Port or Starboard

[limelight]

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The compass says "150 port" but to me it appears to be 150 on starboard. I never paid it much attention before so it may have been there all the time and I never noticed.

[limelight]

So far, it's only the Espresso Mono that has the problem. The clipper race is ok, so is the JV challenge. But the skipper on the Imoca Foil doesn't know his port from his starboard.

[mAKi]

sherlock holmes is on stage

[limelight]

The port starboard bug is still here, the wind is on my starboard side but the display says 'port'.

[Coromandel]

Change the setup language to French John......problem solved

[limelight]

Change the setup language to French John......problem solved

It does not help Frank, here it says 'babord' when I am 'tribord amure'

[Coromandel]

I thought the French sailors would have it under control, apparently not.

[Paradise]

Luckily for Virtualgame is Nederlands (Dutch) not the language in the player VG

In Dutch the saying is "zeil over bakboord" (sail over port side) [when the wind is on the Starboard side] and this boat has right of way over the Boat "met zeil over stuurboord" (sail over starboard) [when the wind is on Port side].

so the rule is the same in Dutch language as in English/French languages, luckily, else we would have many accidents; but the language can be quit confusing.

[limelight]

Since the bug is still present, here is some pseudo code that will perhaps help
#######################################
# CAP is the boat heading (0 -359)
# TWD is the true wind direction (0 - 359)
# TACK is the side the wind is on
# TWA is the true wind angle
# x is an intermediate variable
#######################################

# First we calculate the TWA but in the range (0 - 359)
x = MOD(360 + CAP - TWD, 360) ;

# Next we set x in the range (-179, +180)
if ( x > 180) ; then
x -= 360;
fi

# TWA is calculated next, always positive

TWA = ABS(x);

# Next we set the TACK variable
if (x > 0) ; then
TACK = "Tribord/Starboard";
else
TACK = "Babord/Port";
fi

[blzblz]

Please check, should be fixed now.