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> >The fact that Zplan backs all of its stops 5 feet when you set a 5m/15ft > >last stop depth is a bug, not a feature. I mentioned this > >"implementation" problem to Will Smithers about a year ago and he has > >promised to fix it when he gets a chance to update Zplan. It's > >unfortunately not high on his priority list. > > That's true - I'm working on a new Java version right now that's got some sexy new features, and I've given that priority over fixing old benign bugs. The new version is graphical, but I've tried to keep the ergonomics fairly trim so that plans can be entered and modified quickly. I wasn't planning on doing a GUI version, but I was on a remote island recently, and the dive shop was using ZPlan by editing and reviewing in Notepad. My girlfriend was so embarassed that she offered to write a Java front end if I ported the algorithm. Well, free labor is hard to turn down, so I took her up on it. While we were at it, we decided to add full table generation and printing capabilities, so you can print out and laminate a slick-looking table (with bailouts and various depths/runtimes in one chart). Should be ready in a few weeks. When that's done, there are a half-dozen minor bugs I've got to fix in the non-graphical version. Speaking of which, I did a download count a couple of weeks ago - I was pretty surprised to see that there have been over 8,000 individual downloads, and it's still clocking up at 20-30 a day. > >Strange he admits to it being a bug. One of the input parameters of Zplan > >is the inter-stop distance. Now, i would expect that, if you set this at > >10ft/3m that is the difference used throughout the plan. SO if you make 4 > >meters the last stop, all pervious stop depths are modified using the > >inter-stop depth. Actually, that's not the way it works - it's just a bug. > >He is very low-key about Zplan these days. I've been trying to get him to > >check his END calculations (which IMO are faulty when oxygen is considered > >narcotic ) for a few days now, but he doesn't budge. I did check that out over the weekend, and the O2 narcosis calcs are a little off. Good call - I probably wouldn't have spotted that one, as I never use the feature myself. Regards, -Will -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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