[APBeta] Field of view shows correct object for a second, then it disappears

[Paul Rodman]

On Aug 30, 2010, at 7:50 AM, Sander Pool wrote:

> I wasn't sure CdC was connected at that time but I was not able to reproduce this morning with CdC not connected.
> 
> I want AP to tell CdC where to 'look' but not the other way around and only when I tell it to. I'll have to fiddle with the options to find the right combination of check boxes.

My preference it to set the "Manual control" option and use the "E" buttons next to the FoV when I want to tell the external app to sync its Fov with AP.

Paul R.

> 
>    Sander
> 
> On 8/30/2010 10:13 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Sander Pool wrote:
>> 
>>> - select an object in your plan (NGC7331 in my case)
>>> - click the 'field of view' tab
>>> - note that the fov is drawn correctly
>>> - note that immediately after the fov blinks and is redrawn with only a 'bright star' showing
>>> 
>>> Easily repeatable with b91. Seems to be part of the jittery nature of AP with all the redraws happening. I mean I click on the fov tab and it redraws several times. Why?
>>> 
>>> I have a 22MB Lagarith compressed screen recording that shows this if it's not repeatable. I use Vista x64 on an i7-920 with 6GB of RAM and a GTX-260 video card.
>> I'm guessing that it's your CdC 3 settings at work (based on your earlier e-mail message). As soon as you draw the FoV, CdC is redrawing to show its FoV. You might want to turn off some of the settings - or make sure the "Manual Control" checkbox in External prefs is set.
>> 
>> Paul R.