A tool for programmable changes of course and sails in the game VirtualRegatta simulating the Vendee Globe yacht race. Sequences of changes are also possible. The software requires installation of the (free) IDL virtual machine. Download: vendee_timer.zip To set up: 1. install the IDL virtual machine for your machine (PC, Mac, Linux) from: (Alternatively, with free registration from here: https://www.ittvis.com/Downloads/ProductDownloads.aspx ) The IDL virtual machine is a science data analysis package - rather large, but non-intrusive and cleanly removable. 2. unzip into a single folder: .../vendee 3. from the game, press 'click to play here from your cellphone'. In the address bar you'll see something like: http://vendeeglobe.virtualregatta.com/achat.php?idAchat=11&id_user=xxxxxxxx&clef=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Copy the pieces id_user=xxxxxxx and clef=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out of the URL (excluding the & symbols), and put them in the file vendee_timer.ini on separate lines, adding single quotes around the values: i.e. id_user='xxxxxxx' clef='yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy' --- To use: 1. Enter your commands in the file navigation.txt (overwriting any previous entries) in the form: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm S HHH (don't enter this line) 2008-12-06 22:38 5 130 S=sail [1-7] representing: 1 Jib (simple) 2 Spi (simple) 3 Jib No.2 4 Genoa 5 Code zero 6 Light Spinnaker 7 Gennaker HHH=heading - use 3 digits, e.g. 030 A sequence of commands may be placed on separate lines 2. double click vendee_timer.sav (linux: idl -vm=vendee_timer.sav) verify commands displayed. A confirmation of the current status is given immediately before and after each command is sent. Note that the computer must be left switched on in order to send the commands at the programmed times. |