Boats Tab
The following control panels are on the Boats tab:
Boat data
| This method of importing boat data is just one of several you can use with VRTool. All of these methods are described in detail in Importing Boat Data. |
The GetUser control at the top of the panel is where you place a copy of the GET message which the Virtual Regatta game sends to the game server to retrieve boat data. Obtaining the correct message string for your boat is quite complex and is described in detail in Importing Boat Data.
Click on the 
icon beside this control to send the GET message to the game server. The data returned from the server is displayed on the panel below the control. If you click the icon more than once in a 10 minute server cycle the data returned will a repeat of the previous data and it is ignored with the message "Same or old boat data".
Select the File:CtrlCheck Auto update in control to program VRTool to update the boat positions every 10 minutes.
| Tip: If you want your chart to be right up to date you can set the Auto update timer to retrieve the boat data immediately after the game server does an update cycle. First you need to establish what time the game server does its updates. Once a race starts the VR server cycles at a fixed number of minutes past the hour, and then every ten minutes. For example if the first server update is at say 8 minutes past the hour, subsequent updates will be at 18, 28, 38, 48 & 58 minutes past the hour. Sometime this information is published on the game forum, or you can figure it out by clicking the icon a few seconds after each minute until fresh data comes through.
When this happens cycle the File:CtrlCheck Auto update in control off and on again. The VRTool update is now synchronized with the server. You will have to do this each time you re-start VRTool. If your PC is gets it's clock time from the internet it will stay in synch with the game server as long as VRTool (unlike the VR game console which loses time continuously).
Remote boats |
