Greenie Board Possibilities?

[Sludge]

Serge...

Getting us fired up showing screenies like that.  Cant wait to see the results.  I like the "selectability" of features you have, so that it can be scaled from FSX noob to 3-wire king.  Im really interested to see how the new Sludge mods will hold up on glidepath in the debriefing window.

Later
Sludge

[Paddles]

Ok, guys
The moment has come to start wide ALPHA testing!..  
Why alpha? Just because of lack of time... I'm leaving for vacation on this weekend, but I didn't want to make you waiting for another month, really, so I tried as thoroughly as I could to make this current version worth to test it. However some functionality is still unimplemented. Be warned..  

Ok, here we go... First, download these three files:
a brief readme file - http://www.gamefront.com/files/20608644/readme.chm
the program itself - http://www.gamefront.com/files/20608670/vLSO.zip
and a test missions pack - http://www.gamefront.com/files/20608671/vLSOmissions.zip

ATTENTION: these links are no more valid. Please read this message http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=4138.msg41343#msg41343

Then read the readme.chm and unpack the program to a folder of your choice. For your convenience you may want to create a shortcut for the vLSO.exe.
Finally, unpack the missions pack (two missions - one for Acceleration CVN68 and one for Javier's CVN68) to the Missions/Military folder.

That's it, now you're ready to start!

Leave your suggestions/criticism/whatever over here. Also, keep your best/worst/whatever approach recordings (made by the program), because I'll need them to continue developing/debugging the program when I'm back.

Goog luck, guys and happy landings! I'll be back...  

[GOONIE]

Yeehaaw!!!!  

Thanks Serge, really looking forward to testing this out, thanks for all your hard work again!!! If the program doesn't score every one of my approaches as OK3s, it must be broken, so it should be pretty easy to test.  

-Capt

[Sludge]

Serge...

Cant wait to get home and try this out!! Now the work clock just starting ticking slower. I swear one minute feels like 15 and it keeps getting worse.

Thanks buddy and have a great vacation. You'll have lots of feedback by the time you return.

Later
Sludge

[Johan]

Serge,

There has been so much expectation about this...and now it's here. Thanks so much! There is a good weekend of flying coming up
Have a great vacation.

Johan

[Herbie]

Can't read the readme.chm. How you open it? Herb
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I found a Converter. Here is the file see screenshot:

[Johan]

Can't read the readme.chm. How you open it? Herb

I have the same problem...

[wilycoyote4]

Where is this converter so I or others can download it, please?

[Johan]

Herb,

I got your PM. Thanks. The converter works for me.

Johan

[SpazSinbad]

Thanks for hard work fsxnp and have a good holiday. The perhaps problematic readme.CHM made into a PDF is attached.

[Sludge]

SERIOUSLY!!!  Serge is a GENIUS!!  This is very possibly the best FSX program EVER!!

The vLSO works like a champ but he's a tough grader, you better be on your A-game JUST to get a FAIR 3.  Thanks Serge, now I will have NO OUTSIDE LIFE whatsoever.  I love it.

Later
Sludge

[Sludge]

Serge...

Dont know if youre still avail, as I have nothing but praise for your vLSO. I do have a couple of MISSION questions, possible fixes?

1. My vLSO mission 1 (Javier's) has the carrier moving at approx 15 knots and the wind at 22. Can we get that reversed? With the boat speed at 22 kts and the wind at 15 kts?

2. The wind direction is 330 and needs to be at 141.

3. I'm only able to make ONE PASS and the boat stops, does IN-PLACE turns, then STOPS. Was it meant for just one pass?

Thats it for now, and other than the few mission problems, the vLSO performs very well. Quite impressed, obviously.

Later
Sludge

[wilycoyote4]

Thanks for hard work fsxnp and have a good holiday. The perhaps problematic readme.CHM made into a PDF is attached.

Thanks, that's a treat, good help.

[Paddles]

Guys,
thanks for your kind words and wishes!

Down to business...

Grading approaches. Currently there's only three grades - (OK), W/O and B (fair, waveoff and bolter). I'll continue to work on this part of the program when I'm back.
Yes, the vLSO perhaps is a tough grader. That's because I based on pure glideslope geometry figures and other rather too scientifical stuff. We'll see, you have plenty of time to test it  

Sludge,
1. Yes, you can easily change both speeds.
    To change the carrier speed just open the Carrier Trials.xml file, find and change these two parameters to 22 kts or something:
                <GroundCruiseSpeed>16.000</GroundCruiseSpeed>
                <GroundTurnSpeed>16.000</GroundTurnSpeed>
    To change the wind you'll need to load the mission with changes enabled and change weather settings.
    However, the two attached ZIPs have all these corrections already made. Unpack them into their folders, replacing the existing mission and weather files.
2. Oops, that's my fault...
3. Never experienced anything wrong with the missions on my computer - carriers move along their four waypoints as prescribed.

CHM issue. Again, never experienced this trouble. CHM is a compressed help file, so windows should open it. Obviously I'll need to change for PDF...

[Letourn]

Serge,

That VLSO mission is HOT stuff.

What can we say about service already a fix

Thanks a lot