
Replies: 51
Views: 250145

Re: What does NG Means??

I second that, good news.
Looking forward to support this new sim