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Message 23 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 14:42:42 UTC

When I look at clouds in the visualisation, there is a green disc over the north pole. It\'s much worse when the star field is on.

Also, if you zoom in on the globe, it comes in front of the window text.


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Message 27 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 15:09:55 UTC
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I don't have this problem!


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Message 28 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 15:10:51 UTC

Hi, I don't see this, can you send/post a screen shot?
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Message 32 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 15:19:16 UTC

Similar problem here, except the disc is red and it's a lot bigger with the star field off!

Observed on all 4 models running on 2 * Windows 2000 Professional SP4.

Sorry, Carl, but there's no image capture software on the systems.
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Message 33 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 15:22:02 UTC - in response to Message 32.  

&gt; Similar problem here, except the disc is red and it's a lot bigger with the
&gt; star field off!
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&gt; Observed on all 4 models running on 2 * Windows 2000 Professional SP4.
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&gt; Sorry, Carl, but there's no image capture software on the systems.
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You can use the print screen button and then past in an image editor!
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Message 41 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 15:57:59 UTC

How do you turn off the star field?
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Message 42 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 16:17:49 UTC - in response to Message 33.  

&gt; You can use the print screen button and then past in an image editor!

Doh!!! Can only generate BMP, so I'll email the images to Carl rather than post them here.
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Message 43 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 16:18:50 UTC - in response to Message 41.  

&gt; How do you turn off the star field?

Type 0. (H toggles the help menu).
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Message 56 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 17:04:45 UTC - in response to Message 28.  
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&gt; Hi, I don't see this, can you send/post a screen shot?
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<img src="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm/docs/boincbug1.jpg">
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Message 73 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 18:45:38 UTC - in response to Message 27.  

<img src="http://cpdn.tuxie.org/mikeymoss/Mikey_CPDN_BOINC_Beta_North_Pole_20040805.GIF">
Something different. Has anybody else noticed that CPU time is almost halted when interacting (I.E. changing/toggling the display) with the Show Graphics function.
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Message 76 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 18:49:06 UTC - in response to Message 73.  


&gt; Something different. Has anybody else noticed that CPU time is almost halted
&gt; when interacting (I.E. changing/toggling the display) with the Show Graphics
&gt; function.
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LOL, that's kinda strange! And it is pretty normal. 50% of your cpu goes to the visualization. Since boinc uses cpu time to calculate credits, it looks at how much % he gets of the full cpu. So if it only gets 50% the cpu time will raise 1 second/2seconds is real time!
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Message 91 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 19:19:16 UTC - in response to Message 73.  

hmmm, interesting screenshots! someone sent me one where it's red instead of green. I'm going to forward to Tolu who did the bulk of the OpenGL vis. I don't know if it's some odd hardware/software glitch or what!

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Message 109 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 21:02:49 UTC

I have a gray one. Here is the south pole...


<img src="http://jerome.goy.free.fr/BOINC/cpdn-view.jpg"><br />


And yes, the globe goes in front of the text. Better the opposite.



Other remarks/questions/problems :

- the '0' option does not work when hit on the keypad

- what is the 'headlight' option ? It lights the clouds, but what for ?

- there is no day/night alternance, unlike CPDN visualisation.

- on my opinion, the help prompt is not easy to see/use. Wouldn't it be better to print all options permanently on screen (even if it masks the globe) and hide it after another hit on 'h' key ?


Appart from this, the visualisation is great... I love the "smooth temperature" mode on a stary sky, and the borders between the states.

Great job !


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Message 116 - Posted: 5 Aug 2004, 21:36:57 UTC
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Just a thought...

I had a similar problem in CPView because I calculated the red/green/blue values separately and my maths was a bit off. Because the bits are packed as BGR instead of RGB, it means that if you get a -1 for blue or green, it shifts down and becomes a 255 for green or red respectively. a -1 for red just gets lost.

That would explain why we've only seen red and green circles but no blue. Isn't the grey one just the snow/ice at the south pole?
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