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Unwanted behaviour HDG part of tag


Mark Jansen
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Mark Jansen
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Hi everyone,

 

New in v3.2 is a functionality of the HDG part of the tag, which sets the [Mod - Happy Thoughts]igned heading in the direction of the line that is drawn by the mouse.

 

Although convenient for blipdrivers in the simulator, I found this feature cause unintended behaviour when controlling on the normal network. It's rather easy to unintentionally click and drag from the AHDG-part of the tag, for example when opening, closing or moving a tag. Too easily, this unintentional heading then overrides the direct routing or previous heading that was previously displayed.

 

Personally I only find this feature disturbing as a controller. In case it is decided to keep it this way, would it be possible to add a function to the Options menu in which this behaviour of the HDG-tag can be turned off?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Mark Jansen

Mark Jansen

Director Dutch VACC

http://www.dutchvacc.nl

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Eric Bocaneanu 906549
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You can easily remove the [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ign Heading Popup from the Heading tag item in the Tag Editor.

Eric Bocaneanu

ROvACC Director

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Mark Jansen
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You can easily remove the [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ign Heading Popup from the Heading tag item in the Tag Editor.

 

I don't want to loose the opportunity to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ign a heading in the tag, I want to get rid of inadvertant overrides of HDG or direct waypoints as caused by the new function where a heading is drawn from a mouse drag.

 

Mark Jansen

Mark Jansen

Director Dutch VACC

http://www.dutchvacc.nl

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Eric Bocaneanu 906549
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I see. [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ign the Open Heading Popup to the Right Click function. That way you will not mistakenly click it and drag off.

Eric Bocaneanu

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Michiel Blom 1216804
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I agree with Mark,

 

This is really annoying and there should just be 2 button functions, one with the drag option and one without.

Switching to right click might be a temporary quick fix but doesnt really fix the real problem.

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Gergely Csernak
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When you know the function is there it is not too easy to unintentionally change the heading. But probably an option to disable it would help.

Gergely.

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Eric Bocaneanu 906549
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Rather then disable it I would rather have it be a separate tag item, don't you think? That way optional tag items don't have optional settings in General Settings.

Eric Bocaneanu

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Gergely Csernak
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Yes, that is also easy.

Gergely.

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Mark Jansen
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Hi Gergely,

 

So can we [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume this will be changed in the next update?

 

Mark Jansen

Events Coordinator Dutch VACC

Mark Jansen

Director Dutch VACC

http://www.dutchvacc.nl

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Gergely Csernak
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As Eric suggested a new TAG item is already implemented.

Gergely.

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